theflyingscotsman

Glad mrs eggs is fine...

Business is business....if you want the money for the job... My approach to the odd shitty customer is: Kill them with kindness...be overly polite, helpful,prompt...etc... Give them no reason what so ever to be rude... Communication skills are always key.. I've had some right bastards in the past..who after working for them have turned out to be fine.. If you really can live without the work leave it so someone else..

Very cool, my old man has just retired from the family sawmill and often goes on about 'back in the day' No chainsaws, no hiabs, cross cuts and snedding with small axes... Years later the first chainsaw came along and needed two people on it....but it was a lot better than a crosscut.. He still threatens me with 'I'll put some new handles on one of the cross cuts,give it a tickle up and see how tough you are son' Love the old school... I always think when a road team takes 5hours to re open a road after 2 small conifers go down on a country road after a storm...what would the 'Old school' be thinking, perhaps laughing or perhaps shaking there heads in disgust.....

More from the same seller on the bay....205 Ono I just bought a set for £140

Not the place to start ranting at them but it will be on the tips of a few loyal customers lips....

Haha mental image of the brash dragging on the Wii lol Also don't forget the vast Bio mass sector for more revenue.....good luck..

I have fencing jobs all year round and haven't had any complaints.... If a fence is put up well.... Crack on I see no problem with it if it's done right (Any fence that's put up incorrectly will fall/become loose in a short period of time regardless of season) As the other chaps said it's always the mess in the winter that's the bigger problem

Well I don't. I've invested in a kiln this year to guarantee supply and m/c There are two sides to your storey wether you choose to see it or not.. I have around 300 firewood customers some like it bone dry , some like it so it lasts a while. It's your job as a businessman to run your business as you see fit. As a good businessman, you provide what the customer wants: not what you think they want. Merry Christmas

I have, I've customers especially disabled ones who buy big huge logs so they don't have to move about too much stoking etc...they hate really really dry wood..

My Great Uncle from Suffolk flew Lancaster bombers in the war

Ho ho ho.. Merry Christmas wishing all the arbtalkers a great day and a prosperous 2014

Ha..this is proof of the stupidity of people..... (The folk who buy this are the people who have there own moisture meter for when you deliver logs to them exclaiming 'this ones 22% it's a bit dam isn't it!?!') Good on the chap though god loves a trier

If it's music to heighten the mind I find playing Eye of the tiger or Dangerzone... On the way to the 'big job' full tilt.. If I do play it I'm sending a message to the chaps and my self that 'today's not the day to piss around' --- 'A' game time...

I'd definitely be taking a parachute!

Howdy buddy, I'd recommend an Ez-up instant shelter... Bomb proof, good height and very quick and compact to store, costco sold them one year which is where we got ours.. May be pricey for the bigger ones but worth it. May get cheap second hand ones on eBay and there's very little to go wrong..

My work motto is to never get my self into a situation I can't easily get out of... Very easy to get out your depth and have an accident (body or property) if your in over your head....only when it's safe (i.e. Absolutely nothing to hit!) do I push the envelope.. Mind wise: as an employer, I do all the dicey stuff....I'd rather put myself 'on the line' rather than one of my chaps. They don't get paid that much really. I just try and be as careful as can be, drills and skills as they say. Quiet concentration and a steely determination to succeed where others have failed usually gets the job done.. I think the most important part would always be straight forward common sense. IMHO you've either got it or you ain't. At the end of the day an accident...is just that and we all could get caught out. Be careful be safe, if in real doubt just walk away, it's never worth it...

P.s. My other top tip to save countless hours of searching is to use the 'save search' feature on eBay I currently have 62 saved searches for all manor of things, with notifications on anyone lists an item I'm looking for it tells me. Ie: a saved search can be: (Stihl ms660, Stihl ms661, Stihl ms650) Saves searching them all individually and if you check it regularly you don't have to trawl through thousands of listings. Cool stuff takes time to get on eBay (like Alstors, Cda sprayers, forestry trailers) But let no one forget that some very obscure stuff is on eBay, stuff that you'd struggle to get anywhere else. Folk are hard on eBay because of a few scams. They ARE easy to spot: if it doesn't feel right- it usually ain't right. No one sells a £30,000 item and sets a .99p no reserve on it... If your unsure call the seller..meet them, test the product: just like any other transaction in life. It's your job at the end of the day to make it fool proof especially when large sums of money are involved. Also check out Husqvarna 281xp ex mod/ husqvarna 61 where good saws / even a husqvarna 365 will run a 24" bar at a push. All relatively cheap on eBay. (Although beware of the brand new fake 365's they look a lot more plasticky and have different stickers than a genuine one)

Yes agreed chaps, If you know what your looking for...make sure it's tidy and the seller has 97-100% feedback you should be okay... I've bought lots over the years.. And yes been stung in a few things but got more bargains and unusual things: This year I have bought a Husqvarna ride on ( ex demo 29hours) for £1500 less than RRP.. A kiln for drying logs for cheap and it's doing a great job.. A husky 435 which was mint and does a fair job. £190ish These days it does take a keen eye for the details and simple genuine things like the sellers phone number in the description...not a random email address and a request for cash up front...pay only cash on collect or paypal.. Best bargains are had buy settling outside of eBay on large stuff for cash, saving the seller fees and giving the seller a guaranteed sale: something that's listed for a £1000 say can be bought for £500 if the seller what's a quick sale and maybe has little other interest.. Bare in mind like ANY used item..you takes your chances People DO put lots of junk on eBay and strangely it does sell for lots of money.. Sift though the junk and grab a bargain..but be careful. Good luck

Haha lucky it was there or that drive would have had a dent in it

Well after a manic two weeks here's some of my storm tidy ups! Busy busy busy

Oregon Waipoua are pretty good, I worn them for around 5 years... Warm for the winter..

Ps: if it's just for personal consumption, take into account that you can buy bulk (i.e. 100cube) seasoned softwood for between 25-35 per cube.. Although it might take a bit of haggling..

Hello, What your planning sounds expensive.. There's a chap in Biggar who you can hire for £35ph to process it for you.. I dare say he'll not want to touch the wood you'd likely have to load the processor and stack yourself unless he brings someone then your looking at about £45+ph Firewood is serious graft if you haven't got the kit.. Like the chap above said telehandler into mesh bags is about the least graft.. Mind if it was that easy everyone would do it

Howdy my tuppence worth is: I bought both my 357's for around £300.. Both seam strong saws and are used hard (and often put away wet...) IMHO Great saws...but be careful on which one you buy..must be super clean and have original plastics... A comparable new version is the 560xp or Stihl version is the 362 (have heard the old 361 was much better!) I plan to buy the 550 and 560 when my 357's pack up.. Oh I may add I only use the 357 with 15" bars....fast cutting Hope that helps...a decent second hand one will be hard to find and if you've the money a 'new' saw will last longer and take more abuse with less break downs and maintenance.

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