firewoodman

i'm scared off clowns too.................but i do like mesterh's avatar:thumbup1:

was that the stihl 009, there was one before that too.i had one...rattly little thing too:thumbup1:

i think the bnp getting 2 seats in eu parliment will make the other parties reconsider their policies, especially the immigration, which, lets face it is either the biggest or second biggest talking issue along with the ongoing wars

having to board out the whole of the tipper body of the truck, so when you were cutting the brash down you did'nt blunt the saws

i can still splice 8 strand after being tought on my climbing course in 92

i also remember the nylon 8 strand multiplat for climbing, sisal for the toolstrop, i think it was polyprop for lowering, bale twine to hold up your trousers, and if all else failed use your 3 strand for all of it!!!

yeah the old full body harness was straight off a parachute

not as easy as a fire......and charging a full days labour.....eeeeeaaaaasy money!!!!!

at risk of stating the obvious... can you not just build a fire around the stump ( which has been dug around) and just sit back and drink tea, occasinally topping up fire to make sure stump burns?????

so are you working on the 9-10 slot now???

ignore them??? no chance, i'm writing a book on this, just need a title for it now!!! to be honest, you can tell at the start of the conversation if its going to be numpty on the other end, and at that point i usually put it on to loud speaker so we can all have a laugh after.....................priceless:thumbup::lol:

oh boy, dont even go there with the dust issue and bark falling off. you cant please any of them!!!!

good argument.....................but........................... weights and measures, trading standards and anyone else with some legal bee in their bonnet will want some kind of exact measure, either by weight or volume. (my own experience of an incident when i first started over 10 yrs ago) the description of a "load" is apparently not good enough. to quote the smarties, it is sold by weight. it does not say " a load of sweets" or "medium quantity" etc. etc. etc

£4.50 softwood, £5.50 hardwood (same as B&Q)

every frgging day i have to explain a m3...............dean you would be suprised how many people dont have a clue

well i would say " I stand corrected, i'm too cheap" by the above, BUT then i remeber it is 2 years undercover and mine is not at £130 for 2m3:001_cool:

i charge £20-25 for barrowing and stacking per m3, but am putting the price up cos i hate it and it gives me a bad back........... no pain, no gain.........i'd rather not gain and have no pain

i'm going up to that in dec ready the stupidly manic xmas rush i know of others charging much more though supply and demand

did a delivery today where during the phone conversation for her to order the wood i was assured there was an area to tip off the load, when i turned up there was a small pavement on a busy road, so i asked the lady where i could tip the load, she replied you can throw them all down the ally way. i replied that will cost you an extra £20 for handling, she said thats outrageous, why so much. well, you told me i could tip and i cant, the handling will now make me late for the next customer and the rest of the day, i now have to work overtime and by the time i get home the kids will be in bed and i wont have seen them, so you can pay for that....... or i can leave now and go straight to the next customer. outrageous she replies, that makes you the most expensive around. yes love, but not the richest! at that point i was quite happy to loose the sale and got my keys out to go when this happened. well dont be hasty and go.... i'll just go and get some more money and we will both know for next time. i charged her £15 in the end but it took 1/2 to shift the wood to where she wanted it

cool pretty safe, might wear a hard hat though

sorry its for 1m3

well charge what you like, depends on how much effort you put in, your competition and quality. not saying you are right or wrong, just seems cheap i split, leave in pile under cover till dry, load with skidsteer, drive to customer, tip on drive , collect money and go all for £65 + delivery charge dependant on area. did think of doing dumpy bags but the time ratio thing did not work for me and the dumpys i got were 0.7m3

ime builders bags are different sizes but never more than .7m3 but still 2 years undercover???

boy you guys are cheap! 2 years undercover dean......... i'd be charging more for quality like that

yeah, lime dries quick and burns hot..............can be diff to split sometimes. split it now and you could be burning for or just after xmas. give plenty of air whilst drying as can go mouldy qite quick. good wood though and nice and light for the misses to drag the baskets in:thumbup: