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No chance of that mate, back to basics chain saw and axe
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It always used to be said, firewood is a hard way to earn a living and I think to be honest that stands true, unless you get the wood for nowt or you get paid for rmmeoving it as part of a job so its perks, then there is'nt much margin in it, I've just got back into it after a couple of years as a way to maintain turnover over winter, after the another wet winter last year meaning I was struggling for work
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Timing / Pricing question (Oh no not again)
csservices replied to The BJG's topic in Business Management
If its a price your happy you'll make at then stick to it, you can sit at home and earn nowt without knackering yourself, I've heard people trot out stories like that for years, if a customer tries it now I just say "good luck to them if they think they can do it for that price" and walk away -
I must be getting old, 40k! investment to sell logs I started out with an Stihl 028, an axe and ancient landy hicap, granted it was back when timber was still considered as a problem or perks of the job when out fencing and hedgelaying, now if you ask if you can have any timber you've cut out of a hedge or a windblown tree when clearing a fence line, it's either how much will you give me for it or no we want it ourselves only for it to sit rotting where its left for the next few years
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Yep thats the one and its electronic dual power and 4wd, not got any pallet forks for it at the minute, thats one thing I've been looking for, usually slide two bit of scaffold pole on the tines on the fork Used to have a 4610 LP cab with the late type column gears that was a good tractor, only downside was on the road because by time you'd gone across, up, across, down and back across into 3rd you'd lost your momentum
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Yep 6610 but AP not LP, 24 years old this year and creeping on for 8000 hours, she might be looking for an easier life soon
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My old beast at last, hydraulic pumps decided to start leaking since the pic was taken, always when you need em
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Had a Stihl hat for years came free along with a fleece and a bag, apparently the dealer couldnt sell them so was giving them away was a comfy hat mind and last years, got me own personalised ones now with Countryside Services on the front
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Hi, all got an email off someone in the Luton area, last night looking for someone to clear a fallen tree in their garden, I assume its a clear it for the wood job, if any ones interested pm me and I'll pass on the email address
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Usually buy oregon ones off ebay, though the last two have some how ended up too long there were some cheap australian made bars on there the other year, cant remember the make but my husky 357 ate it in no time so ended up getting a genuine husky bar anyway
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Younger brother had it with Hunters in Derby few years back, went in after a disco commercial, as he was only early twenties at time basically told him not to waste thier time as he couldnt afford one, worst dealer service I've had was pentagon vauxhall, wanted a new zapper for the central locking, although we were considering a new car til experienced the level of service, wanted £150 plus programming took over a fortnight to get it in then admitted they had got it within two days but were too busy so didnt bother telling me so told them to shove it, went to Marehay vauxhall, £20 programmed in next day fitted it in on the saturday morning and checked and cleared the engine management light for me for free while there, guess which dealer I'll use in the future!
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Couple of mine were like that changed the wheels for 7.50 x 16 wheels and tyres off ford cargo trucks, although by all accounts thier getting harder to find now too
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They've been nicking it straight out the wood behind my house again this winter bold as brass in broad daylight seen em walking out with trunks they've felled! one cheeky tw@t had stockpiled a load behind the wall, spotted him loading his van early one sunday morn, I know who the owner is now so he's on the case
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Burns hot but doesnt last too long, I had loads off a few jobs a few years back and nobody wanted it, so mixed it in anyway and told them it was ash never had any complaints and they all came back for more
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Once had an argument with a customer because she wanted me to take the logs away again after I told her it had alder in it, turned out she thought I meant elder burns lovely and splits easy if split green
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TCP just dab it on neat stings like a b**ch but should draw it out by morning, I get full of thorns reguarly during the winter with hedge laying, either that or pop them out when they go sceptic, worst one I ever had was a 3/4 inch hawthorn thorn when a branch whipped back and stabbed it into me calf muscle took ages to get that one out
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As has been said burns well if seasoned properly, but can take some splitting
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Pulled one of those out of a hedge bottom a few years back and got paid to take it away, spent two years sat on a trailer at the farm till I got fed up with taking it off every time I wanted to use the trailer ended up weighing it in cos nobody wanted it
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I have seen willow used by knocking in willow stakes into the stream bed and then weaving withies inbetween in the same style as woven hurdles, or another alternative would be to use large stone ie old walling stone banked up on a slant to protect the bank at the stream edge and then plant above
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As above I bought a pair of wellies when I first started and have hardly worn them as they weigh a ton, a decent pair of boots is a much better choice
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Been back to doing some saw work recently for first time in nearly two years other than bit of logging I hadnt hardly touched anything, went and helped a mate clear some roadside trees while the road at the bottom of his farms closed for repairs just after xmas and had a an awkward ash and multi stemmed sycamore to deal with and after that pitched into a big rough hedge up at my dads, which I've been putting off for about 3 years now cos had lost the "love" of the job for want of a better word, after a day hard at it getting scratched and full of thorns my Mrs wanted to know what was up cos she hadnt seen me so happy in months
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I've always taken a pack up, burgers or chips lay to heavy on me if I have them at dinner time, one must have is a scotch egg and some coffee for second breakfast somedays recently one packup has last 3-4 days with the cold days and not stopping for dinner with trying to get stuff done and yep I always moan about being skint but I'm moaning more at the minute cos i'm so skint I havent had any smokes for a week
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I'm sure I was told years ago that if I worked for 4 days a week or more for more than 6 weeks at a time then the person I was working for had to take me on as an employee? More recently when I was subbing reguary for a guy he told me his accountant had told him to invoice the work as works as per estimate rather than just putting labour at x hours, as apparently thatsd another way around it as billing it like that means you are billing on a per job basis rather than just charging labour which would mean you could be construed as an employee
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Forestry/woodland work, day rates?
csservices replied to Andy Collins's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I charge myself out at £85 a day for anything that involves labour, if its felling work that includes my own saw etc and I'll pay any lads with me who know what thier doing the same, labourers, ie for dragging etc are on £40-60 depending on age and keeness only time I charge different is on tractor work or for hedge laying or fencing which are both charged on meterage so you have to get your finger out -
I was waiting for someone to mention the towing eye, I had one once years ago while shifting soil around a yard on a job, was a wet day and the soil wouldnt come out of the trailer, while trying to jerk it free the word eye on the trailer jumped off the pick up hitch and the drawbar joined me in the cab, luckily no damage done but needless to say it got a new tow eye on it asap
