Just found a job on ebay

[Rich2484]

Well I'm watching it to see what happens.

 

Could be interesting to see what the bidding goes up to, and if anyone actually turns up and takes it away not just a tyre kicker. Lol

[Hodge]

Beggars belief really, you never know what you will find on the bay:)

[waz77]

Come to think of it i'll take our lass with me for him to have a ride on while im clearing his tree and cutting his grass :laugh1:

[shendy]

Some poeple.

I going to the see a builder in the morning and see how much he is going to pay me to build my house.

[Rupe]

We really ought to be telling them some facts! I'm clearing an oak tomorrow for the appropriate amount of £££'s and keeping the wood.

[Sam Thompson]

I fink deres £1k of firewood there, me an the ryobi will be round tomorrow, dunna worry, all in the back of the escort estate mate..

[Rupe]

I went with this..........

 

Hi. Sorry I cant help but respond to this "auction". The skills and equipment required to clear this tree are worth far more than the timber that might come from it. If the trunk is in good condition then someone might cut all the branches off it and take the trunk in one piece if they can get a crane close enough to lift it, but they wouldn't clear all the debris. You need a qualified and insured tree company to clear that for you, if they have to cut the wood up small to remove it then it will be virtually worthless, at best they might knock £50 off the bill for the wood, or leave you with the wood all cut up so that you can sell it. There is no way someone is going to pay you, and then bring £20k+ worth of kit along to clear that up. Get quotes in for the work, look on the net for tree companies in your area (I can recomend some) if your lucky your insurance might pay you some of the costs. BTW most reputable companies are rushed off there feet clearing stuff like this ATM.

 

 

I think a few more should send similar (polite) messages, and we will see if anyone gets a response.

[Daniël Bos]

Look at it from the other side, there's able people about with a trailer and a saw, a fair few of them I bet.

If it was within my ten-minute radius I'd go and do it for the wood.

And before you go all "look how you're destroying our industry" on me, consider this: If I have no jobs on, and have the time and equipment anyway, surely it would be bad business sense not to? The bills will still need paying, whether I go and sort them or watch tv so I loose nothing, the wood will easily cover the cost of the fuel, and they can keep the brash, probably sell it to another lucky buyer for pea-sticks or whatever.

[geoff]

Just sent a message asking if he can arange postage,as too far for pickup.

[Rupe]

If you really could just take the wood then maybe, but I dont think that is what they are after, and I doi think it would be damaging to the industry.

 

At the least they should be covering your costs for the day, and the wood can be the profit depending on what you choose to do with it and what size you can take it out in.

 

If you are short of work then there must be better things to do with you time than allow muppetts like this to sit back and get paid for this kind of thing.