White Noise

Special brew and you'd be on a winner

Ty Korrigan what ever you decide to do I wish you all the best of luck . It takes a strong minded person to up sticks and set up in a foreign land . Character building none the less . What Ive seen you do is identifiy your market and advance your business very well indeed . Regards Paul From an Acorn to an Oak in your case from a CS 100 to a Quad chip

Aye when they bite they bite . Chainsaw sleeves would of prevented this ? Then again how many people wear chainsaw sleeves ? I own a pair but never wear them . Seriously I,m going to make a point of wearing them from now on full stop . Thanks for posting . Things like this need to be put up as it shows that saws will bite and are totally undiscriminating . No matter how many years you have been in the game . All the best just hope its not your drinking arm When your return to work treat your saw with more respect just as a jedi would his lightsabre . Don't fear it as it earns you money but on the flip side it can easily loose you money . Regards Paul

Friend of mine found this robot wars machine while doing a garden clearance job in Cheshire . The previous owners of the house actually left it behind when they moved . Its on the bay now ?

No worries it was a big lump though

In an ideal world yes it would great . Although decent staff are hard to come by . Faster is not always better . You may find yourself working all your machines flat out and past there service dates and creating more problems and stress . Just my opinion

The problem is there are now to many tree surgeons about? So back in your younger days there would have been fewer treemen . I am booked up until the end of November and some dates also taken in December . Having said that I have been trading for over twenty years . I still do a lot of Conny Bashing so not always big dismantles and the like . When I first started it was week to week . Some firms I know are booked out till january ? Obviously a certain percentage is commercial . Yes it is true you can be that busy that you end up losing work ? If that happens then you are doing something right . Basically the people who won't wait well just forget them and concentrate on the jobs / clients you have got as they will always recommend you . The jobs you lose through being to busy well thats just self explanatory You know your stuff and charge a fair rate and do a good job .

That last piece was a lump . Takes a Viking minded fella to remove that kinda of timber . Keeping it real matey like it .

Nice one Rich

Use mister solutions a lot . My order is always right and delivered on time .

Fair play I can see your point . He did earn me money and also did very well out of the arrangement himself . I took him from school when he just turned 16 . A month or so later we all sat down me , trainee and his family . I proposed a deal where the trainee would get full training at college . Supply him with all new ppe and climbing kit and his own saw . If he would stay and become in time my main worker climber , groundie maintenance helper , log delivery man etc etc . He had use of a paid vehicle from the day we got him through his test . We even had incentives such as pay increases through out his whole 6 years . What upset me was the fact that he had been thinking of becoming a chef for a while . He just never told me and then one day turns up and basically said I,m off going to be a chef now . No notice was given he didnt even give me a chance to find a replacement . Yes he did six good years for me . Just really annoyed me that he didnt even work any notice or help ease another worker in . He was just under 22yrs old when he left me and became a chef for 6 months

My local Matalan had a half price sale rack in store . I bought some black jeans for work at £20 and when we got to the checkout the assistant said £11 please . I explained that half of £ 20 was £10 simple maths really ? She replied but it says £11 ? the till that is . Ended up getting them for a tenner in the end . Seems like all retail outlets are trying to con us is some way or other ? Before anyone says owt I will be wearing my chaps over the jeans .

Fair point LGW . Best get the rest of my timber under cover then Its going to be a cold one this year . May even break some records .

I spent a small fortune on kitting out and training my young jedi tree climber . Then 6 years later he decided that he really wanted to be a chef ? I lost a lot of money and wasted a lot of time the later of which really gets to me even now . I should of had him sign a contract ? If I ever did this again I would get the trainee to sign a contract , so if they left after two years they would pay a % back on all training cost etc .

Sorry to hear about the barn fella . Surely you will struggle to dry them logs out now ?

Theres a GTM 15 HP on the bay at the moment it was at about £500 last time I looked .

Cheers Steve

Give that lad a proper harness some training , rope and a lanyard and I,ll bet he would outclimb 80% of the so called subbie climbers that I know . Putting food on the table the best way he can . Awesome guy Your all just jealous of his climbing abilities

My little back up jo beau saves the day again .

Hey matey I may well just have to add this little beggar to my Greenman collection . The Big Green man is standing up well to the elements on the patio . pm your £

We took down a decent Willow and all brash was chipped on site by our little back up jo beau 300 chipper . It surprises me every time it comes out . It will chip bigger forked limbs than our TW 125 hydraulic roller fed machine .

Don't forget now night night zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Happy days . Does she still work in your local ? After a days graft is she now on the other side of the bar ?

Nice one . Is that your lady

Well spotted that man Still a handy thing though