sharpening chains

[David Riding]

sometimes i think that the better you treat your staff, the more they take the piss. sorry, but experiance has made me a little cynical

 

Your not wrong specially when you have many ramdom subby groundsman on a big job. In an ideal world I would love to do all the cutting myself, but on a big job when I can not do everything, my gear comes back in all sorts of states.

[Mr Ed]

sometimes i think that the better you treat your staff, the more they take the piss. sorry, but experiance has made me a little cynical

 

VERY true. I have experienced this many times.

[MasterBlaster]

So what do ya'll do? Treat em like slags?

[Pete Mctree]

So what do ya'll do? Treat em like slags?

 

just hope for better luck next time!

[Peter]

Cheers! and very true, thin workers are very good on the ground.

 

Is this discrimination against fat groundies? You should be ashamed of yourself, fatties have rights too!

[skyhuck]

Is this discrimination against fat groundies? You should be ashamed of yourself, fatties have rights too!

 

:lol:

[David Riding]

The best groundsmen (one that is using a chainsaw) not just a labourer feeding the chipper are probably good subby climbers. People who have had years of experience using saws and know how to look after kit. But then you would be paying your groundy's £100+ a day! You pay for what you get! All though this is not true in all cases and there are some awesome groundsman out there. I pay my groundys obvioulsy less then that and have to put up with them digging holes with the saw and not looking out for wire on felled trees etc. When I have had 3 groundys workin on larger jobs you would not believe how a person could ruin a saw in such a short space of time. Which takes me back to why this forum started and why had changed chains at a point in the day. Sharpening a chain is easy to the experienced but if im 50 foot in the air and my groundsman hits a nail, clearly it is easier for him and me to put a different chain on and sort the chipped / Blunt chain out later rather than watch him agonisingly waste 30 minutes. I have learnt a valuable lesson on the forum explain exactly what you mean other whys expect a load of flack!!

[skyhuck]

Our local dealer charges £3 to regrind a chain, you could just wait till you have say 10 and drop them of to be done.

[Steve Bullman]

ive used a dremel attachment in the past for long chains that have been really screwed..they still need finishing off by hand though

[David Riding]

Our local dealer charges £3 to regrind a chain, you could just wait till you have say 10 and drop them of to be done.

 

My local husky dealer charges £6, I live in NW who's you local dealer if you don't mind me asking.