So the guy from the stove place said his best guess for the cost of scaffolding, since the chimney pot is insufficiently secure, would be an additional £600!!!
I could buy enough for less than that and do that bit of the job myself. Not only that but I’d also need scaff for repointing the gable ends. AND, I bet I can sell it for almost what I pay for it.
Second hand QuickStage was running a bit over six fifty plus another one forty delivery. More now, but less in the long run. Cuplock would be a lot more. You know how ebay is though? Every now and then one slips through the net for one reason or another. There it was, poor photo, one word title and no description. No bids. Starter of £400. And its decent looking cuplock with the galv intact.
Asked the seller and maybe 50% more than the sets I’d been looking at. One bid now so sitting at reserve price of four fifty. This could be the deal. Log on with half an hour to go.
No change.
No point breaking cover.
39 seconds.
No change.
Fire a bid in at around 10 seconds out. Too early, I know, but I don’t want to miss this. Comfortable bid too.
It’s mine for £560! Great.
Now I’ve just got to get it. I’ll get a LWB Transit tipper, that should do it. Right? Wrong!!! Add it all up and it’s nudging 3 tons!!! Holy crap batman.
So, Donald and me are sat in the 7.5 tonner. Good job I got my license a while ago and they’ll let me loose on one of these.
Loading was fine. About 15 feet from pile to truck. The seller’s lad (a Dunfermline boy) was a star. There was more than advertised though. Lots more wood. That’s lots more weight. Ho hum, it LOOKS fine. Needn’t sweat VOSA. We were doing 30 in second on some of the hills. 30 KILOMETERS an hour.
That heap then took the two of us 3 1/2 hours, SOLID, to offload and stack. Three and a half hours. Solid.
Donald, you’re a star.