Tom D

Major ball ache getting it out of the wood though, had to partially carve it then winch it 50yds to the trailer.

I would like a mill for stuff like that, nice work mate. Here's a bench I made form a single oak, the branches form the legs. The leg closest to the camera has a steel plate bolted to the bottom of it and is concreted into the ground, thats how it stays the right way up.

I have a mate with a jensen, he has the same problem. It came off once at speed, lucky it did'nt take out a bus queue.

An 8' x 5' trailer would need to be 22.04" or 56cm high to accomodate 2 cube, assuming a reasonably level load.

One thing that I have noticed is that many people on here are way too cheap and are perhaps confusing a wage with a profit. Last year I actually acheived 15% net profit, however I aim for more, ie my markup on my daily operating costs is about 40% but because there always non productive days the figure actually acheived is much less. It has taken me a few years to learn this the hard way but at least now I'm actually making money. What you should be doing is taking all your operating costs over a year, including your wage, and dividing by 261(working days) and that will give your break even day rate, add 40% to this and you should turn a modest net profit. 40% seems a lot to add to your day rate but if I only added 20% that would leave no net profit at all.

That sounds about right, a bulker 2x2x20m would be 40cube.

Hang on do you mean cubuc metres of timber or split logs? If its loose split logs just get the dimensions of the bulker and work it out.

Someone sent this to me, I'm not really interested but maybe someone else will be. Microsoft Word - Vehicle Sale Notice_605.pdf

Great day here too, the view from a dismantle looking over to Fife and bass rock.

This all sounds very odd, however one thing is clear, you're too cheap. I started out with a mate 7 years ago after we left the company we were working for, we reckoned we needed £220 a day and off we went, after a year we realised that although we had done ok, both of us had taken minimum wage nearly and there was no cash leftover. You say that the client liked you the best, thats good, all you need now is the right price. You walk round a job chatting with the client and then when the time comes to give your price you are um-ing and ar-ing staring at your shoes because you feel embarased to be asking as much as your old boss would have done. Dont do this, work out a sensible price that gives you a good profit (on top of your wage) and then when the time comes look them in the eye and confidently tell them your price. As for this job don't be worry, when you get undercut like this its a good feeling: I quoted 5k for a site clearence job recently, i missed out by a good margin, the client was very surprised as the other quotes were around mine but one was way cheaper. I passed the site recently and saw the guys working, they had a 6" chipper and were moving timber with a wheelbarrow,(there's at least 10 ton on site), they were slogging their guts out for sweet FA. It pleases me to know that A, they are tied up for 2 weeks+ and not competing with me for that time and B, they must be desparate to be going in that low in the first place. Let these guys do the job for £150 if they like and enjoy thinking of them while they do it.

I'm paying around £500 for a fully comp younger named driver on an 54transit, with nfu.

These were £140:thumbup: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/9692-goodbye-old-friends.html

Me too:thumbup:

Did the pollard as opposed to the fell have something to do with the drag:001_tt2: Thats one of my faves when access is a nightmare, Monolith.... wildlife will love it.... honest

12 cube this month, mostly outside my normal area so big money.

There's a couple of dogtooth cuts on here, felling with the lean and a backwind, prevents a barberchair. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/video-forum/9354-felling-big-willows.html

If you are pulling in the opposite direction to the lean then a standard felling cut should be fine. That way you can see it moving and adjust the pull accordingly.

Had another look and I think you're right.

Juglans regia Var Laciniata?

I have bought 2 chippers off Mason, both have been bombproof so I didn't need to try his aftersales care. Any dealer can sell you a crap chipper, its up to you to find a goodun.

Despite all that we love it:thumbup: There's not many jobs I'd trade for this one. Try and get a taster with a firm nearby to see if its really for you and offer them some first aid training, something we could all benefit from IMO.

I read The Wild Trees quite recently and TBH I found it quite depressing. I had always planned on visiting the redwoods in one day and after I read the book it spoiled it for me. Visiting them without climbing them would be like having a lapdance, getting in the mood and not being able to touch might be too much for me, I feel like I'd rather not see them at all. After I read the book I wanted to contact Sillet or other canopy scientists to see if I could get a chance to climb one, then I realised that hundreds of others would have done the same and it would be a waste of time. I loved the book, possibly too much. Maybe one day I'll get to climb one. Great pics mate:thumbup1:

I,ve had that with OP Ben, it needs a real workout to bed in. You could use it as it is for now then after a couple of climbs do what Steve says and swap the knut termination for another braid.

Most of the commercial stuff round here is Sitka spruce and Norway spruce then theres some Scots pine some fir and some larch but mostly spruce and mostly Sitka at that. They dont let them get too big so they can fell most if it with a harvester.