Looking for treework in the Bristol area

[Fred C]

Ive recently moved to Bristol and am looking for work without much luck as yet. Ive been climbing for around three and a half years and have masses of experience on the ground prior to that. Ive got CS30,31,38,39 and a clean pre 97 licence. I did the 10 week Tree Surgery course at Merrist Wood at the start of the year and am now doing the RFS level 2 there aswell (1 day a week).

Good grafter, hungry for work

 

Any suggestions ?

[Rupe]

Midland forestry were just looking for someone......

[Littletree]

Yep Midland forestry were looking a a short while ago allways very busy at this time of year needing people .

hours ok 7.30 till 4.30

 

All the best Littletree

[Fred C]

Hey Fi, thanks for replying to my thread, already tried them but plan to keep hasseling. Just checked out your site, really sorry to hear about your Mum, cool site though.

Cheers

Fred

[Littletree]

Hi Fred

Thanks for reply keep on at them you will get in as they are allways looking if not today they will be tommorw. bug them for a week and you will be in with those qualls tell Pete Littletree says give you a job .:thumbup:

 

I am slowley building my site its comming along nicely just got into this web thing I am finding its a great way to help advertizie my service as my customers can get to see understand a little about the person who is comming to there home and threre work and they can see the work I have done personaly and the responsies of my customers in my gust book so I am finding its working really well . each time I log on I can see the visitors growing and growing so am really pleased with it .

 

With that level of exp you might consider going self employeed if you have a couple of saws and a blower and your climbing kit and a set of wheels you are sorted.

 

I am not kidding this is what I did and it works. I get to eat cake every day and love getting up for work every morning to go play with my toys and make someones Tree/ garden look really lovely its the best feeling in the world and the best thing I ever did

 

its fun to work for others and get exp and get yourself started off but working for yourself is definatly the way forward long term

 

I now make the same money in 2 days that I was making in 5 days braking my balls off working employed .

 

Think about it in our world everyone you meet in your daily life 95% will have a garden and 70% will have trees so its easy once you have your cards printed and start talking to everyone you meet and do the donky work with the card drops round the doors you will be on to a winner from week one . as all these people with this stuff in there gardens will need it sorting at some point or another . you dont have to start large I dont have a chipper or a truck and have no problems with customers dealing with remains as long as you are compleatly open with them about the whole deal and what you can and cannot do with them most are happy for you to just chop it up small and stack it up neatly for them to take it to the tip later.

 

When poeple buy houses they oftern overlook the work that will be needed on trees the garden and forget that the trees become there problem once they have brought the house a couple of years later this green stuff catches up with them and they then will want YOUR services .

 

I really hope you find some work soon but hope this post gives you some idears to think about long term.

 

All the best

Littletree:thumbup:

Edited November 13, 2010 by Littletree
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[Fred C]

Hi Fi,

cheers for the reply again, yeah am surviving at the moment on small amounts of private jobs, they definitely pay a whole lot better! reckon experience wise it would be good for me at this stage to work for a firm that does all sorts of types of work ie street/domestic/corporate/small/large etc. for a while anyway and then in six months or a year go out on my own. i have saws etc and am trying to get a van together at the minute... slowly slowly catchy monkey.

Fred

[Sean.S]

I'm looking to move to Bath / Bristol at the beginning of 2012 so if you do set up on your own and need a groundie / climber give me a shout.

Also available for help at weekends as I'm up there often, got my own kit and transport.