Tom D
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hitting a chav at 800m would be very difficult Dean, but don't let that stop you trying.
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What are those kids doing in the basket Dean. Is that spray paint he's got?
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VAT registered - why do they ask?
Tom D replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Business Management
Fair play Dean, if it works for you. Makes me wonder where I'm going wrong, I'd be going backwards at 1k per week, I try to make at least 2. Not always easy though, did £2900 week before last and £350 last week:sad: -
VAT registered - why do they ask?
Tom D replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Business Management
You must work for peanuts Dean, I have to say I haven't found that being registered has affected my work much, most of my work is domestic too. I tend to qoute including vat and if people query this I generally ask them why they would want to employ a non registered company, after all with the threshold at 68k they must be a pretty small concern, are they insured? qualified etc? Harsh I know but being registered lends credibility, perhaps undeservedly, but you have to make the most of your situation. If your turnover is say 60k say 30 k of this is wages for you and your groundie. That leaves 30k which you have paid vat on at 15%. Thats £4500 that you'd have saved over the year, you could keep your prices the same and enjoy the extra profit or lower your prices a little to help counteract the vat. I still cant understand though, how a serious business, even a one man band with hired in groundies can stay under 68k.??? -
Deff not privet hawk as caterpillars are wrong size and colour, have to look at elephant hawk, although I'd expect that to be bigger too.
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These pics are some from my mobile I took whilst off to a restraunt with the missus waiting in the car so I didn't have too much time. The caterpillars had completely defoliated what I think were privet bushes that were part of a hedge. the neighbouring hawthorne was unaffected as was the rose and the grass and verge planting, even though all these were covered in silk. My first thoughts were Oak Processionary Moth but having seen pics on the net I'm not sure now. The caterpilars were 10 - 20 mm long and 1-2mm thick, grey with black stripes and black heads, they appeared to be hairless. Since I was heading out for a meal I didn't handle them so cant say much more really. Still, I'd love to know what they are.
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VAT registered - why do they ask?
Tom D replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Business Management
:scared1: Change banks mate. -
Thats an interesting point, often the lawmakers and those doing the enforcing either don't see eye to eye od don't understand each other. My btother has a 57 navara, when he bought it he asked them to take the tacho out of the old one and put it in the new one.(he does a lot of long didtance towing) . They told him all tachos fitted now have to be digital so the old one won't do, ok he said, fit a new one. We can't said Nissan cause the electrics won't talk to each other. So what does he do if he's stopped?
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The test centres will be that busy, all you'll have to do is book a test as soon as they can manage to fit you in, then get written confirmation to show if you get pulled. "sure officer, I booked the earliest test date that i could, the 11th october 2015":001_smile:
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Have to say, on second reading its looks like maybe we wil need it, although its not clear. Where does a landy come in? GVW3500kg ? what about a pannel type transit as oposed to a tipper? both of these can be classed as a B type if the MAM is under 3500kg. This all sounds like yet more euro bollocks, however perhaps now's the time to become a trainer and start teaching this crap because if every builder/ lanscaper / glazier / joiner etc needs to have it there'll be plenty of work.
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VAT registered - why do they ask?
Tom D replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Business Management
TBH I think its a credibility thing, and as has been said vat registered companies like to claim it back. I also know of many occasiond where I have been asked to invoice a company when clearly the work was private. Having said that I can't understand how a 2 man team can stay under the threshold, even if you have 40 non productive working days a year a day rate of £310 will put you over the limit. There seem to be a lot of tree firms out there who have plenty of kit and seem to be doing well and yet aren't registered?? -
Its 3.5 tons and over so a transit is fine.
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in case anyone's interested https://client.hr-director-software.com/recruitment/elcouncil/barkers/vacDetails.cgi?jID=6164
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A rope guide is one of those bits of kit that once you have one you can't go back. You'll like it SWB.
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So how are things? I'm now quieter than I'd normaly be at this time of year, still going though just less work out there it seems. I know many others round here are quiet too. There also seems to be a lot more kit for sale these days, and lots of guys ringing up looking for work. What's it like in your neck of the woods?
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What is the view of trading standards on log selling? Does anyone know? I saw some in homebase the other day that were being sold as 10 or 15kg bags, the logs were green but it said "seasoned " on the label. I reckon that seasoned is a meaningless word as far as trading standards are concerned hence homebase are happy to use it on unseasoned logs. Generally I think Trading standards are pretty hot on weights and measures. If you say you're selling by weight or volume you have to be accurate otherwise you are breaking the law. So if you advertise "bulk bags" thats fine but if you say "1M3" and then deliver a bulk bag thats not ok. It would be good if there was an industry standard for the moisture content for logs such as: seasoned = <25% moisture. Sadly I don't think there is.
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That could have been something to do with your driving style:001_tongue:
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Posch are supposed to be a good make, but one thing i'd say about the on in the vid is if its only nine ton it will struggle with a lot of tree surgery stuff. You'll notice they dont put anything tough through it, its all nice streight pieces. Its hard to see in the vid I posted but the knife is stopped by one of the pieces at 8 ton and I go up to 16ton to crack it. I reckon to split most stuff with a 4 way knife 15 of 16 ton is a minimum, preferably with a 2 speed pump.
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Pressmennan wood is just up the road from me, this is the first I've heard of it. I'll try and get along and have a look for the spikes. I have to say it all sounds a little far fetched, Probably just the local estate doing a bit of selected felling and then rumours start going round that the whole wood is going. I think these people just want an excuse to spend a bit of time living in the woods growing their dreds. Just noticed, Pressmannan is owned by the woodland trust, hardly the clearfell types.
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Steve and Dean are right, there are many jobs where ringing it up is a good option, and its what we do most of the time. However I worked out that if I had a lifter of some sort I could have saved 20 days last year, thats about £10k. This is basicaly jobs where you spend a day dismantling and chipping and a day dealing with timber, these could easily be done in a day with a lifter, but you'd still charge the same. If I had any confidence in the economy i'd be buying a roofmount, but not much point having one if there's nothing to lift:sad:
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I used a Bobcat 325 with a thumb a few times, it was very good, the guy who owned it had a rake for it too, it was made from a simple bar with the tynes from a muck grape bolted on very good for picking up brash without catching loads of soil etc.
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Can't fault my stihl one, had it 6 years, never been near the menders. Bet it breaks tomorrow.
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Thats the 16ton one, the 4 way knife came with it.
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A short vid of my Woodline 16 ton one: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlg9aarI1oM]YouTube - log splitter[/ame]
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The skeleton of george bush senior holding an axe standing in a pool of blood over the body of a dead prostitute. or maybe a smurf and some clouds.
