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Voluntary VAT registered, is it worth it?
gensetsteve replied to 18 stoner's topic in Business Management
Forgot to mention if you are getting near 70k you can make the wife a partner then it doubles to 140k before you need to register. -
Voluntary VAT registered, is it worth it?
gensetsteve replied to 18 stoner's topic in Business Management
I would say dont do it or look really carefully. What a lot of small businesses forget is if you buy a van for 10 k inc vat you put 50% in the first year against tax or 5 k . But if you are vat registered after vat you would only be putting 4k against tax . So its not as unfair on non vat registered people as it first looks. Hope this makes sense will try and explain it better if not. -
Another trick is they ring up to thank you for your support last year and would you like to proceed again. Had a with held no the other woman asked could she speak to the person in charge of health and safety I replied " not at the moment hes just had an accident " She rang off so politely it had me worried in case it was one of our large contracts. Think they had the last laugh on that one
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Voluntary VAT registered, is it worth it?
gensetsteve replied to 18 stoner's topic in Business Management
All your activities will be vat applicable. But if you are just doing firewood and buying in cord wood its a nobrainer I would look seriously at doing it. You can claim back all the 17.5% on cord wood machines diesel vans etc. If you get your wood free I would say maybe dont do it. It does not increase the price to the customer and your pubs and businesses can reclaim the vat you charge. There is not a great deal of extra paper work and it disiplines you to doing you accts every 3 months. -
I would say most people dont fear other members in any way but why would you put your personal details on the web. A fraudster will be looking for a profile to build why make it easy ?. It amazes me the amount of ebay names made up of their name and date of birth. Why dont they just use their address and pin no in their about me page.
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A cubic meter with a heap on it is more than a cubic metre
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Nothing wrong with selling in standard bulk bags as long as people dont pass them off as 1 cu metre. I just explain you can get four into my 2 cu metre body when its heaped. Makes it easy for people to compare. 4 bulk bags at £60 ea = £240 or my Truck for £160 with no unnessary packaging or dents on your tarmac drive from the hiab.
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Which timber have you found best for kindling and why
gensetsteve replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
Thanks for all the replies I am moving towards poplar. I think it is used for matches because it is easy to light but slow burning. Part of the reason for getting the ideal wood is not so much is it ideal as kindling, more is it efficent to pass through a kindlett without jamming up with nots or covering everything in sticky sap. I like Ash but expensive to buy in and a bit of a waste as kindling when it can make nice logs. Because I will be buying in volume I might as well buy the species most suitable. -
When we bought ours 8 months ago had 3.5 k to spend everything was 1998 with 170k on the clock and trashed. Bought a straight one for £1800 but still 170 k on clock and trashed drivers seat but one company owner and maintained. Been a superb truck would not buy anything else. Good luck with the search. You should just get a d4d fo 5k and they are much better on fuel.
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No matter how many sheds you have they are always full and you still end up outside.
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Its got a cubic meter of concrete on each of the 8 uprights. The green cap is about £120 every 6-8 years. Hardly sweats even when full of green wood which you cant say for single skin tin sheds. About 2k for the kit and the same to put up. The way I would go again. Have caged it so stack logs up to eves.
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My wood tent
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Which timber have you found best for kindling and why
gensetsteve replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
We use off cuts at the moment but we are getting short and I have found it takes 4 times longer to prepare than round timber through our processor. How do you cut yours to size. -
If you decide to go the crane route there is an auction on line or Linde in Basingstoke finishes lunchtime they have dozens of overhead cranes really cheap at the moment. Try a search for dove bid, you will need to register. I doubt they will sell today so may still be some more left. Let me know if interested.
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Need something like this to forward timber from my next door neigbour after the arctic has dropped it off (cant get it in my place ) 4k is my limit but machine may not need to be as capable as the one shown.
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I am no expert but if its beech a solid cubic metre weighs a tonne when green. To get a solid tonne you allow something like 45% air space. So you are about right.
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autumn, natures bounty in the hedgerows - go forage
gensetsteve replied to Joy Yeomans's topic in General chat
I keep meaning to pop round and see you. I think near future may be a good time -
Sounds good to me. I think you need £100 a cube to call it a living especially if you buy the wood in.
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Due to high demand I am going to struggle to keep up production using virgin construction off cuts. What have you guys found the best to go through a fuelwood kindlett. I am thinking not too much bark or knots. I have been told Larch gives you alot of splinters.
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I am not sure what you mean by a pallet truck. We have a thing called a pump truck which could be the same. If you are on firm ground a forklift could be the answer lots around for cheap money now the country is bancrupt.
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I think 63 cu metres am I about right ?
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I like the leylands and the parts should be about for sometime. At 1300 you can have two doing different jobs at the same time pto work pallet forks bucket etc. And if one stops you still have the other.
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Ebay is a good place because you can meet the owner eye ball to eyeball before making a bid. I prefer kit which people have owned for a few years and have some faith in. Farm sales can have alot of kit which is being cleared because it has a major fault. Doing home work pays dividens ask the auctioneer where the lot has come from and sus whether it is a large genuine outfit clearing old kit or a crook off loading some junk. If you can buy with a profit in it should it not suit your operation you can still move it on. Good luck with your search.
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You could try a pallet truck but any debris on the floor will jam wheels. You will need to put bags on pallets. We tryed all terrain pallet truck but you loose too much space due to wheels either side. I would look for something like a buggyscopic make sure it can stack you bags not all have enough height.
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Thats the tool on the right. I will have to get my hands on a slappy. My first thoughts are it would be too heavy for what we do. We only really tickle 3m lenghts of dry beech about.
