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john p

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  1. So it s acceptable to have someone still half cut on site in the morning? If someone said they were over the limit to drive there's no way I'd let em on my jobs, Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  2. 8/12 k plus everything else seems steep when you can pick up an rb44 or daf for under 5k, Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  3. I know of a few firms struggling for decent staff, anyone that's any good is booked up solid Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  4. End of the beech Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  5. Gano on beech today, Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  6. If I stopped spunking all my money on utter shite I'd be relatively well off, there is money to be made doin trees! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  7. Yeah, was a stunning tree, been heavily reduced before, shame Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  8. beech takedown, gano at base, resistograph test says its gotta go,much firewood, got another two days on it
  9. if your working your stuff to make someone else profit 280 a day is bang on, if he doesn't hire your stuff let him go to speedy hire and spend 150 a day for a chipper
  10. Seems only fair Egg, if getting decent chip n wood the odd bit of rakings ain't a problem Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  11. Can take as much as you've got, space not an issue Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  12. Actually rakings and hedge cuttings ok as long as tipped separate to logs n chip Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  13. Yes, preferably not loads of rakings though!! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  14. I sell green wood all the time to people, drop it off on the way back from jobs, handle it once, they get it cheaper , everyone's a winner. Why wouldn't Jon be keen to get his hands on wind blown timber? He sells logs for a living. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  15. Got a tip site at Shepton mallet if any good for ya ? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  16. It won't be hard to catch up with the Bedford, believe me Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  17. £600 a week and a pick up! That's good goin, would be tempted to pack it all in if someone offered me that' Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  18. Cheers egg, flat out though, a grand for the day could sway me though! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  19. And I thought I was brave trying to bypass control panel on my atlas crane! Yours is a whole new level Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  20. Never gonna run out of work! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  21. I'm not disputing that, at 1 year you can get around a tree and cut bits off, or dismantle whatever but it may take you three days, five years in you can fit both jobs in in a day, Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  22. Your on speed dial Jon ! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  23. I thought I was the dogs danglies after two years, and looking back now I realise how much I still had to learn/experience, every day is still an education, but it does come down to the individual, personally I reckon you are capable of most tree work after a year or so, it's the efficiency and smoothness that comes with time Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  24. john p

    Wind

    he s even better with big hard butts though:lol:

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