Gunns Contractors Ltd

[Stroppymonkey]

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I’d like to get a pic of all my kit together ,just to look at when I’m old and knackered,really just to remind myself why I’m old and knackered!

It’s very rewarding to do so.

 

[doobin]

It’s very rewarding to do so.

I don’t have a wide enough lens 🫣

 

[Simon edwards]

less is more as they say, its all to bloody look after !

It is quite a bit to keep up,bit like Druids fleet back in the day! I plan to halve it to half a dozen and a lorry and one van.I struggle to keep everything as I like it currently and I don’t think I’m getting any younger,my plan is 4 diggers1-6 ton , two dumpers and that will cover everything I intend to do.Way too busy currently though( which is good).

 

[DaveDCB]

One of the many reasons why I try to keep newer kit, a lot less to maintain - in theory! I really don’t have time to be replacing centre pivots and stripping axles on dumpers etc!

 

[Simon edwards]

One of the many reasons why I try to keep newer kit, a lot less to maintain - in theory! I really don’t have time to be replacing centre pivots and stripping axles on dumpers etc!

It’s the simpler things that get missed,I like to wash the machines regularly,replace any small bits and pieces and they keep nicely up together that way,I take a slightly perverse pleasure in keeping them shinyish.

 

[Rob65]

I don’t have a wide enough lens 🫣

You would have to use the ‘Short ones at the front and tall ones at the back’ line up

 

[DaveDCB]

It’s the simpler things that get missed,I like to wash the machines regularly,replace any small bits and pieces and they keep nicely up together that way,I take a slightly perverse pleasure in keeping them shinyish.

Yeah same here, keep ontop of everything, I’d rather it sat in the shed all prepped ready to go so I can just pluck out what I want when it’s needed .

 

[Furniss]

yeah it wasnt a dig but with the 6t its become really nice and simple, tbh could almost flog the other stuff and keep busy with that one machine which is a lot easier to look after compared to 3
downside you could say is it racks up the hours as opposed to shared across 3 machines, 6t just clocked 5000hrs,that happened quick!

 

[doobin]

yeah it wasnt a dig but with the 6t its become really nice and simple, tbh could almost flog the other stuff and keep busy with that one machine which is a lot easier to look after compared to 3
downside you could say is it racks up the hours as opposed to shared across 3 machines, 6t just clocked 5000hrs,that happened quick!
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I don't mind a machine racking up the hours quick, you know it's earnt it's money then.

 

[Simon edwards]

I think you’ve got it right really, the easier you can make all the peripheral bits and pieces the more you can concentrate on and enjoy the paying work.

 

[DaveDCB]

yeah it wasnt a dig but with the 6t its become really nice and simple, tbh could almost flog the other stuff and keep busy with that one machine which is a lot easier to look after compared to 3
downside you could say is it racks up the hours as opposed to shared across 3 machines, 6t just clocked 5000hrs,that happened quick!
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When I was on just the 3cx I soon piled them on, I remember my first new one I hit 100 hrs in the first week - dealer couldn’t believe it when I rung up for its first service

 

[doobin]

When I was on just the 3cx I soon piled them on, I remember my first new one I hit 100 hrs in the first week - dealer couldn’t believe it when I rung up for its first service

Ah, I remember being young and keen too!

 

[DaveDCB]

Ah, I remember being young and keen too!

Yeah me too.. distant memory now haha

 

[6feetdown]

Yeah me too.. distant memory now haha

Some more distant than others

 

[V8Druid]

it gets worse

 

[Simon edwards]

Yep, actually have to work at staying keen now,still enjoy it just takes a little more motivation sometimes.

 

[Bri963]

Yep, actually have to work at staying keen now,still enjoy it just takes a little more motivation sometimes.

Almost 65, still young and keen. If you don’t enjoy your work, change something about it, or change it altogether, don’t let it get you down. Seems to have worked for me.

 

[V8Druid]

Almost 65, still young and keen. If you don’t enjoy your work, change something about it, or change it altogether, don’t let it get you down. Seems to have worked for me.

well done Bri .. was pretty similar, but have to admit the last year or so has been a lot harder to get motivated than it used to be, but I have had all sorts of 'other sh1t' going on (aside from the body playing up), which has made 'getting going' a lot harder than I used to find it ... divesting myself of some of it would be a great help, but not happening any time soon ..... getting much older doesn't help either TBH - mentally or physically

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