How/why did you get into treework?

[David Humphries]

so found a job for corp of London (Epping) now self employed.

 

Hi Pat,

 

always wondered why you move on.

 

Lack of progression,

Change of regime,

or just ready to go it alone?

 

 

Epping must of provided you with a huge range of variety in terms of tree work.

Great site.

 

 

 

David

[ukminch]

I started out doing Grounds Maintenance and was subbing out Treework. Got fed up of being messed about by Tree Firms so brought it in house. Love the job and trying to do more tree work than grounds maintenace now!

 

Rob

[garth mc garth]

i did a few months work for a forestry firm in australia, mainly felling and timber skidding with an old winched up Cat D6. when i came back to england i started out my fencing business which slowly got bigger and funded my plans on moving towards arb / forestry work

[AJarb]

Dropped out of Uni after 2 years of a degree. Decided to go to Brazil to work. Needed money for the flight etc so got a job with a tree surgeon who had worked for my folks. Started burning branches and general groundworks. Then got into climbing within a few months and after the 7 months i did the boss offered me a full time place after Brazil. Made foreman after 2 years and worked there for 4 and a half years in total. Went solo this year and loving it. Its more than a job but a lifestyle and its def for me.

[Patchwork]

suffered from panic attacks due to heavily smoking weed from age 14-17. quit smoking panic attacks continued. decided best way to stop them would be to do somthing that would scare me so much i would have to deal with the fear, last panic attack i had was in college after getting my first anchor point. stayed up their till it went then came down and havent had once since.

[Log-ologist]

I was a Forestry type YTS, ND.etc and as I was self employed I started doing garden jobs and went climbing because ladders got too short after a while.

[madclimber]

Was in the paras since school, when i came out i tried retail and hated it. Got into gardenening and went to college. Love hieghts and went into tree work

[Pro Gard]

Done quite a few different things since leaving school, farmworker, working for building firm, optical technician, breif spell at colledge and got saw tickets, job with forestry firm... Enjoyed this so went self employed happiest Ive been.

[arbogrunt]

After 12 years RAF and Army I had a succession of crappy jobs. I was doing a bit of rock-climbing at the time and saw an add for a climber in the local rag. They took me on as a groundie and I was climbing within 3 months. 15 years later I'm still shinning up trees......some people just never learn!

[Mick Stockbridge]

After 12 years RAF and Army I had a succession of crappy jobs. I was doing a bit of rock-climbing at the time and saw an add for a climber in the local rag. They took me on as a groundie and I was climbing within 3 months. 15 years later I'm still shinning up trees......some people just never learn!

 

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