Tom D

The one from the other day..... Worth watching in HD if you can..

We've, done a few grave yards over the years, on several occasions I have moved headstones with the tractor and put them back afterwards, I figure this shows more respect than breaking them...

There's a company in edinburgh who can get spares J: 01313378552.

Thats awesome Eddie, is that a wee shear on the side of the grab?

Now that I have sold her, I was reminiscing looking at some old pictures, this was a big stick.....

This is a key part of any sale: Qualification. That is; know exactly what your client wants, and make sure they know exactly what you are going to do. You get a feel for it and need to ask the right questions to do it properly. If you don't qualify your client properly then you are laying yourself open to having someone else take the job. Its all very well doing a great job and lots of extras, but is that what motivates your client? or is it the money? if you don't qualify them properly you'll never know. If all they want is a cheap job then give them that, explain that you won't do this or that for the money and you can then compete on a level playing field.

Looked again, topping down strop snapped by the looks of it, must have been fairly high up to generate that much whip, i.e. long stem...

I find that you don't find the work for the kit until you have it, so if its a bargain go for it. Sometimes you have got to take the plunge and go for it. If you don't you'll get the chance of some flail work later on and then it won't be available any more and you'll have to buy a more expensive one..

Part of the rigging kit failed for sure, that must have hurt, a lot.

Not the biggest bits, but quicker than your quad chip….

The one downside is that they don't draw enough current to put the trailer indicator light on on your dash, so you don't know if they are plugged in or not. Having said that they are much brighter and maintenance free. I'd recommend them.

You won't need to. I'm serious BTW, you think its all about price… its not……...you can match the lowest price on the net, I'll still buy on line. We do our supermarket shop on line, and loads of other stuff…. Its just easier.

You are spot on Matty, its all about convenience, I have 3 kids and run a business which has grown significantly in recent years, My time is so precious, I have to find enough work to keep 2-3 squads busy, looking at a lot of jobs, fix kit as fast as my guys can break it, help out on jobs where i can and try to spend time with my family too. I can click an ad here--> and buy whatever I need right now at half 10 on a sunday…….. that is priceless to me, even if the local dealer was as cheap as Jonsies I'd still buy on line…...

what are the differences? does the 562 still have all the software crap on it?

I don't really but that, a 660 is the same kit wether i but it from gustharts, jonsies, honeys or wherever. if it breaks I'll ring up and ask for the parts to be sent out, then fit them myself. occasionally I'll drop something at the local dealer if i'm passing. I could tell a story of the poor tree surgeon who spent a fortune on training, AA approved status, PPe and then lost work to guys who didn't bother with any of those things. Or the guy who still mashes his brash down in the back of a transit with a bow saw, and looses work to a guy who has a chainsaw and a chipper…

Any business that fails to adapt to changes in the market only has itself to blame when things go wrong. The internet has been around for years, if you aren't prepared to sell on line you can hardly complain when others do. Loads of small shops have closed down, loads of small farms have packed in, and loads of tree surgeons have given up too, its natural selection, you need to adapt and survive or die. Its that simple. You can look at the past through rose tinted spectacles if you like, but you need to face facts Arkwright, the days of the likes of me wasting half a day driving to your little shop to pay £100 over the odds for a saw are gone. G g g g ger ger ger ger get with the program ger ger ger granville.

Ditto that, if there are no eggs or chicks, and if the tree poses a significant danger, then it would be ok to destroy the nest, keeping natural england informed. Proving significant danger is important though, as others have said if there are alternatives, i.e. bracing or cordoning the area off these could be explored. Whatever you do keep natural england / local wildlife officer in the loop.

Would have been a lot cheaper to just drag it home and buy a new wheel.

People amaze me sometimes, that was quality!

This was todays job, a big elm dismantle..

Anyone used one? This looks like the kind of thing I'm after.. Anyone vouch for reliability, residual value etc… Cheers

Demand has got to play a huge part, look in the shops these days, I often see timber products and wonder how they ever did it for that price, the answer is very cheap foreign labour. So as a saw miller your customers are themselves having to compete with very cheap imported products that they have no chance of beating on price. I have never been to Oak Furniture Land but I'll bet its not all hand crafted in the UK from UK grown oak, how could it be at that price? Woodworkers are therefore only able to sell niche products to a small but discerning customer base who have the money to spend on something local, there just aren't that many of these people. I have seen chopping boards etc in garden centres for £10 or less. No uk woodworker could possibly compete with that kind of price unless he was doing it for fun. Find ways of adding value to your products or reach new markets, selling to the diy hobbyist who only wants 1 board for a wee project may be a pain in the ____, but if you find new ways of reaching these people and make sure that you are not unduly inconvenienced by them then they could be a real money spinner There used to be an Edinburgh wood festival where you could sell stuff direct to the public, that kind of thing would be a good way to go.

Stick it on arbtrader.

I have an aarow stratford I think, its a boiler stove, wider than it is deep so it takes a long log and you see a lot of the fire. Esse do one with a wide door too.