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dig dug dan
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Post: # 66102Post dig dug dan

good. make it hard work for them, then they nick someone elses!
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Post: # 66107Post DNgroundworks

Plus i usually leave it laden full of shi@e over night!! I fancy a bigger one though mines a tt85 model id like the tt105 model so if anyone wants to do a swap plus some cash let me know.

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Post: # 66109Post GB_Groundworks

the farm at the bottom of our hill stores caravans etc and other trailers, the local travelling community swapped the hitch off a caravan for the one on the plant trailer with the brand new tracked chipper on, the balls on those lads to have the patient to undo the nuts etc.

top work lll and dn, how wide is that path dan? is it 1.8m for disabled access nowadays?
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dig dug dan
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Post: # 66111Post dig dug dan

the local travelling community swapped the hitch off a caravan for the one on the plant trailer with the brand new tracked chipper on, the balls on those lads to have the patient to undo the nuts etc.


another advantage of a triple lock head is that it CANNOT simply be undone. to remove it, you have to cut it off. No doubt they would do that and get away with it though :(
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Post: # 66112Post darrenba

I've got both of these on mine, and it's blocked in overnight too.

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Post: # 66114Post dig dug dan

the wheel clamp is pretty useless, ive seen how they get wrenched off, but the hitch lock is good. besides, the more you add things, the harder it is to steal, so they go for something else.
Trouble is, the longer it then takes you to hitch the damn thing up trying to undo everything!
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Post: # 66115Post lutonlagerlout

AFAIK it has to be 1200 wide for wheelchairs ,with a flat area every 6 metres maximum
very tidy looking work dan is the digger yours?
the only thing i would point out is where you have the acute angle on your edging they usually make me cut the sharp bit off with the stihl
PLANT ===> if i cant have a strimmer without getting burgled i would be chancing it with a digger/trailer
after many burglary's and vehicles broken into we have made the conscious decision to hire in kit we don't use on a monthly basis at least
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Post: # 66119Post digerjones

i would say the hitch locks on trailors is useless, they just back up and rap a chain round the front of it and drive off. i would think with the wheel clamps they would just drive off with them still on. i suppose one way is to chain it to something or take all the wheels off every night, then you would have to find somewhere to lock the wheels up.
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Post: # 66120Post rab1

We have the same sort of problem, mainly drills etc that vanish but on the job i`m on right now someone broke in and stole a plasters paddle, why.....?.

I hate thieves and the people that buy from them are worse. :angry:
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Post: # 66140Post DNgroundworks

@ GB ye its 1.8 mtrs i just matched the width to the path at the other side of the building!

@ LLL no Tony the digger is not mine, i wish it was its an awesome machine, the fellas who owns it has just bought a brand new 8 tonne kubota, now that is good. Yes i was going to cut that sharp bit off the stihl blew up ha ha! ill do it later today.

The hitch Locks are ok, more of a deterrent, like DDD says the more you try the less likely it is to get nicked, id sooner have that on than nothing.

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Post: # 66144Post GB_Groundworks

I unashamedly love our kubota kx71-3, just put a kubota sticker on the back of my navara with the jcb and Deere one. I'd love to replace our 7ton sumitomo with a kubota 8 ton but 2nd hand plant has gone crazy of late.
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Post: # 66146Post lutonlagerlout

i think i mentioned that our digger man was offered what he paid for his 5 tonne takeushi 2 years ago
its all to do with the Japanese tsunami,they arent exporting any machines right now so lack of supply has driven the prices up
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Post: # 66151Post haggistini

Wheres this patio then Tony is the pointing done yet?
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Post: # 66160Post lutonlagerlout

all in good time haggis
first that westons cider i was on about
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about to start
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customer decided they didnt want a conservatory after all,so we are now building a room with 6 massive veluxs and 2 picture windows
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double arc
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whole thing looks a bit yellow,dunno if my camera is on the blink
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now we have to put a tiled roof on to what was the conservatory i cant do the two steps,due to scaffold
all the stone came from london stone ,steve AKA LSP did everything he said he would all for very reasonable money

will post more when its properly finished
ready for the silver bullets
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Post: # 66173Post Dave_L

Nice backedger mitring DN!

That sun room will be far better than a cold old comnservatory! Wise decision.
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