Hodge
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Everything posted by Hodge
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I meant sadly!!
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Daley now as I had ad a beer!!:)
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Just had a Bloke call up, I'm sat infront of my log burner watching tv and chilling, there is at least 2" of snow. The guy says "I would like to order some logs" I ask him when he would like them, "I could do with them this afternoon" I asked if he knew it was snowing, "yes but I need some logs as we have none and it's snowing" I wonder if he waits till he has had a poo before buying more loo roll. Lol:)
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Plenty here in sunny Kendal!! Going playing in the landy.
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I think that chart was in forestry journal a while back, they did an article on it or something.
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Elm, Awesome Firewood
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Hi Lee, I like you roof, is the tarp just held on by guy ropes?
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Mixed hard wood mate, sell it at a good price, I wouldnt say it's worth less, I paid 41 pound roadside last time I got 26 tonne of mixed hard wood, ash,syc,oak,birch,elm.
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I'm a 10.5 in Haix but needed an 11 in Airstreams.
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Try to pm jp beaver on here, he has one for sale I think.
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My mate had it done about 15 years ago, he is a catering maintaince man, he get on ok though, does sport etc just don't think he can lift heavy stuff. All the best.
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All of em, name and logo on doors and then name, logo and bullets on side of chip back, stuff on the back chip doors too.
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I got the done locally, they are an A4 pad with carbon copys and my logo etc, payment terms or whatever, I also write quotes out on the job if needed, then it's in there hand in black and white. Ring up a local printers and get a quote. Mine were about 120 for 6 pads I think.
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I have an invoice book in the landy, printed letter head with my logo, at the end of the job I write them an invoice and usually get paid, sometimes you get the old " I haven't got my cheque book I will send it in the post".
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I had Amstrad 901 with a k40 in the attic, I was a home baser, handle was big spender. Happy days. Sent from my I pad coz I'm gullible for buying apple products!
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Take a look in the back of land rover owner mag, there are loads in there.
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Hi Pete, welcome to the forum, why not just leave the timber for the firewood fairy's, it will go overnight.
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You found it in a skip? Wow what a find, it looks aweseome.
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I once got a really dirty porn mag through the post, I had ordered it though:)
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I really agree on the weekly target thing, I run like this, I have low overheads so it makes it a bit easier in the quite times. This leads to the key of how to run YOUR buisness, know your overheads in your sleep, know exactly how much you need to make at all times, know you buisness like your women:) it has taken me 10 years to work out what works and what doesn't, I've had the 2 vans, valmet& botex etc and it didn't suit me, I now have a slim line operation and I'm happy. it's a really good thread this and people can learn from it.
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Tom, I understand where you are coming from, in an ideal world we would all like to charge more for the hard and often dangerous work we do, in reality though it doesn't work like that FOR ME, I have in the past tried to charge more and I lost more than I won, I now know how my buisness works the best and that's how I operate. I think the key to this thread is to find what works for you and do it as what may work well for you may not work well for the next guy. I price all my jobs by the job not the time and this is the best way to work IMO.
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You have to tell the customer you are charging vat, it's illegal if you dont
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You should try asking your customers if they would still use you if you charged vat, I did and found many would find a non vat reg company to do the work just to save that 20%. If I go and price a job at £500 + vat and the next guy comes and quotes £500 no Vat then most customers will use the non vat reg guy. If they pay cash and you put it through the books then you will pay vat on it, then you have lost out.
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Meindl Airstreams for me too:)
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I will replace them, I look after my gear, I too bought on finance and now it's paid off I charge the same and stash that away for a rainy day. This has started from Tom saying a 2 man crew should be turning over 80 grand, which In my case and most of the crews in my area is not feessble. Like I said before I make a good living out of this and my operation works well, everybody's company's are different. I have low overheads as I own my yard and land/barns etc. I have little advertising costs. And the profit I make is re invested in my buisness. I don't employ as I have found this was a problem in the past so I use self employed where needed.
