Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Puffingbilly413

Professional Member
  • Posts

    509
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

Puffingbilly413's Achievements

Proficient

Proficient (10/14)

  • Posting Machine Rare
  • Dedicated Rare
  • First Post
  • Collaborator
  • Conversation Starter

Recent Badges

  1. Have you been distilling the cooking sherry again?
  2. Hold on - last week you were telling us £220 a day was dog shit wages and you were leaving the industry...
  3. Artists charcoal - willow is the favoured material as the resulting charcoal is soft and good to work with. The wood does need peeling when green, so obviously more labour intensive but can sell for reasonable money is you have an outlet for it.
  4. Er - enough to make a reasonable, and ok only reasonable, living based on what we do. If you can't have a decent take home freelance climbing on 40-48k a year gross then you're getting it wrong .
  5. How is £48k a year minus the tax deductable expenses of a freelance climber a dog shit wage?
  6. Which is crazy. No way should it be that much for a freelance climber. Unless he's including other expenses that come with running own jobs IE yard rent, insurance etc
  7. So assuming you're working the notional 220 days a year that's £39600-48400 a year before tax and expenses. I don't know what your running costs are but that seems a reasonable amount to me for having little entrepreneurial risk as a freelancer
  8. Plus one for the third option. Why would anyone go to the expense of kiln drying wood down to, say, 15% for argument's sake and then waste all that by stacking it outside where it will soon adjust to the much higher ambient humidity? Sounds like the first company is bluffing its case and is supplying wood that hasn't been dried properly. As has been said, as long as you have reasonable airflow around the wood and your garage isn't itself damp you won't have any issues. When you burn your logs, open the door and check if you can see or hear any hissing from them as they get going. That's a sure tell tale that the wood has more moisture in it than it should.
  9. Yes you're right I would expect more given that there have been that many produced now - a shame as it looks brilliant on paper and from what I've seen of it (not in the flesh though). That said, at least this is decent feedback that can go back to the producer, after which you would hope future runs will be much improved? Plus, if you can change out parts etc slow time then presumably you'll be left with a very capable machine. And tell us more re the grant funding - interested in that but struggle to see anything available locally to me for our scale of business.
  10. I spy a Logbullet - how are you finding it (apologies there's probs a thread somewhere)
  11. Baker is exempt as is delivering a 'craft' product and under a max permissable mass of 7.5 tonnes according to the regs. Section 1.1 linked here: Drivers’ hours and tachographs: goods vehicles - 1. EU and AETR rules on drivers’ hours - Guidance - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK How the EU drivers' hours rules for goods vehicles work. Def worth knowing what our particular set ups are and how we sit within these regs re tacho requirements.

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.