Ty Korrigan

Chipper blades stuck...broke socket, now shops shut for 2 hours so back home to service wife instead. Ty

I'm off to cool down by changing my chipper blades in the hail... Whats you excuse for not being at work Stumpy? I'm recovering from flu. Ty

Hmmmn greasing, penetration, hot parts and foreign bodies... Just gets me thinking of my Moroccan wife again! When I ment hot...I ment 'warm' sorry. Cheers Ty

I was wondering...if greasing my grinder bearings straight after a grind gets the grease better into the bearings as the parts are still warm? The actual channel in the bearing race is such a tiny hole so a more fluid grease may pass better...? Or do I just need other things to think about like a warm wife and greasing... Ty

These are nice and gay... Walz Cycling Caps I'm ordering a sky blue one and Bretonboy a black and red one so we don't clash when cycling...hhh! Ty

Actually, it brings to mind the quote from the film Snatch. "It's deal, it's a steal, it's sale of the 'effing century, in fact it's so good, I'm going to keep it myself!" Or words to the effect of...hhhh:biggrin: Ty

I may just buy a few and re-brand them 'Bum Bandit'....hhhhh (Because its yellow and bum rather than Dean coming out on facebook and twitter) Ty

TBH...I do miss greys, from a youth I used to trap them in cages then let them loose for my JRT to dispose of in a manner that was as quick and effective as as a .22 and cheaper too. Ah...happy days:001_smile: Ty

I dunno Stumpy, I thought you where better than that... Ty

Oh DO TELL! Lego? FisherPrice or a GCSE student project to create a 3 world chipper out of findings on a municipal tip? Ty

I once bought a 'Hershey bar' in San Fran. It was so awfull I went back for another. Then not quite believing the total awfullness of a sour chocolate with a hint of cats vomit, I bought another the next day before I learned my lesson. It took 3 bars for me to come to my senses and vote never to buy another! Maybe when your product loyal it is the same, persisting with the devil you know... Ty

I've just spent a shocking amount on a pair of bearings, approx £100 EACH! Now I am spending a shocking amount on grease to ensure never again, I repeat never again... Even get up in the night just to pump more in when I should be pumping lube into the wife instead... Shocking business all round the cost of bearings...Bandit...by name Bandit by nature! Keep 'em lubed! Ty

Broken jockey or not, why didn't you pinch it before the 'non-card-holding-members-of-the-caravan-club' got to it first....hhh! Ty

Hello, I sell single steres (0.7m cube) of 33cm logs for 80euros plus 1 euro per km delivery. Regards Ty

Yes, your right, we ran a 17hp Iseki on Ag tyres with a small flail behind for bracken and brambles, rotovator and a topper for fields. Tractors on sloping ground in woodlands though... Felling and extracting trees in an area that others show little enthusiasm for... Lots of risks involved in felling on difficult ground... I imagine the reason for the other guys lack of interest in working your woodland was probally down to the difficulty in extracting the stuff? I get calls from time to time from property rich cash poor Brits sitting on what seems like money trees, decent woodlands but in steep valleys or accessable only over a tiny frail bridge or even in the case of the last couple, 12 hectares (24 including the lake) of pop, willow and alder. They thought they had a forest and a gold mine. Sadly it would take a chopper to lift out the trees from such wet ground! Regards Ty

Ah, We sent a 2 man team to do 3 days pruning work for a client back in July. I was absent at the time, off getting married but when I returned to work there was an email waiting for me, not unkind but it said amongst other things... "perhaps if we used chainsaws we would work faster" It seems the last Arb, a French outfit, used top handles, even on the ground and she was impressed by their speed and use. We are due back in a week or so and I will endevour to explain about safety and the French way of ignoring it... Anyway, the job has run over by a day and the client is convinced it is the use of our silkies that caused this rather than her 'just can you' and micro management 'just a bit more please'... Ty

Hello Paul, Welcome to the forum. Is 3 hectares going to yield sufficient wood to be worth the investment in tooling up for the job? You can buy in 'chutes' which are trunks that fail Q.C due to splitting, not growing straight or from a known battlefield area. This can be very much less expensive (25euros per stere equivilant) than actually trying to extract your own wood. We buy a gurt lorry and trailer worth then spend quiet days crosscutting and splitting using a neighbours tractor which costs far less than buying your own equipment and less than buying in wood. Also, if you have 2 hectares and above (I believe) then you MAY need a permit from the department of forestry (you do here in 35) If you contact them you may get some free advice about forestry management so make sure you have plenty of Pastis and ice in stock. All the best Ty

