richy_B
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I'd advise asking the council you work for, for reduced hours. 3 days a week for example. Councils are crying out for cost savings. You then have a bit of income 'guaranteed' and can test the waters working for yourself 4 days a week for 6 months - year.
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Both approaches will work. Letting the business grow organically is basically minimal advertising and not 'chasing down leads'. Perhaps just a website and sign written vehicles. Word of mouth would be a prime example of this. The longer you run the more people will find out about you. I see the advantage of this being that you can concentrate on the work you have and keep the quality high. Pushing growth is the opposite. Aggressive marketing campaign, regularely contact customers enquiring about work, follow up all enquiries, etc. Could be very successful but obviously takes time and you may need to spend your time working on this rather than the practical delivery of services. You take on a purely managerial role and send your teams out. The concept of working on yur business rather than in it.
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Rethink required, billet bundles are too heavy
richy_B replied to difflock's topic in Firewood forum
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How much is it with a trade card?
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In the long run the most economical thing to do would be get a c+e license. Yes, it's going to biggest outlay initially but you have b+e, c1, c1+e and c categories all included and it lasts till retirement. What vehicle you buy is a different matter.
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I really like their turntable trailers. Big J, I think we spoke about it on a thread about it a while back. I'll PM you.
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I had a look on the site but couldn't see - do you know if its 1 or 3 phrase for the electric? Edit - ignore that. I found the info on the .EU site. 16amp single phase.
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It looks like it's petrol engine only.
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Is the Lucas Mill comparable in prices?
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If you find any let me know. I've never found anything actually waterproof but doesn't become a sauna inside.
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Could I ask the rough prices you had? I am tempted by a branch logger type machine but I doubt I could justify more than a £2k spend. From the H&S perspective I think it would have to be owner operator use.
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Yeah. At 600 kg odd it will be pushing it in terms of rear lift and stability. Especially if you plan of pulling a trailer as well.
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Did you buy the tr75 in the end then? If so how are you getting on with it?
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Is the smaller 70/75 any good or is it worth sticking to the 110? I only have a 37hp alpine so anticipate not being able to run the larger machine.
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They look interesting but no, I've not used one personally. I am not sure if there is a significant market personally. The logs are pretty small for firewood and too large for kindling. You might sell a few but it's going to be hard to make much from it on I my opinion.
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It'll be well seasoned...
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Thanks, good info. I did see a load at the hewden auctions.
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Hello, moving to a new site in a bit and will need to change from an electric forklift to a diesel. Quite of bit of ground is rough -not muddy, just compacted scalping etc so I'm looking at some options. Also looking to increase my lift from 1.5 to 2.5 to handle some bigger items. The jcb 926 keeps coming up. Any views on them? Suggestions on alternatives? Have a budget of £5-7k ex VAT so hopefully a bit of choice.
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Not from a legal perspective, as per your question. There are still lots of firms that meet the criteria. Most medium tree firms would be able to able for most Local Authority Contracts. It would be acceptable 'due diligence' and accountability. It can be frustrating as a small operator just starting out but that's business. All industries have barriers to entry. Keep growing till you fit the criteria. Concentrate on domestic and private commercial in the meantime.
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Councils have a whole list of criteria for becoming a term contractor and as someone said, they can afford to be picky. The tender process is supposed to discriminatory to a certain extent, or else everyone would get the contract... They will look at length of time established, number of employees, financial tests (you generally need to turnover twice what you are bidding for ie £300k for a £150k contract), policies and procedures, CHAS and so on.
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I doubt there is an ideal as every business varies. The difficult item to factor to in is you - do you take a full salary, Salary to the income tax threshold, dividends, etc. The larger your organisation the less important the accuracy of this but if you are a 3 man set up it will clearly have a big impact.
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I agreed. A reasonable charge for packaging, someones time for packaging and them sending you some bits. Perhaps a standard post option for small items you can get in a envelope, brake bands, springs, etc would be possible.
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I don't refer to mine as emergency call outs, just 'urgent' and stipulate it means we can complete it within 24 hours. I'd charge a lot more if expect to drop everything and run.
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I'd charge 50% on top of your standard charge for call out with a minimum charge (£90 is mine).
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It would be an excellent addition. I have said for years that what was needed. Having to email your local supplier and request prices for parts, they then have to look it up and reply. You then reply again to purchase. You could cut two of those steps and quite a bit of time out of it.
