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  1. rapalaman
    One commercial customer, mainly grasscutting takes between 3-5 weeks to pay despite me constantly stating that it's to be no more than 14 days from date of invoice. But a local estate agent have always paid within 3 days, last job within 12 hours :-)
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    £12 for the sawpod
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    Let's get the ball rolling at a tenner :-)
  4. rapalaman
    Ebay is good, but yes 10% is too dear. Get people to come and have a look then strike a deal privately & end the item listing once cash is in your hand - naughty but saves a few £££. Gumtree works and has it's place but lots of messers and timewasters, Loot, Friday Ad, Preloved etc all have their uses but beware of scammers - buyers and sellers on all these. Craigslist seems to have more scammers on it than most - as always, if it seems too good to be true - it is! Facebook sales can also be very effective, free, constantly moderated to weed out dodgy ads (though all moderators are volunteers in their own time so caution still needed). Just depends on what you're selling and what audience you're trying to reach :-)
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    Try and get one with full alloy buck as the steel body is way too heavy, even with alloy sides. Got a 2.3 recently and seems good so far, nice and quiet, drives well and more economical than my older 2.8. Turning circle on the older model is far better though. Parts are expensive and avaiabilty sometimes questionable. Many variations make id of parts hard, even for main dealers. Just my opinion though!
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    I've successfully moved collared dove and woody nests down a few feet to below my cuts in leylandi and although initially a bit confused, have seen the parents carry on feeding the young so it's worth a go. But for complete removals I have a large converted shed/aviary and have hand reared maybe 15 or so and let them go once fully fledged. Not sure what the survival rate is, but I'd rather not harm them if possible when working
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    Same as Mayhem and agree with him totally - 20 years at it and still earning almost the same as when I started :-( I can afford to be picky now and nice to spend time with mates I can trust to watch my back. Good cameraderie and will miss it when I finally finish. The Mrs. will hate it when I'm home every friday and saturday night tho!
  8. rapalaman
    Wet winter in Baltic states where cheap timber comes from so the machinery couldn't get the wood out, gales stopped boats getting out of ports and getting into our ports, fences down all over UK (and Europe), will take months for the supplies to catch up with demand. Fencing companies round here have laid guys off as after the yard is swept for the umpteenth time, there's nothing for them to do
  9. rapalaman
    Big shortages here - situation dire is what my 2 suppliers both say. Timbermills won't even give projected supply dates and prices have risen 30% since October/November gales. I've got 80 bays of closeboard/gravel board/concrete posts to put up, all overdue now and have explained to the customers - I'm sure some didn't believe me so told them they're welcome to phone around! Came back to me in a couple of days and said they'd wait for me to get panels and do the job
  10. rapalaman
    Been looking for a used chipper for several months - seen some overpriced rubbish, had 5 scam listings removed from ebay, 1 from preloved. Fire on my Greenmech Chipmaster finally gave me the kick up the arse I needed and I got a rebuilt Jensen 530. Only used it for a couple of small jobs so far, but very, very impressed. Time will tell if reliability is good, but it makes the Greenmech look like a very sick puppy in comparison (even from when it was fairly new). Stuff I wouldn't even have attempted to put in the Chipmaster, the Jensen doesn't even pause with and the chip quality is consistent. Backed up with poor spares service from Greenmech - it seems that only one person there is worth talking to, and I'm very glad I bit the bullet and changed. This is only my personal opinion, and I'm sure others with far more experience than I, have different ideas and have good impressions of other machines

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