oldwoodcutter
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Whilst turning up to do some hedgetrimming the other day,i noticed a small heap of logs in the customers driveway. As we were getting our stall set out i asked the fellow how he came by them. He said he'd got them off a local log man and seemed happy to have paid £120 "for a ton load" . This was for what i saw as knotty wet corsican that looked to have been felled about a week ago, and at most would have filled into 5 wheelbarrow loads.
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Brings back a few memories,spent a year on a D7 in 1970/71. Messed my ears up,and my back.
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Thats the best bit of team work ive seen this week.
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Well the problem has been solved Felix, short term leastways, one is having a little holiday in norwich, courtesey of her majesty,due to letting his temper get the better of him one night, and another cut the end of his finger off with a stanley while laying his kitchen carpet saturday morning. Short handed yes,but breathable air in my truck now.
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Well on Friday i got myself 10 litres of aspen 2, and today ran 2 hedgecutters, a climbing saw and my new dolmar ground saw on it. No headache,no sore throat tonight, no gagging when hedgetrimmer puffing in my face. Hopefully i will live a little longer now.
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I was looking at that plug socket, never seen one like that before.
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You make me laugh Felix
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Or a member of the Trained Walking Arisings Technician Society.
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If a few more treeworkers around norfolk win work by taking it on at £150 a day, i think i'll be spending even more days drinking tea in front of my logburner this winter.
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I sympathise with you Dom, i hear more swearing regarding these caps than any other piece of kit. Having a touch of rheumatism doesnt help,so i often leave the filling up to others.
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Yes, Tony is top man to sort out security like that.
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This is the sort of video that makes my blood run cold.
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I put a boy on a tractor and bomford bandit and charge £200 ,starts at about 9, finished about 2, so yes £40 per hour for paddock topping.
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And then theres the customer that says he only wants bone dry wood, and when i drive past his garage door 3 weeks later its still where i tipped it, moisture content now 100%.
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The true meaning of the defender wave, is to confirm to other owners that you have an empty hand. In other words all your hard earned folding money has gone on endless repairs and parts replacements leaving the luckless owners with empty wallets. My friend refers to his heap of 55 plate solihull scrap as "3 oil leaks connected by an electrical fault"
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Have to agree with you Pete, i have had a top handle kick back, no matter how quick your reflexes are, or how strong you may be,when it kicks it comes to you at lightening speed. I was extremely lucky and only ended up with a torn shirt, another few inches and it wouldnt have been amputation, but decapitation. All chain saws demand the utmost care, toppers doubly so.
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I've got a 4.2 and a smaller one. As James said- they are very handy for some crazy hedges, and for trimming large shrubs and bushes. My 4.2 has the adjustable 3rd leg, and the other one tripod has all 3 adjustable. All feet have rubber boots on.
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Its not a matter of confidence, i know ive done a good job,and exactly to what the customer has specified. Instead i generally say something like ' that looks a lot better' or what a great difference its made. With some customers, if you're not going to load up until they're happy, you could be there for a long time.
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I very seldom nowadays ask them if they are happy with everything, as you are then casting doubt in their mind, and by asking, they may then start to nit pick. Just in my experience.
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Do you mean putting yourself near the Lv , or felling in an area of an Lv line Dom?
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I would have wrapped his welding cable round his blinking neck weeks ago.
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I tried to be helpful and load the dishwasher once, mrs oldwoodcutter looked at my handywork and nearly had a fit, told me in no uncertain terms what she thought, so i steer clear of it now. My lads are at their most annoying when they fill my truck with an unpleasant gas mixture of sulphur and rotten eggs.
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Is vibration white finger related to grip?
oldwoodcutter replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
Ime no expert on white fingers, but the worst culprit to my mind is the hs45 hedge trimmers, due to the fact you have to have a good grip of the top and back handle to ensure you're cutting accurately, and to support it of course. Often after a days connie trimming my fingers are still tingling during the drive home. -
They moan when they are too big, others moan that my logs are too small, was told by one git they were too dry, another claimed to have found woodworm in his house "which must have come out of your logs" . I shall be glad when i retire and then when they phone up i will simply say, 'no, dont do logs any more.'
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These caps have nearly ended in fisticuffs when a climbing saw's been sent up and dumps its oil all over a climbers trousers, and they are not simpleton groundies either. My gypsy sticks petrol cap was a devil until i changed the tank and cap.
