Ty Korrigan
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Gosh Darlings, I'm like "So Passe"...hhh! Ty:001_tongue:
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Tried cheap cooking oil on my 260 last summer for a couple of weeks, just a trial mind. Wore the bar out double quick and stank of chips badly. Won't do that again! Ty
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A broken Bandit is a 'bum Bandit' and Global don't tolerate them! Ty:biggrin:
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I admit, if its a job any Good Ole Boy could do with a ladder and a top handle then I'll drop my price. In summer though, when burning is disallowed with heavy fines I make the point we have a chipper and can remove the waste easily. If its a tough nut of a tree then I name my price, some I win, some I lose. I also know just who works for what price and so drop my rate accordingly. Over the year its all swings and roundabouts, so long as I cover my costs and make a profit on a couple of days its all good. But I won't work for a loss if I can help it...I'd rather stay home. My grinder makes up for any dud days or trees prices close to the lower margin. Its an earner! Ty
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I asked H.Bros about parts and its not imported into the U.K sadly. Ty
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Find Funding for my business in arb
Ty Korrigan replied to Robert-Chainsaw's topic in Business Management
I got my 10 week course paid for by the state, just the course mind. I still had to live and pay for kit from my savings. I was claiming working tax credit before and that was the key to free adult education in 2008. As for funding... Your own car, cheap trailer with homemade greedy boards and a wee chipper is a start. Don't need a 130tipper and Quadchip to get a foothold in the business. Ty -
Ah, shame on you 'Yew hunt' for messing Mr Martin around... Ty
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Negri tracked €15'000 over here... For a machine of 15hp! Ty
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Since buying our Quadchip the old faithfull CS100 wee chipper has been out 4 times in 5 months so we decided to sell it. Always kept clean, under cover and fussed over with a tacho fitted from new, 3 years of ownership, 229 hours, it fetched £620 less that we paid for it. It has cost us less than £3 per hour in depreciation. Keep it clean, keep it shiny and don't accept the first offer! Ty
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Oh, I dunno...I've had my moments here and come close to being banned foreverer and everer... Fortunately Mr Bullman took me by the balls and squeezed them until I squeeeeked' then allowed me back on as humble as pie but walking bow legged... Strict but fair, I mean, in the bad old days they would have nailed my head to the floor and shot my dog just for saying **** or even you ***** **** Ty:biggrin:
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Maybe its Butler before and after...? Ty
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I did that once when I was a school prefect and therefore above suspicion. Ah happy days... However I'm just not sure Butler is to be trusted on this subject... Ty
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Oh...really...a wind up...? I now understand. Butler has recently contacted me and sent me on a wild goose chase finding prices of firewood, transport and even the imports regs for Jersey. 200cords he wanted... Nothing, not a reply to emails nor phone calls. FANTASIST! Even Skyhuck doesn't annoy me as much as a fat, 'queer', snobrover driver I will ask the immam to put out a fatwah upon you when I go to Friday prayers:001_rolleyes: Ty
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Just had the Bee man call me, he is very pleased. They are settling into their new hive and will slowly re-organise and rebuild the combs over the winter. Picked up the rest of the wood today and the smell of honey was deep and rich still on the hollow logs. I've kept some for planters in my herbaceous garden. Ty
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Butler does not come over as being overtly religious... There again, I don't read everything on here. This morning I don't want to go to to work. I'm tired, a little low in spirit, weary of this weather and the knowledge that I pay 72% minimum 'tax' on 100% of my salary. Just how the French Connection U.K (FCUK) am I going to every get ahead here? So Butler, your not alone with your troubles but they are yours and yours to share. Ty
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South of Rennes in an architects garden a rotten cherry collapsed at the butt and got hung up in an oak. My climber secured the tree, removed the crown and was levering it clear for a controled descent using a pulley and capstan when it just fell apart in mid descent exposing a decent sized bees nest full of liquid gold! I've never seen any-one exit a tree so fast...hhhh! So abandoning the site for a while to let the bees calm down we called a friend to come and collect them as bees are increasingly valuable these days. I'll get a pot or 2 out of this, tasted extrordinary fresh from the hive. Before any-one notices the lack of helmets it is because the bees kept attacking them and getting underneath. I cut through the piece being lowered so the beekeeper could access further into the hive and got well splattered in honey which further attracted more bees. Got 90% of the job done despite the delay! Ty
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Dear me, I'm up to 5 all with the same area code. Each enquiry is a cut and paste job. I have responded to each with vim, vigour and a few choice words....hhhh! Ty
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Butler, you could try being your own groundy, that should sweat a few pounds off as well as getting your lardy ass out of totally unecessary vehicle and onto 2 wheels. Try to pedal around the island to do a few quotes! Also, come over here for a busmans holiday for a couple of days and see how the amateurs do it...hhh! Seriously, I'll pick you up from St Malo, put you up and let you laugh at our efforts in the trees. I could do with a kick up the ass myself! Chin up and remember my offer. Ty
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Not just Flea-bay I'm afraid. I am selling my CS100 on a French site 'Le Bon Coin' The first 3 to enquire had phone numbers in the Ivory Coast (00225) as they where there 'just visiting family'... Thomas Tankers the lot of them... Ty
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Well in response to some posts, I am not drunk (don't drink) and I am not lonely either. Missus is in bed tired out from trying to make children :001_rolleyes:and I'm enjoying the late night seasonal t.v. via the internet. However, I am surprised at the number of members online this holy night. Joyeaux Noel all ye good Christian men! Ty
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Its Xmas eve! So what are we all doing on Arbtalk? Sad lonely losers! Ty
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Hurry up Burrell, I'm off to bed! Ty
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Quadchip has been an enormous change for us. We're far more competitive now and out almost every day as we are winning bigger jobs. Turntable is invaluable, prevents me twisting my back, saves lots of energy and stress too. I've got nothing really negative to report and can only say it is excellent value for money. I have no concerns about its plastic covers but those curious little locks come straight from British Leyland as they look identical to my old mini's door handles! Plus the service I get from G.M and my local dealer here. The CS100 is up for sale to go towards a new Kangoo van for me to run about in. Its only been used 3 times since July but I run it up every week still for 20 min. Ty
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Large second hand chippers may seem like a bargain BUT... You 'may' be inheriting a bag of spanners and some-one elses dirty laundry plus as the man says, its too large for his current business plan. The Negri is 'un peut cher' for sure but its a good machine and well built. My mate hired his for a year before buying it off the hire company for too much but it earns him good money all the same. Ty
