Tom D
-
Posts
11,232 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Calendar
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by Tom D
-
What is your company GC?
-
how would i go about gettting council work?
Tom D replied to treechopper90's topic in Business Management
Go for it, negative attitudes will get you nowhere. I have £155k of LA work this year..... -
how would i go about gettting council work?
Tom D replied to treechopper90's topic in Business Management
Ring the council switch board and ask for procurement, they will point you in the right direction. Bear in mind though most councils will allow individual managers to appoint contractors to do works of less than a certain value.. the only way to get those jobs is to be pals with the managers. -
Whatever you can get away with... it will be area dependant.
-
It's cryptomeria Dave. TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
-
I want to grow my business slowly and steadily, possibly diversifying into other areas, while I would still like to be climbing in years to come I don't want too be doing it every day... One saying that is true is this: Its easy to make money when you have got money. This is true even on a very small scale. If you see an opportunity and you have the cash to capitalise on that opportunity then you can, and if you haven't got the cash then you can't. for the last 5 years or so I have always had a "float" of around 10k spare cash, now I have much more than that, I really like having the ability to grasp any passing nettle that I might like the look of, it could be a bargain machine that comes up of even a piece of property, I may even decide to start some completely different business... Like Stevie says being in a position to ride a wave of opportunity is a great way to be.
-
There's climbers and there's climbers. for over a ton a day you have to be good. the OP is still at college, IME it takes about 3 years regular climbing to become good.
-
Wouldn't mind seeing a 1928 demo's... will there be one there working?
-
Any road work?
-
Of course its illegal, just as its illegal to cross your hands on the steering wheel.... Well thats what my driving instructor said.....:001_rolleyes:
-
Some really nice stuff there Eddie, we want to make an oaken frame kitchen extension, would you be interested in making the frame? Not sure where you are so we could assemble it but if you fancy making it let me know. Tom
-
There are a few big firms who will pay for chip, however I would try and find a farm who have installed a biomass system of their own. I am speaking to someone at the moment who has a biomass system that heats a heated floor barn for grain drying. when that is not being used it could be used to dry chip to improve its value as fuel. You could even do a deal where they get free chip and you use the spare heat to kiln dry wood...
-
38. Seems a popular age....
-
The boiler is a condensing conventional one, not a combi, The system works well, I have the stat on the gas boiler set low so as soon as the stoves kick in the boiler stops heating. We use about 400l of gas every 18 months.
-
I though about getting one for the wee tractor, I had half an eye out for a road tow with a knackered engine, wouldn't be much work to convert it to pto.
-
The boilers don't have to have pumps, I have 2 gravity feed wood boilers linked in and a pumped gas boiler too. The gas comes on first thing to get the rads going when the fires are sleeping. and if we go on holiday it keeps the chill of the house.
-
The timber is sitting on a free draining hard stand so is nicely drying. Would that be 5-600cube as it is or as split logs woodchopper?
-
I have both, the positioner and swivel are the better choice. Not that the micrograb is bad.... the positioner is just better.
-
I'll get all that done this year, I have bought a bigger splitter to make billets and a processor to put them through. I really have no clue as to the quantity of logs I'll get out of it.
-
Get a neutraliser, I have a dunsely one, it has 11 connections, 5 pairs and a vent: CH, gravity from rayburn, gravity from stove, gas boiler and HWC. works really well, CH and HW can run from any or all of the heat sources. you could stick it under the accumulator.
-
I am planning to convert this lot into firewood this year, I am not much good at estimating the amount of logs I'll get out of it. care to have a go?... I could take an average of the responses. I am guessing between 250 and 500 ton, but that will make a big difference to profits, i.e. 500 ton being better. the first 3 pics were taken from the top of the chip mountain and form a sort of panorama, the other pics show the view from the other side.
-
Just had the same thing with mine, so the replacement parts are just the same? not improved? doesn't sound good. It had knackered the drive on the worm gear for the oil pump and put started to score the oil pump casing. If it happens again at least I'll know the symptoms and react earlier.
-
A few tips for Rayburn users: If you have the 355m and onwards, take out the summer fire bricks altogether, this gives a much faster oven warm up time. If you want a quick heat up to boil the kettle in the morning, put some skinny logs (preferably softwood) in the oven the night before as you close it down, by morning they will be 0% moisture and will flare up really quickly. Clean the boiler regularly, I have a metal spike that I use to scrape the tar off the flue ways in the boiler, only takes 2 mins and is better than waiting till it gums up. you can do it with the fire in if you open the flue right up as the draw stops it smoking. best when the fire is really low though as you can rake out the bottom of the boiler more easily.
-
Thanks for the comments. I only got to see it today as I'm not a subscriber:blushing: James who wrote the article kindly sent me a copy. Looked pretty good, I just emailed a load of pictures and they blinged it all up. James would probably be interested in doing a feature on other companies if you want one, He's a freelance writer and always looking for a story . PM me if you want his email. I'd scan it in and post it up but its probably not fair on essential arb. Nice feature on a certain MrJones too....
-
Sounds like it will be on a gated compound, prob quite safe. I'd take my kit and team out there for the right money to do the whole contract, wouldn't go as a subby though.
