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  1. maybelateron
    My new CMC 18m spider certainly flexes more than my 1996 road tow 16m Aerial K16T. I don't think the wobble in the basket mounted looked like a sign of good mechanical health.
  2. maybelateron
    Seems like a perfectly straightforward up front type of question to me. If it was nearer I would be offering my services, with my arthritic knee and recent hand surgery to boot. Looks a simple enough job for any competent climber.
  3. maybelateron
    You haven't said how much you pruned the trees. If you haven't taken anything more than 2 inch diameter off, and haven't climbed up a large tree and reduced the height of it I am sure your fears are ill founded. One of our local tree officers made it clear to me when I used to look after the grounds and trees of the former "county asylum" which was covered by a blanket TPO, that he did not feel I needed to tell him every time I needed to do minor pruning with a handsaw - he was already drowning in paperwork. As has been said earlier on, most tree officers are pretty sensible and it is more when people blatantly and wilfully disregard the rules that they have to take action. Sleep well!
  4. maybelateron
    OMG, are those adverts really that old. What about the Rover adverts where they film in Germany and say "Ja, designed by British Architect, i just like the way it's put together"?
  5. maybelateron
    If it is a council owned garage that it not currently in use I think I would be tempted to do a quick repair and say nothing. As has already been said, council very unlikely to take common sense approach to it, far more likely to go overboard. A couple of years ago one of our local councils charged us £50 for a permit to take our machinery on their rough grassland to clear away a tree that had fallen from our customer's garden onto their land. A few weeks later when a chap came with a wagon and hiab to remove the fairly large stump and rootball from the same patch we just didn't tell them.
  6. maybelateron
    Not wishing to sound smug in any way, but I guess the learning point here is to put some boards on the roof carefully, to avoid just this problem. Yes - I learnt from making a similar sized hole in a similar roof. Customer was fine, and happy with my repair, which I think was fibreglass on a dry day.
  7. maybelateron
    Very much looking forward to hearing and seeing more from you again.
  8. maybelateron
    Fair comment guv
  9. maybelateron
    Welcome to Mastermind. What is your chosen subject? Stating the patently bleeding obvious your honour. 😀
  10. maybelateron
    I have always regarded your comments/entries on this forum with the utmost respect. I actually mean that sincerely, not tongue in cheek. However, I could not possibly respond to this latest post of yours on such a public forum like this as honestly as I would like to!!
  11. maybelateron
    So often it is the people with bigger properties and bigger cars who want to "lose the VAT". Mrs Reasonable, the widow living at number 13, just accepts that VAT has to be paid. She's my ideal customer.
  12. maybelateron
    A few points to clarify: 1) Do you know what sort of tree it was? 2) Are these new shoots 100% definitely arising from the roots? Just that the stump looks like a conifer stump to me, and also there is no yellow discolouration around the edge of the stump that I would expect if glyphosate liquid was applied. If glyphosate was applied as "eco plugs" these would be easy to spot. If it was a conifer the roots would definitely not sprout, and also there would be no need to apply stump killing stuff in the first place. I am wondering if it could have been a Willow? Not seen these sprout from the roots myself. Short of digging out the roots i would think your best bet is to apply glyphosate to the foliage on the new shoots.
  13. maybelateron
    This applies to you capital. You can also give money away without inheritance tax implications, as long as you can prove it came out of income rather than capital. For example, if one of you children needs their house roof replacing you can pay for this out of income, then die within 7 years but have no IHT implications.
  14. maybelateron
    Interesting comment. Do you mean there are some who don't know how to run it as a business efficiently (I didn't think you meant that), or there are some who aren't 100%, or possibly any%, dependent on it to feed themselves, which I think you meant. I am lucky enough to be in the latter group, rather than the former.
  15. maybelateron
    Agreed entirely. I know it is easy to say as someone who has been trading for a good while (both jfc and myself, whose paths I think may have been similar) but word of mouth recommendation is so useful. I am very selective about what enquiries I actually quote for if they have come via my advertising, as I don't want to be the sixth quote for a job some distance away.
  16. maybelateron
    Exactly the point - you've not said what (if any) kit you have, and what you can do yourself. Bit difficult to give furthter meaningful advice without this info.
  17. maybelateron
    If a potential customer says they want to pay cash to avoid the VAT I simply quote them what I need PLUS the VAT, but let them think I am doing them a cash job. If they accept the quote they can pay with cash, I put it through the books, and I am happy with the outcome.
  18. maybelateron
    Like our new king said when meeting Liz Truss: "Dear, oh dear"
  19. maybelateron
    I have recently taken down a Catalpa that we regularly pollarded for years; only took it down because customer wanted it down, not failing in any way. I was amazed at how quickly it grew back each time.
  20. maybelateron
    I had a guy years ago on a zero hours contract and it worked well for both of us, as we were fair to each other. This situation you describe reminds me of a worker I had for 5 years, until last year. He worked very hard, and did the job well. I found myself gradually accommodating more and more of his requests to fit his work round his partners hours, to an unreasonable extent. Has he said he wants more money by working more hours, or more per hour. Sorry if I sound a miserable old git but I have sadly found that too many employees think if they have a fair and ethical employer they can push the boundaries.
  21. maybelateron
    I don't know, good thought though.
  22. maybelateron
    The guy who grazes his cattle on our two small fields rang me with a problem with his MS230 this afternoon. He had done one hour of sawing yesterday and about the same today, when he got fed up with the saw dying repeatedly. Turns out he had inadvertently filled up the saw with petrol instead of 2 stroke. To my amazement when he brought me the saw, the compression seemed ok, I drained the tank confirming the diagnosis, and refuelled with proper 2 stroke. Within a few minutes the saw was running well and idling happily. I was amazed by this. I would imagine the bore must be scored from this misadventure, and I can't imagine the crank/big end are happy. Time will tell, but I am amazed it carried on working for so long on pure petrol. Anyone else got any anecdotes of this nature?
  23. maybelateron
    I'm pretty sure NFU would do it. Can't remember if you have to join up though. I have always been delighted with them. Some years ago one of the staff in the local office took the trouble to ring me to tell me that if I upgraded from Countryside membership to full Farmer and Grower level it would more than pay for itself in discount on our insurance for house, contents, two cars, and all my business vehicle/mewp/chipper/trailer cover. Couple of weeks ago I ordered a new Hilux and got 13 per cent off due to NFU membership. Full membership costs me just under £240 a year. I hope your recovery is going well. Best wishes.
  24. maybelateron
    Customers, who'd have them. Can't live with them, can't live without them. It does get pretty irksome when they think that can tell you their maximum budget and expect you to work to that. Some of them are either clueless or sharks, but from the customer side of the equation.
  25. maybelateron
    Agreed it looks like Willow. We recently took down a Catalpa/Indian Bean Tree and it looked very similar. Not many of them around though.

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