Specializing as a contract climber

[Mark Bolam]

Flying round Europe now, just ordered his second Bentley I heard.

What’s the craic Big Lad?

[eggsarascal]

4 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Flying round Europe now, just ordered his second Bentley I heard.

What’s the craic Big Lad?

There in it lays, if you want to earn top money as a subby you'll have to know your trade. It's about knowing your shit, init.

[Mark Bolam]

It’s not just knowing it mate, it’s getting companies who take on big trees knowing that you know it.

 

[Alex O]

Not without travelling long distances. Same in AUS where contract climbers have a reputation. Over here subbies are asked to do much more than climb. Grab a rake and feed the chipper before you go. You’ll be all over the country specialising imo.

Sorry if it’s ‘[emoji219] in bonnet’

Hi Jake you in Aus?

[eggsarascal]

5 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

It’s not just knowing it mate, it’s getting companies who take on big trees knowing that you know it.

 

I'd tell them, and show them. I'd never get on else. Know knaff all about trees mind, just talking about subbies in general.

[Jake Andrews]

Hi Jake you in Aus?

No. Been back in the uk for 4 years now but spent 4 years out in Melbourne on a working visa.

[Rough Hewn]

I sub all over the country, and I only know one guy who does big trees regularly on a national level.@bigtreedon
Have a look at the today's job thread at his posts.
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[Alex O]

No. Been back in the uk for 4 years now but spent 4 years out in Melbourne on a working visa.

Ahh nice we’ve just emigrated to Sydney, and boy do these guys know how to rig down a tree, working with some great local lads and a really good team, it seems you either leave it or take it down nothing in between ?

[Stephen Blair]

I would say every guy who runs his own company and is the climber is your ‘ big tree specialist’ 

  How does someone become good at doing big trees?  By being able to do smaller trees and when a big 1 comes along, you just climb higher and need a bigger saw.  The thing is, anyone who has done a load of big trees, soon realise it’s easier to do smaller trees.  
  The biggest tree we have in this country that will never be cut down is an average sized tree in say OZ and some parts of the states.

  A nervous new climber who has never been over 40’ will have his first 100’ takedown they will have to conquer at some point, then you watch Dave Coleman cusually dismantle a 70m dead gum in back garden and realise you are playing at it, then watch some Graham McMahom and Reg videos and you will just hang up your spikes ?

  If you are good enough at something you will get paid to do it and the right customers/companies will contact you imo.

[bigtreedon]

Well I cant believe I missed all this exiting talk about been a removal specialist! Many points that have been made are true some not I have made my living and not a shabby one doing big tree removals for years I now run my own but sub some times ! It all comes down experience productivity and contacts! Everyone can take a big tree down but how efficiently do they do I have seen some pruning experts [emoji849] take trees down and yes they can squirrel around at lightning speed but there rigging vision and knowledge on what anchor are able to hold big weight is often lacking to much cut and hold does no body any good ! Not only the climbing aspect planning the tree wear machines should can it be felled using precision cuts can a large top taken I could on and on but I think allot of tree men especially in the uk think there way is only way and cos they got the job done in the end that's all the matters ! I am buy no means saying I am great at all am just a fat lad from York but i have cut allot of trees down all over the uk Europe and usa