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Log sales what % goes to the black economy
markieg31 replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
logs = beer tokens! i got my pay slip and almost past out with the amount of tax and ni ii had payed!!!! i work hard 5 days a week and do private work on the weekends any arisings i am saving up for x mas log sales to help pay for the tight time of year. i should think twelve orders and that will be me out of wood. but i will do 'legitimate' log suppliers a favor by not undercutting them. instead i will be charging a premium!! -
Log sales what % goes to the black economy
markieg31 replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
logs = beer tokens! i got my pay slip and almost past out with the amount of tax and ni ii had payed!!!! i work hard 5 days a week and do private work on the weekends any arisings i am saving up for x mas log sales to help pay for the tight time of year. i should think twelve orders and that will be me out of wood. but i will do 'legitimate' log suppliers a favor by not undercutting them. instead i will be charging a premium!! -
Log sales what % goes to the black economy
markieg31 replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
logs = beer tokens! i got my pay slip and almost past out with the amount of tax and ni ii had payed!!!! i work hard 5 days a week and do private work on the weekends any arisings i am saving up for x mas log sales to help pay for the tight time of year. i should think twelve orders and that will be me out of wood. but i will do 'legitimate' log suppliers a favor by not undercutting them. instead i will be charging a premium!! -
as my old boss used to say 'paylandii' it is the most horrible tree!! climbing up through it you get raped by dead spiky bits that rip your shirt and scratch your arms. it manages to come in through the top of your visor in a way that means you cant move for about five minutes untill you figure out what the hell is going on. but saying that it pays the bills!! find it hard to judge how much work is in it untill ya get going.
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as my old boss used to say 'paylandii' it is the most horrible tree!! climbing up through it you get raped by dead spiky bits that rip your shirt and scratch your arms. it manages to come in through the top of your visor in a way that means you cant move for about five minutes untill you figure out what the hell is going on. but saying that it pays the bills!! find it hard to judge how much work is in it untill ya get going.
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as my old boss used to say 'paylandii' it is the most horrible tree!! climbing up through it you get raped by dead spiky bits that rip your shirt and scratch your arms. it manages to come in through the top of your visor in a way that means you cant move for about five minutes untill you figure out what the hell is going on. but saying that it pays the bills!! find it hard to judge how much work is in it untill ya get going.
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remember that you can not tow with the chipper chained to the truck!!
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remember that you can not tow with the chipper chained to the truck!!
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remember that you can not tow with the chipper chained to the truck!!
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one step at a time boy chap. a cambium saver cost 25 quid once we start adding the word 'ART' in to the equation we start to be stretching the budget a bit more. i climb with a 2 ring joby and have absolutely no problem with it what so ever. Mind you there is people out there that have been climbing for years (good climbers as well) and use prussics and both ends of there rope!!
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one step at a time boy chap. a cambium saver cost 25 quid once we start adding the word 'ART' in to the equation we start to be stretching the budget a bit more. i climb with a 2 ring joby and have absolutely no problem with it what so ever. Mind you there is people out there that have been climbing for years (good climbers as well) and use prussics and both ends of there rope!!
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Dismantling a large ash over a caravan... All was well, untill I went to rig of a 10ft section about 10inch accross. Some how it managed to swing right round the tree and smack me in the back. A bit winded I carried once I had finished I could not bend down to pick up my ropes, absolute agony!!! But I should imagen it was funny to watch and most importantly the caravan remained untouched
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Dismantling a large ash over a caravan... All was well, untill I went to rig of a 10ft section about 10inch accross. Some how it managed to swing right round the tree and smack me in the back. A bit winded I carried once I had finished I could not bend down to pick up my ropes, absolute agony!!! But I should imagen it was funny to watch and most importantly the caravan remained untouched
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http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/vbpg2image.php?do=full&p=596&d=1308740069 the link shows a happy. i was under the illusion that an extra rap was then a 'super' happy but i think it may be called a distal.. either way i find it to pretty dam good. got it as a knot on my side strop as well. done well with minimal slack it has a lot less 'sit back' than the vt.
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http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/vbpg2image.php?do=full&p=596&d=1308740069 the link shows a happy. i was under the illusion that an extra rap was then a 'super' happy but i think it may be called a distal.. either way i find it to pretty dam good. got it as a knot on my side strop as well. done well with minimal slack it has a lot less 'sit back' than the vt.
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i got whacked in the back a fews year back whilst rigging a big bit of ash, a case of inexperience me thinks. now days i just have to pull on a piece of brash a bit to enthusiastically and thats me of to chiropractors. shooting pains every which way, not so much a limp more of the 'pass me a clean pair of y fronts i just had an accident' style waddle. The sort of look every tree surgeon needs
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i got whacked in the back a fews year back whilst rigging a big bit of ash, a case of inexperience me thinks. now days i just have to pull on a piece of brash a bit to enthusiastically and thats me of to chiropractors. shooting pains every which way, not so much a limp more of the 'pass me a clean pair of y fronts i just had an accident' style waddle. The sort of look every tree surgeon needs
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lucky for me weston power distributions rules say that we have to sit in the truck, away from the lines, if we can hear a storm. furthermore we ave to wait 15 mins after the last rumble of thunder. happy days, the joys of being employed
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lucky for me weston power distributions rules say that we have to sit in the truck, away from the lines, if we can hear a storm. furthermore we ave to wait 15 mins after the last rumble of thunder. happy days, the joys of being employed
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i take it you are using the standard prussic as your friction hitch... i would try a different knot.. i use the super happy.. it is amazing!! doesn't Bind up after long time under weight!! and is Basicly a pleasure to use!! coupled with a camBium saver and your ave got yourself a decent set up. college is like your driving test.. they teach you how to get By.
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i take it you are using the standard prussic as your friction hitch... i would try a different knot.. i use the super happy.. it is amazing!! doesn't Bind up after long time under weight!! and is Basicly a pleasure to use!! coupled with a camBium saver and your ave got yourself a decent set up. college is like your driving test.. they teach you how to get By.
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i had a similar one from a chap who sounded northern. said i could advertise in the local magazine, i said can you send me some information. he said i will take your card details. my reply was.. why would i hand over my details if i was not purchasing anything. i am not the sharpest knife in the Block But i could smell something fishy. he could tell he was not going to get any where so cut me off!! the cheek of it!!
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i had a similar one from a chap who sounded northern. said i could advertise in the local magazine, i said can you send me some information. he said i will take your card details. my reply was.. why would i hand over my details if i was not purchasing anything. i am not the sharpest knife in the Block But i could smell something fishy. he could tell he was not going to get any where so cut me off!! the cheek of it!!
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severe it at the base and spray the stump using a garden sprayer. not as big as a knapsack. we have had good results.
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hawthorn goes a vague orangey colour when first cut... but my initial thoughts where ALDER!!
