Buying "Plant", what does one need to look out for

No idea - but can I have a go when you get it, please?

Mary

Rick Dipper wrote on Wednesday (04/02/2004) :

I've can't help with your questions, but those Bobcats are really great fun to drive. I once borrowed one to clear my drive of snow and ended up clearing the whole garden of snow it was that much fun :D

F*ck off, Harry. Better still, grow up. Running to teacher doesn't endear you to your classmates.

The first thing to look for is a more appropriate site. This is a DIY board.

You'd be best off asking a driver at a plant hire firm or visit a local building site where they are using whatever it is you fancy.

You couldn't possibly expect most of us to give you advice on what to look out for with the hydraulics of machine A or the manouvreability of machine B, on here. Give us a break!

Come on down ......... to thw=e wilds of North Wales.

Rick

Heh heh. In my experience, someone who reads this group *will* have the answer.

Yes, and he wants to do a job himself, he's just asking about the equipment. There's a lot of that hereabouts and why not?

Mary

IMHO there is normally someone on this group who knows a hell of a lot about whate ever the Q is. Maybe its plumber looking for some help with the electrices, or an expert in Internet Security, wanting some help with buying a machine to dig a huge hole in his garden.

Maybe next time you ask a Q I should be as polite as you have been ? Maybe I should simply hack your hotmail account, not exactly hard.

Thanks Rick

about whate ever the Q is.

in Internet Security,

No, Rick, don't threaten. Just ignore the poster's threads - or kf at the worst.

You've made your point, so have I. Silence is the best put-down now.

Mary

Are you suuuure you want all that block paving?

cheers, Pete.

"Rick Dipper" wrote | Its time to take the leep, I am off to the local plant hire / slaes outfit

Which I read as "plant hire and slaves outfit"

Why have decking and a water feecher when you can have a pyramid.

Owain

I'll probably use slate chippings, which are a lot cheeper, but i'll need about 100 tonnes, which is still too much to shift in a wheelbarrow.

Three places; Kent, Devon and Durham AFAIR. Been ro the Kent one.

(this was after I bought SWMBO a day's JCB racing a couple of Christmases ago)..great fun!

In article , Bob Eager writes

it's diggerland.com actually, the above URL goes into an endless loop.

Getting totally OT now, I see from their website they have an outdoor snow park with real snow

They even do take away snow, you can have 20m3 of snow tipped in your garden if you want.

So it is...not so much a loop as a non-responding host. I'm sure it used to work buf the name points somewhere different...

A very big snow making machine, apparently. I've seen the snow from a distance, but not been nearer. They do snowboarding and stuff...!

Didn't know that!

Snowmaking machine, commonly found in lower height ski resorts to top the snow up. Here's one for home use

Actually you could make a fortune if the August was like last year when temperatures in the UK got to the 30's!

Turn up with a couple of large umbrellas, tables, chairs and some cold drinks and you are onto a small fortune!

PoP

Sending email to my published email address isn't guaranteed to reach me.

Those machines both require freezing air temperatures to operate, but the website says they have snow December-Easter. How do they stop it melting? Especially on a day like we've had recently with air temps of

"PoP" wrote | "James Hart" wrote: | >I'm thinking much fun could be had by snowing someone's car in | >one August day. | Actually you could make a fortune if the August was like last | year when temperatures in the UK got to the 30's! | Turn up with a couple of large umbrellas, tables, chairs and | some cold drinks and you are onto a small fortune!

Oooh yes, what I wouldn't have given for a naked roll in some snow last August.

(Alone and in private.)

At least Tescos have had a refit with those wardrobe-sized full-height freezer cabinets now, so I can stand in front of those for an occasional cool-off next summer.

Owain