oldwoodcutter
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I was talking to one of the biggest,if not the biggest harvesting contractor in east anglia a few weeks ago and he is selling ash, as harvested, at ride side for £70 a ton,and his opinion was that it will be more next year. So any get rich quick log seller who buys his roundwood in, and is running around chucking cubes off for £80 a throw now,will soon have to double his prices,or go out of business.
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If making firewood is getting you down, watch this.
oldwoodcutter replied to Goaty's topic in Firewood forum
I dare say that he took 22 weeks to chop 22 tons at that rate. -
Dragging parked cars out of the DZ
oldwoodcutter replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
thats right,as i said on page 2,lift tyre off road,pop shovel or spade under all 4,skid out of way,job squared. -
Dragging parked cars out of the DZ
oldwoodcutter replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
If you can get a shovel or spade under each tyre you can soon skid them out of the road. -
Hmm,thats a possibility mate.
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yes, the youngsters in my crew have a silent code,they signal to each other that theres a female aproaching the work area by giving a series of pelvic thrusts.
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Hazard tape? Cone the work area off? nah.....
oldwoodcutter replied to scotspine1's topic in Video forum
Crumbs,talk about asking for trouble -
its just that she prefers it in a glass,considers drinking straight from the can or bottle a little unlady like.
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Poured a diet coke out for mrs oldwoodcutter with her sunday lunch today,does that count?
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Think i would steer well clear of him.
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I enjoy a joke as much as the next man,a little bit of leg pulling perhaps,and the lads and i are usually good humoured,but when we're on the job with ropes going up and down, big timber moving at a rate of knots,with 2 or 3 saws running and sweat rolling off you,and trip hazards everywhere thats not the place for it. When its quiet and we're having a breather and a sandwich,well then we can relax a bit and have a laugh,but never anything nasty or hurtfull.
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If you take 'dead' wood or any other kind of wood out of forestry commission woodland,and a ranger challenges you,they will be down on you like a ton of wet concrete.
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The sometimes annoying thing is,they've been thinking about these extras since the day they accepted your quote,sometimes planning it for weeks in between times, before springing it on you.
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Was pricing up with a customer this morning and afterwards we got on about remembrance sunday and he went on to tell me how his nephew was killed last year. He was with a group back in the shelter after training afgan locals,he'd just taken his vest off when the afgan local shot him point blank and some others in his group. He was an nco in his 40s but had risen to be a warrant officer. Somehow my pricing his tree up didnt seem that important to me anymore.
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I thought the aa had old school mechanics,but on the 2 occasions they've been out both have been at the younger end of the young generation. My truck would only click when i turned the key one morning,so after doing the usual checks i called em out,he had a cursory look under the bonnet,rubbed the bumfluff on his chin and asked me which garage would i like him to tow it to. Daughters 58 plate focus wouldnt catch no matter how long she turned the key,first thing aa boy says after my cheery small talk is "i hate effing fords" , and towed it to garage without checking anything.
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every jobs different to a degree,and 'know your customer and know your competition' have always been tips well worth knowing. electritions and plumbers were mentioned earlier,my mate is an old sparky and he freelances at 300 for his days which are never long,bringing home 1500 a week,and he barely takes more in his box than a screwdriver and wire cutters.
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There's usually 1 every year that tries it on,you did the right thing,i tell them the best thing they can do is buzz off while ime still in a good mood.
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6 or 7 ton ide say,be suprised if it was more.
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Sounds about par for the course.
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Another one of Deano's brainwaves
oldwoodcutter replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Large equipment
That little diesel engine looks ripe for a conversion to steam while you're at it mate. -
Just stuck my emergency call-out rates above each phone so if mrs oldwoodcutter happens to take the call,she'll know exactly whats what.
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Used to take a cod liver oil and glucosamine,but stopped few months ago as i dont want prostate cancer. Just have a multi-vitamin tablet daily now,rightly or wrongly.
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I rely on a little wooden weather house box that hangs outside the door.If its going to be a fine day then the woman comes out. If the man comes out,of course then you're going to be in trouble.
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joe public walking into cordoned off areas
oldwoodcutter replied to d-raittuk's topic in General chat
Postmen are one of the worst offenders,they will go through hell or high water to get that letter into the letterbox.They seldom wait,more often they come walking through when you're back is turned,completely unconcerned about sawdust,dropping topwood,or whole trees coming over. -
One of lifes big mysteries why land rover have never made a disco pick up,they been coughing them out for over 20 years,and must have lost a fortune in lost sales by not producing one.
