doobin
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You may as well leave it as it's bugger all use for anything else. Timber fairies are welcome to it!
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Rubbish. Everyone can be marketed to. The Stihl ads for farmers are completely different to the ones for homeowners. If they now wish to target professional arbs, these adverts will be different still. They may even be devoid of all 'slick'- and work because of that! I don't see anything wrong with what the OP is asking. If they were in my town I'd pop along.
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It's Stihl. Not difficult to find. Clients : BWP Group
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From my hazy memory of owning an 023 with tool-less adjustment, half the problem was when the assembly got oily it wouldn't have enough friction to hold. So using the hand wheel etc may still be no good. I agree with everyone here- tool-less adjusters are for tools.
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I do love my MS250 but it's clearly a cheaply built saw. Oiler is temperamental, the plastic around the clutch is not in good shape and I'm not sure how long it will last! That said, I only paid £40 for it so I will run it into the ground and then get an MS241 Same power and .2kg lighter, plus pro build. They don't half fly with a 1.1mm 12 or 14" bar on.
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Van and chipper with operator what is the going day rate?
doobin replied to HoneyMonster's topic in General chat
Sounds like a large chipper and operator may be sitting idle whilst you bring the stuff to him, unless you plan to have it all stacked (where? Nightmare to pull apart also). I'd get a small chipper and run it through as you cut it, filling bags of chip to take away. And leave a few out front with a sign saying 'Free- help youself. Great for the garden!' Saves a lot of dragging and mess. Big chippers are great when you're taking down trees. For garden work plodding along is often better. -
Sadly true for a good proportion of employees.
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A second vehicle for you will depend entirely upon what you need one for. For me, my second vehicle was a small van- cheaper and more convenient than the LDV for smaller jobs and running about. Third vehicle is a motorcross bike- worth it's weight in gold on a lot of the work I do.
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True. When one of my guys car had a puncture (and no spare), I called him a ****, drove twenty miles with a compressor and repair kit, and fixed it. For free. When they are drunk, you have every right to be angry. But a broken down car and a genuine apologetic phone call is different. Your attitude to a 'genuine' reason will of course depend upon the employee in question's previous attendance record.
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Van and chipper with operator what is the going day rate?
doobin replied to HoneyMonster's topic in General chat
Can't you burn on site? Or hire a small chipper and re-use it as mulch. -
Start with this: Fox Garden Commander 52cc 4 in 1 Petrol Trimmer with Oregon Chain I've seen one in the flesh and you could do much worse for the money.
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PS. It's now 6:50, shouldn't you be at work?
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There's a great thread on here about stress if you search. I had a look but the first page was all about chipper no-stress controls, you'll probably need to scroll through to page five or six! What is it that you're actually worrying about? Dig deeper, isolate the one thing that is worrying you at this exact moment in time and you will probably realise that there is an easy way around it.
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I just charge usual day rate. Glyphosate isn't expensive and it's a nice little extra that the customer is happy to pay for on top of grass cutting. It really makes a difference when there are no weeds growing around the place, even on the busy farms we strim. On existing grasscutting jobs I make more than enough on the extra labour to do the spraying, so I can avoid looking like a skinflint by charging extra for chemical. If it's a horsey place that will mess you around and they only want spraying done, charge more! Also be aware that horses are thick and will spook easily at the sight of a big yellow backpack. If it's equestrian I'd tell them that all horses need to be boxed whilst you spray. I'd recommend a decent sprayer such as Cooper Peglar or Berthoud if you don't already have one.
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I read Peat's quote, and thought what about Wednesday? Then I scrolled down and see you do it! I shall do the same.
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Three times what he will want to pay you. Good find, Adam.
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Good luck with that.... all you'll get back is a list of 'authorised service centres'! I feel your frustration- knowing you should be able to fix it but it won't play ball. Honest advice? If you need a saw, skip the McCulloch and buy a small Stihl or Husky.
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Just use near boiling water to free it up.
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Doesn't work in chestnut coppice. About the only thing that's cheap and does work is making a slide out of dozens of half plastic barrels (with the tops and bottoms cut out). Tie them together with string so you end up with what looks like a cross section of a builder's skip chute. Even then there's still no money in it. Buy a mower instead.
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You must have deep pockets to run a TS800 and MS660 on Aspen! To be fair if the TS800 has had barely any use the unwillingness to start could well be it's just not run in yet.
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Chestnut lasts for ages. There's no money in what you're trying to do however. Been there, got the T-shirt. Gardening pays much better.
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Exactly. I know I keep banging on about this, but the FS-70 engines have been perfect for me and will drop straight on to any combi tool, polesaw or hedgecutter. £260, job done.
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I had the same boat and a 40HP Mariner barely made it move in the sea, plus it drank petrol like you wouldn't believe. In a strong current you struggle to make headway, then it runs out of fuel and whilst you scramble for the cans it drifts back twice as far as you've come
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You either love em or you hate em! 3x FS460, no engine problems over three years- love these strimmers to bits 4 x FS70, no problems over a year 3 x MS181, no problems over a year 6x BG/SH86, no problems over a year To be fair I only tend to keep stuff for a year except the big strimmers. I sell locally though and to the best of my knowledge everything is still running with no problems. I had nothing but trouble with the 4-mix, had 2 x 130 Kombis, 2 x 130 backpacks. Awful machines.
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FS 410 is 2-mix, that's why yours are reliable. FS-400s were good, but they were normal 2-stroke. 4-mix is rubbish.
