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You're right there Tom, I would recommend steering well clear of buying a 261,unless you want more stress in your life.
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When my quote is accepted, if I've not got much on I will ask when would you like it done, to which they usually say as soon as possible. Then you can say well if I jiggle my jobs around I can bring you near the top and do it next Tuesday. They don't know you've nothing much on, they appreciate you fitting them in sooner, and also this avoids a chainsaw Charlie nipping in behind your back and doing it in the meantime. Works for me many a time .
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I left a brash dragger on site once, well actually he had been involved in an altercation with a co-worker , squaring up to each other etc. I got between them and as it was nearly leaving off time I suggested he sit in the truck and cool down a bit, while the other one kept out of the way. He decided not to do this, in fact he wouldn't even get in when the job was finished. I learned a few days later when he called round to get paid that he had hitch hiked/walked back to his home, some 20 miles, and had made several wrong turns in the process.
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Also it depends how busy your firm is, if you are snowed under with offers of work then you may not bother to call them back, but on the other side of the coin if your diary has more blank pages than full ones you may have a long wait for your phone to ring,so calling your quotes back will pay dividends. Some potential clients have so much going on in their lives that yes they do forget about their trees and hedges. We live and breath trees but they don't.
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Unusually I was lone working, when I nearly brained myself with a log sappie, all I could do was stagger to the truck and hold the kitchen roll I keep in there to my eye socket to stem the bleeding with one hand,and drive with the other hand back to civilisation. After what would now be described as chilling out for an hour or so, I began to think clearly again and realised my 460 was where I'd left it. Mrs oldwoodcutter drove me back and it was still there, and I still have it to this day.
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After about 3 weeks I drive by and if the trees still standing I call them and say " have you had any more thoughts about your tree" sometimes they have genuinely forgotten to get back to you and they ask when am I going to do it, or they will say I've found someone else who will do it for a gallon of petrol, 4 cans of tesco lager, and a cup of tea while they're here.
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I'm no expert on the ways and whys of liability, but if the client or their family shuffles into our work area 'to lend a hand' , I immediately put my arm on his or her shoulder and take them back to where they popped up from. Saves a lot of trouble all round.
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Some reassurance to know I'm not alone, by big time I meant it poured out, but as you say, once replaced they don't leak anymore. Thanks Barrie.
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Since moving to Aspen, the only downside I've found is the old o rings on the filler caps on the Stihl saws and hedgers fail big time. I think I've replaced all the quick fit cap rings now. After the first 2 I thought it was coincidence, but it's not, Don't ask me why though.
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And laces
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Yes there are no excuses of course for stealing. Talking of transits and wheels, pal of mine even had his spare wheel stolen of his 4 year old tipper the other day.
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A farmer friend had a starter motor nicked off a vintage tractor he owned, the thief left the nuts and washers neatly placed in order on the front axle. He told me that in his opinion the man who wanted it was either a mechanic, or he took a mechanic with him.
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Red fir.
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The nation’s leading lumberjacks to chop their way to the top
oldwoodcutter replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
I think I might stand a chance in this, I managed to achieve cs 11 in 1967. -
My phone shows them and it amazes me, quiet day today 2000 steps, last Thursday 28,000. No wonder I slept most of the bank holiday .
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I think it's going to be alright Tom, I help my tree worker friends out and they help me out , we lend staff each way,and give each other second opinions on tricky jobs. I'm talking about established outfits, not the here today gone tomorrow saw slingers. Go for it.
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That's a good one Felix, you always make me chuckle.
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Just as an aside, at an interview for a groundie,I talked to 2 applicants, the first told me over the phone he was 38 and used to outdoor work. He showed up and said he was 'in his fifties, and had just moved up here after a lifetime driving tube trains, and I would estimate he weighed at least 30 stone and had hands softer than Mrs oldwoodcutters.The second fellow, about the same age, had been "incapacitated for many years" but had at one time 'called a bit of bingo' .
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He want to mind that chain don't get tangled in his chin whiskers.
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Godqmanchester tip site needed for chip
oldwoodcutter replied to steve@black's topic in General chat
The guy who has the horses at the Hartford roundabout will take it if there are no thorns in it . -
What are you paying for Aspen fuel?
oldwoodcutter replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Aspen Fuel
I won't be around to find out I'm afraid. -
For general labourers I pop an advert in a few newsagents boards in town. Of course you have to put on 'must have own transport' etc. As an aside, I had a fellow come to see me the other day who was looking for part time forestry work , he was very vague when I asked what tickets he had, so I said do you know anything at all about chainsaws, to which he replied " yes,they're very noisy" . God love us.
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What are you paying for Aspen fuel?
oldwoodcutter replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Aspen Fuel
The grumpy young fellow behind the John Deere counter begrudgingly gave me the 5% off £18.98 that I asked for. I took 4 x 5l cans. Initially he said no, but when I said "don't worry my friend I will go to Ernest doe who will give me 5%" , he changed his tune. -
We all have to be so careful, many times I've been asked to carry out work 'as soon as possible' either felling or topping or dropping boughs off. Often the client knows full well they are in a c. a. , or that it's got a tpo on it, but they don't tell you that, as they have doubts it will be allowed. It's up to us of course to check every time. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and all that.
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I know that tree, if you want rid take it up to my main yard and we'll convert that to firewood in no time.
