DN22 Gardening

if you get this before saturday 10ish, i'm breaking my ldv 400 everyone knows it as "the P,i,k,e,y Bus" (not being offensive mr moderator, its just what everyone who knows me calls the truck) its just had a load of work done for the mot (new rear brakes, fuel sender, handbrake cable, ignition) selling it tomorrow to a feller that brakes them, its got an excellent transit engine and box, seperate locakable tool store, chip box, tips even when overflowing all in all its been the best truck i've ever owned psss's all over the new transit i've got he's offered me £550 for it. if you can go to £600 and collect tomorrow its yours should sail straight through the test pic 3 is when we fitted the new tipper, off an 03 reg crewcab tel me on 07876572717 if your interested

get it, its really easy last time i put a lad through it was £22.50 for the test another £30 for the card, if your nptc qualified you'll need to apply for a white card, you'll need to look on the website for the code numbers to put on your form my card shows two chainsaw user tree climber job done for 5 years

hi all, got to do some close board fencing next week 70 mts long 4 x 4 fence posts, rails, a 6" kick board, and feather edge boards question is, wheres the best place to get the rails from, and whats the best size to use. i based my quote on 3 x 2 treated, but saw some today that was around 4 x 1 1/2 (ish) i need 240 mts so if i can save 50p per mtr it'll be a good saving

we run all our saws will smaller bars, 200t has 12" 341's have all got 15" 441's have 20" 880 has a 30" and the 4'er for serious stuff don't know if its right but i was told there's less wear on the engines

£60 mtr3 of softwood, seasoned for 2 years £75 mtr3 of hardwood, seasoned for 1 year i'm at the more expensive end of the scale around here plenty of people doing builders bags for £30 i'm happy with the ammount we're selling but stocks are getting high so may have to drop prices to compete next winter. on the subject of fossil fuel pices, how long will it be before the government starts a watchdog for oil prices. bought 500 lts begining of Nov at 42p per ltr went to buy some between christmas and new year 73p !!!!!!!! a bit of argueing got it down to 68p but still a joke !!!!!!

hi lee, what are you after species wise, and what are they for. got loads in our yard

the trucks fairly local to me. seen it about. not 100% but i think its our travelling friends

sorry, got confused thought it was you selling it DOH!!!!

hi nathan, we'll be bidding on the loader. can you send me the measurements please. also what does it weigh roughly. thanks, dave

same here sandbach, potato crates rule. go them for next to nowt, just keep the guy topped up with free logs. up to about 200 now but i'll need to double that when we start to process this years waste, its been manic.. but loving it

hi rob, the forum sounds like a good idea. still undecided about getting a mill made up, buy one of yours, or continue logging ?????? :lol: too busy to do anything else at the mo. definately look into it in the future, we're always trying to find ways to add value to what we cut

all halfords pro range used to be manufactured by FACOM, don't know if it still is. i bought the £50 set last week.....doesn't seem as good quality as the older stuff i've got. The 3/8 ratchet broke on the first day, taking the rear seats out of the Transit. But, as long as its got a lifetime guarentee.....who cares. They may try and fob you off if you don't take the reciept...press on...the give in in the end....

given up with work. been out and got a dozen jobs thanks to the weight of the snow, but told everyone we can't do owt till SOME of the snows gone !!!!!! booked up now till end of jan

am i missing something here...... round here i'm lucky enough to have a good client base who can just about bring themselves to pay the £75-00 a cube i charge for mixed h/wood. if you're buying it for £60...how much do you get for a cube ?????

Playing devils advocate here so please...don't jump down my throat toooo hard. :lol: We've got approx 50 ton of various harwood stems in our yard. cut over the last year. mostly 15/20' long varying from 10" to 48" dia. usual stuff, seem to have a lot of horse chestnut (never seen any for sale) a bit of 3' dia accacia, rest is birch, oak, etc Purely on a financial basis, is worth investing in a mill, storage, etc as opposed to just logging the lot up for next years firewood. Looking at the pics on here, apart from carving, can't think of anything more satisfying than milling your own timber to use on other jobs. However, we've all got bills to pay.

got the guy to send pics of the three limbs

i'll try and get some pics.

Hi all, Went to look at a job yesterday, three largish snow laden limbs fallen into a garden from a neighbours tree. no problem. apparently when the client went round to tell the chap that some of his tree was in the wrong garden the neighbour in question shrugged his shoulders, said to my client "you're insured aren't you?", and slammed the door !!!!! thats all being sorted by clients insurance co. However..... the clients house sits about 4' from the boundary fence. 2' from the fence, in the neighbours garden there are three 30'+ Conifers, and a 40'+ spruce !!!! During the snow, the spruce apparently dropped a big dollop which took out the guttering, and half the soffit, and the needles constantly block the guttering. The trees were there before the house was built (its only about 3 years old) SO...... Has my client the MORAL right to demand the trees removal ??? discuss.......

WOW !!!! :confused1:

bob, sorry, not dave, AAAAAARRRGH too much Sloe Gin last night

no dave we're not a charity although some people think we are the boy does it for a bit of spending money, we only sell by the cube, but, it does teach him a good lesson, and if it costs us one or two customers...ah well..

43 here still at it slower....yes......ah well.. price accordingly

we use em. bang on. no mess. would recomend we recently switched from the husky cans which were crap

hmmmmmmmmm......... i can't really see the difference between a bottle of whisky....and £20 a trip to oz......and a grand in an envelope...... its all back handers, sweeteners, thank you's, call it what you like.... we've done em all.... its all a big game to keep the client happy and coming back. there's no difference to your nectar, tesco, whatever loyalty card imo recently did a job for a site manager of a VERY large construction firm. did a good job, the chap was happy, so happy he recomended us for the next phase when the junior contracts officer rang, his first words were "i've been told that you're our prefered tree contractor from now" £12 K's worth of work later i saw the old site manager again, couldn't thank him enough. he wouldn't accept a thing, offered to take him and his wife out for a meal, no thanks, would you like a nice bottle of somthing (i'd have bought him a crate), no thanks, don't drink. his explanation... You did an excellent job, no hassle, we'll use you every time... also had the other end of the stick *******'s wanting cash back for jobs usually tell em where to go....but depends on the job

get your t shirts printed. emboidered ones go funny. we get our hoodies and fleeces embroidered front and back. company off ebay. sellers i.d. is publicimagedesigner. search for them and their shop comes up hoodies work out about £22-00 each, i think fleeces are about £20-00 but they're all good quality