Justme
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I expect more of it. Lots more. Its low, Very low in this case when is obvious the person making the ap is going to do the work, but be honest if it was you that was going to the wall, was loosing your house, could not feed, clothe your kids ect would you not be proactive in trying to find work? For builders its a fairly standard way of gaining work. Read papers & contact everyone that gains planning permission. But in that game most people doing the PP ap wont be doing the building work as well.
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I have been using my new saw today for the first time. It has the new caps. If you over fill the oil even slightly its a pain to get it to close. I had to tip some out in the end. The petrol one seems fine.
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Dirt trapped in the clutch springs or weak springs letting the weights catch. Or an out of round clutch housing, or poss loose bearings on the housing. But weak or broken springs is where my money would be.
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This no mail order stuff is odd. You can buy a car with no licence (so no training) & that is far far more dangerous than any saw to far more people & worse for those not in control of it than those that are. At least with a saw it is most likely just you that gets hurt. I guess time will tell if they have it right or not. I think its more about protecting margins as they can squeeze out the mail order box shifters who buy & import via the "grey" market. I spoke to the local ish dealer & they wanted £400 inc vat for a MS250 with 16" bar. Then I found a dealer a bit further away that would do me one for £350 inc with a bigger 18" bar (last one at that price as his new stock was at the increased price). So I went with them in the end. They also got about £70 worth of sales for other bits too.
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Dont they know there is a recession on? Prices should be going down not up.
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Ah Tony now thats a better deal. Main use is cutting wood lol. Its a one saw does it all. So felling thinnings to 2 or 3 foot trees. Then limbing up & ringing up. I'm not doing it all day every day but when I am using it it will prob work all day for a week or so then get used occasionally till the next session. In a year it will prob see about 3 weeks work.
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I only quoted the MS250 to show the price difference. I have not chose a saw yet. Could do with some advice.
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Yeh thats a bit far plus that sounds dear as Jonsey does em for £350-£357-£364 plus vat dep on bar size) I could get one from our local agri suppliers but they not have much range & normally their prices make you cry. Might be worth a look as I need to go in tomorrow any way. Just spotted that Husky also seem to be stopping mail order sales too according to this advert HERE
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It might come to that. Still need to choose which saw first.
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Its time I bought myself a new chainsaw & this time I want to but a "better" make so that's prob Husky, Stihl & Dolmar. Saddly Stihl is out as our local (thats a 2 hour round trip, so would be out any way) dealer is vastly over priced. For comparison they have the MS 250 15" for £500 plus VAT when Jonesy has them for £313 with a 16" bar & its the same across the range & you cant mail order Stihl's. So my needs are a light saw of about 42-45cc with a 16-18" bar suitable for "farm" & small woodland type felling & firewood ringing up. Pref with a low vib (I guess they all have to have that now?) as I have got used to that on my existing one. So my question to the panel is Which one? Oh & budget is £350 plus vat.
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I guess bigger blades also cause more wear to the clutch & give a slower rev response time.
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Paypal also do a virtual terminal & an SMS service. So you can take cards via a PC or via a text message system.
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How many things can go wrong with one job.
Justme replied to slack ma girdle's topic in General chat
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That was my thought. Plus on reading about the £5-8 per tree for forestry felling it sounds ok to me.
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You mean the same trust thats needed for the lorry load weights? Ok big places might use a weigh bridge but I would guess that most use either weight scale on the grab arm or an axle load weight. Not seen any do a print out yet just a hand written ticket (not that I have dealt with many). Measuring the length of the load & the height its filled to (the width would be fixed) will soon give a measurement.
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Once its on the lorry it would be simple to do a box calc around the trucks load bed & then an allowance for space. Or as the tech already exists for the log to be scanned (as it is at the mill) it could be added to the harvester. Thats why I said I understood that truckers needed to. But again they should really charge a fee for the distance & then x per tonne of weight carried. As long as they are under their legal weight they can charge how they like.
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I can see why the truckers need to charge by the ton for carriage but the wood should be sold by volume at all points in the chain.
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Does it mean 1.98m3 per tonne for the pine? (and the others pro rata)
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You will punch through ply on its own. You need to have a thicker stronger beam first to increase the contact area.
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You would need to check the V at both ends under load & compare the two. With no load there will be minimal resistance so much less v drop.
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How long had you had it? Can you still get it fixed under warranty? Is the warranty transferable? That said, I would say it would depend on the wording of your advert. If you said it was New then you should be offering some sort of warranty. If you said used then its hard luck.
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A cord is about 3.6m3
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I saw this & though of you lot. Just spotted THIS ONE
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If its £30 to £40 roads side. You then need money to collect it, cut it, load it & deliver it. The splitting is just a small part of the job. I would say just a bit less than the cost of split logs.
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Yeh she has some skill to do that live. Perhaps if you had lived through it at the time or are still living with the "fall out" you might think differently?
