What would you hope to find in little chainsaw shop?hop?

[peds]

10 minutes ago, Brushcutter said:

Chainsaw strops.

 

HARD agree. Good shout. 

[dan blocker]

Whatever they stock it’s gotta be really bright colours and shiney🤔

[peds]

56 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Some krabs, some rope and a few prussiks, just for emergencies and an old impulse buy.

 

That's exactly it, stuff to replace the things that you accidentally throw in the stream or buzz a bit too close with the saw 👀 

[peds]

5 hours ago, manco said:

too much range for them to make it profitable if theyre small

best sticking to the smaller accessory stuff like fliplines, carabiners, maybe a rope or two, selection of slings, chainsaw straps, a few of the more popular silky blades?

could take a chance on whatever happens to be the fashionable harness or two.

 

I already asked them for Silky blades, the new stand arrived yesterday! And my new Zubat 330, now I've got the old one for connies and a new one for apple trees...

 

I did tell them, I don't know if there's enough business in the area to have a great range of anything... they'd be looking at the cheapest harness and one slightly fancier one, the cheapest spikes and one slightly fancier one... etc.

[AHPP]

Harnesses last years and cost loads. 

[peds]

3 hours ago, AHPP said:

Eye to eye prussiks, one popular climbing rope, 12mm Sirius, biners, DMM pinto rig, deadeyes, portawraps. Harness litter like those little wedges and the sticks for rolling cookies off. Daunting task. Most of it will sit there for years. 

 

You are absolutely right, a lot of it will get ignored. So metalwork preferred over soft goods that aren't semi-disposable...

[peds]

3 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

I’d tell them not to bother and just stock more chainsaw bits

 

Obviously the winning suggestion from a profitability point of view. Be nice to have a few bits available locally though, my nearest bricks and mortar shop is 4 hours away!

[peds]

17 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Harnesses last years and cost loads. 

They do. So the cheapest and... the second cheapest? 

[GarethM]

Or open a concession if you believe there's a market 

[Mark Bolam]

There isn’t a market.

 

The internet means that you can have what you want in 48 hours or possibly 24 from Skyland, Honeys or Gustharts.

 

Better off selling a really good range of gloves and consumables.