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I very rarely go and look at grinding jobs, more often than not I just ask about access over the phone and get a couple of pictures sent with something for scale against the stump
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Upgraded to a half page ad for a couple of months in the local mag for a couple of months to generate work. We'll see what it brings.
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I recently had a call from a client whose building plot we cleared in September. She was asking if I can come back to remove the stumps now her builder has dug them out. We hashed this out on site at the quoting stage and I made it quite clear just what stump grinding involved but they insisted their builder had it all in hand and would be cheaper. Bizarrely lean on the stump side of things too with only one cedar to my name since September. Stuart
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I suspect I know the answer to this. But does a tw190 track any quicker than a 150? I suspect not. I have a 150 with a winch and it does everything I need but by god does it track slow. Living where I do and some of the work I get it can be a bit of a trek in. At slower than walking speed this 150 can sure make a meal out of it. Hoping to move on to a 230 or a st6. Used a 230 and forst, obviously a massive leap forward in terms of chipping capabilities as well as tracking speed.
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I have got three, now just a teaser. 😘
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Had a guy ring us today asking whether we can sharpen blades on his mower......got a walk behind rotaty mower that uses the Hayterette system whereby you have 4 small swinging blades mounted on a rotating disc. Said he couldn't drive, so could we collect......OK, shouldn't be an issue. How much he says 'I've got it off the mower ready' OK, fine I say...if you're local just call it £20 as we can pick it up as part of another collection and arrange to drop back with another. Turns out he's in a different town 40 minutes away.......tried to explain for us to drive 40 mins to collect, then same to bring back, then same to drop back and return to base is 4 x 40 minutes...all for gross £20 it really didn't stack up, he thought we were being awkward! Turns out his daughter lives about 2 miles from our front door, so he got her to pick them up....but I mean, really??? Thought we would be happy doing all that in the first place for £20. Getting to the point now, that if you dropped a £20 note, you wouldn't bother trying to find it, it's worth so little.
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She’s a beauty🤣 Functionality over looks and all that👍 Whoever came up with this barmy idea of two handed control needs a right talking too! All it does is make it more dangerous, as now it’s tempting to get a 2nd person to load/unload whilst another does the controls! Absolute takes the pee! anyway, I came up with this for mine-exactly the same principle as yours….but shinier🤣
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I know, I’m not without blame, could/should have done that.
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Equally you could have pre-qualified him during the initial phone call stating the minimum price the job would need to be to be worth your time at that distance. (But this is why they are called cuntstomers to be fair…)
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Had one today, been pushing stump grinding a bit lately as I have a new machine. I get a call from 45 minutes away, long way for a price but hey ho. As I’m rained off today I arranged to go over after lunch. Nice bloke, row of Leylandii, 20 odd, decent size, nothing massive but a good mornings work with 1.5 hours travelling etc. I quote €780 inclusive. He says too much, he can hire a digger for 200 and pay a bloke 200 to dig them out. Fine says I, shake hands and get in the truck. Then I said to him. ’I have driven 45 minutes to be here, now if you’d have said over the phone, I can get it done by a mate for 400€ I’d have said get your mate to do it, I cannot bring the grinder over here and do it that cheap, and we’d all have saved time and money’ He looked a bit sheepish in fairness. Don’t get me wrong, quotes are free, it’s a service industry and you have to take the rough with the smooth, but it can sting a bit sometimes.
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this is what they are like before
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my wessex was 2 handed but moved the valve block to the side swapped 2 of the pipes round used existing valve block and everything, just the handle was extra not sure if something similar to this idea is possible @Mark Bolam??
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Do you have a pic of the lever mechanism? Can one not simply chop off the linkage that goes to the second lever?
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Hi, where in Kent are you? I need a grounds man to join our team. I’m based just south it side Westerham in Kent. If this location might work give me a call on 07786884924. Archie (APF Trees)
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Joe Newton replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Climbers talk
Can't go wrong with Falteimer mate, mines outlasted every other one I've owned. I've got one of the circular courant ones too which is decent as it doesn't fold up and twist your throwline. I'm using Zing-it which has been my preferred line to date and just the cheap notch bags in a few different weights. -
If you can't reverse a trailer please don't fetch one need chip for chicken coop
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Stihl ms 211/c circa 2010 replacement carb
openspaceman replied to John Rainford's topic in Chainsaws
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That’s exactly it Chris, they’ve been built as single lever machines for sensible people then swapped out to HSE-Nazi spec.
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Suitably chastised. Understood.
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