Stephen Blair

well done matt, proper job indeed:001_cool:. big slippy dead elm in the rain. you get my nod of approval mate. i have looked at your pics 3 times and i cant find anything to have a niggle at you about, and that wedge is class:thumbup: i bet you ate your tee when you got home tonight:biggrin:

well no pics of the blade changing this week guys, i went to do them yesterday and they were fine, i dont know why scott was struggling the other day, maybe just a couple of awkward bits, i was just paranoid about nails as it had chains and stuff on the trunk. the chipper ran for 4hrs yesterday and i was using it chipping dead elder and holly for 2 hours no bother:thumbup:

do you break them on your elbow first:001_cool:

cheers mate

dean is stricter than vosa bob, i bet his kids bikes used to have brakes that would put an f1 car to shame lol

i do the exact same tom, get someone to prep the books for the accountant, pay the bills do the cheques and banking. worth their weight in gold..get a climber in on the days you are consulting or sub out your consultancy and stick on a percentage for yourself

its the crazy caravaners that do 75plus on the motorway with there mondeo estate towing a 30ft caravan. MENTAL CASES owe the best wee chipper is a wee greenmech called gloria:thumbup:

good idea rob, i may do the same mate.mikey, firewood is just there to provide a service, i am flat out with tree work, so i would rather set a day aside, get a couple of lads in and fill as many as we could in a day and get them stacked up..

i liked those bags, do you have a link to where i could get some mate

that looks luxurious dave

looks like the output is pretty similar steve

wasnt there a problem with the carbon fibre ones breaking?and they arent ajustable either

i ran into the same problem gibbon a few years ago and my head exploded. you have went from climber to manager over night. you know how to cut down trees, but you wont have any managerial skills. i didnt, would you employ a climber to run your own business. probably not..getting organised is the secret, and taking your time to answer your customers questions rather than just saying something isnt easy either. For the meantime make one of your guys a team leader, give him a few more quid an hour and give him responsibilities. if he has a problem then he phones you. if you have to go back and go over a snag, doc them..Oh and ditching crap customers is very good aswell. i have just called 4 customers there, i last spoke to them 3 weeks ago, i told them i would call them when i knew i could give them a date, and it would be a few weeks away. 3 of them were delighted to hear from me and the 4th, a guy who wants me to come and take away some trees for nothing for the firewood, was the only one that was sarcy on the phone, i said hello and introduced myself, he made a comment about 'about time i called you last week' i said nothing, there was a silence, i still said nothing. then he started to be nice. Now out of those 4 customers it isnt surprising that the guy who want something for nothing is the awkward one. guess who is going to get nothing from me for nothing. now 2 of the other customers were told there would be a price increase this year and the only problem they had was on one of the days they wouldnt be there to pay me straight away. but they are re-aranging this so to be there with the money, they realise getting someone honest and hard working to come to them and provide a good service isnt easy. but they are great customers so i always go back

alloy geckos, no question imo,, totally awesome, i kept getting them stuck because i was used to bashlins, having to thump them in, the geckos are awesome. super light and comfy as hell

thats just great, another way to let idiots be incharge of dangerous machines. very clever invention but my sister inlaw is a dr in a+e and she gets the same guys in day after day with the same injuries. And who pays for the knackered machine once mr stupid saves his fingers??

so most are charging 70quid a big bag. mmmm. i am doing a minimum order of 2 and in multiples of 2.

time is money, when your car goes for a service they bill you for cable ties, recycling the wee gloves the lot, and quite right too.

take some pointers from your customers that give you a lot of grief josh at work, persistance works, have a right good look under the bonnet, you seem pretty knowledgable about engines, do some investigating. ask to see there insurance and report on the incident for your insurers, or if it a dodgy wee garage then you are on to plums mate

the camera work is awesome, the work that is put into these programmes in unreal

you are really bust dean and have good regular customers. so you must be doing something right mate

i am charging 60 quid for a builders bag worth delivered locally.

i just bought an 04 plate master van last week, i like it, runs great and has loads of room in it, goes like a train. my mate had it since new and has never had any bother with it and he has just replaced it with a brand new one

things do happen josh, but the fact that the story changed makes me think a little, forget the second guy, your contract is with the first bloke, he told you £50, now it is up to him to sort it out with the other guy, if he was told porkies then he should not be happy with them, if he is just passing the buck and not bothered then just tell them you are going to call trading standards, if their guy says its a genuine fault that has happened and just bad timing then fair enough pay the man, if he says this must of happened doing 120mph then that is where the query is..i was in the same position at your age with a car, originally 350 came back to a bill of 700, i called up the ts folk the guy got a bollocking and a black mark and no end of grief, i still had to pay the money but i felt a whole lot better though. dont take any crap and stand your ground.

have you guys ever worked with sea buckthorn??that makes pyrocantha seem like conny, it injects stuff into you as well as spike the life out of you 2, hugh fenly whitington made some jam or something out some the other night, he was nearly crying on the telly and swore it was the worst most dangerous thing he had done on tv, ha ha

winge winge winge, what a girl, just get on with it and stop yir moaning shiela:sneaky2: