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Sounds like a difficult customer......I could not be bothered with such after all its tree removal. You say you have muddied the waters and I'd agree, I think you have said to much, sowed the seed and now he's sus. Good luck with it....

Your trees won't form a hedge like that, they need to be planted closer together to form a nice tight conifer hedge. Your pictures show there is no lower growth on the trees.

Google.......

Post up the pictures in a couple of years of them being maintained, I'd like to see them......well that's if they are still alive[emoji106] the more you try to control them the more they grow, then you try to control them and they grow, and grow and grow and grow.....

yes they do bring us work but I hate the things. They make me itch....the will just grow to be horrible monsters, the neighbours will hate you.....there must be better things to plant that give bio diversity......did you buy them?

It's up to you of course but why would you plant those god awful things in what looks like a nice newly built property?

Bravo!!

It's seems to be on trend to have podcasts and webanars......[emoji23][emoji23]

This post is a joke.......that will end up with a visit to the hospital..... of your lucky......for all our training, insurance and investment, all the years of learning a trade and this guy comes along......

Im in your group on Facebook, so are a few lads on here.....[emoji120]

It's still a good saving for someone, if I hadn't bought mine I would of snapped your hand off. I hunted high and low for a second hand one but never asked on AT !! Silly me. They are a fantastic addition to any tree team.

[emoji23][emoji23] what's the visor plate? That's maybe an extra? Mine was £2400 plus vat mate. I looked at your pic and can see a bit I don't recognise??

Gutted, I just bought one off Honeys but it wasnt 3.5k plus vat....

I think sandvik will do a conversion, which I'm pretty sure is the same as Bandits Razor wheel. Because of the amount of teeth and how they are set out they are much more efficient than other types of wheel.

Homemade sourdough pizza....well I knocked it up but bought the sourdough in bulk as I don't have the time to make it.

Are they like Greenteeth? I found Greenteeth just broke and under further investigation I found that the wear sharp teeth are brittle, the normal green teeth that I think they call reds are a lot tougher. I was buying them off QRMS and they were a lot cheaper than the originals. The new razor teeth or sandvik as they are also called are fantastic, defo the best teeth I've used.

Just make sure you charge plenty on grinding stumps...that way most of the time you make a good profit and the odd time you break stuff it's covered from the ones you win on. The razor wheel and teeth seem pretty invincible. I take a battery grinder and can tickle up as needed.

Oh no......You will feel that in the morning[emoji123][emoji123]

Here's why I don't do stumps for cheap......

Yep which brings us round to the other thread about running a profitable business. If most tree firms charged a decent amount relative to the graft of this job perhaps more people would see it as a good career. Some customers see us like we are sat at home waiting for them to call and will work for chicken feed. If all company ran as a business and the customer had no choice but to pay a fair price the industry could change for the better. Obviously I'm not so dilluded to think this will happen but it would be nice....the customer is always right is an outdated saying to some extent. I the recent storms not one of the trees I have looked after in the last 21 years failed because they had been maintained. A few I had recommended to be reduced etc failed. People need to start looking at trees as an asset and not a hindrance and then maybe young people would value coming into arb as a worthy career. Perhaps Greta T can convince the youth to look after the trees we have for the good of the planet[emoji120]

Wise words Ian, you see it a lot, certainly in other trades. I know a sparky, trained a lad and looked after him well, once the lad had about 7 years experience he left and set up on his own. I guess this is the nature of the beast. It might not be the answer but I feel there is a shortage of new tree workers that are any good coming through.....

Yep, agreed, I re read your post and it clicked.....[emoji847] sorry.

Ahh so he's the bloke that took my money and ran?? I subscribed to that magazine and the free rope bag offer and never got either. He never answered my emails or anything.

Because we're not losing money surely? I was speaking to a lad today who said he likes to have 6k in his business account at all times yet pays himself next to nothing?? What's the point of rinsing yer pan day in day out to loose money and not have a nice life. High turnover with little profit is a waste of time surely??