oldwoodcutter
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Tarpaulins Direct 01904 696999 , good sheets,good service.
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I thought the braile advised the operator to "avoid putting fingers between rotors when chipper working flat out"
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A farmer friend of mine bought a new disco commercial at the start of the year,has about every extra on it that money can buy. He's only logged up about 3 months in it in total as its always back at dealership being lashed up after 1 crisis or another. He half joked to me the other day that when he sets off in it he looks at his watch to see how long it takes before its next cough and splutter.
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Yes ive had it happen,and it does hack me off,but there we are,not an awful lot you can do,sooner or later it'll happen again,just put it behind you and carry on mate.
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Its £15 for a permit in west norfolk,usually takes longer to go to the council to get it than it takes to do the job,depending who in the building is trying to sort it out.
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Winter 2014/15, forecasts conditions alerts etc.
oldwoodcutter replied to peckerwoo's topic in General chat
I keep a douglas fir cone hanging from an old gin trap on the wall outside my back door,and of course it open or closes depending on whats coming this way. Very seldom it gets it wrong. -
Talking of collection,close by my woodyard they were loading beet up and 1 wagon driver strolled over and asked me that if he paid up front, could his wife pick up a boot full sunday morning? To which i reluctantly agreed. I happened to drive up there only to find a galaxy with all seats folded down apart from the drivers seat,the wheel arches nearly onto the tyres,and a woman stacking the last ones of about a ton and a half into it. She coughed up for the full amount in the end,but pleaded innocence.
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As long as you do the job it shouldn't matter who's with you, even just you and your good lady stood watching you all day holding your flask. Hope you get it all on Monday.
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In my book,any customer is 'famous' if they pay up on time,their cheque doesnt bounce,and they dont phone a few weeks later to say they've noticed a hairline crack in the fence panel under the tree,so you'd better pay for a replacement and come and fit it free of charge.
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Another one bites the dust.
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This is the sort of work that i like to see,and be involved with,no faffing about just getting stuck in and sorting the job out. Thanks for posting Patty.
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I would think twice before anyone goes steaming onto a travellers site. The one and only time i did so,i was young ,fit,and full of beans. None the less,i turned round to be confronted by about 20 who were well up for it. If i hadn't then wound my neck in and cleared off pretty sharpish i would definately have been smartened up.
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Break ins / thefts - any common MO?
oldwoodcutter replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Business Management
It may be silly i know,but i have never advertised who i am,or where ime from, on any of my trucks,to avoid being followed or bringing attention to where i live. Yes i know they can follow my chipper back to the yard,but without a chipper i am just another annonymous truck going along the road. Every little helps as they say. -
I have a small circle of other trades,plumber,electrician,gardener,fencer etc etc. Regularly get calls from potential clients where one of these has recommended me and i,in turn put a lot of potential work their way,and this works very well. After ive won the work i usually call the finder and thank him personally.
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Well is seems he walked out of hospital under his own steam so thats good,you never know whats round the corner in our game.
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Yes,sooner or later you come across a complete idiot,sometimes they appear more often,a favourite one is when you sell a little stack of cord or trunkwood off the pavement and the customer finds out somehow,he wants to knock that precise amount of the bill. Or a disgruntled log cust phones to complain that he has stacked your delivery up neatly and there's nowhere near a cubic metre there,either wanting partial refund or more logs to make up the short measure.
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Leastways there's one thing all log men can agree on,and that is hoping for a cold winter.
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Things may be quiet now,but wait til christmas eve afternoon,thats when 1 or 2 new customers generally call you to take some out, there and then.
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Gypsy sticks definately have their place,can save a lot of faffing about.
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If the mog is registered as agricultural and you are within a 30 kilometre radius of the address of the registered keeper,i thought you could run on red with immunity.
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Whenever i ask any of the young fellows that purport to work for me, to do something,they have a standard reply before walking off and doing it, either "awesome" or "wicked" I know what it used to mean, but can only surmise what it means nowadays.
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I shaved my 4 week old beard off this morning after a few comments from the younger members of staff like 'father christmas is around early this year' and inside the house mrs oldwoodcutters observation of 'a scruffy old mans moved in'.
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And another thing that can sometimes happen on an out of the ordinary job,is that although you've planned it in your minds eye,once you explain whats happening at the start of the day,you do occasionally not see the wood for the trees as you've been thinking too hard. This is when an unlikely member of staff may come up with a brainwave that makes a good contribution to the day's work.
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Thats the best performing 201t i think ive seen.
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Thanks for posting cjw89.
