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  1. Martin du Preez
    i write the latin names into my quotes in brackets tends to get me practiced and make me look a tad more like i know what i'm talking about to my customers.
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    yea i personally feel one should be the same price but at a fraction of the time. after all otherwise you are just spending more money on kit for the customers to reap the rewards/cheaper prices, wouldn't be much incentive of investing.
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    I’d always would of thought that bigger mechanised kit should mean you charge the same but carry the job out quicker, ie get two jobs done in the same time as one would take another standard gang?
  4. Martin du Preez
    If you can take the timber off site/convince them it’s cheaper to do so which tends to be the case over ringing up. An avant or same sort can be a god send. Less cutting, less sawdust, less fatigued.
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    Surely “folks” should be terrified of tree quotes? If they are already expecting a high quote they won’t laugh us away when they hear ours? If you have none of the kit how do you know it shouldn’t be thousands? And to the OP, if you haven’t completed a job that size before or often, stick a high quote on it and enjoy it. Nothing takes the fun out of the job quick than knowing you’ve under quoted. Definitely want 3 blokes, one on the lines and one chipping/stacking. And if possible convince the owner to let you take the timber away, rig it straight into a trailer. One day 3 lads takedown, two trucks. one short morning 2 lads grinding/cleanup £1,650 but may be wrong hard to judge from pictures
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    They stopped manufacturing 880’s earlier this year, husqvarna 3120 and 395. All to do with eu emission rules
  8. Martin du Preez
    Depends if your digging it in or folding it out. If your just folding it out it’s a piece of piss to put up so worth finding that out first
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    Try the uk fencing talk page on fb
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    Clean woodchip no rakings, please call in advance for code
  12. Martin du Preez
    As title says, tia
  13. Martin du Preez
    Looking for reliable ground staff, tickets and experience would be ideal but not essential, happy to take someone on out of college as long as they can tie their own shoelaces. Good mixture of work from domestic, commercial to woodland management. based in between Braintree and Haverhill Contact Martin on 075800 48803 Falcon Tree Specialists https://www.facebook.com/FalconTreeSpecialists/?ref=settings
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    Martin du Preez Falcon Tree Specialists Covering Essex, Herts, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Alaskan Chainsaw mill up to 64 inches Avant can be provided at extra cost 07580048803
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    I run a Mf 3060, mainly with a 6 tonne timber trailer and all I can say is I can’t wait to upgrade to something that actually goes in 4th gear and doesn’t get over taken by cyclists. I think a tractors well worth the investment so spending a bit more that 6k would be a thought. You’d really want something that goes 50kph, it doesn’t sound like much but there’s a big difference between 40 and 50 on the roads
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    Would lengths of 4x1 be ok as spacers? Does it matter if they’ve been treated? Got loads of off cuts from my last barn. Tia
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    It’s was the final excuse I needed to get a mill, too heavy to pick up with a telehandler to stash at home and forget about. 13/15 ft long
  18. Martin du Preez
    First time using the 64inch panther mill, intact first time milling ever, Addicted already. Any tips for storing the timber? 3inch oak slabs
  19. Martin du Preez
    Phellinus Igniarius?
  20. Martin du Preez
    would is be over ambitious for me to just jump straight to level 4 having nothing beforehand? i reckon i have a decent understanding and got an A in biology for A levels, half of which is plants if that means anything
  21. Martin du Preez
    Doubt they have much of a site yet, But Jay(If i remember his name) in there is a top lad, knows his stuff, he used to run the BTS shop
  22. Martin du Preez
    Tuckwells in ardleigh by colchester
  23. Martin du Preez
    The leaves browning is leaf miner. Pretty much every horse chestnut in the country has it, shouldn't be of concern. Maybe a good crown reduction to keep its size in check and potentially bracing if you are concerned about the union. Best bet is to get a tree surgeon out to give you their opinion.
  24. Martin du Preez
    Thats a fair weight, is it a protech one? what weight would you suggest one could get away with on 2.7 tonner? mainly for knocking in square post and rail
  25. Martin du Preez
    what wight is the post driver on the digger?

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