Ty Korrigan

I have for some time removed easily removeable parts from machinery when not being used and stored them off site. Chutes and covers mostly that would require a call to the dealers for replacement. Although I can't do this easily with the HB20 it works for the Greenmech chippers. Idea,, why not put trackers on all your stock...? Regards Ty

I have for some time removed easily removeable parts from machinery when not being used and stored them off site. Chutes and covers mostly that would require a call to the dealers for replacement. Although I can't do this easily with the HB20 it works for the Greenmech chippers. Idea,, why not put trackers on all your stock...? Regards Ty

I have for some time removed easily removeable parts from machinery when not being used and stored them off site. Chutes and covers mostly that would require a call to the dealers for replacement. Although I can't do this easily with the HB20 it works for the Greenmech chippers. Idea,, why not put trackers on all your stock...? Regards Ty

What about feed roller sharpening? Any need for this from time to time? Our are already noticably less sharp after 25hrs and wondered how effective they would be after 250hrs... Ty

What about feed roller sharpening? Any need for this from time to time? Our are already noticably less sharp after 25hrs and wondered how effective they would be after 250hrs... Ty

What about feed roller sharpening? Any need for this from time to time? Our are already noticably less sharp after 25hrs and wondered how effective they would be after 250hrs... Ty

Chanterelles...? Ty

Chanterelles...? Ty

Evening, Well, we have in the past been trading as 2 individual businesses doing tree work and a whole lot of other shoite for a coin. Now, we are a 2 partner limited company gunning for the tree coin and so are also looking at various grants and finance packages. Electric hedgecutters and pruning saws, pesticide courses and interest free loans blah blah blah... To be honest, the French ask so many questions of you when you apply that all the info I can muster, print off and thrust under the sweaty jowels of a 'functionaire' (government employee) is more grease to our elbow and grease we will need to squeeze through the eye of their needles! In France, the limit for t.v.a is a mere 33k after which hells doors open up and swallow you and your dreams. We are there and at the moment stand there tweaking the tax mans whiskers and laughing at the storm crows who predict doom. A correlation between 2 man teams, 3 man teams, and 2x2 teams etc is our aim. Business in France IS hard and complicated. You must compile a 'dossier' for everything, they are obsessed by paperwork. One interesting thing here is that limited companies publish their accounts on the web and as there are so many of them it makes interesting reading...if your that way inclined:001_rolleyes: Ty

Evening, Well, we have in the past been trading as 2 individual businesses doing tree work and a whole lot of other shoite for a coin. Now, we are a 2 partner limited company gunning for the tree coin and so are also looking at various grants and finance packages. Electric hedgecutters and pruning saws, pesticide courses and interest free loans blah blah blah... To be honest, the French ask so many questions of you when you apply that all the info I can muster, print off and thrust under the sweaty jowels of a 'functionaire' (government employee) is more grease to our elbow and grease we will need to squeeze through the eye of their needles! In France, the limit for t.v.a is a mere 33k after which hells doors open up and swallow you and your dreams. We are there and at the moment stand there tweaking the tax mans whiskers and laughing at the storm crows who predict doom. A correlation between 2 man teams, 3 man teams, and 2x2 teams etc is our aim. Business in France IS hard and complicated. You must compile a 'dossier' for everything, they are obsessed by paperwork. One interesting thing here is that limited companies publish their accounts on the web and as there are so many of them it makes interesting reading...if your that way inclined:001_rolleyes: Ty

I understand about turnover/profit equation. I'm not asking about profit here. I'm asking about turnover, just typical turnover. I'm also recording jobs and giving them a simple profit rating so I can better justify why we should or not do certain works. Other questions I want to ask are how many working days per year? How much time spent commuting from yard to client? Here, we have no minimum vat level if you wish to be able to offset expenses. One thing is for sure, grinding is a goldmine so I take Mr Blairs comments lightly (previous thread somewhere...hhhh:biggrin:) Ty

