So, how did we all start up our own buisness and get to where we are?

[Mick Stockbridge]

My nan was a topless trapeze artist before the war, she had three tits and flew by the name of 'The Flying Freak'. Later on she became a tree climber with her own business trading as 'Triple Nipple Tree Services'.

 

I took over the business.

[elfinwood saws]

I was just unlucky!

[Chris Sheppard]

Left school didn't know really what I wanted to do, worked in a garage for a few months, then went christmas tree dragging, followed by some planting and then started putting chains on for the skidder followed by starting a bit of felling. Realised I'd found what I wanted to do but was already down to go to college for gamekeeping. Scrape through the course, picke up cs30 and 31 on the way and went straight back in the woods.

 

about a year after leaving college went self employed, cutting for a few different estates, started picking up my own sites, bought a County, bought an alpine tractor, bought some firewood machinery but in the end got fed up of working on my own all the time. Tried hiring some staff, didn't work out so packed in and ended up on the books for a forest machinery sales company, did two years or so of that and decided I knew what I really wanted to be doing so left last november and been back in the woods since, feeling the best I have for a long time

[Lorry thompson]

I worked all weekends and holidays with my father who was a climber and was basically my hero:biggrin: Thought it was so cool so left school went straight to college then worked away for various companies for 8 year then moved home and set up business with my brother:thumbup:

[Sam Thompson]

Pretty much born to it, my old man used to cut non commercially. One day we had an ash to remove in the back field and a man turned up with a Landrover, he had an orange hat, I liked it. One 5 year old with a job idea.

 

The picture is me modeling an Echo (I think)

Edited May 22, 2011 by Sam Thompson

[Lorry thompson]

Pretty much born to it, my old man used to cut non commercially. One day we had an ash to remove in the back field and a man turned up with a Landrover, he had an orange hat, I liked it. One 5 year old with a job idea.

 

The picture is me modeling an Echo (I think)

 

That's a top picture mate:thumbup:

[DN22 Gardening]

My nan was a topless trapeze artist before the war, she had three tits and flew by the name of 'The Flying Freak'. Later on she became a tree climber with her own business trading as 'Triple Nipple Tree Services'.

 

I took over the business.

 

:lol::lol:

 

HILARIOUS

 

spat my coffee all over the keyboard.

 

if i ever start another co. i'm pinching the name Mick.

[DN22 Gardening]

first job when i left school (back in the 80's) was on a govt. training scheme.

one year later i left being able to lay hedges and fell most trees with only an axe and billhook.

 

15 years later after various jobs from sweeping sh*t to managing 40 odd lads, i took a job clearing railway vegetation.

subbed to most of the larger co.s then saw the cash leaving the sector and moving to the powerlines. At 40 i didn't fancy digging away all week so set up on my own.

started with a 110 landy, 12' trailer, one 341, and a ryobi hedge cutter.

 

now upto 3 vans, 4x4, tractor, trailers galore, tracked jensen, more stihl stuff than your average dealer, oh, and believe it or not, but the long reach ryobi's still going strong.

[Tom D]

This is my 11th year in tree work, I grew up on a farm and I had had loads of outdoor jobs during school and uni holidays but when I left uni I thought I should get a "propper" job and so I worked in an office as a recruitment cosultant. I did that in the city for a while, the money was great but I hated london and so came back to edinburgh and did the same thing there. In truth it was the office that I hated and one day I sat at my desk and watched a guy out of the window dismantle a willow that was quite close to the building, I didn't know it then but that was my calling. Shortly after that I left and after doing up our new flat got a job as a groundie with a local firm, I was promised training and climbing experience but it never really came. I left in 03 and started out in pertnership with another climber, when he left after a couple of years I was on my own and have done ok since. I now have two guys working for me and others as and when,

 

After going from job to job and never really being happy I now know that I will do this till I retire.

[easy-lift guy]

Have always enjoyed working outdoors in the garden with designing installing and maintaining landscapes and tree trimming and removal. In 1979 After completing a Two year AS degree from my local JC I attended a Two year program at another local Vocational Tech school learning about Landscape design, installation and maintenance . This also included Irrigation design and maintenance as well as Tree trimming, pruning, etc. Novemeber 1993 finally decided to take the plunge and started working much smarter, created and introduced my first brain child the TAS Trimmer, 18 years later and 10 different models now selling world wide, and there was much rejoice! Came across another product 6 years ago and was so impressed with it I bought the company. It is know as the easy-lift harness. Would not change much if I had to go back in time mainly because both products have been good to me. God bless my customers and the industries that I have had the pleasure to work in and serve.

easy-lift guy.