Andyd1606

I think the logo needs some work, on mobile at least it's tiny [ATTACH]179978[/ATTACH]

Yeah your right cheers it does look at bit small ive not really looked on the mobile site yet only finished it earlier. I shall be putting her back to work tomorrow to sort a few things out

My wife has just started rebuilding my website. There's a few more things to go on social media etc please criticise or add helpful suggestions on what could change or be added. http://Www.countrysidetreeandgardenservices.co.uk

Thanks Andy

Great video seen it before but has a lot more meaning to me now I'm a dad!

I've pmd you hammdog

We stayed at a place called Ash farm barns in Market Rasen last year. It's an old converted barn really clean and well equipped nice log burner etc. loads of walking through the forestry land and reasonably priced. We went for our anniversary and they allow dogs as well might go back some point this year.

No this is just a local handyman

I couldn't agree more there is a gardener/nutter called the eager beaver who lives near me and I repeatedly see him hanging off a ladder with his top handle saw from god knows where, repeatedly butchering trees it's winds me up a treat. What I'm trying to say is yes 100% it needs to be harder for dicks to get pro arb gear. Mind you it wouldn't stop him!!!!

Ha ha your not the only one whose seen him swinging a saw round no PPE etc

Great video nice work there 😃

But still not a great payload as most are only 3050kg gross. Without lots of fiddling and paperwork it's not that easy to uprate a standard 110.

Dan have you had to uprate a 110 only ask as I'm trying to do mine at the mo and trying to figure out exactly what I need to do thanks Andy

+1 for Cannon access Toms a top bloke to deal with

Terrifirma all the way. Britpart are usually **** although my britpart shocks were fine...

Ha ah you had to say that as I'm on here britparts will be changed anyway!

I run bearmach +2" heavy duty on the rear with assisters with boge shocks, it's not really the ideal setup as it's as hard as heck but takes the weight well, when I get a chance I will fit some proper air assisters (tried the crappy britpart ones) and put the original landy springs back in.

Only reason I have done it that way is there is a slight body clearance issue when it was fully loaded on standard springs.

 

 

Can I ask why you had to strengthen the chassis, both versions are on the same chassis.

I haven't done mine yet just at the start and have been reading/speaking to people who suggest that the 3500 has a few extra strengthening plates along the top and bottom of the chassis rails which allow for the extra weight plus the shocks and springs will need to be upgraded. After this it's just a case of sending the log book of to DVLA with the changes and a new stamped plate.

Matt is your Landy GVW 3500t or 3050t Mine is 3050 and I'm having to upgrade chassis and suspension and get it replated through DVLA just wondered if you had to do this as well and if you did any tips?

I just came across a thread on a landrover page exactly the same as this. The same guys seem to be covering a fairly big area in various hire vans. There was some pictures that someone took of them and passed to the police. They were the same guys I came across. They have been seen being nosey around property's as well so we all need to be careful

I'm sure they would do you a lovely Chinese generator if you asked as well!!

I came across what sounds like the same two Irish guys in Hadleigh Suffolk this morning. Whilst sitting in my landrover in traffic they pulled alongside me and asked if I wanted to buy some Stihl saws. I told them where to stick their stolen saws which they didn't like.

They were in a small white enterprise hire can think it was a peugeot didn't get registration

Hi all I'm looking for a subbie groundie to help out with a small tree and hedging job I have on the 3/4 Feb just outside Colchester. It's nothing exciting but good pay offered and the possibility of more work in the future. Ideally would like cs30/31 but might suit someone looking to get their tickets in the future.

Thanks

Andy

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Countryside Tree and Garden Services

About an hour and a half away so not to bad I didn't realise the 90s could be chipped if only I'd known that sooner onwards and upwards I guess need to get the chip box back on the buck on the weekend then I can catch up with some work.

David I've followed this thread for a while so thought I'd put my two pence in please don't take it the wrong way there's good and bad.

When you were first on here your attitude came across as someone who wanted work handed to them on a plate and got angry when it wasn't.

From this post you seem to have grown up and want to work and seem to be taking peoples comments and criticisms and listening to them.

It's admirable that you want to get off your arse and earn some money there's to many in this country who would exist on the dole and not try to better themselves. I hope the dole office know of your self employed work no one wants to pay their taxes for someone who is earning cash in hand on the side!

I've added some points which I feel helped me some people may agree or disagree but these are my views which I think will help you start.

Start small have big ideas but don't take on work which is beyond your capabilities.

Get some PL insurance it's fairly cheap for garden work.

Work with what you have if you have a lawnmower cut lawns some people make a living just doing this.

Buy the best tools you can afford I learnt the hard way when I started and ended up buying twice. They don't need to be new decent second hand stuff is just as good some of my stuff is still working great.

Word of mouth is the best advertising a website is fine if you have the money to back it up with seo etc otherwise it just hides in the depths of the internet.

Change the name of your company there's no point in being called Norfolk tree care if you have no certificates and no experience. What if someone calls you and asks you to take down their 90ft poplar. If you say no you can't do it due to experience no Certs etc they will go else where and tell other people word of mouth travels fast.

