oldwoodcutter
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I for one run aspen in everything with a 2 stroke engine, if you're in the hedge and tree business I can think of plenty of things to waste your money on, but with your respiratory system never more than a foot or so away from that exhaust , Aspen is not one of them. I don't want to end my days gasping for every breath in some bleak nhs cancer ward thank you very much.
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Is chipper dust something we should be worried about.
oldwoodcutter replied to David Humphries's topic in General chat
Yes ivy is bad, and I believe all dead wood is full of nasty stuff. Generally wear a P3 mask when cutting and the dust is flying, but the other day I took over the chipper for couple of hours when clearing some half dead conifers, and somehow we were out of masks. Upon waking the next morning, I was not surprisingly coughing up all kinds of gunge. -
Again first thing this morning they were floating around ready to strike, this time I had my trusty 'deep jungle off' in the first aid kit and that kept them and everything else away.
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One begger was after me this afternoon, I couldn't shake it off ,whichever way I walked it was flying round my head. In desperation I went and sat in the truck with the windows up for a while til I thought if safe to venture out again.
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It's always , 'I want this topped' or 'I want that lopped' I gave up a long time ago trying to advise customers the exact opposite of what they request, 'for the benefit of the tree' , My cheery competitors would waste no time in steaming in behind my back and doing whatever the customer wanted with bells on. So now we do what they ask,and relieve them of as much of their bank account as I can squeeze out of them.
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As a professional company we strive to carry out the customers wishes combined with a little bit of advice. So we do an enormous amount of lopping and topping
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I told my lads to knock it on the head an hour ago when I noticed their mood had changed,unrelenting rain since first thing.
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Think I know that young fellow, goes by the nickname of 'Spike'
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Well old Father Time is creeping up on me, but I can tell you that doing gardens, lawns, or taxi is the last thing on my mind. I've cut more hedges and felled more trees than you can shake a stick at, and when I call it a day that will be it. There will be no more sweat rolling off my back, I can tell you that much.
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Years ago I went with my lady friend at the time, to her friends house who it transpired was some kind of well known clairvoyant. I didn't rubbish her in front of my friend but the whole reading she insisted on giving me was a complete load of old cods.
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Staff issues often test the patience of a saint. If they're not squabbling amongst themselves they are usually disgruntled about something or other. You can pay a good worker £20 an hour if you want, but that's no guarantee he'll keep with you or have his heart in the job, and on the other side of the coin some of my hardest working lads have been very happy and motivated to be paid £9 an hour. If someone has all the answers to staff issues, I'd be interested in hearing about it.
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Yes in the seventies and later pampas in the front garden was like saying 'we are swingers here' , that I do know. Back on track yes sharp hedgecutter.
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You can always use a scythe, that would ramp your fuel costs down leastways.
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Are they led lights?
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Yes it's imperative to get a yard well away from neighbours houses and moaning Minnie's. If I made a habit of revving saws up or running the chipper up in my house yard, my neighbours would be on the blower like a flash to every government body known,except perhaps the coastguard.
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It's very worrying that any Herbert can get his filthy hands on a skeleton key for transits, this has been a hot topic on the transit owners forum for a year or so, some owners who can't easily remove all their gear out every night have had extra high security locks fitted at quite an expense. But what price is peace of mind when you're asleep in bed and your livelihoods sat out there on that dark wet street.
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This one seems to be warming up nicely.
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And to make my life easier I have 3 yards as well as my house one - a main yard and 2 satellite yards.
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£100 a week is cheap enough, and as Ian said 24 hour access is a must really.
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The axle bent, they said it was my fault as bent axles were unheard of. I coughed up £800 before they would send a new one out. Some months later I learnt off my learned friends on here that it was / is a known fault and many were later changed under warranty. Had my new TW 230 a year now and has been faultless
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help with id of pine tree
oldwoodcutter replied to green horn's topic in Tree Identification pictures
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The fact that customers are often after something for nothing is a never ending affair. Like most contractors I get it all the time, usually the customer will ask an employee instead of me, but that doesn't work neither as my lads are well briefed as to the why's and wherefores of customers. They will keep coming out of the house, after watching you closely with one more little job after another, and seem shell shocked that it's going to cost them extra. An old trick of course is they bring out tea and biscuits then before you've finished stirring it,they come out with another 'can you just' . I just resent being taken for a mug at every other job we turn up at.
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They had one over on me , bigtime a while ago, they won't get the chance to do so again.
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I'll look forward to that Gerard
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When I was first married all that she baked (or heated up) were baked beans. Even now a roast dinner is something we only have at Christmas, hey ho .
