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Billy68

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  1. I don't know about the rest of you but I'm asked all the time if I want a student. I'm all for work experience but I do think it's the colleges job to teach them the basics first. I had a nice lad come to help me, but he hadn't even been taught how to sharpen a chain correctly and couldn't tell when it needed doing. After a full years placement I didn't get so much as a call from the college let alone a visit, just filled out a form to say how he'd done. The college seems to glorify climbing and they're made to feel that doing anything else is a lesser part of the job and often beneath them. They forget we all have to start somewhere. The college here also insist their students buy the kit pack from them, it's not cheap and the contents are rubbish and not what you'd pick yourself eg heavy boots and thick trousers where they should really just give them a shopping list and let them pick for themselves.
  2. After reading this thread I've been to ask the boss for a pay rise having only 12years experience I can climb push a brush feed a chipper be nice to customers and not break customers property work a 60 plus hours a week for £5per hour and my wife said no or well will have to try harder and ask again next year
  3. Kids and my wife make me sick they make it look so easy:thumbup:
  4. Hi Steve My wife will do it for you if you email the file over. Will send you her email address by pm Billy
  5. Hi Steve got a quote for you will send pm
  6. Hi Steve if you email me a copy of what you want I can have a word with them on Monday for you and get a rough price
  7. I've been processing for other people for about seven it works for me
  8. We use a company called field print they have unit next door to our shop prices are okay
  9. If you employ staff and they do a good job praise goes a long way
  10. Nice one it's refreshing to see something different for a change ie not another owl!
  11. I take my son on on firewood deliverys
  12. I've just been to a trade show in Germany and to see some suppliers in holland with a 11month old not a problem in fact I think it did us some good
  13. I help a friend with horse logging you can get a horse into some strange places that you would never get a tractor
  14. You can have a uk pallet company collect for you about £120
  15. Is that a 24hour day with no breaks
  16. They're great, picture of one in action. :biggrin: Lovely and warm in here tonight!
  17. I've also had lots of call even after asking you to stop lots of times
  18. Traded me pruning a 10 foot privet hedge for a storax wood burner

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