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john p

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  1. I'm a fan of burr oak and elm, cedar too, burns ace!!! Yew s a favourite on the fire as well, had so many people bangin on at me to buy timber and then when it comes to crunch moan and want it delivering for nowt, it's all firewood these days Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  2. No, I answer to the environment manager there, obviously a difference of opinion! Will defo pop round with some green ash, cheers Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  3. We were accosted by eavis on weds and ordered to stop cutting, he reckoned we were turning worthy farm into a prairie ! That's three weeks work out the window Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  4. Where were ya to? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  5. IME it burns great, hot and fast,
  6. at local implement sale today, total utter heap of a fransgaurd 3pl winch (it was really really shagged) went for 800 +vat+premium, amazed wot people will pay
  7. my IPI is £19 a month, and will pay out 500 a month, just enough to keep the wolves from the door, as stephen says, you cant afford not to have it
  8. yep, politley calling their bluff,most then start blustering!
  9. got my timber lorry with trust and pickup with nfu and pl with tree surgeon insurance, they are all really good to deal with
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    maggie thatcher

    ha, that proper got me chuckling!
  11. I've always called it bone oak Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    maggie thatcher

    its been a really enjoyable thread regardless of political leanings
  13. Brilliant photos, as has been said really puts our teeny tiny gay treework in perspective!
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    maggie thatcher

    we are all either commie lefty scargill lovers or raging far right lunatics by the look of it:biggrin:
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    maggie thatcher

    bugger, it works though!
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    maggie thatcher

    theres lies,damn lies and theres journalism ( mark twain I think?)
  17. you could either register it agri or limited use, but as has been said limited use really is limited, 1 km per day between land you own,not worth the bother imo
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    Day rates..

    also people with that sort of gaff/motor tend to have more trees and so offer more work, one of my clients gives me at least 14 days a year of nicely priced work, people like that you want to look after, not squeeze em till the pips squeak!
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    maggie thatcher

    defo tory legislation, John Major,
  20. john p

    Day rates..

    tbh I price the same whether they own a ferrrari or a fiesta, I find 90% of people with long drives and range rovers didn't get them by being foolish with their money! a jobs worth what its worth
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    maggie thatcher

    was the criminal justice act one of her ideas? after the battle of the beanfield it wouldn't surprise me
  22. do you not find it drops between forks or gets snagged at just the wrong time?

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