JLA1990
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No worries - get your first aid +F course done as very useful! Plenty of rail work available and as every employer on here will attest to hard working labour is hard to come by and worth its weight in gold. Try and get in with one of the bigger firms as they will have a variety of work which will mean you’ll find your niche….. then if I was you spread your wings and spend some time in Canada or Scandinavia 🤣 don’t disregard the little things either - be the on time man sharpening his saw, cleaning up, sorting ropes, being friendly to clients/customers this will speak volumes!
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Got any idea what sector you want to work in? Rail,domestic, commercial, forestry? Are you willing to travel/work away? Side note - why on earth would you question where somebody got the money from to better themselves 🤣🤣
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Having gone through this; you can write what you want in a contract doesn’t mean a solicitor/judge won’t wipe his arse with it. Bottom line is you’re paying someone to perform a task, if they need training to perform said task that is the burden of the employer to provide training (at the companies cost). Unfortunately it’s a risk/cost of doing business, if you don’t want this problem employ someone who already has the quals that is the only “risk” free way however you would be liable for the refresher courses 🤣
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You will have no luck and as suggested it’s shakey ground docking final pay (although companies do it). Try putting a training plan in over say 12 months, stagger training rather then all at once and over the 12 Months they should have earnt more then enough for you to cover the training.
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Yeh, I’ve tried in the past but due to let down/not collecting it’s usually caused more stress.
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Hi all, after a bit of advice - we have a job coming up where we will be clearing 50/60 x hardwood trees (birch,chestnut,oak) and 300 x softwood (lawson will be chipped for bio) we now have the ability to store large amounts of timber at my yard. I was thinking is it worth transporting the hardwood to the yard and processing for fire wood (relying on haulier). The crux is we do not own any processing gear, so would look to subby that bit out and then sell it in bulk (green)by the artic load. Is there some money to be made or am I better off just chipping all of it and getting money back that way? If we can sell it bulk and there’s money we can buy some processing gear as we will start to take loads back from our jobs as we now have the storage space, traditionally just chipped everything as not had the space to store. TIA
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Focus on storage and commercial business space - May need some initial investment but will pay with little hassle pretty quickly. If it’s anything like my way secure space is incredibly rare and as such expensive. Caravan storage, business storage, yard spaces etc are the way to go - invest in some decent entry gates and cameras etc get some cash flow going and finance to build the next one.
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Have both the bullet and 360 cameras from rural view, they’re brilliant - both have sensor lights and hd night vision recording.
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This stuff is not going on to fb or eBay it’s going straight into a curtain side/container and leaving the country. Organised crime gangs are not selling off a saw at a time - it goes to a buyer elsewhere in Europe wholesale. It’s clearly becoming easy pickings as little to no police presence twinned with little to no border checks means easy cash! Yards are getting done for everything - opportunists would take saws etc not chippers, diggers, trucks. Lack of police funding and reliance on insurance companies has created a perfect storm for the thieves.
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Could a sensible, calm convo with the neighbour be worth having? although maybe not your preferred outcome, if I was your neighbour and you said you can remove the trees but you need to replace with suitable fencing I would think that’s a fair request! Least of all because you will be pursuing it further likely to cause continued time/money etc
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Yeah I meant just helping to get it sectioned up! I’d want a kiss/kisses to help mill it as well.
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Where are you in the country? Someone might give you a hand for a chat and cup of tea!
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I’m very jealous of the guys who have made it work for them! I had visions of my vizsla being a work dog however totally the wrong breed! I was aware of their specific breed characteristics however thought I could train him….. I was wrong! Thankfully the wife works from home mostly so it worked out but point of the post is really pay attention to the breed and how you can make sure his/her life is fulfilled not the other way around.
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SafeContractor and other SSIP nonsense in general??
JLA1990 replied to Domino's topic in General chat
So do I but I choose to set my own terms with companies and do not hold the accreditations. What’s the point of holding a subscribed accreditation when companies still have their own hoops to jump through!? I don’t need someone to show a client that I have a modern slavery agreement because here you go I just emailed it to you along with everything else you require, only took me 30secs to email and I’ve saved myself thousands. -
SafeContractor and other SSIP nonsense in general??
JLA1990 replied to Domino's topic in General chat
Just have a chat with the client, suggest you can fulfil the criteria required and explain that you don’t need to pay a subscription service to do so. This approach has always worked with my commercial clients (multiple housing developers) and like yourself I refuse to pay for a service that ticks a box for me that I can tick myself. Of course it has stopped me bidding for large contracts but I don’t want that type of works as it’s crap. -
Haha his legacy - he doesn’t care about his legacy. The man spends most of his time out of his box on numerous podcasts pushing his new cannabis products. As I said it will go the distance as Jake will have paid him for it to do so, otherwise his strength and knowledge would spark Jake inside 2 minutes. It’s orchestrated heavily, like everything/fights in his life - Jake is a boxer he trains continuously but he also doesn’t fight (relevant)boxers because he would of folded out of the limelight along time ago. Even with age against him, Mike will see his right 10mins before he throws it!
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Jake Paul will have paid Mike to go easy and lose - Mike doesn’t care because who’s gonna say he’s shit? Plus he gets a massive payday. If it wasn’t rigged Mike would go all out for 2 mins and end it first round.
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THIS ADVERT HAS EXPIRED!
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Vermeer s725tx (full spec on Vermeer website). 2016- 670hrs new track motor and idler on both sides and also a new valve block (2.5k) so it’s ready for work. It has been used as intended so the paint is as you would expect from a working machine. Price is for the Vermeer s725tx base machine, log grab (LG 46) and bucket plus vat. The Tajfun 35a is not included with the sale but can be at additional cost along with the mounting bracket @ 2.5k + VAT (again used but not battered)£20,000
, Gloucestershire - GB
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In todays world people would rather complain and accept being poor/poorer than do something about making themselves richer. Yes, previous generations had a lucky break with house prices etc but we have never had it easier to up-skill/move around/travel/borrow money/enter higher level education - the list goes on and on! In line with OP - I am 34, own a house, a business and have worked abroad but I’ve changed careers (construction to arb/ecology). As the op suggests I’ve worked hard and at my age I'm pretty happy but I’ve have to retrain and move away from family to realise the above.
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In that case - Green plant uk based in Guildford hire out Energreens (great to deal with)
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Cheer Mark. Similar to John happy to travel but depends on the size of the job, down your way quite abit though. Feel free to drop me a message
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Most flails are between 1.3-1.6/8. Where abouts are you? I’ve got a machine for hire with operator.
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Talk to your client/company - as another post says it’s unsustainable and ultimately shit return. Charge for your travel (include depreciation, fuel etc). If I was hiring a subcontractor and was expecting them to travel that far for a job I would let them know location and await their day rate
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Hi All, Getting to a point where it’s looking viable to purchase a 14t excavator, anyone open to have a chat about dos/donts, what to look for on a machine and spec I should be looking at for arb work. I’ve primarily used a kobelco sk140 over the years (hired in) seems a decent machine but I’d like to know ins and outs of maintenance/costs etc. TIA
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I’m probably gonna go second hand, as my choice is bobcat but don’t want to pay top whack as currently it’ll be an occasional machine. Have you had a go in a doosan dx27z heard they’re practically the same machine as the bobcat. I just missed out on your e27 would have loved it!
