Unofficial Ariel inspection?

[Mark Bolam]

You would like to think so.

I saw a tree report this week that said out of 46 trees, 36 of them should be 'retained at their current size with regular cyclical pruning'.

Only ONE was deemed to require no action.

Thank God we are here. I can't imagine how those trees would cope without us.

 

 

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[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Re: Unofficial Aerial inspection?

 

Be careful. Rod Hull lost his life carrying out one of these.

[Gary Prentice]

You would like to think so.

I saw a tree report this week that said out of 46 trees, 36 of them should be 'retained at their current size with regular cyclical pruning'.

Only ONE was deemed to require no action.

Thank God we are here. I can't imagine how those trees would cope without us.

 

 

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Mortgage report on a shrinkable clay by any chance?

[Mark Bolam]

Top marks Gary.

Sandstone overlain with Wadhurst clay.

 

 

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[treequip]

Mortgage report on a shrinkable clay by any chance?

 

Ha ha, since when were mortgage reports about anything other than the mortgaged asset?

[simsimo]

Thanks for the replies and advice. I was really hoping to avoid getting the PI insurance as it I thought it will most likely only be relevant for a couple of trees on this one job for the whole year. I can't charge any extra on this job so I'll be taking a few hundred £'s hit on the insurance.

 

By the sounds of it though it seems that PI insurance would be advisable in any instance even when just quoting for people who want some verbal 'advice' on their trees.

 

I think I've read before that £1m is the minimum recommended when doing surveys/inspections. Do you think for my purpose I can get away with less than that as the £500,000 is about half the yearly cost?

 

Cheers

[Mark Bolam]

Wouldn't you need a bit more than a PTI ticket to make the PI relevant or am I missing something?

 

 

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[daltontrees]

Thanks for the replies and advice. I was really hoping to avoid getting the PI insurance as it I thought it will most likely only be relevant for a couple of trees on this one job for the whole year. I can't charge any extra on this job so I'll be taking a few hundred £'s hit on the insurance.

 

By the sounds of it though it seems that PI insurance would be advisable in any instance even when just quoting for people who want some verbal 'advice' on their trees.

 

I think I've read before that £1m is the minimum recommended when doing surveys/inspections. Do you think for my purpose I can get away with less than that as the £500,000 is about half the yearly cost?

 

Cheers

 

The cost of £500k insurance compared with £1M is not a lot less. £500k wouldn't cover the cost of a negligence fatality case. Many clients nowadays won't accept less tha £1m cover, the last tender I looked at, for BS5837 work, insisted on £2m.

 

As Mark Bolam suggests, no point in taking out cover if you don't have the qualifications. Don't get me wrong, brokers will take your money, but if you read the small print you won't be covered if you do work that you're not qualified to do. Bit like these lifejackets being made out of bubble wrap and flogged to Syrian emigrants to cross the med. It may look like a lifejacket, but it's a bit late to find out it's not one when you're drowning.

Edited November 14, 2016 by daltontrees

[daltontrees]

You would hope that any tree surgeon would want what is best for the situation, not what it most expensive

 

They tend to want what is best for the tree surgeon. I gave up hoping otherwise a long time ago.