Matthew Storrs
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What about the tracked offering from TP, Atkinson Vos was offering them at a good price not long ago.
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gear on finance.. has it helped you??
Matthew Storrs replied to Boy English's topic in Business Management
Quite! Not suggesting your son but some people don't know they are born when it comes down to this matter, im sorry but university students do have it easier then they would like to think, if they put in the hard work (and assuming they get the job!) they will be earning a very decent wage with none of the expenditure that a firm such as a tree buisness will have to fork out for over the years to get anywhere even close to that wage. But- no moaning here, it all comes down to choice! -
Trained and worked as an arborist for 7years, but in recent years I do mostly agricultural fencing now with the odd tree every now and again, Like the variety of topics on Arbtalk, particularly the controversial ones!
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gear on finance.. has it helped you??
Matthew Storrs replied to Boy English's topic in Business Management
Also, I think it depends on what kind of business you run, if you offer several services and subsequently have several machines then its unlikely they are all going to be used all the time, so in this case I'd prefer used owned kit sitting if the yard where its not costing me. If there is a case of a business using a machine everyday, like a wood chipper if your a tree surgeon then you'd want the newest most reliable kit available. -
gear on finance.. has it helped you??
Matthew Storrs replied to Boy English's topic in Business Management
There's a fine line though between buying old knackered kit and good used machines which still have plenty of life in them, I totally agree that if you need a machine urgently and you can't afford a good used machine outright then finance is the answer. But, I don't see why you would use finance is you could afford a good machine outright,if you buy without finance its earning YOU money straight away and if your sensible you'd be putting that money away for the next thing. Who knows though- I don't profess to be a good buisnessman! -
Don't know why people bother comparing defenders to all the other pickups, fact is defenders are purely work/utility vehicles IMO, made for purpose. The Japanese pickups are no doubt reliable and comfortable to drive but I'd very much regard them a jack of all trades, half car half land rover type of vibe! I couldn't give a toss if my arm has to be perched on the edge of the window in my defender, it gets me on site in places I know for fact other makes have troubleto getting to mainly thanks to the land rovers coil suspension providing maximum traction. Today was the first job in two months I haven't had to drive a cross granite boulder infested parts of Dartmoor to get to the job- I wouldn't change my landy for any other make.
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I do quite a lot of hedge laying Devon style on HLS grants for farmers, tends to be around 5 quid a meter and they are usually well overgrown. Can be quite good money if you put the effort in, sometimes I'll start a hedge at 7.30am and keep going till 7.30 in the evening with only the odd break so I can do 30-40 meters in a day or so but Devon style is quicker than others so that helps it to be more cost effective for the customer.
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gear on finance.. has it helped you??
Matthew Storrs replied to Boy English's topic in Business Management
Simple answer to this, if you have guaranteed, and I mean proper contracts sealed and sealed then finance is a way to get the contract done in the most efficient way, if work is rolling in as and when then I would only buy if I had the money in the bank,. Funny I was thinking about this today, traversing Dartmoor today with my 30 year old tractor today I was thinking it would be nice to own a newish tractor- literally minutes later I knocked the axle on a large boulder of granite that was hidden in the gorse I was driving through- no real damage done but had it been a new tractor on finance I would have been rather pee'd off. If you own a bit of kit outright its making money straight away. -
Why not introduce a worldwide 1 child only policy- that might be the greatest conservation of all!
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I never bother with an egg cup - just hold it in my hand but then I prefer the yolk to be fairly stiff so I don't have to worry about the stuff running down my hand! But when I'm holding it the pointy side is always up.
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I'm not even sure where mine are anymore, never been asked to show them! That was 2k well spent!
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Can't really blame the immigrants coming over here to work, they just want a better life (to survive) its human nature. If they are working for a minimum wage then you can't blame them for taking our jobs- the fact is they are damn hard workers, the problem is if there are unscrupulous bosses out there who get away with paying them lower then minimum wage, who can compete with that.
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Apart from the ms200t- that was a beauty
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My fave is the 357xp followed by 254xp with the 395xp running a close 3rd. I hate stihls! Blokes with huskys can afford to sit in the van when it rains cause they get more work done!
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Yes keep the job you got now but seeing as you have the means to repay the debt (even if it is soul destroying) I would take the loan and crack on with the tickets at least that way you have more of a chance of getting an Arb job- it may take a while but that doesn't matter just keep cracking on with your current job and then by the time you get a tree job you will have paid some of the loan off.
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Bottom line - too many people and too much urge on mechanization!
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If its the only way forward then yes!
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Basic instinct. Jurrasic park, The pelican brief. Could go on all night tho- anyone else do love film?
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Yes, it sounds like he wants to be the dominant force in the business anway, if your having a bad feeling about it, id follow my gut if I were you. Why do you need a business partner anyway?
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But there not giving it to them, they are being sold at a car boot sale. If people want to chance it with second hand ropes- let them crack on with, natural selection and all that, if people know what they are doing then they wouldn't buy shoddy gear.
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Reclaimed Telegraph Poles / Straining Posts
Matthew Storrs replied to carpenter1's topic in General chat
Yes should easily last 30yrs, my dad had some old telegraph pole lying in the grass for 30 yrs recently brought into service to build a wood shed- still as solid as the day they were born. If you buy a mixed bundle of strainers from the company you linked to they will come in sizes from 5inch to 12inch diameter which is handy as some make good gate posts whereas the smaller ones I use as turner posts. A lot of them will come a bit green with algae but don't worry they are still solid but if its for a customer you might have to explain this to them! -
That's very good towing that weight. I have the same vehicle and would say its more like 20 MPG towing my mini digger, I think Dartmoor hills have something to do with it:laugh1:
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But then that leads to the same problem as if you strained of the gatepost- if it gets knocked or moves its has a knock on effect on the fence, not being picky just interested in how others do it. I tend to put in the gatepost next to the strainer leaving a 3 inch gap or so
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But why would that happen- everyone knows you shouldn't strain of a gatepost:001_rolleyes:
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Trouble is I don't know how to send the link, its the tracked Jensen located on the isle of lewis. No seller feedback, same chipper was being sold (genuinely) a few months back by Dbcontracts. And the location....
