trigger_andy
-
Posts
10,720 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
88
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by trigger_andy
-
I think the only person here who would be surprised is @Mark J
-
Can you swing a 881 around like you can with a 661?
-
So a no brainer surely?
-
I know. Whats a 661 new though?
-
My mate sold his this summer, 3 years old, beat to death and made 3/4 of the price he paid. Sold within a day. When I say beat to death it had the chassis plated up, all plexi-glass smashed in door missing etc. He bought a new 700 series. Nice toy.
-
My endeavors have been for naught?
-
You're a clever man. Diversifying away from the hands-on side of the arb industry to having the foresight to see a market for the on-line side of it was a stroke of genius. Bet you never envisioned the likes of myself coming along though.
-
It must be a very difficult market to break into. Kids today are just to spoilt, my included. When I was a kid I made do with toilet roll tubes as my cousin would not share his tin soldiers. ( I get reminded almost yearly) There is so much enticing plastic junk out there that makes noises, moves and makes music. I buy it for me 2 and 1 year old. Pepa Pig mostly. But I do make them some toys too, the biggest projects where the rocking horse and the outdoor painting easel. But unless we deprive them of the flashing lights and be-bop music making plastic Chinese junk I find they will always be drawn to that. But it is nice seeing them playing on the Rocking Horse, even for a short while and knowing it can be passed down to my kids is encouraging.
-
And when the kids get older you can remove the wheels and give it to your missus as an anniversary present.
-
Very nice Dave! Imagine the possibilities when we get that 20t of Oak in
-
Cant you just hire a couple of keen Polaks on the cheap for the day?
-
suits you sir!
-
Ah ok. I really liked my 088, puled through the logs great. A fellow member here now has it and he is impressed with its performance. So may I'll not see such a bigger of an improvement after all. Ive got a classic car up for sale, if that sells I'll have the funds to get more heavily into milling on my own plot and having a range of slabs drying and for sale. Make it more of a proper business than just the hobby it is for me. Im also getting inundated with milling requests for Alaskan and Bandsaw work.
-
Dont let Rough hear you say that!
-
Im looking at getting an 881 and a 60" Panther Mill in the first quarter of 2021. I used an 088 before and thought it was really good for milling but Rough said the new 881 is a good step up from the 880 then the step up from an 088 must be quite impressive.
-
I understand what you're saying. But if milk is consistently sold at cost or just below cost without pouring any away on a good day then the profit has to come from somewhere else surely?
-
Yes, but thats not what Eggs is referring to is it? He's relating a story of a Farmer who planted a cash crop with the intention of selling to a Sugar Company and when the Sugar Company refuses to buy the crop he has no option but to plow the Crop back in and take a loss.
-
Not only is the farmer losing revenue from not selling his produce he's wasted time and money planting the crop in the first place. Id assume plowing back in was the cheapest and easiest option? The nutrients being put back in would surely be a tertiary bonus considering they'd much rather have pulled and sold them.
-
Norway as you know has a vastly different demographic than the UK. The argument that the vast majority of the North Sea and West of Shetland reserves should have been kept solely for the Scottish people is a separate discussion, but had that been the case perhaps Scotland with a similar population density would have prospered in the same way Norway did? We might have been even more blessed and would have never seen the rise of the SNP. So diluting a commodity that made a nation of 5 million prosper verses a nation of 65 million will obviously have a vastly differing effect on the economy. I believe there is government papers from the 70's relating to this very subject. They where fairly prominent in the run up to the referendum. Anyway, they basically said that the North Sea Oil reserves acted as a guarantee for the debt and future loans for the UK.
-
Im surprised he's lasted as long as he has. Must be quite demoralising watching his livelihood disapear down the drain.
-
Criminal? Criminal that the small scale and Id assume more ethical Farmer that actually cares about his small heard should be banned because of large scale Farms practices? It is criminal he has to pour good milk down the drain but I think your pointing your finger in the wrong direction here. I cant tell if you're being facetious or not though?
-
Morticesafe chainsaw attachment
trigger_andy replied to Acerforestry's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Thats kinda cool and must be very handy for Fencers. Mortice Safe Chainsaw Attachment 2 Sizes available RURALFENCING.COM Snedden's Mortice Safe Chainsaw attachment allows the operator to use the tip of the chainsaw to cut mortices into... -
Might as well.
