Joy Yeomans

school run duties:001_rolleyes:

had a write up printed about the lads in forestry journal, the pics came out well for saying it was a terribly foggy day back when the journalist visited, hope everyone enjoys reading the antics the lads get up to, when im stuck in the office evaluating arbtalk threads. joy

a winning lottery ticket - beat me to it ummm - a fiver down the back of the sofa

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as i interpreted the vosa web site when i looked into it, im pretty sure it said that you are exempt for agriculture and forestry and the products of both agriculture and forestry if they are your products, so as firewood and forestry men, i think we are exempt tacho for deliveries for towing - as i would understand??

put an oil cooler on, we are retro fitting one to our big log splitter soon, just to save the seals, if they get too hot they wont seal and will go brittle

if its any help, my cousin has his own wagon, he regularly moves our large machines about and can move wagons etc, hes based at Ashbourne, about 20 miles from Buxton his telephone number is - nigel @ J E Woolliscroft telephone: 01335 324326, tell him Joy passed your number on. or alternatively , we purchased some machinery from a dealer down devon way called Gibbings and sons at chumleigh, devon he has a haulier who regulary comes up to the midlands with machinery, he could have a load coming up and pick up your wagon as a return load making it cheaper? a possible? hope this helps joy

martin, just an update, the scout leaders came and collected about 35 poles today with a bit of spalted beech for wood turning -all very happy thanks joy

us wench's are expert tea brewers , bacon sarnie makers and have only once put coffee and tea bag in the one cup:blushing: - it was a gavin and stacy special - cea or toffee anyone:confused1:

as charlie will vouch said neighbour is a right one, the word rhymes with dock, if you know what i mean, with charlies help she realised that the three days work involved did not come to £500 and listened to reason.

got it after the neighbour told her he thought the whole job should of only been £500 which what was putting the spanner in the works

got it now thanks guys sorted - phew joy

an 8 tonne machine will be too small, you really want about a 13tonner minimum, ideally 16t machine is best

stem felling vid and pics on rowenas phone as our camera batteries ran out. stem at base 4ft across after taking buttress off

any body want to see some pics? - monday, tuesday and tidy tomorrow

would a big hammer help

jon, we are at £85m3 and we are going to £90/possibly £95m3 if the red keeps going up, but we are pushing mixed wood at £75m3 joy

thanks guys for all your support - feel abit on my on on this at mo. has hubby was feeling better with the stress of it all and now this has knocked him back big time again and again ready to pack it all in - charlie its not your fault, we had given her the price and tbh i knew over the phone she was going to be awkward but it wasnt til the lads got back that i knew they got called out to her else i'd of forewarned rohan to be on his toes financially/written acceptance etc. itsjust good to vent your feelings on screen sometimes thanks guys joy

done an emergency job yesterday, today - well will finish cleaning up tomorrow, the customer now back peddling over payment - surely what youve got in timber will pay the bill, i cant pay anyway til my husband comes back and we really dont have that sort of money put to one side to cover the tree, ! not overdone, infact done it too cheap had 4 men, 2 climbers ,2 ground staff yesterday had 6 today, 2 climbers & 4 groundies will leave 3 tomorrow to clear up about 6 loads of chip and an artic of timber all great haulks of wood , the price was agreed upon before start of job, infact we gave her a price and knocked 400 quid off which in hind sight we shouldnt of just to get the job, which others turned their noses up as it was too big fed up now with domestic customers had too many bad eggs:sneaky2: we had visited and quoted when one branch failed and hit her garage, then when second fell and hit her discovery 4, she called us in quick and agreed at the price there and then, as we could get monday to start. a fed up joy

never thought of that market yeti, what a cracking idea, we promote ours at little shows etc, but never sold that many all the best - joy

im sure i saw that japa on ebay a good few months back - pretty certain it was the same pic.

we do a few every few months and keep them in the poly tunnel, to get them bone dry, so easier to light and catch, plus lighter to move, once bone dry easy to light with either a burning ember or a firelighter, the really big ones, we strap up at the top to stop them banana peeling apart, only ever used softwood , and then only the notty horrible stuff we'd reject through the stack for being too short for the decks (12') so we do large 8' and small 12" ones and everything in between, any wood will do as long as its dry and kept dry

bit of a tip, we supply them with a wrapped fire lighter the sort you light the wrapper, so the customer just pops the firelighter over the top cross on top of the log and light - simples and clean for the customer, or put a bbq charcoal on the top and blow the sides to ignite. joy

we usually light them about 4pm ish and they stay going albeit alot smaller but still warm til about midnight, early on in the night the chairs are well back come 11pm the chairs are close up:thumbup: the smaller ones, we cook on regular in winter , bacon etc and then mash the brew:thumbup: joy - or should i say i cook - the lads watch on:sneaky2:

we sell small ones for about £5 and large ones we deliver and dig in for about £30 - regularly burn them at night, keeps the midges away and loveley and toastie when the suns gone down