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[Monkeybusiness]

Ah good when you have fixed it you and hire it to me

When he’s ‘fixed’ it it will have the front end off a 21 tonner, an engine out of a bridge-demolishing ship and will need a movement order I reckon…

 

[DaveDCB]

When he’s ‘fixed’ it it will have the front end off a 21 tonner, an engine out of a bridge-demolishing ship and will need a movement order I reckon…

That sounds ideal

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Local plant dealer has some big wacker plates in at the moment….£2995+v

Www.eBay.co.uk/itm/386879771877

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I’ve just bought one from a dealer in Luton, when I first asked they had a choice of 4, now none, and then this place has 3, must be connected? If you Iook at the photos you will see they are all missing the handle adjuster as they’ve all been used RC only bolted together. Just had a price back for the parts and it’s £200+vat. The dealer I bought from has agreed to cover the cost as machine not useable without it . Dear parts it seems from WN. The antivibtation mounts on the side panels are £80 each.. for a bit of rubber the size of a bollock.

 

[6feetdown]

I’ve just bought one from a dealer in Luton, when I first asked they had a choice of 4, now none, and then this place has 3, must be connected? If you Iook at the photos you will see they are all missing the handle adjuster as they’ve all been used RC only bolted together. Just had a price back for the parts and it’s £200+vat. The dealer I bought from has agreed to cover the cost as machine not useable without it . Dear parts it seems from WN. The antivibtation mounts on the side panels are £80 each.. for a bit of rubber the size of a bollock.

Yep reason I ended up buying a new 2540 engine was 2.5k approx

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Cheap one down in Cornwall. I would totally have that if it didn't involve a drive.

 

[Smiffy]

Cheap one down in Cornwall. I would totally have that if it didn't involve a drive.
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I wouldn't bother tbh

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I wouldn't bother tbh

No why?

 

[Smiffy]

No why?

They really aren't very heavy and don't vibrate particularly hard. There is one at work that hasn't been out the yard in 6+ years. I really can't think of anything that they would be the preferred tool for over a wackerplate.

 

[Giles]

They really aren't very heavy and don't vibrate particularly hard. There is one at work that hasn't been out the yard in 6+ years. I really can't think of anything that they would be the preferred tool for over a wackerplate.

Good for self binding gravel where the whacker leaves too many marks in it,

 

[Stroppymonkey]

They really aren't very heavy and don't vibrate particularly hard. There is one at work that hasn't been out the yard in 6+ years. I really can't think of anything that they would be the preferred tool for over a wackerplate.

Cheers for that. Guess I was interested in it as a portable unit that is more capable than my little 50kg for small jobs where portability is an issue. Suppose drop kerbs and stuff like that - which I dont do.

 

[Giles]

Cheers for that. Guess I was interested in it as a portable unit that is more capable than my little 50kg for small jobs where portability is an issue. Suppose drop kerbs and stuff like that - which I dont do.

We use ours for small surfacing jobs find it’s a better finish than a whacker on say 5m x 2m area if you don’t take ride on or pedestrian roller as the 55w fits nicely on tipping trailer all folded up with 2 ton of tar etc

 

[Smiffy]

We use ours for small surfacing jobs find it’s a better finish than a whacker on say 5m x 2m area if you don’t take ride on or pedestrian roller as the 55w fits nicely on tipping trailer all folded up with 2 ton of tar etc

We use a wacker on this kind of work to be best. Biggest footpath we have done with a wacker is about 30m. But the choice of wacker is really important. I think it's the bomag 10/35 we have. We hired a lot of different plates before we came to that conclusion and bought a load of them.
Definitely has to be a cast plate for tarmac. Pressed steel are no good.
Also helps how much tarmac we do for the practice.

 

[topkit]

Time for JD450 To Upgrade !!

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Major dispersal from a company​ Huge quantity of late machinery in our next auction​ Directly consigned by various finance companies, these machines have all come from Duchy Plant Hire in Cornwall. Machinery includes many excavators from 1-22T, rollers, dumpers & lorries, some still almost brand new! Lots 615 to 652 and 714 to 719 - 12th April Plant and Machinery Auction View the catalogue HERE Bidding opens Wednesday 10th April from 6pm Bidding closes Friday 12th April from 8am Viewing Day: Thursday 11th April 8am to 4pm 11th April - Commercial Vehicles & HGVs View the catalogue HERE Bidding opens Wednesday 10th April from 6pm Bidding closes Thursday 11th April from 12 noon Viewing Day: Wednesday 10th April 10am - 3pm For further information on lots: call 01981 250642 or email [email protected]

 

[Stroppymonkey]

​ Time for JD450 To Upgrade !!

