How did you get into arb?

[maria warwick]

Well……

Bought a canal boat to live on.

Needed logs for wood burner.

Bought a cheapo chainsaw.

Was hooked ! 
Packed up doing Support Work ( with people with learning disabilities. )

Transitioned m/f (age51) and then did CS30/31/38/39 the following year……

Self employed , just doing small stuff . 
But utterly love working with trees ! Now 61……

 

[Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Ltd]

Ha funny old story, so i was working part time as a greenkeepers apprentice on a 9 hole pitch and putt, went for a beer after my £30 for 8 hours shift on a sunday and met a stocky welshman.

Anyway, the guy was a bus of banter and we had about 8 beers and i pulled out my tobacco at one point and he went "ah you passed the first interview test! You smoke rollies, can i have one?" (It wasnt an interview) so i said sure as long as you can roll and gave him my baccy. Next thing you know, ive struggled along as a tree surgeon for 11 years.

[Steve Bullman]

3 hours ago, Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Ltd said:

Ha funny old story, so i was working part time as a greenkeepers apprentice on a 9 hole pitch and putt, went for a beer after my £30 for 8 hours shift on a sunday and met a stocky welshman.

Anyway, the guy was a bus of banter and we had about 8 beers and i pulled out my tobacco at one point and he went "ah you passed the first interview test! You smoke rollies, can i have one?" (It wasnt an interview) so i said sure as long as you can roll and gave him my baccy. Next thing you know, ive struggled along as a tree surgeon for 11 years.

Think i saw you guys going through Debenham this morning

[Bodge]

I had a wood burner installed and had to teach myself to forage for wood. This is a very useful page to be on.

[Leeloo11]

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[Drifter2406]

Got a phone call from a mate who worked as an Arborist after the 1987 storms we had, got minimal training with a chainsaw but it was good money for the time and done it ever since, passed my exams many years ago but was studying Engineering at the time in college so did them both. Now days it is mostly Stump Grinding and general tree maintenance.

[Stefan Palokangas]

Started out in our own forest in Sweden chainsaw and a John Deere tractor from age of 12 i went up in the forest alone and came back with a load of wood,  most the times i sold it in 3m lengths, sometimes i cut and splitted it and sold it that way,   every weekend or after school sometimes.   then at age 20 started working with tree felling around powerlines for a good number of years.   and now at age 50 i'm stump grinding, done that for 11 years or so.   and think thats what i will continue doing till i can't do it anymore. 

[gazbo]

This climbing all IV ever done been all over the North South most places treat you like crap your work hard risk your life self for sht.money don't think thears mutch harder graft than this wot did I ever do in my past Life?

 

[AHPP]

fkn snakes hun its just me and the kids from now on