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  1. oldwoodcutter
    Yes Jon,thats fresh felled ash in cord, ride side.
  2. oldwoodcutter
    They had very low revs at tickover, i liked that.
  3. oldwoodcutter
    This could be the last year for a few of us. I was talking to one of the biggest,if not the biggest harvesting contractor in east anglia this week who is selling ash cord at £70 a ton rideside,and his opnion was that this will continue or rise come 2014.
  4. oldwoodcutter
    Stihl hp, green variety.
  5. oldwoodcutter
    Instead of using my 460 all day i sometimes fire up the 660 for an hour or two just because i like using it,when its ticking over you can almost hear it saying sink me into some big wood.And when its cutting at full chat mine whistles like its got some sort of turbo on it. Picking up the 460 after running the 660 it feels like a little 260.
  6. oldwoodcutter
    Spending the working day in the company of deranged youngsters does help.
  7. oldwoodcutter
    A clue to someones age group can sometimes be found in their arbname.
  8. oldwoodcutter
    I slip the 18" bar on for the bigger hardwood logs,turns an ordinary 660 into a bit of an animal.
  9. oldwoodcutter
    Sometimes see my youngsters running about but i tell them not to. There are enough hazards in this game without inviting trouble.
  10. oldwoodcutter
    My mates 55 plate defender is fairly mint and he often cant start it and he has his own key. Hope your mate gets his back though.
  11. oldwoodcutter
    We knocked one over in mundford last year that i measured on the deck at 125 feet.
  12. oldwoodcutter
    When the customer has given me the go ahead they sometimes say 'you weren't the cheapest, but we didnt like the other chap' There's an old saying: first impressions last.
  13. oldwoodcutter
    Thats why some firewood boys dont sell dumpy bags, or builders bags.They dont sell it by the cubic metre,or by the ton. They do however advertise and sell it by 'the load' , nobody can argue that,least of all trading standards.
  14. oldwoodcutter
    How do you stand if you go out fully loaded and towing a full trailer,but come back empty with no trailer?
  15. oldwoodcutter
    So if your ranger or hilux is a 'goods vehicle' then that on its own is restricted to 50 on single carriageway,like Difflock's transit?
  16. oldwoodcutter
    So the way i see it,if you're in a ranger or hilux towing any trailer,dont go over 50 single carriageway,and 60 on dual or motorway. Is that right?
  17. oldwoodcutter
    Next time you go past his drive perhaps all yu will see are a pair of blood splattered slippers,the old fella long been air lifted away.
  18. oldwoodcutter
    Years ago when double glazed first came out someone asked me one saturday if i could just drill some pilot holes and screw a security bolt to their big sliding french windows. Thought i was well clear of the glass as i drilled in, and the whole blinking sheet of glass went bang. Secured it temporary with sheets of ply til she got a glazier out the next week. Steered clear of drilling near glass since then.
  19. oldwoodcutter
    Went out with a load of logs and stopped a mile down the road for diesel.As i undid the filler cap noticed my mug of tea on top of the logs on truck. Seems your feeling more chipppa nowadays Predator,good on yer.
  20. oldwoodcutter
    Have to agree with that,i very seldom work alone on the ground with a saw nowadays,and almost never take on a job at height without someone underneath.
  21. oldwoodcutter
    Who was that ladyboy i saw you with last night? That was no ladyboy, that was my wife.
  22. oldwoodcutter
    Evening gents,a chippie pal of mine needs a air or kiln dried walnut plank 180 wide,54 thick and 3.3m long plus several that are 2metre long.Think he's sorting someones kitchen out. If anyone can supply this or even english oak i would be pleased to put him in touch with you.Thanks.
  23. oldwoodcutter
    Thats the one bren.
  24. oldwoodcutter
    Last week i took on a job that was i would say was 500 metres as the crow flies from a well known traveller site in swaffham.We'd got footpath closed signs up at both ends of work area,tree cutting signs in place,and lots of haz tape. Mid morning a scouting party of youngsters with dogs on strings came up,over and under haz tape,and walked right through our area and out again. I simply stopped our work when i saw them approach and personally walked very closely with them in case they had ideas of starting trouble. Suprisingly we wernt bothered by anyone again.
  25. oldwoodcutter
    The last time a customer told me my logs were too dry,i advised him to dip the log in a pail of water for 5 minutes before throwing on the burner. He then said ok i.ll try that,paid me and shuffled back into his house.

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