Mick Dempsey
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Ahh, getcha. Get some time away from the job regularly though. It's important.
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Word, buy new. I know I've contributed to this thread with a recommendation, but... I cannot understand this mucking about with second hand chainsaws, and/or révérence to older saws for anything but a bit of fun. If it's your living, get new.
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Classic conny bashing Jonhny.
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You grind away at it and it falls down, doable if time consuming.
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Sunday working? How come?
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The 254 was a classic.
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Treated myself to a new (to me) 600hrs on one like this (stock photo) Purely for home use, my mission this year is to improve my grass so I need to collect.
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I would say he seems like a genuine consumer, if I were a log supplier I would, at the very least, look at his gripes and wonder if any of them apply to their own supply methods.
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I've pulled a few stumps out with my 1.5, lot depends on species. Leylandii quite easy, spruce, not so much. Hated doing it as well, hard on the machine I always reckoned.
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Brushcutter blues
Mick Dempsey replied to the village idiot's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
S'funny you say that 'cos I've got a big Stihl brushcutter that I've had (trouble free) for 12 years. On the odd occasion I've used it commercially I've had an employee use it to clear brambles or the like whilst I'm doing something expensive like climbing trees etc. It astonishes me how they think the throttle is an off/on button and that on a "empty" sweep it still has to be flat out. Not saying that's you of course (is that you?) -
In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!
Mick Dempsey replied to silky fox's topic in The Lounge
Christ on a bike Paul, that's grim! Were things that bad you had to knock the sauce on the head completely? -
Of course I see your point, you're losing small work to smaller operators. You don't like it, you need a rationale, so they are all clearly unskilled, underpricing chancers. It's a common theme.
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Never seasonally adjusted, more likely to adjust because of lack of/surplus of work.
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Small easy jobs requiring little or no skill are being done for (by your standards) little money by the unskilled. In other news The sky is blue and water is wet.
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They've not gone, they're still there, it's just that you're not doing them. Probably for you, with a Mog and all that, the "cherry on cake" jobs as I call them are in the past, they're going to people lower down the food chain, which is sort of how it should be.
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It's pointless railing against low rent tree workers, totally pointless. They'll always be there, because it's easy money at the low end of the spectrum. Apple trees, ladder work, hedges etc, no need for fancy gear or training. If you're consistently losing significant work then "skill up" or get some equipment then they won't enter your universe. It's like some people are saying "I wish they'd all stop so people can't use them (and save money) and I can put my prices up" Not going to happen.
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'''Tis I with the 076, still for sale. £250 (Thanks Simon)
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Ok, explain, "pulling all the nice jobs out of the industry" And "doing something other than tree work in their spare time"
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Huh?.
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No, seems strange. In this day and age of iPads/phones etc a few days work should supply enough images. IF you do the work of course
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There you go then Gary.
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Nonsense, the more idiots, hackers, gardeners with ropes and ladders the better. Lowers the bar, makes the better equipped, more experienced amongst us look like the A Team. They'll always be low rent firms in the business because it's an easy buck at the low end.
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Then that's what it means, good, answering a need. Been hatracking a bit myself this week.
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It's just a word, probably meaning crown reduction. Unfurl the twisted knickers gents.
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Selector yoke/fork come adrift.
