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  1. Mortimer Firewood
    Makes my blood boil. Cowards who I've nothing but contempt for. Years ago I fell out with one in a local boozer there were a few of them and two of us. Had a bottle shoved under my eye got away with a few scars. Both me and my friend were charged with gbh. Was lucky that the landlord and regulars gave statements backing our version of events. Problem being once you have trouble with them you always will:thumbdown:
  2. Mortimer Firewood
    I have two bull terriers very protective of there firewood, I'm sure they think it's cut into logs for them to chew up
  3. Mortimer Firewood
    It's difficult trying to run a respectful business when round every corner there's somebody waiting to rob you. I recently had a firewood customer wanting to know what time I was at my yard as he wanted to come and view the firewood:lol: I told him I'd drop a net off foc so he could try it. Still wanted to know when I was there. When I asked him for an address to drop his net off he was very reluctant. Few weeks back a guy in a 70k merc pulled up weighed down in gold nicotine stained hands wanting to no the price of bags looking everywhere but at the logs he soon left. Before that I was stood processing with my back to the gate when I turned there was a transit tipper 3 of them in there any scrap mr answer it's a firewood yard followed by some choice words
  4. Mortimer Firewood
    In this neck of the woods they don't care and the police are that fed up they have all but given up on catching them. When they land in court been caught over the limit in a van that's stolen and full of stolen gear they get 9 months sentence out in 4 you can see why they get fed up.
  5. Mortimer Firewood
    If I'm in a rush it Nescafé cappuccino two sashays in a cup two sugars whisk it up. If I've got time it's filtered what ever is on offer in the supermarket.
  6. Mortimer Firewood
    Why would you have people there when your not. How much are you talking about. Your best bet would me to cut it in to manageable pieces store and sell to some one with a biomass boiler.
  7. Mortimer Firewood
    I use to do the same with all the crap softwood we had from tree surgery works then started giving it to the boys in the pub. Now I put it all in potato boxes and sell them at £40
  8. Mortimer Firewood
    Unless there's 100s of tonnes most chipping contractors are not interested plus you need the infrastructure to store tele to load hard standing. Mountain man if I was you I'd buy a good quality vertical bad some cheep labour Or your man in Wales or put another 5 k to your budget and buy a farmi wp36 with petrol engine when your not using it it could be hired out with an operator for £225/300 a day
  9. Mortimer Firewood
    They have different signs in different groups. I'm sure you take security very seriously Tom but don't be fooled by the kids there just scouts. I don't say this lightly but I'd either move um on or pay some one to move um on as long as there there your a target, scum the lot of em
  10. Mortimer Firewood
    If you can't find him I'll back shortly and look up his name for you
  11. Mortimer Firewood
    There's a guy down in Wales advertising on ebay that will build a machine to your spec for that sort of money.
  12. Mortimer Firewood
    Pathetic it is how many of those key board warriors could find there way out of the street let alone to media city
  13. Mortimer Firewood
    Yep still working through those
  14. Mortimer Firewood
    Most importantly what's your budget
  15. Mortimer Firewood
    It sure is a beast.
  16. Mortimer Firewood
    On big landscaping jobs I ask for the cost of materials before job commences and usually around 30% of the labour costs at the end of the first week. With tree work it's usually 1 or 2 day jobs so we don't ask for deposit if it was any longer I would want a deposit. Payment terms are on our quotes that's 7 days for domestic and 30 days for commercial thankfully we don't do much commercial as both times I've been caught out for jobs in there thousands have been commercial. One time it was my fault foe not doing the research on the company before hand the second the firm went bust
  17. Mortimer Firewood
    I want one. What sort of mpg are you getting out of it
  18. Mortimer Firewood
    It's one that bolts on the end of the elevator like the posch one. If you run the elevator at two thirds speed or below it's great. Above that and it throws it over the griddle. I think it works well a days processing and you can have 3 barrows of tailings. But I've nothing to compare it to as the farmi never had it. As we charge good money for our loads I like to keep the crap out of the bags. I take all the kindling like bits and net it giving it to our regulars I've currently got 5 cube bags and 4 barrow bags of the stuff. Next time I'm at the yard I'll take a pic
  19. Mortimer Firewood
    A few years back had a none payer was dealing with the wife who basically told me I was not getting paid as there was some saw dust on the drive. We tidy up that well you would not know we were there. Called on a sat morning when the family were having breakfast husband answered very jolly and thanked me for the job asking what he could do for me. When I told him that I had not been paid he went bright red and told me his wife had the cash to pay the same day. He quickly wrote a cheque with an extra £50 on it with her standing there like butter wouldn't melt. He owns a local firm she is a teacher
  20. Mortimer Firewood
    I'm not sure there's 3 sections to it
  21. Mortimer Firewood
    When ohhhh when is one of the big manufactures going to see there's a gap in the market for a good 4x4,that does exactly what it suppose to do.
  22. Mortimer Firewood
    Ps we have log cleaner on ours
  23. Mortimer Firewood
    Did a contracting job and was filling a high sided grain trailer IMO that was the limit a silage trailer has 3 ft on that.
  24. Mortimer Firewood
    Where's treequip when you need him
  25. Mortimer Firewood
    Yep I bet it was handbags at 30 paces

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