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  1. The gods seem to be smiling on me...

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    :biggrin:

     

    well, i was putting on my chainsaw boots this morning when i felt something under my heel, like my sock hadn't straightened out right or something.

     

    i thought i can probably live with it but curiosity got the better of me & i had a look & it was a fiver! :thumbup1:

     

     

     

    also yesterday i put a fiver in my back pocket on my ballistics then thought i'd take it out & put it somewhere different & it was a tenner!!! fifteen quid in total :laugh1:

     

     

    not much i know but every little counts...

  11. wood splitting

    in Firewood forum

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    Well i wouldn't charge less than £15 an hour for splitting by hand. If they don't like that then go to lidl & buy an axe & find out how much labour is involved!

     

    I find using a tyre takes a lot of the strain out of it...

     

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4SloB6uvE]YouTube - Splitting Logs the Easy & Free Way[/ame]

     

    What sort of volume of wood is she going to need splitting?

  13. My New Toy! 18hp Log Splitter

    in Firewood forum

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    Picked this up last week. It's home made but a pretty good-un!

     

    The guys dad's got a whole work shop & they do agricultural engineering if you know what i mean. It's been put together pretty well & does the job nicely...

     

    Off to split some more wood now & then test them with my new Moisture Meter from Maplins (Thought i'd treat myself :biggrin:)

  19. Photo competition for arbtalk logo

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  20. going to collect payment

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    i'm still looking for that ever elusive bit of "retrospect".

     

    like you said every day is a learning day!

     

    i went back to a womans house (only 3 miles away) about 5 times last year for a lousy £15 for grass cutting...

    believe me i would have quite happily let her keep the money if i could have just slapped her a couple of times :boxing:

  22. going to collect payment

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    personally i'd go over & pickup the cash (might be a cheque).

     

    then you can both look at the finished work (or gap where there was a tree) & all the memories of what a wonderful job you did will come flooding back to her! you'll end up chatting about other possible work & she'll have a fresher opinion of you & more than likely recomend you to some friends too.

     

    without sounding harsh, if someone turned up on my doorstep & asked for more money for driving to come & get it, firstly they wouldn't get it. secondly, it would create bad vibes, & thirdly i most certainly wouldn't recomend them to anyone, in fact quite the opposite.

     

    take the diesel hit on the chin, enjoy the drive & smile.

     

    You never know you might even come across a new job on the way there & back........

  23. Strength of log splitter

    in Firewood forum

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    very nice piece of kit mate. i'm impressed.

     

    i just missed out on a trailer mounted home made one (hydraulic running off a power pack) on ebay. but a friend of mine has suggested we build our own one.

     

    he knows how, so i said ok...

     

    looks like you're going to have lots of fun with your new toy! :thumbup:

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