oldwoodcutter
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He wouldn't be laughing like that if he'd cut his leg off.
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When mrs oldwoodcutter starts moaning about sawdust and chip through the house i try to remind her that its what keeps us in business. I dont do hoovering.
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Ime getting paranoid now,yet another little white van accross the road from my house,he sat there fro 11 til 2.30 today, i called the 101 number around 2 and they put me through to cops,who called me back and said its not suspicious,but gave me an incident number to quote in case of theft. So i can rest easy in my bed tonight - not.
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A stick.
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After weighing up all the pros and cons all i can suggest Mike, is keep to the back roads around your precinct where vosa fear to tread,and theres not a traffic cop car for miles.
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There are 4 stove shops within a 5 mile radius of me,some old shops,some new. All cutting each others throats to sell and install.
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I didnt understand a word of that Marcus,except life is good. Life is good for me also (mostly). -
Machine to produce kindling from pallets?
oldwoodcutter replied to Chalgravesteve's topic in Firewood forum
Its not recommended to convert pallets into kindling as some of them are treated with copper chrome arsenate which is bad,or methyl bromide which is an even worse. If you're selling it on,its a big no no. Just saying. -
I believe i was followed towing the forst back tonight,i met another tree company owner (and fellow arbtalker) at a pre-arranged layby in a village to swop chipper over about 6 and the van following pulled over opposite to us and sat watching,interior light on,couple of herberts in there smoking,i jotted down their details then drove a short distance to my yard and walked back to give them the evil eye. Could be all above board but i doubt it.
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leylandi top and chog with large face cuts
oldwoodcutter replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Video forum
I prefer doing big gobs when the situation arises,as said it calls for patience,also have to keep your eyes open and your hand steady. -
I had a fully loaded sugar beet wagon take the whole front off mine,even bent both front chassis rails and outer and inner wings,had to have the engine out to reweld/jig rails.came to over £8K and Gladwins had it in for 8 weeks. Touch and go whether insurance were going to write it off but i told them if they did write off,i wanted it back as it took me 6 months to find it - 2 1/2 years old with 15k on clock. Back on the road now though,watching out for mad lorry drivers.
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What he said.
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Ive found that the biggest downside of running a crew cab tipper is that usually when you slow down other workers stop and look at me like ime about to nick all their gear. And when you stop, suspisious locals walk over and ask what/who you're looking for,whilst writing down my reg number.
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Thats a good one,he hasn't bothered to put a rope over the top - 'it'll be alright' .
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Those two prats on Pointless.
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Graham Norton.
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You're right there Eggs.
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Of course the other big factor that has affected log sellers certainly in this area over the last 3 or 4 years are the very big farming estates that have with the help of grants,suddenly acquired harvesters,forwarders,and large fast processors,couple of farm workers transferred to the yard,couple of transit tippers with drivers,and suddenly we have some very big players with bottomless pockets,all selling logs at £80 a cube as quick as you like. This has resulted in the traditional log boys close to these big set-ups, having to be thankful for the crumbs off the table,or have seen which way the wind is blowing and thrown their hand in and moved on to something else.
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If ive been wearing ordinary trousers for work,i have to run a pail of water,put a capful of daz liquid in and leave them to soak outside the back door for the evening. Ive noticed that Mrs oldwoodcutter then puts them in last thing into her machine,the one with a little round door on the front.
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It seems a little odd to me that he uses a few words that most members of the public would be unfamiliar, prussic,flipline,krab,silky. Of course he may have asked a climber to identify the gear he's selling,or he could be a climber himself,but i have to agree it looks a bit dodgy,and it could be a fellow arbtalkers tools of his trade.
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I first started selling logs from cordwood over 50 years ago,and i cant remember it ever being easy,even back then.
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Yes,like most of us in the log game my sales are down by half for 1 reason or another. Ime not loosing any sleep over it as my cord and logs are all inside and can sit there til next year when i will then revue whether to keep in the log business or chuck it up. Was talking to a friend who supplied a good petrol forecourt with 400 25kg bags on first nov and they havn't sold one so far.
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So what are your business plans/ambitions for the new year?
oldwoodcutter replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
Earn more,sweat less. -
Would you like to buy some of my cord Mike?
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Thanks for posting Mario.