I understand about turnover/profit equation. I'm not asking about profit here. I'm asking about turnover, just typical turnover. I'm also recording jobs and giving them a simple profit rating so I can better justify why we should or not do certain works. Other questions I want to ask are how many working days per year? How much time spent commuting from yard to client? Here, we have no minimum vat level if you wish to be able to offset expenses. One thing is for sure, grinding is a goldmine so I take Mr Blairs comments lightly (previous thread somewhere...hhhh:biggrin:) Ty

Weeeelll... Just turned the blades around today on our Quadchip after 25hrs. I tooka peep down the chute and ran my fingers along to feel the edge. Better sooner than later! 1st time I'd I had done it and it took me an hour. I think the next time maybe 40min. We have done at least 20hours of pure Lawson chipping since new and I know this tends to pick up small stones and dirt as the branches are being dragged to the chipper. We too have had our teething issues with the machine but G.M's international aftersales service has been excellent.

Weeeelll... Just turned the blades around today on our Quadchip after 25hrs. I tooka peep down the chute and ran my fingers along to feel the edge. Better sooner than later! 1st time I'd I had done it and it took me an hour. I think the next time maybe 40min. We have done at least 20hours of pure Lawson chipping since new and I know this tends to pick up small stones and dirt as the branches are being dragged to the chipper. We too have had our teething issues with the machine but G.M's international aftersales service has been excellent.

Well, we have just become a limited company and our expected turnover should be no less than £70k (80k euros) for year one. Revising a long term business plan to give us some clear targets in terms of money and equipment. We work hard and long hours, far harder than if we were simply employed and with more energy. I've stood and watched other larger companies at work and wondered how they earn a coin plodding along as they do. I should not have clicked 'Public' as I didn't intend to pry, I just wanted an idea, I don't need to know individuals turnover. Is it too late to change that? Ty

Well, we have just become a limited company and our expected turnover should be no less than £70k (80k euros) for year one. Revising a long term business plan to give us some clear targets in terms of money and equipment. We work hard and long hours, far harder than if we were simply employed and with more energy. I've stood and watched other larger companies at work and wondered how they earn a coin plodding along as they do. I should not have clicked 'Public' as I didn't intend to pry, I just wanted an idea, I don't need to know individuals turnover. Is it too late to change that? Ty

Hello, Question for the honourable members of this online community. I would like to ask what people believe to be a reasonable average annual turnover in pounds sterling for a 2 man team with chipper, generally well equiped and also running pedestrian stumpgrinder. Please respond to my poll. Regards Ty

Hello, Question for the honourable members of this online community. I would like to ask what people believe to be a reasonable average annual turnover in pounds sterling for a 2 man team with chipper, generally well equiped and also running pedestrian stumpgrinder. Please respond to my poll. Regards Ty

Frankly my friend, The G.M CS100 is small beer money for the value it gives and anything else just a waste of said beer money. I know, I'm a 'user'... You know the type, bought one so rants about how good it is to hide the error of his purchase...BUT NOT I! We started with a CS100 which helped us on our way to a QuadChip. Anything smaller than a CS100 is just REALLY SMALL. Don't go smaller, go CS100 or bigger! Regards Ty (Now PeteB where is my beer money...?)

Bed by midnight, read until my eyes close down. Up at 6-6:30am Sleep like a dog all weekend at the moment except for a bike ride perhaps. When my wife eventually moves in I'm sure it will be different. Rumpy pumpy from 9pm until late, rumpy pumpy from 6-7am then rumpy pumpy 12:30-1pm then rumpy pumpy ALL weekend! and sleep...forget it! Ty

Right, call me Mr Thicky here... But, if I de-burr like our teams old man does by running a piece of wood across the chain after sharpening, then why does de-burring not AUTOMATICALLY take place when the chain touches its first wood after a good sharpen...? Mr Thicky:001_rolleyes:

Oy! Get your tongue out of my a***! Ty

I'm a fan of the Honda own brand Hydrostatic pro model. I think its around £1200 in the U.K but frankly its a beast that can also serve as a rough cutter by lifting up the rear chute and driving slow on full revs. Very powerfull, reliable and long lasting. Ty

Ha... I once asked why some-one was so cheap at 45% less than I:sneaky2: The response was 'No mortgage' Obviously no aspirations either... Ty

How do you know that particular 'factoid'...? Ty