Don't put crap pictures on your web page they speak a thousand words.

Get a Facebook page it's free and you can advertise it on all these stuff for sale pages that are on there.

Start with weeding grass cutting and all the horrible jobs that no one wants to do these earn you money and it's not to bad really.

Get regular customers offer a full garden maintenance service a few days a week doing this should cover your basic bills.

Other one of jobs will then allow you to put money away for course and tools

Look professional get a small van and keep it clean well looked after.

Buy some cheap work trousers steel toe capped boots and some basic plain jumpers and t shirts no one wants some one in joggers and a hoodie turning up at their door.

Treat the customers garden as if it was yours make it look the best you can and take time doing so.

If this means staying a bit longer than you anticipated do it some people will disagree but you will earn more money in the long run.

Read go on amazon there are plenty of garden books for 99p learn your plants shrubs and trees so you know what you are talking about. If you don't know something you will find a lot of customers do don't be afraid to ask.

Don't waste any weekdays get up early and turn up on time. If you have no work for a day get out get some flyers printed and start posting you will get some work from it.

Finally remember get a good name for yourself try your best to keep customers happy even if they are a pain I the arse try and work with them so they at least feel like they are getting what they want.

I still think you should work for someone to gain some experience with tree work try combining that with a few days of your own garden work and things will slowly come together.

When I said put my two pence in it became slightly longer than I expected

Bit of finance? My double cab has the locker on side rails (just for tonne bags) it's a shame you had accepted the 2k I would of point blank refused any money and for them to find me a like for like veihcle with body on Nd then we're talk, had a local garage wiling to write me a letter saying I was going to part x the van for X amount as another plan to get more. There's always plenty for sale it's finding a gooden, lucky having the landy.

Yeah in hindsight I shouldn't have accepted the money that was me being naive been driving 16 years never had a claim wasn't sure of the process and ended up getting screwed really.

The good news is that I've put a deposit on another crew cab transit which I should be picking up on Sunday really clean 02 plate 75k on the clock and a 125hp rather than my old 90 so should pull its load a bit better.

I had a fully loaded sugar beet wagon take the whole front off mine,even bent both front chassis rails and outer and inner wings,had to have the engine out to reweld/jig rails.came to over £8K and Gladwins had it in for 8 weeks.

Touch and go whether insurance were going to write it off but i told them if they did write off,i wanted it back as it took me 6 months to find it - 2 1/2 years old with 15k on clock.

Back on the road now though,watching out for mad lorry drivers.

That's it the van is normally worth more as a tool than the price the insurance company are willing to pay. Glad you got it sorted out though just watch out for the lorries especially on the back roads I know how they drive round this way!

Ty that's similar to the one I had it was already on my truck when I bought it and I took it off. I was worried about having saws and fuel and it all sliding about when it tipped. Maybe my paranoia just can't afford to break saws so it now sits in my lockup bolted down and all my tools I'm not using are stored in there

Mines 53. That's un real must have been chassis damage, although one of the front arms on mine was damaged. Taxi driver was blatantly rushing back into town for another fair he must of been doing 60 to cause the damage. That's my point exactly nothing was my fault it was parked outside my home legally and I was asleep! I went and bought a second work vehicle just to make work easier and should anything like this happen again it doesn't put me out too much, funnily enough it sold on eBay tonight and I'm also lookin for another tipper so I have 2 (other was a panel van) so your threads also helped me out.

Sounds similar to mine the driver admitted to doing 40 in a 30 which probably means he was going faster than that! There's no chassis damage I've had a good look along the whole chassis. I think they have priced for a new buck and probably to get the truck on a jig just to double check chassis alignment other than that it's a new lightbar and lights and nothing else.

Looks like I'll be trawling auto trader and eBay for the right truck for a while and saving some money to get the best I can.

It just so happened that I was in the process of buying a Landy 110 as a project for a second vehicle in case this happens but I'll be using it for a while without sorting the tipping back.

I hadn't thought of a box under along the chassis but seems a good obvious place will have to google it and see what I can find. I have a security box which bolts on the buck but don't want to put tools in it then tip and they all get broken.

This is the PDF file I use found on the RHS website https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/pdfs/honey-fungus-host-list-march-2014

Mine was a 51 plate with 149k but full service history and a very easy life. I had also added updated springs and had the cab racked out for tools etc.

The other driver whilst speeding by his own admission hit the rear light bar and damaged the buck and ended up with his focus buried under the rear of my truck luckily he didn't have a passenger otherwise they probably would have been dead!

The insurance companies approved repairer quoted £8400 for the repairs! I spent 10 years as a panel beater and estimater and even I couldn't work out how they came up with this price.

They paid out but only £2k and that was with me refusing their first offer of £1500.

There's nothing about for that price that's decent so looks like I'll be putting some money to it and buying something decent which is what annoys me most being out of pocket through no fault of my own.

Van insurance companies very topical for me at the moment