the all aussie dribble thread!

[460cixy]

They can do it cheaper because they don't need a crane. They simply lift logs around the place

True but some of em are so dopey

 

[weedkilla]

Small family weed spraying business. $23k insurance bill last year. Sigh.

 

[derwoodii]

A lot of Tongans in the game here wonder what attracts them to it

they are big tuff and strong plus ozzy cash while still on kiwi benifts

 

[MCW]

Small family weed spraying business. $23k insurance bill last year. Sigh.

So that explains why you could only afford Coopers Mild Ale and not the Sparkling

 

[weedkilla]

Ha! Nah mate, I'm just a two pot screamer, which is one sparkling.
40+ is too hot to be restricting liquid intake.

 

[ausneil 1]

So that explains why you could only afford Coopers Mild Ale and not the Sparkling

thats below the belt that is......

 

[MCW]

Ha! Nah mate, I'm just a two pot screamer, which is one sparkling.
40+ is too hot to be restricting liquid intake.

Lucky you didn't fall out the tree when we roped that beer up to you

thats below the belt that is......

Sorry Neil. I don't know what came over me with such a cheap shot

 

[scallywag]

its work in progress.. in 10cc lots. i got some moldy oldies too. waiting on widowmakers secret stash to come out of the woods lol . but wifey wants to move house so all this may come to a sudden end.

I know of a place up in Weston NSW for sale, bloke selling it said there's some dead saws in the back shed!

 

[windthrown]

for every buck earn't wipe 35 cents over heads and on costs 50 cents for wages so most tree company's are lucky to clear %10 to %15 margin its used to be %25 to %30 but overheads and tight prices find it easier to wonder why so much risk for basic wages

Yep. After the costs for gas, business licensing, certification, insurance, bonding, knife/saw sharpening and upkeep, I bailed out of my last chipper biz here. The Mexicans undercut everyone as they are usually not licensed, insured or bonded and if they get in a legal dispute they are just deported. They are also not worth anything for the lawyers to be interested in. So they can charge way less as they are outside of the legal system. I was getting $75 an hour for a few years, but calls became fewer and fewer over time. The Mexicans charged $50. I cannot afford to operate that that rate, so I sold the chippers and half my saws. No one gives a fork about Americans getting jobs in the states any more, and the president wants to throw everything open to the illegals here. As for risk, forestry and arbor work is one of the highest risk jobs in the states after crab fishing in the Gulf of Alaska. If all you can get is minimum wage, you may as well flip hamburgers at McDonalds.

"Would you like fries with that?"

 

[460cixy]

Yep. After the costs for gas, business licensing, certification, insurance, bonding, knife/saw sharpening and upkeep, I bailed out of my last chipper biz here. The Mexicans undercut everyone as they are usually not licensed, insured or bonded and if they get in a legal dispute they are just deported. They are also not worth anything for the lawyers to be interested in. So they can charge way less as they are outside of the legal system. I was getting $75 an hour for a few years, but calls became fewer and fewer over time. The Mexicans charged $50. I cannot afford to operate that that rate, so I sold the chippers and half my saws. No one gives a fork about Americans getting jobs in the states any more, and the president wants to throw everything open to the illegals here. As for risk, forestry and arbor work is one of the highest risk jobs in the states after crab fishing in the Gulf of Alaska. If all you can get is minimum wage, you may as well flip hamburgers at McDonalds.

"Would you like fries with that?"

Its a sad old world now days

 

[MCW]

Hey how is everybody going with email notifications to subscribed threads? I'm not getting notifications for threads like this one but then I'm getting emails come through for threads that are nearly 3 years old. It's starting to give me the sh*ts.

 

[splitpost]

yep same here Matt,ive just accepted it

 

[VinceGU05]

randomly come thru.

 

[460cixy]

Its all over the place

 

[460cixy]

Pulled my finger out the other day and sealed up the crank on the 350

 

[Rudolf73]

Hey how is everybody going with email notifications to subscribed threads? I'm not getting notifications for threads like this one but then I'm getting emails come through for threads that are nearly 3 years old. It's starting to give me the sh*ts.

Mine seem to be working okay... touch wood.

 

[bennn*e]

Mine are turned off as they give me the shlits

 

[windthrown]

Hey how is everybody going with email notifications to subscribed threads? I'm not getting notifications for threads like this one but then I'm getting emails come through for threads that are nearly 3 years old. It's starting to give me the sh*ts.

Same here. I get emails for posts to threads that Lakeside started eons ago. But nothing new.

As for the shiits, take two emoticons and call me in the morning...

 

[MCW]

As for the shiits, take two emoticons and call me in the morning...

This may sound funny but I have actually got a gut bug at the moment that has been going around. I've seriously been on Struggle Street all week. Haven't been able to pull a full day at work yet and it's knocked the hell out of me. Might have to eat a few boxes of Gravy powder to thicken things up at the rate I'm going. I'm hitting the wall mid arvo.

 

[460cixy]

Corn flour and a cup of gravox will thicken it up nicely