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​ Major dispersal from a company​ Huge quantity of late machinery in our next auction​ Directly consigned by various finance companies, these machines have all come from Duchy Plant Hire in Cornwall. Machinery includes many excavators from 1-22T, rollers, dumpers & lorries, some still almost brand new! Lots 615 to 652 and 714 to 719 - 12th April Plant and Machinery Auction View the catalogue HERE Bidding opens Wednesday 10th April from 6pm Bidding closes Friday 12th April from 8am Viewing Day: Thursday 11th April 8am to 4pm 11th April - Commercial Vehicles & HGVs View the catalogue HERE Bidding opens Wednesday 10th April from 6pm Bidding closes Thursday 11th April from 12 noon Viewing Day: Wednesday 10th April 10am - 3pm For further information on lots: call 01981 250642 or email [email protected]

What does off site mean? Still in Cornwall or is it all been shipped up to Hertfordshire?

 

[Steve]

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What does off site mean? Still in Cornwall or is it all been shipped up to Hertfordshire?

According to the terms and conditions all lots are located in Hertfordshire unless it says otherwise in the listing. There is also a £5000 deposit to pay on what they are calling a reserved payment which is fair enough it sorts out the time wasters.

 

[topkit]

All that equipment plant, lorries etc all on finance how do they sleep at night! Probably doing jobs for next to nothing after a while pop the money runs out, I am sure you cornish chaps know a bit more about the company There is a lot to be said about owning your own stuff outright JD450 even if it is older! A few years ago i was dealing with a dutch haulier all of their vehicle were new Mercs one day they sent a subbie over and he had a really old DAF tractor unit, I said to him blimey thats an old unit you have there and he looked laughed and said ahh yes but it's paid for and every trip is profit!

 

[Stroppymonkey]

All that equipment plant, lorries etc all on finance how do they sleep at night! Probably doing jobs for next to nothing after a while pop the money runs out, I am sure you cornish chaps know a bit more about the company There is a lot to be said about owning your own stuff outright JD450 even if it is older! A few years ago i was dealing with a dutch haulier all of their vehicle were new Mercs one day they sent a subbie over and he had a really old DAF tractor unit, I said to him blimey thats an old unit you have there and he looked laughed and said ahh yes but it's paid for and every trip is profit!

Nothing wrong with finance if your business model supports it, but more risk and you have to guarantee the workload or the overhead becomes unmanageable. Certainly prefer owning kit, however my little E10 was on 0% as it made no sense to pay it outright in that scenario. Another 2 years of £225 a month IIRC. It only needs to come out of the shed once or twice a month to pay its way. Ref the Duchy group - if you look at some of the articles - you can see they went for it in a big way. Shows that bigger isn't always better. I think Duchy group is a splinter from another (or more?) companies?

 

[topkit]

That is excatly the problem, Large groups often subsidiaries of larger companies or groups often owned or backed by investors who dont care about the small companies that they put out of business along the way a bit like globalism once they have control of most of the industry they can dictate the rates or they even become too large to let them go bust like some companies that we regularly discuss on here, Sometimes it takes a major reset which I Believe that covid has caused, We were all warned about inlflation and interest rates before lockdown took place, I remember listening to the radio and the chap said we need to tread carefully as inflation will take hold and give us a cost of living problem well it did and with interest rates are at a slightly better level at least for savers! At the end of the day finance is far to easy to get! You should always consider things long term and build in for things like rate rises.

 

[Smiffy]

Nothing wrong with finance if your business model supports it, but more risk and you have to guarantee the workload or the overhead becomes unmanageable. Certainly prefer owning kit, however my little E10 was on 0% as it made no sense to pay it outright in that scenario. Another 2 years of £225 a month IIRC. It only needs to come out of the shed once or twice a month to pay its way. Ref the Duchy group - if you look at some of the articles - you can see they went for it in a big way. Shows that bigger isn't always better. I think Duchy group is a splinter from another (or more?) companies?

The type of people that do it aren't the type to worry about it. At the end of the day they just declare bankruptcy and move on.
Some people are so chill it's unbelievable.
I don't think people who do well running big businesses are wired the same.

 

[Giles]

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