Lean patch ending...

[Ty Korrigan]

I freely admit that recently that on the tree work front things have been lean since the end of March.

Not that I've been slack for other work mind.

We work as approved tradesmen for the French B+Q and have been flat out busy with erecting sheds, installing awnings and fitting gates.

Now peoples thoughts are turning to trees again and we have just won a decent job.

A plantation of 100 Picea abies 30cm dbh, fell and remove arisings and stumps.

I've asked £48 per tree inc. stumps ground out.

The arisings, hope to give away the chips, burn the nasty dead dry brash at night and sell the wood for fuel to the local Expat population.

I was going to pick the brains of the forestry lot with regards to pricing but down there they all talk about 500acres and big gun machinery...

Anyway, I'm happy with my pricing now and if I'm out it will be me not the team who will take the hit.

I got a team of 3 trained saw users and a couple of neighbours boys to drag brash (out of danger zone ) We are going to camp on site for most of the week hopefully under with dry cool Breton nights around a fire of pine brash.

The local estate agents are coming up trumps with all sorts of little garden and tree jobs whilst the local Mayor is still sitting on a week long stump grinding job we quoted for.

So its all good and I've still my summer holidays to look forward too!

Ty

[slack ma girdle]

Sounds like you have it sorted, enjoy the camp fire, and hope that there are not too many biting insects

[ScottF]

How are you going to get rid of the stumps? Pelle?

[skyhuck]

How are you going to get rid of the stumps? Pelle?

 

He says in his post that they are being ground out.

[Ty Korrigan]

Ah...I ache.

Today, 1st tree job for a few weeks.

Felling but not the job I wrote about before.

Right in the centre of a village with all and sundry hoping we would drop a branch on something expensive.

A neighbour came across when we were raking up and asked for our card.

Suitably impressed with what he saw it seems.

Turns out he is on the Conseil General (County Council) and will be in contact.

Never know were it may go from here...

Did I tell you I ache...

Ty