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oldwoodcutter

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  1. You could make contact with dereham firewood on the old A47 between Wendling and Scarning,he's got a yard stacked up that would keep east anglia going for about 5 years. 01362 687018 Hope this helps.
  2. Hang on a minute mate,if thats the one in ashwicken i priced that on tuesday.
  3. Rottweiller **** all over a 'lawn' that although the customer had said he'd clear before i came,he didn't,plus another months worth in the meantime.Then mixing up jeyes fluid in the dark in my yard before tea to disinfect truck mats,pedals,boots and trousers.One job i dont need.
  4. Irish working mens club went on a mystery tour,they had a sweepstake to guess where they were going. The driver won £68.
  5. I wish i was 51 again:001_smile:
  6. Yep,mrs oldwoodcutter and i looking after our 6 month old granddaughter til monday morning.An angel on earth.
  7. Blimey its a small world,up til last year ide never heard of Beowolf Mining,i dropped 39 big leylandis and cleared them away plus a few other trees in the grounds of a realy friendly couple in stoke ferry,tea and cake all week etc.Found out on the last day that he's a director of Beowulf. If ide known before hand i would have put a nought on the end of my quote.
  8. For the first time in yonks had a customer turn on me last month.A load of big connies down to ground level and pop reduced by 1/3.At the pricing stage ide given her 1 to leave everything for them to burn up,and another to clear all away.She chose 2nd,all well and good you may think. After 2 days of chipping and carting away i was chucking lengths of pop onto trailer when she says dont bother taking that,our neighbors got a woodburner,he'll clear all that up,which he did when we'd gone. Finished during 3rd day when ide arranged payment,then mr miggins appears for first time and says she has chequebook and has gone out,come back saturdy at 12. Went round and mr chummy is now mr aggresive asking me what were the 2 prices that ide offered,when i told him he said 'but you didnt clear it all away,you didn't take the poplar.Then it dawned on me what he was up to. He threatened to take it further but i kept calm and said he should have charged his neighbor not me.Before he burst a blood vessel i offered him £20 discount which he accepted,turned into mr chummy again,paid up, shook hands and went inside.Happy days.
  9. i had a pup once called leo,my slightly deaf mate called it neil til the day he died. [thats til the dog died,not my mate]
  10. Was out at necton the other day and client got talking about logs,said he'd just had a nice load put into his store the previous day.I strolled over to the store at lunchtime to have a quick shufty and it was chestnut so black the water was running out of it. Didn't say anything to him,but i wouldnt put my name to delivering that to my worst enemy.
  11. At the risk of being blown out of the water by some 4x4 expert,your tyres are probably 205/80r16 and ive found the best allrounders over the years to be michelins. Also reverse gear is quite high so if backing up any distance especially pushing a loaded trailer,just drop it into low range to save keep dipping the clutch. Hope this helps.
  12. Welcome to the mazda owners club mate.
  13. Yes me too since sunday.
  14. As long as the oil and filters have been changed every 10 thou,it should be as good as gold.
  15. Quadchip performs effortlessly and hasnt let me down.
  16. To neigh or not to neigh that is the equestrian.
  17. today even the trolley wouldnt get between the bungalow and a greenhouse,new it would be tight when i priced it.Brash had to be carried through at head height down the path to get it out.I was waiting all day for someone to tell me theyd broken a pane,but all ended ok.
  18. arco at heacham used to hire 1 out eddie,dont know if they still do 01485 571789.
  19. ITV2 are commisioning a new show this winter featuring elton john,steven fry,graham norton,and alan carr.I beleave its going to be called 'The Only Way Is Arse Sex. ( overheard by mrs oldwoodcutter at the w.i. meeting last night)
  20. when i come across one that wont split after a couple of taps i put it to one side,then slice it open with my saw with the other trouble makers at the end.
  21. my first van came supplied with a cranking handle.
  22. just looking at it is enough to see the beads of sweat running down my visor mesh.
  23. havn't done a press up for yonks,got on carpet to try 1 and couldn't get up again.
  24. After rigging that lot up,you'd have thought he'd have something there to pop his saw onto,instead of standing around holding it.
  25. You could go and see dereham firewood at scarning,when i went past his yard the other day he had a stack of cord the size of a small mountain.

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