not so pros

[Sty57]

Mystery sausage I found in the freezer. Don't know where or who it came from but I'll eat it. [emoji4]

 

[Mastermind]

I'm starving........

 

[Red97]

when my work was good in 2006 i worked from mid jan to first of june 10 and 12 hour days and only had 3 days off working 7 days a week in mike and my lines of work you get it while you can

Being just 2 guys you can get spread thin really quick.

Nobody can seem to keep a schedule.. Then that just screws up the next job. Best to schedule a buffer.

People must be getting tired of the big outfits, we have been getting quit a few calls for quotes..

Afternoon fellas.

 

[Coltont]

Well I start Monday. Never been self employed but i guess I'm gonna learn. I'll be a sub cutting down and cutting the trees to big for the buncher.

 

[Stump Shot]

I do a few Steve...not down to the full case split but I look out for something that i know will be a looked for make and model. I take saws /trimmers and mowers in from customers if i think i can turn them around plus find them equipment they want. I dont have a big market locally so Ebay often for the saws or on to others i know in the trade. My operation is small compared to the OPE dealers within my patch so i dont need big amounts to keep going. It is a bit slower than I would like at present though. This kinda thing do well.

I know it's not always a big money maker repairing and selling saws, BUT it does give you a built in customer for repairs and looking for other equipment that you might not have had before. The repairs afterward is where some money can be made. So I like to keep some for sale if someone is looking. Gives me something to do this time of year as well.

 

[Stump Shot]

Well I start Monday. Never been self employed but i guess I'm gonna learn. I'll be a sub cutting down and cutting the trees to big for the buncher.

Even if you don't make a lot of money right off, at least you'll be your own man.

 

[Coltont]

Even if you don't make a lot of money right off, at least you'll be your own man.

Ya know I'm not trying to get rich. I just want to make an honest living and have steady work. I've know this guy for a good number of years. He's always always always busy. Cuts pretty decent log timber and he is only 15 minutes from my house. The gig I was doing was 57 miles one way. So I was basically putting in 11 hours or so and getting paid for 8. What ever that chapter is over now. Never been on unemployment and i don't plan on it.

 

[Stump Shot]

Wish ya the best of luck with it Colton. Sometimes it leads to the next better thing ya just never know until you go.

 

[Simondo]

I know it's not always a big money maker repairing and selling saws, BUT it does give you a built in customer for repairs and looking for other equipment that you might not have had before. The repairs afterward is where some money can be made. So I like to keep some for sale if someone is looking. Gives me something to do this time of year as well.

Yup for sure. Sending them away all over the country from being bought on ebay cuts me out of the future work . I think the mower /Trimmer side accounts for 70% of my customer base so winter time that dies till spring . The volume of saws is lower, both sale and servicing even in the rural part i live in as there are way fewer folks who use saws as home owners doing firewood. Its more a gas/oil/electric powered place the UK....at least the grass needs mowing

 

[Red97]

Sammich time..

 

[so il logger]

Well I start Monday. Never been self employed but i guess I'm gonna learn. I'll be a sub cutting down and cutting the trees to big for the buncher.

I've always been self employed, contract cut for many years before deciding to buy equipment and run my own show. Keep receipts for everything work related and get a good CPA. Congrats man! And good luck

 

[Red97]

I've always been self employed, contract cut for many years before deciding to buy equipment and run my own show. Keep receipts for everything work related and get a good CPA. Congrats man! And good luck

Yeh but you use short bars and farmer handles

 

[Coltont]

I've always been self employed, contract cut for many years before deciding to buy equipment and run my own show. Keep receipts for everything work related and get a good CPA. Congrats man! And good luck

Should I start the first day with a good steep sloping back cut?

 

[Dub11]

Should I start the first day with a good steep sloping back cut?

Yes witha wildthing running a 24"bar

 

[Dub11]

oh while on a ladder on your truck cab aka boom truck

 

[so il logger]

Should I start the first day with a good steep sloping back cut?

I'm not sure if jack Axe would approve...

Then again he dam sure wouldn't approve of my method...

 

[Czed]

Yup for sure. Sending them away all over the country from being bought on ebay cuts me out of the future work . I think the mower /Trimmer side accounts for 70% of my customer base so winter time that dies till spring . The volume of saws is lower, both sale and servicing even in the rural part i live in as there are way fewer folks who use saws as home owners doing firewood. Its more a gas/oil/electric powered place the UK....at least the grass needs mowing

Similar here i don't even try to sell saws too much trouble people bring me saws and brushcutters all the time the shop rates around me are 65.00 to 90.00 per hour on an older saw it's not feasible so i don't charge as much get plenty of work and it pays for my other saws chains oil tools etc. I order parts as needed for each machine.

 

[Red97]

I'm not sure if jack Axe would approve...

Then again he dam sure wouldn't approve of my method...

It's not your fault you were born too far east, to be considered a "real" logger

 

[Stump Shot]

Should I start the first day with a good steep sloping back cut?

I'm not sure if jack Axe would approve...

Then again he dam sure wouldn't approve of my method...

Too bad there's not a PRO thread to show you guys that do it every day how to do it! LOL

 

[Czed]

Still awake todd.
Anybody else remember this creepy ad.