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  1. oldwoodcutter
    Rather unfortunately for you, tree climbers are climbing over themselves in Norfolk at the moment trying to get a day or two a week at best, subbing to tree firms. You can blame the government, or brexit or Liz Truss, but bulging order books and climber shortages are a thing of the past.
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    THIS ADVERT HAS EXPIRED!

    • FOR SALE
    • USED

    Collectable antiques. Not for use. For decoration only. 2 massive gin traps with swivels & chains.Can post at cost. Priced as the pair.

    £100

    - GB

  3. oldwoodcutter
    When my mate ran a petrol station he’d often remark to me about the difference between the volume of petrol put in at the depot, and how that would shrink by a staggering amount on hot days when being put into his storage tanks, which of course he had to pay up front for.
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    A friend of mine , and a big player in our tree world has had a very good run these past few years . At least 2 teams out, and often 3, and machinery that smaller firms can only dream about. Like most of us recently, invitations to quote have dried up, and big bread n butter commercial contracts shelved or cancelled. He was telling me last week that his leasing and rent payments are constant at 20k per month . I asked him what he was going to do and he said he just doesn’t know yet.
  5. oldwoodcutter
    The one man band grass cutting and hedge clipping fellows are tripping over themselves to offer their services around here, £7 per hour seems to be the average. To use a relatively modern phrase, they should stick to smoking it rather than mowing it.
  6. oldwoodcutter
    If they can lift 3 brand new top of the range quads from a stand overnight ( like at the royal norfolk show last year) and they never seen again, there’s precious little hope they can stop a climbing rope , a zigzag and a few carabiners.
  7. oldwoodcutter
    Helping my son in law out yesterday, just about to put cones out and this gets dumped in our work area in about 5 seconds flat. So quickly that the lads setting up didn’t even see him. After calling the number with no reply I knocked a few neighbours doors. Eventually shifted after 15 minutes. Happy days. IMG_9771.mov IMG_9771.mov IMG_9771.mov
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    Bit rough

    oldwoodcutter replied to Con's topic in General chat

    I was sitting in my van outside Wetherspoons and an old codger came shuffling up the street and his mut stopped right on their doorstep and did a heap. As a couple approached from the opposite direction he made out he was searching his pockets for a bag. As soon as they’d passed, he just wandered off , leaving it in the doorway.
  9. oldwoodcutter
    A friends wife was sent to head office on a 1 week training course with her insurance co. He said that her week was entirely made up of how not to pay out on any car/van/truck claims.
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    Many years ago we were working in a stand of timber which blackthorn had been left to encroach. I was only young but remember an old cutter got stabbed in his scrotum by a thorn, chainsaw trousers of course were unknown that time of day so it had gone straight through his trousers and pants, although as we know not even modern saw trousers will stop one. He went to one side and sorted himself out but realised as the day wore on he must have left a small bit of the tip in himself. When he came back to work after a few days he explained that it had swelled up to the size of a cricket ball quite quickly, his old lady was unable to find it, so of course he went to his village doctor who numbed him and did remove it, and put him on antibiotics or whatever. Needless to say he was the butt of continuous ribald comments from the squad for a long time after that.
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    A friend of mine was recently telling me of his investigation /audit. He keeps an attack dog in his yard, so the hmrc man is at the yard gate ringing the visitors bell, with his dog going even more mental than usual. Anyway upon safe entry the man says well at least we know your dog food allowance is all above board.
  12. oldwoodcutter
    Yes that’s the one, when would you like me to ship it to you?
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    Stihl MS660

    oldwoodcutter posted an advert in Chainsaws

    This item is SOLD

    • FOR SALE
    • USED

    Done very little work, been to Spuds workshop had power increase, 20mm muffler mod, cylinder & piston ported, runs perfect. Comes with 20” 25” 30” 36” bars & new 3/8 .063 gauge full chisel 75EXL chains.

    £900

  14. oldwoodcutter
    I’m putting my lovely 660 on Arbtalk classifieds in a day or two, if I can work out how to do it .
  15. oldwoodcutter
    Looks like a 625 mk2, but can’t be sure. I had one about 25 years ago and it was a good strong saw, around 60cc and would cut anything in a hurry.
  16. oldwoodcutter
    Oregon discontinued LPX 2 years ago, it’s EXL full chisel now. I run 75 EXL on my 660, cuts perfectly.
  17. oldwoodcutter
    Many years ago I had a cash customer in Necton who upon completion, informed me that she would now have to go into the bank in Swaffham (when swaffham had banks) and draw it out. It was about 2 on a Friday and the last job of the week,so the lads went back to the yard in one truck while I waited in the other. She’d been a bit slippery with us so I had my doubts about getting paid at all but I never the less decided to wait it out. From memory she rolled back and coughed up between 6 and 7, can’t remember her excuse but I was determined to have it .
  18. oldwoodcutter
    Running a successful day to day tree business keeping the work coming in is hard enough, without pussy footing around wet nursing brash draggers with guaranteed hours and school run dispensations. Of course try and keep good experienced workers but on your terms, firm but fair. Climbers we know are a separate breed, but here the poster was talking about a groundie.
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    I’d have to think long and hard before I jumped in. At least I’d get some prices off a proper forestry harvesting firm with all the big kit to see what’s what. Theres been more falling out, and friendships broken getting tangled up with this kind of work scenario than anything.
  20. oldwoodcutter
    I looked at 4 of these in a front garden at Weasenham the other day, and the owner wanted just that, 10 feet off the top and reshape to a point, but stressed that she didn’t want to see any brown bits at all. Too tall for even the tallest tripod, it would have to be a mewp job. We all know that is just about impossible, when you feather the top you can’t do it without going into the brown. She wouldn’t have it , so I suggested removal, grind out, and fence up, but she then said she had a budget of £250 max, so I rather abruptly got back on the road again.
  21. oldwoodcutter
    Seems like that may have to remain one of civilisation’s great unanswered questions . . .
  22. oldwoodcutter
    Yes willow, get it split as soon as.
  23. oldwoodcutter
    What a load of old cods, and his firewood looks a bit on the damp side.
  24. oldwoodcutter
    Red fir
  25. oldwoodcutter
    I think the last time I saw a chain filed that badly was when the forestry commission used its own ‘operatives’ to fell all its trees, half never could file and used to get the roving mechanic to do it properly for them whenever he came up the rideway, which could be once a week.

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