One man band's

[Busy Daddy]

On my own here

A real challenge sometimes but no wages to pay

[blue beastie]

Me, dog, truck, forest, tin mug o' tea - life's good.

[Dr.Green]

3 days garage -pays all bills - 2/3 days tree/landscape work - if no work no stress . im lucky i supose but work alot of hrs at garage since 98 , time to chill

[larry]

I'm slowly but surely building up. I sub for a day or two, other days pick my own smally jobs and gradually getting bigger. Now I have a chipper and truck, things really moved forward.

One day a week, I do my retained fire fighter thing, so Im on call at home, doing books, cleaning kit, truck, chipper general admin.

One night on lash a week, and make it very messy!!!

On bigger jobs I use another lad from fire station who had his ground and rescue tickets. I cant go on fire calls while doing tree work, for obvous reasons. But I balance it out and Rome wasn't built in a day, but it was built in time.

And lots of top tips from folk on here!! draw from thier knowledge and experiance.

Like the Killers song goes. "I'm Mr Brightside"

Take the knocks, stand up, big smile, crack on. Its all character building.

Cheers

Larry:thumbup:

Brightside Trees.

Hampshire.

[Taupotreeman]

Until I gave up full time self employment I nearly always worked on my own except for the really tricky jobs. Not enough work or cash to employ someone on most of the jobs. Now I work for council through the week so I have to have some one with me. Weekends I still work a lot on my own, except again for the tricky stuff. Pretty much in line with Thompsonwoodlands. I have a plan that I need money for so I work six days a week. The seventh is either quoting, working aorund home or slobbing in front of TV.

[RobRainford]

I used to do jobs on my own when I started but soon decided that I can afford to bring someone in for the day. I do that every time now and feel much better sharing the workload. Plus you can have a laugh and meet people who then may give you more work

[Salix Tree & Countryside]

I work mainly on my own, split between Landscape management, tree work and general garden maintenance. If i get a job that needs more than me, then i usually have a bank of people i can call on, although i am looking for a good climber as i'm kust getting to old an creaky for the big jobs , thats what a lifetime of working the land does to you

 

Mark

[skyhuck]

I work mainly on my own, split between Landscape management, tree work and general garden maintenance. If i get a job that needs more than me, then i usually have a bank of people i can call on, although i am looking for a good climber as i'm kust getting to old an creaky for the big jobs , thats what a lifetime of working the land does to you

 

Mark

 

How old are you???

[Salix Tree & Countryside]

How old are you???

 

Ha ha 43 mate, but early arthritus setting in..........

[Mark Bolam]

Mark, about 2 years ago on here I said the same thing.

 

Skyhuck basically bollocked me with his 'use it or lose it' attitude.

 

I did some physio, hit the weights, changed my climbing style, got out on the bike, and started enjoying my climbing again. I'm better and faster than I ever was.

 

I'm still shite, mind!

 

Ladders, footlocking, massage, ropewalker, vitamins, stretching, rest when you need to, use whatever helps my friend.

 

Noone is going to give us a big pension at 55, so it's up to us!