Our 192 is a shoite to start when its cold out. I always thought it a bit gutless too. However, it is heaps better since I started to store the saws inside the house over night after getting damp and also we replaced the lightweight 40cm bar with a solid 35cm bar. It needs a perfect chain every time or its just a motorised Silky...hhhh! I've been using it since my tendonitus came back after loading trailers of heavy clay with a shovel. The back has come off a few times too. Ty

How can you tell if advertising is worth it...? Well I have a client form I fill in with all pertinant details upon EACH ENQUIRY. Thats right EACH ENQUIRY because you must measure the ones who got away. I ask how they heard of us and if it was word of mouth, the from whoam they got our name. Its not the third degree by any means and takes seconds to ask. Some clients will not know how, they just know you existed before they seached your number. With this I can count the number of clients brought various adverts. Each advert should cost NO MORE than 10% of the gross take. Ideally, 5% or less. Many we run are at 3.75% Harder to measure is the result of van sign writing and your subliminal presence over the years, continuity and a general feeling you are a stable reputable business. Give advertising a budget of between 5% for established businesses and 10%+ for new ones under 3 years. There are lean periods when certain adverts give nothing back THEN... a big fish is landed which makes up for weeks/months of no enquiries from that advert. One unusual advert we use are our cards and a bag of handmade chocolates at Xmas given or sent to other gardeners or arbs with smaller machinery and also local suppliers to whoam Joe Public turn to for recommendations from time to time. One thing is for sure, if you don't have a web presence then you are effectively hamstrung these days so get that organised. Regards Ty

increased gonad size, craniofacial abnormalities... Explains why council workers are so...the way they are...hhh! Ty

Did it muller the blades on its way out...? Ty

Well, I'm a root plate kinda guy:001_smile: Even done hefty pine 4 stumps (80cm DBH when trees so 1m20+ as stumps) but took ALL day about it though with the HB20. It needed alot of digging out the chips to get a level and repositioning time after time though. Really was the work of a larger machine but as yet aside from time wise there is not stump it can't do UNLESS the ground is sloping too much. Having used smaller push me pull me hire machines around 18hp and less I can honestly say they where hard work and a self propelled model is a real boon. BUT I certainly would buy a wee 13hp+ grinder tomorrow if I was starting out again as most of the stumps we do are petite enough. 27hp gives plenty of grunt for 90% of what we come across daily although I aspire to a 35hp 4WD Buck Rogers 21st Century model... Ty

Ah, I think the random pop-up is a malware on MY computer...grrrr! Anyway, images are everything, without them your 'webmaster' can't build a thing so take a camera EVERYWHERE with you. Here, French OAP's are really well off generally on 90%+ of former salary so they would be the last group I'd offer a discount to! Regards Ty

Does this discount for OAP's really work? I mean, how do they know they are really getting one and your not just building into the price...? There is an annoying pop-up on the right selling iphones, is that part of your hosting package, other adverts? Good on you for starting a site though, it is the way forward as many people like to surf shop around. According to our hit statistics many look before work and just before lunch... Regards Ty

Diamond teeff! Skyhuck, any-one might think that about cutting the easier trees or felling hedges as putting the arisings through a chipper, I mean how easy is feeding a chipper? Any-one can do that! EXCEPT...it is still hard work and the machinery costs more money than people really think plus its noisey, grubby and not every-ones cup of tea. Come on, how many garden owners proudly tell you at tea break they have a chipper themselves before showing you their Kenwood twig processor... Point is, I'm telling my fellows on this forum NOT broadcasting to the wider world. When I worked in retail in a past life it was all about add on sales. Man buys trousers (suits you Sir!) You offer up a belt, mention the co-ordinating jacket and the buy 3 get one free on shirts offer. Man buys trousers and belt but hold fast on the shirts until he gets paid next. Man comes back following month for shirts and even though offer is finished buys 3 anyway as he has been mulling over them for a month. You throw in socks as a gesture. Man happy, shop happy, I win, you win. No different with stumps or even re-turfing/sowing after. Selling your extra service can seriously boost turnover. A thuyia hedge we pulled out and chipped one day locally left 70stumps from 15 cms to the odd 30cm+. I sold the stump service for over half the hedge removal cost. Thats a 50% add on sale which is a healthy figure. Even a wee birch leaves a stump and roots to annoy Sunday mowers so a tree you may charge say 150euros to remove leaves a 75euro stump. Obviously not every-one will want the stumps removed but until you ask you will never know. Better than passing work on to Mr StumpOut ltd, keep in in house. Another aspect of this is that in the end you MAY do fewer quotes overall. That is to say, you can raise turnover without finding extra clients:thumbup: Ty