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  1. Richard 1234
    Can't believe it's £500 for b and e!!! Glad I'm old!!!
  2. Richard 1234
    Weirdly putting my wife on my truck as a named driver saved me about £50 for some reason!!
  3. Richard 1234
    Nematodes are about the only thing left that's legal now. The government has just banned the chemicals
  4. Richard 1234
    Not very likely to cover tools. Not sure about trailer damage maybe need to check my insurance😁 Get some insurance for the tools though well worth it hearing all the stolen reports
  5. Richard 1234
    I think that some people expect to start a job and be paid a fortune after they see what the boss charges for jobs. Not realising the time money and effort it takes to get a business up and running to the point where you can afford to pay staff. It's a long hard road. The boss deserves to stand back a bit. He should however pay a decent wage to decent people as that is the best way to keep them and move forward.
  6. Richard 1234
    Vine weevil maybe?
  7. Richard 1234
    What's up with shoulder? I had an op on mine 3 years ago which helped for a while but it's as bad as before now!! I just keep plodding on taking pain killers and go to work. Can't let my business fail over some pain in my shoulder. (Yours may well be worse than mine) The best thing for my shoulder is to keep moving and stretching it!!
  8. Richard 1234
    Thanks all
  9. Richard 1234
    Thanks do you get these coupons from the builder or from hmrc?
  10. Richard 1234
    I've never worked anything on CIS I presume you can reclaim/account got in some way the tax outgoing so you don't end up paying too much tax? Interested to find out as there will be quite s bit to tender for this coming year nearby as there is loads of building going on!!
  11. Richard 1234
    No idea really from picture. But break it all down into separate pieces. Work out time, equipment, materials, plants etc for each area add a contingency for when something goes wrong!! And the important bit the profit!! I do a fair amount of commercial grass cutting in villages and pricing them is a pain but i find if I break it down into different areas I can work out how long each bit takes. Then I just add up and add an hour or more for loading/unloading and travel.
  12. Richard 1234
    Work out how long it will take and give him a price. He may well accept £50 for doing it. but if it takes you 20 minutes then that would be £150 per hour and he would not like that !! (Prices are just examples as I have no idea on prices for milling timber) Does that make sense?
  13. Richard 1234
    😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
  14. Richard 1234
    By that logic the battery should not drain at all?
  15. Richard 1234
    Agree with less is more. What are you certified in? I think focus on your favourite work and don't list too much as you may be seen as a jack of all. Insurance maybe tell them how much As in £10 million public liability (which would I needed to get any parish council work £2 million was not enough 5 ok but wanted 10 and it's not much more money for me but I don't do trees)
  16. Richard 1234
    When it's working😁😁😁😁😁😁 And before you say anything I like them and I would get one tomorrow if I could justify it👍👍
  17. Richard 1234
    So you know what you want. In your shoes I'd go and see about swooping the chipper to a bigger one( maybe use old one as down payment and finance the rest. )I think you always need to be pushing slightly as you don't want to get complacent. I put most of my earning back into the business still as I'm lucky that my wife has a good well paid job. I'm slowly getting the kit together to start another van going. Just a couple of bits left and a van to get now so nearly there!!( I do have enough for 2 with no backups so not risking it until I do.) Good luck
  18. Richard 1234
    Could you not start the chipper while moving to stop battery drain as there must be an alternator on it
  19. Richard 1234
    You've got to decide where you want to be in 10 years time. Do you want to tick along, get big enough for 3 man team or go full on and have multiple teams out there with you standing back s bit working the office not the tools? It depends as well on how much you are willing to risk!?
  20. Richard 1234
    Exterminate
  21. Richard 1234
    How can 2 of you live on £45 a week ?
  22. Richard 1234
    Tropical
  23. Richard 1234
    Incapacitated
  24. Richard 1234
    Trepidation
  25. Richard 1234
    Orangutan

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