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Good point. I was joking, however it can come across in the wrong way on the internet. I suppose if I wouldn't say it infront of my fiance's parent's I shouldn't write it here.

 

That's about the long & short of it, a certain air of respectability has to be maintained on any open forum.:001_smile:

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You say tom-ay-to I say tom-art-o. I don't really do big tree work, and when I ever had any hard wood work over a couple of foot I liked to use a big big saw. I was more confident with a bit more grunt to breeze through the wood, rather than standing there for eternity hoping it wouldn't barber chair.

 

Get a 560 then, whack an 8t rim on it, as for barber chairs, that's what a bore cut was invented for!

 

 

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Get a 560 then, whack an 8t rim on it, as for barber chairs, that's what a bore cut was invented for!

 

 

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I've done the training and know the theory :) However when you are only doing something once every few months and your bread and butter is hedges and small work, you are not 100% confident.

 

I know some will say that it's the wrong attitude. But I found I made a LOT more money doing smaller work. So did that. It's what I plan on going back too :001_tongue:

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I've done the training and know the theory :) However when you are only doing something once every few months and your bread and butter is hedges and small work, you are not 100% confident.

 

I know some will say that it's the wrong attitude. But I found I made a LOT more money doing smaller work. So did that. It's what I plan on going back too :001_tongue:

 

The small jobs do make more dosh I recon . Started a thread about it last week after taking down a massive oak for not much wonga !

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The small jobs do make more dosh I recon . Started a thread about it last week after taking down a massive oak for not much wonga !

 

My view. And off topic. Is that people see the £ signs in big work, without working out the costs. £2k for two days, 4 men each day and then all the waste and extra chipper etc. Vs me and one other bloke earning £5/600 a day smashing out hedges and small work to a high standard...

 

In the end I had four blokes working for me, all earning GOOD money. And we nicknames ourselves the hedge specialists. We were knocking out jobs other people were claiming would take a day in half a morning, and then doing loads more work.

 

It just meant when it came to something bigger, we were not as used to it. We would take apart the "big tree" brigrade at small stuff, and they would do the same to use with big stuff. I know who drove nicer cars though...

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I've done the training and know the theory :) However when you are only doing something once every few months and your bread and butter is hedges and small work, you are not 100% confident.

 

I know some will say that it's the wrong attitude. But I found I made a LOT more money doing smaller work. So did that. It's what I plan on going back too :001_tongue:

 

I can understand that, as I said, the 560 is ideal, more speed and power than a 50cc, whilst not being underpowered for bigger jobs, and with the speed, you're less likely to get a split

 

 

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I can understand that, as I said, the 560 is ideal, more speed and power than a 50cc, whilst not being underpowered for bigger jobs, and with the speed, you're less likely to get a split

 

 

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I think you have made my mind up for me. As a collective on the forum. I've message jonesie asking about offers at his show, and I'm sure we will be able to work something out.

 

I'll be itching at the bit to actually use it though. If it takes a couple of weeks for a job to come in using a saw then I'll be gutted. At the moment I only have hedges booked in. Sadly.

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