small firm with no full time staff

[Johny Walker]

You obviously don't have insurance? Because insurance companies don't like "alone" in the arb business.

 

 

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Whst ,really:biggrin:

[White Noise]

I work mainly on my own now with the exception of a few local groundies .

 

I'm sick of been let down by these so called subbie climbers ? Late for work ie road works ? I couldnt find the job site ?? How come everyone else did ?

 

Half of them break stuff and expect your insurance to cover there incompetence .

 

Still they want to be paid £ 100 - 140 a day .

 

Slow and steady is my path now . Finding a good bunch of subbies is a beautiful thing

[Joe Newton]

I work mainly on my own now with the exception of a few local groundies .

 

I'm sick of been let down by these so called subbie climbers ? Late for work ie road works ? I couldnt find the job site ?? How come everyone else did ?

 

Half of them break stuff and expect your insurance to cover there incompetence .

 

Still they want to be paid £ 100 - 140 a day .

 

Slow and steady is my path now . Finding a good bunch of subbies is a beautiful thing

If somebody wanted me to work for that I wouldn't turn up, never mind late!

 

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[Dillinger86]

If you get a good climber pay him well..

 

 

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[White Noise]

Hey don't get me wrong people .

 

If the subbie is on point he gets paid well .

 

Its the ones that talk bull on the phone and turn up to a job and ...well thats when you find out they have never used spikes .....or even used a lowering line ?

 

Before you pups all start yapping ...Ive been climbing for over 25 yrs now ....

..so i no the crack

[simonm]

I think the key is to have an exit plan and do what you can to work to it, I know there is some jobs i can do perfectly well on my own and others not so well. If subbies are working for me and various other firms then there is no issue! Skyhucks comment makes a lot of sense all of a sudden

[White Noise]

I think the key is to have an exit plan and do what you can to work to it, I know there is some jobs i can do perfectly well on my own and others not so well. If subbies are working for me and various other firms then there is no issue! Skyhucks comment makes a lot of sense all of a sudden

 

I agree

[flatyre]

i'm a sole trader running a small one man band, mainly heavy gardening work, not a qualified tree surgeon. I do get offered quite a bit of tree work though. Luckily a friend of mine is a co-owner of a local tree firm, fully qualified and insured. So I pass on any tree work to them and in return I get an equal share of the profits for dragging brash. I also arrange the tip site, power line shutdowns etc. In return they bring me in as a brash dragger as and when they need a spare set of hands, again just for brash dragging and the like. Its a simple setup and works well, key is getting in with a good firm and proving your worth.

[Pete Mctree]

Working solo does wonders for your fitness!

[Steve Bullman]

I find cutting and then having to clear up behind myself quite soul destroying these days. On very very small jobs perhaps I can about manage

 

 

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