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Tony Croft aka hamadryad
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i had a chap down here with a stump gringing and tree surgery firm get im in as a free lance climber to take down an awkward job , to cut a long storey shor i was lowering a section of timber down on his light lovering line which he insisted i use , as i cut through the section of timber he let it drop to much and the section of timber went strait through a fence pannel and i was expected to pay !! WTF?? so i had it out with him at lunch time and his reasoning was that his insurance did not cover me and it was my fault that he did it because i should have told him what to do as i had much more experience !!!!! and to be honest i could not not pay him as he was clearly not going to pay me for doing the job and providing a chipper :thumbdown:

 

end of the day, if i was not sure about the guy I was going to work for i would ask for it upfront, at least the first hire! unless somone I knew said the guy was o.k.

 

whats a fair price for a climber and kit, ie all HE needs, and some rigging?

 

I reckon with kit insurance etc you gotta be asking 250-300?

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down here in cornwall it really is totally diffrent , i was charging £100 a day with climbing kit , saws and rigging kit and £150 with a chipper , tbh it was all you could charge down here which is a totall joke but what can you do ??

 

 

 

bearing in mind this was what around five plus years ago? and we all know things have gone up A LOT since then

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end of the day, if i was not sure about the guy I was going to work for i would ask for it upfront, at least the first hire! unless somone I knew said the guy was o.k.

 

whats a fair price for a climber and kit, ie all HE needs, and some rigging?

 

I reckon with kit insurance etc you gotta be asking 250-300?

 

You wont get that just for climbing and taking a few saws plus rigging

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