Matthew Storrs

I certainly wouldn't want to go round for dinner in case I ended up being it:lol:

I've been told by a pretty reliable source that Malcolm barnecutt in Bodmin make superb pasties.

I used to have a tractor which had insufficient hydraulic pressure to run a post driver, the solution was to have a pump which ran off the PTO plus a 25 liter reservoir for the oil and it worked very well. I'm sure you could do similar but how it would compare in price against having a spool fitted I'm not so sure.

I actually found that a very interesting watch! I don't intend to eat roadkill myself but can definitely see his logic behind it.

Day rate can be a good way particularly with smaller faff type fencing jobs particularly in gardens/around houses etc where unforeseen circumstances crop up or the customer changes their mind about certain aspects. I so often find they take longer than expected whereas big runs you can crack out pretty quick and meter rate tends to work out more favourable for the contractor. I prefer to pick up the materials myself over supplier delivering them, firstly you can check the quality as they are loaded on to you trailer but often the delivery lorry can't get in somewhere so you end up double handling stuff, and then there's all the nick nacks , gate hangings, different bolts etc which I prefer to see when I'm buying to make sure they are exactly what I'm after. That said by the time you have done all of the above you can waste up to half a day going to collect materials and what not. Specially round here where its at least 30 mins if not 50 to the nearest supplier:001_rolleyes:

Funny you mention that, the brake band was one thing I thought looked a bit weedy on the echo top handle.

I don't see the problem if the customer supplies the timber, in many cases I prefer it as you don t have to faff around collecting materials and getting them on site and if the timber rots in 5 years time then its their problem. The trouble is making sure the customer gets the right stuff and enough of it to eliminate downtime/delays.

Its impossible to have a conversation about Cornwall without the discussion turning into a pasty debate, although recent research indicates the pasty might have actually originated from Devon. But the Cornish get very aggressive when you mention this to them:001_rolleyes:

:lol:genius.

This thread was started some years back but it would be interesting to see if opinions have changed, me and my mate went to the APF with the intention of buying a new top handle, we ummmd and arrrd between the stihl/husqy and echo, the echo we felt had superior build quality in the majority of aspects and also felt the nicest in the hand/handling charecteristics,having never actually tried one (but tried the other two) ended up taking the risk and getting the echo, we were both very pleasently surprised when we tried it out, revs well and didn't bog down in the cut at all. So this saw definiatly gets a big thumbs up- great price too. When raced against my husqy 550xp the Echo 360 top handle wasn't far behind if at all, and I reckon given a few fuel tanks to run it in it will improve further. Look out Husky and Stihl!

Wheelie bin is a good idea but I imagine it'd be pretty heavy to manoeuvre/tip once it was anything over half full??

Why is it so hard to find used tracked skidsteers in the UK, where as they seem far more populer in the US.

Looks beaut! I'm possibly in the market for one of these so will be keen to know your opinion of them once youv'e used it in anger (so to speak:laugh1:)

I agree:lol:

:laugh1:much like people driving in heavy traffic, brings out the worst in people. Tesco on a Saturday morning is sheer hell. The only time can face a supermarket shop is late at night.

This is true, but over the whole spectrum of produce tesco must be cheaper than small time produce shops, milk for example at £1 for four pints- how can that make sense? Tesco is part of the mass-produced world we live in, possibly needed to support such a high population? S.varty- I reckon youv'e hit the nail on the head, change in the way of life had killed of the small shops.

This is my point tho. Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with how the situation is but Tesco simply cater for what people want and that has killed the high street shops, if people didn't want it then tesco etc wouldn't be surviving.

Food is cheap at the moment, people would be moaning if food was twice the price. Its a tricky one, people want cheap food yet they still want tesco to fail, and its not just tesco all of them are the same. Who here can honestly put their hand up and say they only shop at the local greengrocer/farm shop/fishmonger etc. I don t but I could if I actually made the effort and spent more money too, so its either one or the other IMO. Any company as large as Tesco is going to be making massive profits so I don't know how much of an argument that is?

so true! I hate a machine sitting around for a week-let alone months:laugh1:

and remove their hands so they won't be tempted in the future:thumbup1:

havn't really got much against Tesco- certainly no more than any other multinational company. Its just the way the world works now plus they employ a huge number of people. How else would you like it Jon?

Iv had 4 saws off Dougie and they were all either the same or cheaper then I could find online. I don't know where I'm going to hire a chipper now:thumbdown:

Well, that's going to be a big pain in the backside, was regularly hiring mowers and chippers of him, some people slate him, but I always found him very fair and sorted me out good deals on saws etc.

It seems there might be a gap in the market for a good Arb shop down here?

I wouldn't touch abbey with a very long bargepole as iv had too many cock ups from them and their staff are mostly clueless. Feel free to delete this if it counts as naming and shaming mods!