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  1. oldwoodcutter
    Big dealers offer a further discount if you pdi it yourself, sold still in the box as it were. I prefer this, as I not only don’t run it at full throttle out of the cut for the first 3 tanks, I don’t run it full throttle in the cut for that period either.
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    I run everything 2 stroke with Aspen, never had any problems. Similar to Stephens experience above, in that I dropped in on one of my son in laws jobs , his gang were hedge cutting. ( He only uses Aspen in his topping saws) . As old habits die hard I picked up a hs45 that was ticking over on the ground and had a minute buzzing the side of a connie hedge while his lads were busy. Talk about making me gag, I’d forgotten how bad pump petrol fumes affected the lungs and brain.
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    I’m diversifying into actually working less hands on, to use a relatively modern phrase, and to get those that claim to work for me to work more. I also diversified into jacking my prices well up a couple of months ago, and am getting even more quotes accepted than ever.
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    Perhaps the fancy term of ‘sub contractor’, when referring to itinerant climbers , should more correctly say - a youngish fellow ( ie under 55) who has grasped how a zigzag works, and is quite adept at stuffing an unchecked bundle of £20 notes into his shirt pocket, before clearing off in a bent up 4x4 with very oversized wheels on at a rate of knots, usually about 3 hours before the rest of ‘the team’ wearily stagger to the firms transit tipper and head back to the yard.
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    When the time comes for one of my lads to go after the greener grass, they ask me fo a reference, which of course I do. On the other side of the coin when I’m hiring they send me their cvs, which is only a rough guide, or come and see me . Between 5 minutes and an hour I can tell if they can cut the mustard, if they can, they stay, if they cant they go at the end of the day.
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    16” on a 500i will be ok, I pop an 18” on my tuned and ported 660 for certain jobs. Yes of course you’ve got to grip it firmly as it’s a box of dynamite ready to take your head off given half the chance with that much power on a tiny bar, that’s more suited to one of twice that length.
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    Why is it than anyone under 40 calls me Buddy or Bruv or Bro. Harmless enough I know, but if they are the age of my grandsons, I remind them what my name is. We are not in the Lower East side of NY yet.
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    An oppo of mine parks he’s defender under his bedroom window, his jaw dropped when he went out to see both doors, bonnet and bumper missing . They simply walked through his 5 bar gate and worked under his security light.
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    Claim on your insurance or pay up and put it on your expenditure column. It’s your job so take it on the chin and move on.
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    They wouldn’t admit to my weak axle that bent and cost me £800. Few months later “oh yeah it’s a known fault” funnily enough I never did get reimbursed
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    Oh dear, rip Felix.
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    Skoda yeti , brilliant name , only thing is these get stuck on a wet football pitch.
  13. oldwoodcutter
    I take my tuned and ported 660 to my woodyard and pop on the 20” bar. Yes it’s a handful but if you want bigger stuff ( but not oversized ) sliced up in a hurry, then this is the brother [emoji106]
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    You can have all the most up to date tracking/ pinpointing gadgets in the world, but If you get crushed, or zapped unconscious, or cut to the bone, they’re only of limited use telling someone where you are. There is no substitute for a trained partner working with you who can help you within that first minute. I would tell your boss you’re no longer working solo, and if he is any boss at all will put buddy working arrangements in place. Forestry commission banned it years ago, whoever you are.
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    My 101 had the same issues, although I run it in Aspen. Went in to Stihl shop and they “ put new valves in”. Runs just like a gypsy stick should now [emoji106]
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    Can’t say fairer than that [emoji106]
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    My son in law , whilst at college, had to identify, and learn the Latin names of 10 species of tree and shrub every few days. And he still knows them.
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    May be mistaken, but looks a lot like lime, bark texture and colour. Pallet probably pine [emoji106]
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    Certainly not very neighbourly, I think I’d have to go round there and have it out with them.
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    My little quoting Courier van is technically classed as a panel van. I have a phobia of thinking every parked up white van is a camera van after having a few narrow squeaks, to say nothing of gatsos and average speed cameras. 50 on normal roads , 60 on d/c.
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    When they want their connies cutting, and they’ve been untouched for a few years, I always make it crystal clear that browning can occur at this time of year, and usually will look worse than before. On the other hand if someone’s pride n joy connie hedge gets inadvertently shaved by one of my little helpers, and turns brown, I explain that red spider mites have been disturbed and are attacking it .
  22. oldwoodcutter
    I’m so busy I only do tarmacing on Sunday mornings, undercutting Wimpeys as their client saw us doing trees. Raf Marham’s main runway will be a bit of a rush job next Sunday.
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    If a sub contractor did that to me, he wouldn’t ever be putting any of my cash into his back pocket again I can tell you that.
  24. oldwoodcutter
    Oh yes you can do it, and enjoy it at your age, but as the years roll by your body will tell you otherwise. If you’re hand cutting as fast as you can safely go, in debilitating heat, or pouring rain or frozen stiff,by the time you’re 50 you’ll want to be out of it. There are exceptions I know, but by then most have adopted that familiar walk which conceals a bad back, and bad everything else.
  25. oldwoodcutter
    Be careful,the Treehog maker is very defensive about allegations of copying the arbtrolley, last time this was inferred he threatened legal action to all posters on here that mentioned it.

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