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costly mistakes

hi just a quick warming to strimmer users be careful when strimming around any windows i was doing the edges of a lawn to day and a stone has come off the strimmer and smashed a car window  this is the second time i had this first was a stone from a mower but is proving to be costly

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Permalink Reply by John on May 14, 2011 at 21:34

 Bad luck Roy,

 Next time when someone asks your hourly rate, don't forget to explain that it is to cover accidents like this for the excess, plus the insurance.

 We try to blow around first before strimming.  

Permalink Reply by John on May 14, 2011 at 22:05

When working alone I also didn't break a window in ten years. But extra employees = shorter working time, plus less checking times, plus bad calls. 

 

 



Paul @ PPCH Services said:

Bad technique rather than bad luck.

 

I have yet to smash any windows strimming in 9 years of self employment, work with low revs and this will not occur.


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Roy Parker on May 15, 2011 at 8:13

have been using low revs on a strimmer since i had a stone come off the strimmer and bounce off a tree and come back and him me ,

 


Paul @ PPCH Services said:

Bad technique rather than bad luck.

 

I have yet to smash any windows strimming in 9 years of self employment, work with low revs and this will not occur.


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Roy Parker on May 15, 2011 at 8:23
can think my self lucky someone i know cuts church yards grass they put a stone though a stain glass window  took out the cntre piece of glass and the rest fell out  very costly
Permalink Reply by Paving & Landscape Company Ltd on May 15, 2011 at 9:06
Sorry, can't help but laugh at that one. :-)

roy parker said:
can think my self lucky someone i know cuts church yards grass they put a stone though a stain glass window  took out the cntre piece of glass and the rest fell out  very costly
Permalink Reply by Fenlandphil on May 15, 2011 at 9:17
What is an alternative to strimming, scythe?
Permalink Reply by Fenland Fencing on May 15, 2011 at 9:22
Goat..?

Fenlandphil said:
What is an alternative to strimming, scythe?
Permalink Reply by Geoff Norfolk on May 15, 2011 at 14:02
Think you might have had a bit of good luck there as well Paul ....... even at low revs, I've had stones fly out at quite a speed in an unexpected direction and break a window. Fortunately, the customers have been willing to put it through their insurance and I've paid the excess
.Paul @ PPCH Services said:

Bad technique rather than bad luck.

 

I have yet to smash any windows strimming in 9 years of self employment, work with low revs and this will not occur.

Permalink Reply by briggsandscrapem on May 15, 2011 at 14:18
A bit harsh i think Paul. Working in large rural gardens is always going to be less risky than in the suburbs surrounded by glass.  Ive broken a few in my time and it wasnt through being careless.  These days we probably  bust about two per year between five of us.

Paul @ PPCH Services said:

Bad technique rather than bad luck.

 

I have yet to smash any windows strimming in 9 years of self employment, work with low revs and this will not occur.


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Chris Auld on May 15, 2011 at 14:25
Ive done it aswell, nothing to do with bad technique, just bad luck!

PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Brian www.mibservices.co.uk on May 15, 2011 at 14:34
have to agree with Paul on this one, been doing strimmer work for years and never done any damage and I have worked in packed out Tescos and  Asda's car parks etc. It is certainly ALL about technique and a lot of mental RAMS

PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gary Hedges on May 15, 2011 at 14:45
Agree more bad luck, when I worked as an employee many years ago I smashed a patio door and got a long lecture by the boss on low speeds etc, as he demonstrated his technique he hit a stone chip and smashed the other patio window.
I carry a couple of 8x4 sheets of thin ply now and cover any glass doors, windows etc.

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