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Cant get any timber at a decent price round here, could have done with some this year to keep the money coming with all the wet weather followed by the snow, I've had nigh on two months with very little work I could get on with picking up now though could still do with getting back on the logging job though to help the cash flow in the winter
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The mrs got me a border fine arts model of a whippet, looks just like my old dog we lost last year and the complete Blackadder serie's Mum and Dad got us a selection of pickles, chutneys, pate's and infused cooking oils and some cook books, best get the kitchen finished
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Bear ion mind that if you go gritting with a tractor, quad or unimog that you cant run it on red diesel, as its not agriculturl or forestry, there was a guy last year or year before had his tractor and spreader impounded because he was gritting supermarket car parks on red think it was £1000 fine straight off and they were investigating him for back tax on previous years
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Well if thats right I stand corrected but I do know that if you buy sand its by the ton and if you buy soil off them which comes in nigh on the same size bag they call it a cubic metre
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Payment on completion or send an invoice?
csservices replied to Big 'Ammer's topic in Business Management
Depends most regulars and larger jobs are invoiced by post on 14 days credit, one off's and small jobs are usually cash on completion, although just collected a cheque on saturday for a job done in july! had to doorstep the bloke on his way out to walk the dog, best not bounce now -
Just used to tell them a cubic metre is about the same size as a bulk bag from the builders merchants most people seem to have an idea then even if thier still not sure on what thier getting
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I use a 45 gallon drum, burn anything thats too small for logs and light it with the splinters and bark that come off from cutting logs a full drum will yield a feed bag full of charcoal and I can get £15 a bag for that but as it takes 6 hrs for a burn its not going to pay well I just do it as a way of using up hardwood waste
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Very nearly bought one of those avants a few years back very handy machine, only reason i didnt was that the I got offered the one I had on demo for about half list price and as usual turned out to be to good to be true on closer inspection turned out to be 2 years older than I'd been told it was and hours clock had been disconnected to keep the hours down
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Bonfired our artificial one earlier in the year to make room in the loft got a few hundred norway spruce to pick from up at the farm, if anyone this way is looking up to about 15-18ft at a guess and I wont charge anywhere near the garden centre price
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Its the same with the fencing and landscaping job, I dont bother with garden fencing now really cos theres always some numpty with a van who says they'll do it for some stupidly low price, even with agricultural fencing I know people who are barely charging enough to cover the diesel thier using, never mind thier labour just to get jobs, and landscapers who are the same, shows in the end though, you can do it cheap or you can do it properly
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Is it ever going to stop raining?
csservices replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
Absolutely siled it down this morning again woke me up about half 5 it was raining that hard -
I've heard it enough times now to know if something along the lines of "if you give me a good price there will be more work for you" means "I think your daft enough to fall for this and when I want the next job done I'll try it on with someone else" and "I can give you a hand with it if you want" means "if you come on your own it'll be cheaper" no it wont cos you dont know what your doing and will get in the way
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Is it ever going to stop raining?
csservices replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
Nice and warm and sunny here today, still to wet under foot to get on with much, went back to a fencing job yesterday for first time in three weeks and wasnt to bad in the morning but rained most of the day, and made a mess getting the tractor back out at the end of the day -
I used Medallion, their good strong nets and never had any problems with delivery
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Agreed not to mention the sue for everything nanny state we live in, the work experience thing is spot on, the school our 3 go to they get one weeks work experience in all the time thier there and no interviews with careers adviser or owt like that like we used to so they get one shot at seeing what works like and when they go are'nt allowed to do fluff all, end result 3 more kids who want to work in computers
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You've met our three then? If theres no micro meals or instant pasta they'd rather sit and be hungry than try and cook something, I know I used to fall out with my mum and dad regular when i was younger but me mum always said by the time you leave home you'll be able to cook, and look after yourself, and i can, although my Mrs would occasionally argue the point on the cooking mind guess I had it different growing up on a farm, you had to get out and help, I was doing all the tractor work by the age of 13 and using chainsaws by 14 and had my own business first time round by 17, nobody wants to graft anymore
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I was going to say should be able to manage 10-15 holes a day 2ft deep on reasonable ground I've used post hole borers twice in 12 years of fencing first was an early sthil petrol one, no dead mans handle you had man each side put the throttle full on and stuck it in the ground, worked quite well til we hit a brick footing ended up with us both on the ground and the borer happily spinning away on its own second time was a tractor mounted one and it just sat there polishing the soil and wouldnt pull itself in
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You'll keep warmer splitting it than burning it
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I come home to three of those every night 15,16 and 18 and unless you spoon feed them everything they cant do it, not mine by the way I've only been responsible for them for the last three years, thier dad thinks that playing online poker and watching jeremy kyle is a job and the three of them stand with thier hands out every time a new computer game comes out Classic example, came home tonight, and eldests wrapped in a blanket on the couch, saying he's cold cos the fires gone out, said why didnt you put some logs on it then? well I didnt know how to work it, god help em
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Not entirely sure but it aint the money read a qoute the other day which was about farming but equally be applied to the range of jobs on here "You may never be rich, but you will earn a fortune"
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I use my old ford for fencing, pull a mini digger trailer behind it with the post knocker on as the mini digger trailer has a longer drawbar and carry enough materials for 100 metres which is a steady days work on your own and can then get someone else to bring landy and the ifor williams with more materials if am going on a bigger job, kiss principle
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I've just got a Thermos wide neck and so far so good, most of the regular customers are good with the brews and one or two even offer a cold beer in the summer did have one once said she was going out but had left kettle and tea in the laundry so we could brew up, she's left lap song pu shong think it was called spelt something like that never tasted anything as bad in me life
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I had magnetic ones done for the van when I had it so they were easy to remove when you wanted to work incognito and easy to remove when I came to sell it only downside is now I've got a landy again their not much use
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Like I say it used to be good stuff when they were getting it from ETC apart from that shortage that time, but the stuff they get in now is cr@p your lucky if posts last 5 years
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Cant remember but do know there were a couple of weeks when I should of been busy and everytime went to the suppliers the yard was empty, I do know they were getting fencing from ETC sawmills in Ellesmere port at the time, think they use someone in wales now but the stuff they get in is sopping wet needs 2 of you to pick up an 8ft 7-8" strainer
