oldwoodcutter
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As Ive understood it, and continue to understand it, if you are the contractor whose name is on the invoice, and you tell any employee, whether on the books, a contract climber,or an hourly paid brash dragger what to do, where and when, then you are the one who has to have insurance to cover that person while he’s working for you. I’ve never considered it a grey area. -
You could do the whole Forest Heath drains contract during the weekends Eggs [emoji5]
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Yes Mick, the 020 was radical, but the 200 was regarded better.
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When the ms200t first burst into our world of topping, it was seen by climbers as a gift from heaven , with many wishing it was still in production .
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I last had a boner in 1987 , funnily enough later that year my youngest was born, does that count?
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Most original objection to tree felling/work?
oldwoodcutter replied to Big J's topic in General chat
Dropped a rotten chestnut roadside,and some old codger breaks into our work area complaining that he’s lived here beside that tree for 50 years and what right had we to take it down. My lads directed him my way, so I explained it was to make way for the new asylum seekers refuge that’s going up. He was even more grumpy then as we escorted him back out of our way. -
If I had to sit on a low naughty step, I’d have a job getting up again [emoji846]
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Identify two Cedars please?
oldwoodcutter replied to Squaredy's topic in Tree Identification pictures
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Been running mine for several months on a 25” bar, had a lot of saws come and go but this to my mind is their best one yet, no problems, impressive weight and balance and goes like a train. With a little practice the top cover comes off in seconds to knock out the filter on the heel of your boot.
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Comerical companies to work for like ground control
oldwoodcutter replied to mitchel's topic in Business Management
You’re unlikely to get rich subbing to the likes of ground control -
As an old linesman advised me about 50 years ago, the only difference between 11k and 33k is that one will kill you a bit quicker than the other, and I’ve never forgotten his dry words of wisdom.
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Welcome to the group Steve [emoji106]
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My 462 has so far not coughed its guts up all over the forest floor. But I’m keeping a close eye on it.
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Cutting greenheart with a handsaw? Well let us know how you get on, in a year or two .
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They crazed me to send my t/wolf blades in to resharpen, like a prat I did that, then nothing for weeks. After the umpteenth call they sort of admitted loosing them , but not in so many words. They then did ‘an investigation ‘ whatever that entailed, and finally admitted they had them then lost them. They did send me some replacements eventually, but their pattern ones, not genuine ones like I sent in. So that was that.
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Yes it’s often said ‘oh that didn’t take your mob long’ in a begrudging sort of way. I look them straight in the eye, smile and say ‘ well you did call in the A Team’ which usually ends on good terms when they cough up , while I’m waiting on their kitchen doorstep. For all domestic it’s pay up before we go, of course for commercial you have to wait a bit, as unfortunately you have to work to their terms, if you don’t like it they’ll jolly soon find someone else who will accept it. When I’m asked to dismantle rotten firs over greenhouses, swimming pool changing rooms, Victorian pergolas etc, ‘for the wood ‘ I think what a cretin, and don’t even look at it.
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If you’re cutting that greenheart you will need a very sharp and powerful saw, and will have to resharpen it much more frequently than normal. I’ve seldom cut harder wood than greenheart.
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Happy birthday Stubby, Mrs oldwoodcutter tells me she’s out of logs so I’ve got to go up the yard and process a small load, but I will have a sit down half way through cutting it up [emoji846]
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My transit tipper (with canbus) doesn’t like led lights on towed stuff one little bit. I tried 2 resistors in tandem on my tw230 to no avail, to avoid being pulled over all the time by pc plod i resorted to go back in time by strapping a conventional trailer light board on the back. Have done the same trick on my grinder trailer. Result no more lectures from traffic police.
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Job description/What they mean (Just for fun)
oldwoodcutter replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in The Lounge
“Multi Skilled Operative preferred “ Able to foot ladder for long periods. Dab hand at raking tarmac. Ditto. Working in the dark. Driving license preferred, to run householder quickly to cash point. Sure footed enough to nip out of moving truck to grab someone else’s traffic signs and/or cones. -
And a joke that some of the over-sexed arbtalkers in the group may find amusing - Did you hear about the grumpy prostitute who had no hands? She couldn’t give a toss.
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Job description/What they mean (Just for fun)
oldwoodcutter replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in The Lounge
Good package offered for the right applicant. Max wage £8:50 an hour, Saturdays and Sundays same, £8:50, 10 minutes for midday break. No formal training offered. All breakages and lost tools taken out of wage at source, Paid from time when actually start to work, not waiting in yard smoking or sitting on fat arse travelling to job. Some weeks wage will not be paid until after a further 2 weeks due to ‘cash flow problems ‘ ie boss lost the business float on the horses at the weekend. -
Somehow, few weeks ago, even with safety specs and my visor down a bit of something went in. You know how it is , it’ll be out in a minute, but not this time. I went to truck and got through several phials of sterilised and by then my guys where trying to look at it and helping me with the cotton buds. They could see it but it refused to budge. After 20 minutes, and things getting worse my foreman drives me to the next village which has a surgery, they’re shut for lunch, I’m first in the queue and wait , go in to be told by receptionist “we don’t do eyes, go to a&e”. Now this means stopping the whole job, loading truck back up, and everybody on the team that day coming along as we only had the one vehicle and a&e is halfway home from the coast. Don’t ask me how, but as they are halfway through packing up to take me, it comes out, a small innocent looking piece of barbed woodchip , but enough to incapacitate me for a while.
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One for the intellectuals on here, what have Attila the Hun and Henry the 8th got in common? They both have The as a middle name .
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This threads gone bonkers.
