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You make me laugh Gary [emoji846]
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This thread has gone bonkers.
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One unexplained phenomenon I can’t put my finger on, is when I occasionally want to use a saw to help out towards the end of a job , any one of the five that have been left laying around by my young scallywags are bone dry, and yet whilst preparing them last night for today I filled them all up.
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Brewers fayre full english is too much for me nowadays, I tried it and was busted halfway through .
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I go along a stretch of single carriageway A road with 7 or 8 average speed cameras on, as I’ve a double cab transit tipper I keep dead on 50 all the way with a queue behind me. I thought the cameras could instantly tell I wasn’t a car , I’m not about to put it to the test and blast along there at 60, they can tell the diff can’t they?
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The premier inn beds are more comfy than my own , although the beverages leave a lot to be desired.
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I cleaned my daughters bbq once, that’s the closest I’ve been to one [emoji106]
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Not a peeve but i did chuckle when i had a catch up with an old oppo of mine who happened to be working in the same street. I always knew that Statutory training of his lads was never very high on his to do list, as he prefers to train them himself, so after we had put the tree world to rights, I commented on the number of nptc stickers plastered on every available panel and piece of glass on his latest truck. He shrugged off my remark by saying his grandson gets them off eBay for him around .10p each.
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We were stacking big chunks of connie on the side of the road for 4 days solid and it was being taken away by a guy even older than me in an Astra van throughout the day, flippin tons of it. Apparently he lived a few doors up, and was helping himself as fast as we put it out there, not that I was worried too much. By the end of day 4 I strolled out and introduced myself to him, and said tomorrow we’ll be finished,if he would like to give my lads a drink then,that would be appreciated. Needless to say there was a no show the nx day, so others got a look in and had a chance to take what was stacked that day.
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Not really a peeve, but the times a customer creeps under the radar and starts nattering to me while I’m lending a hand on the chipper,at full chat with my earmuffs down, or whilst bucking a seared elm trunk with my ported 660 they’re passing the time of day with me like we’re sat in a church pew at a funeral.
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I don’t like the sound of your job Carl, you may be ok but it may jump back and bite you, disclaimer or not. As above, move on to the next job and let someone else get sucked into those connies.
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I must have done hundreds of them over the years, just lay into it Dodge, won’t come to any harm, keeping some sort of shape is all you’ve got to worry about really.
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They were getting on my nerves too, I think I’ve stopped them now though. -
I may be imagining it, but at times he looks a little out of his comfort zone.
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Impressive
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I list everybody that can walk, that way if something happens I’m covered [emoji106]
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Been using the John Deere leather ones which are excellent, as are their ordinary knitted ones with bit of Kevlar in them, I randomly picked up a pair of each whilst at my local dealership, and have been very impressed with their quality.
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That’s true Spud, I’m half deaf nowadays, but I’m told that ported 660 can be heard 3 villages away.
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I wouldn’t know about bmi, but if you can spend your day either stacking rings and cord, or feeding a chipper, or stood behind a 660, without sitting down and blowing like a train, I’d say you’re fit enough to keep alive for a few more years.
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We get up about 30 feet then strap the spikes on, that way the dozy tree officer doesn’t notice [emoji106]
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After reading Tom’s post at that time,I sat down and thought yes,here we are, running around chasing every enquiry and trying to beat all the other quotes that potential customers were pushing under my nose. And what to show for it - a bank balance from hell, early starts late finishes and a bad back. So I jacked my pricing structure right up, and surprisingly my life and bank balance has changed dramatically, my equipment is new or newish and all paid for and I generally only work 4 days a week now. So I’d say go for it, charge a realistic rate for your professionalism, and your bank statements will look a lot more pleasing to the eye.
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I can usually smell a dodgy customer or an even dodgier job a mile off. For dodgy jobs I massively overprice them, like adding a zero on the end of the price ( which is accepted fairly frequently) For dodgy customers I give them a stupidly low price, and when they accept 6 weeks later, then say I’m sorry we’re too busy to do it this side of next year . And I’m thinking to myself ‘do it your blinkin self mr muppet’
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Do you buy your cordwood by the tonne or cu mtr?
oldwoodcutter replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Timber hauliers will charge you by the ton, and it is then usual that log providers sell to joe bloggs by the cubic metre. -
Rates for Self Employed Handcutters
oldwoodcutter replied to MattyBuist's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I’ve never met anyone who became rich handcutting year in year out. All they finished up with were bad backs and rheumatism. -
I’d say quick thinking based on a lot of experience Gary.
