Andy Collins

I charge £225 per day man and M300 JoBeau, just to give an idea. I charge more for myself and road tow Jensen. Don't sell yourself short, you still have wear and tear on the machine, you still use fuel and you still have to get there.

Get the new husky, far simpler remedy

I had an old Jonny 2094, it was a very good reliable saw for its age. If that was anything to go by I'd have another in a flash, for the right money of course. Tbh if it's a good runner, have it.

It isn't just the elderly who are vulnerable, many feel intimidated by "sales technique" adopted by the less scrupulous. I make sure elderly clients have my quotes in writing, and ask them to get it checked by a relative or friend before going ahead. I also recommend they get other quotes

Where in Suffolk are you Jake?

Much better I liked the placement of your top if that's any consolation. Peters was bigger though

That would be the cute fluffy dormouse arousing from his winters slumber

Peter didn't need any fancy edits or musical accompaniment to enhance his, short and sweeeeet And you're music was a bit too twee

Thanks for a really speedy delivery on this offer, Rob. Received it today

Good point Normanlumber thingy, wear a good pair of gloves if using a silky, a simple slip can do a LOT of damage in a hurry!! Cut away from flesh and bone, make sure you have no human body parts in range of the cutty bit. This may sound like we think you're stupid, we don't, but many have been bitten and it bloomin hurts and bleeds.

What is wrong with someone wanting to make a start? He obviously knows his limitations, accepts that he is going to be using a handsaw to do the job, just wonders whether its worth investing in a decent handsaw. Oh my bad, we're all experts aren't we.

Take a look along the bar groove, make sure there are no small twigs along it, run a groove cleaner through it. Have you nipped/twisted the bar slightly, that may cause the chain to jump up and off?

Sorry to read this, lets hope it warns others to be vigilant. Gutting.

I carry about 6 various sized plastic wedges, and 3 hi lifts, I drift them in with a dead blow hammer, never had a problem with them not doing the job. If its a bit dodgy, use other things to help, ropes, winches, trucks they're ll there to be used to get the job done safely. If you hit the hi lift square on top, it won't break, if you catch it with a glancing swing it will. Put a couple of rings on the top (they come with one) Plastic wedges can be trimmed back to shape if you do nick them with the saw, steel will mess the chain up big time.

We had to work in a council owned woodland a couple of years back, apparently listed in the top ten Dogging sites in the UK. It was absolutely disgusting, condoms and stuff everywhere. Humans are filthy.

Keep at it Mike, you're doing well and will get there eventually.

Wow!!! A mentor to all the newbies

Is this what happens when you give an Epileptic too much Red Bull? ffs

The uk market potentially is huge, men love power tools, builders have their Paddys motorbikes, we have saws, generators run on fuels (diesel and petrol) lawnmowers and hedgetrimmers. Outlets such as B&Q, Homebase, and so on are where the real money should be coming from, big turnovers, big orders, and once a product is seen it becomes accepted as the new normal, in your case the fuel for your power tool.

One question Eddie (Aspen). How well is this product aimed at the huge domestic market? With the long shelf life it is surely best suited to them?

punctuation police!!! Its Jons way, he doesn't use punctuation, he's a busy man

I think this has been said somewhere in here before, sort of, but I've glossed over the reading off it so forgive. How old are you? How much experience have you? How do you dress to quote? How do you think you come across to your clients? I think these points are the most important. Most people make a decision on whether or not to hire you within the first 5 seconds of meeting you. Those are the most vital seconds of your meeting. Price is almost irrelevant, if they don't like you they won't hire you, regardless of price. Go through meeting in your mind, do you waffle, do you umm and ahhh, do you lack confidence, in yourself and in your approach and are there gaping holes in your knowledge? I referred to age earlier, I've noticed many sub30s don't seem to have much credibility in the eyes of older people, not always, but sometimes. It's like how can you know anything, you're just out of college sort of thing.

I do use it....very sparingly, and for specific jobs. Back when the discussion first started, I had never used it, I was dead against it, it was not a viable alternative fuel in my mind. I have now tried it and made a decision based on my own needs and requirements. If it was the same price as pump fuel (inc 2t mix oil) I wouldn't hesitate to use it all the time. If I had a supplier on my regular routes, I would use it more often than now. Today I used about 9 litre of 2t mixed fuel, that would be nearly two full cans, £17ish a can = c.£34!!! Yes, I can see its viable to be used as a couple of tankful s a day in a topping saw, a can will last quite some time. But on serious felling work, on timber, using 70+cc saws, it is not cost effective.

I think this is one of those topics that will go around in circles for all eternity, with no real satisfactory outcome. At the end of the day, it's down to the individual how he runs his business and which products he buys in. To me, availability is always going to be my deciding factor, blow the rest of the issues. If I want a product, but it has hassles involved in sourcing, using and disposing, it is no longer worth the hassle, regardless of the benefits of using it. Liken it to having a top of the range brand new battery chainsaw, but batteries were only available in Outer Mongolia on Sunday afternoons once a month, you would soon give up and use a regular saw again. Operating a business, keeping your costs down helps make a little profit, that little profit at the end of the year could be the difference between success and failure. Margins in forestry, firewood and serious contracts are too tight too fritter extra money away on a commodity that has minimal gains, I can think of one contractor with many staff who used to stock Aspen in their shop, yet the staff used regular pump fuel, that company is worth a few bob. Personally, I have tried Aspen, I do like it. I am not "anti". It is useful for trimming tight hedges, and is why I will keep some in stock here, but for every day saw use, burning around 8litres a day per man, pump fuel all the way.

I did that too. Sometimes they don't look other times they rifle through the stuff looking to find fault. I've got an easier idea, though maybe a little off-the-wAll. Ill go to the local filling station, fill up my fuel cans, and use that instead. It's far easier I the long run, far cheaper, and a darned sight more convenient, and guess what.....it's available at many many outlets nationwide. If you took this product to the Dragons on Dragons Den, what do you think they would make of it as an enterprise?