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Stefan Palokangas
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It's way better being upfront and honest, i would respect that so much more no matter what the reason was. The "excuses alot breed" needs to grow a set of balls.
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Anyone have problems with golfers elbow??
Stefan Palokangas replied to Maxnaggle's topic in General chat
I do. I find it if i keep it busy, lifting light weights it gets better .. "for a while" The pain is inside the elbow, i struggle to grip things. It's in my right elbow. I find it if i keep it warm it gets ok for a while, also if i lift very light weights it gets better. Had this for 2 years now. The pain is there always, either very very bad, or just bad. But i'm not letting this pain get in the way of things i have to do. Keep it warm, lift weights, massage it on that spot very light. The annoying thing is that it is very hard to grip something if i keep the arm straight out. I just work around the pain. -
I came to Scotland in 2003, and being Swedish i had not seen drugs in my life ever. First day at work the climber rolls a cigg, and smokes it, and i think it smells funny. Weeks later i understand he smokes joints all day long. It was an eye opener.
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He never seen me and i didn't confront him, but the trust died there and then. I walked up the lane towards his house when i seen them loading the car. I knew then why he needed to borrow the van the week before, to get all this Yellow Pages to his house.
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Thats from Predator, so trustworthy
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Phoned me up said his battery in his car was dead so could not make it, I drove to his house to pick him up just to notice he and his daughter packing his car full to the roof with yellow pages to deliver in the area.
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Predator 450, 460
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I work as a welder and stump grinder and pay 60 pcm. That is at legal and general.
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Small cost for peace of mind, and might learn a thing or two.
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I would not have climbed it, in my opinion the risk is to great compared to the reward. My way of doing that would be to hire a cherry picker.
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The key to success in my opinion is to avoid mistakes, and if you make them learn from them, and turn all negative to something useful and positive. Compensate the lack of machinery with high confidence. Without a confident mind you will relay on luck, so confidence is very important. You have this idea in your mind, now get out there and make it a reality.
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Underpaid for my experience and competence?
Stefan Palokangas replied to Dionysus's topic in General chat
Work hard, and work really hard, do the extra mile, ask the guys to stay on if almost completed a job. If you do this and your boss cant see your worth then get another job. As a company owner you look on things from another perspective, put yourself as an company owner point of view and be self critical, see if there is any more you can do. If you are a genuine hard working lad and your boss taking advantage of you, then i would suggest you go somewhere else where your skills and talents get valued better. -
What great replies and good reviews of the Kohler engine, i'm very happy and it feels i made the correct move to get a machine with a Kohler engine. Thanks for all positive and enlightening replies.
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Thanks for the reply Breezeblock, i will look this up.
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I didn't know this about stainless, all i had in my mind was to avoid rust due to i just dislike rust marks.. Thanks for the insight
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WeFixIt, thanks for reply.. Yes you have a good point and very true and valid. I'm the kind of guy who service my car 3 times a year to be sure all is fine. So this machine will get a tender touch.
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Thank you that make perfect sense Predator, kind of same logic as i need to clean the cooling fins on my grafic card on the computer or it will overheat.
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Thank you
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Can't help it
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I can easy see i can avoid a big cost by maintaining my machine, if i can keep the machine maintained and get it to run as cheap as possible i can supply lower prices and get more customers. Trying to think outside the box here, and see if i can make some sort of improvments myself on the machine.
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Thanks for replies I'm looking in to ways to make my machine to last for as long as possible. I have done a setup now in my garage where i can drive the machine up so i can be below it in a safe manner and inspect every bit of the machine, and now wonder if i should replace all screws and bolts with stainless steel ones, see if i can improve it to last longer. I noticed already a screw is loose from the bit where the fumes goes out, dont know the english word for it, Exaust is the nearest i know the spelling. Some bits can not have a rubber washer to stop vibrations. How do you guys maintain and improve your stump grinders to last longer ?
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Hello guys Any of you folks out there got any experience of the Kohler engines, what life time to expect of them? To take in to thought it been maintained and checked daily. Thanks
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Never lend anything out. I lended out my Husqvarna 242.. Old saw but brand new, got it back and it did not feel the same. This was years ago but still makes me rage !
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Sean my thoughts and prayers are with you during your recovery
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Thanks for all the replies, will read them all and take proper action in this stump grinder adventure of mine. Was a few eye openers, and hoping it will help me from doing some mistakes down the line. Sale rep decided to hold with that one, so no mystery figure dressed as a beaver will do any door knocking. Instead i will advertise in papers this full summer in quite a big area. Give out alot of Cards, and even cups with the name on it. Walk around areas and drop leaflet in doors where i can see folks have stumps. Send papers, with insurance copy to all it might concern. And keep the rule and never break it to be extraordinary tidy and on time always. Thanks guys for great replies to my thread ! Stefan
