Whats the hardest Arb job ?

[dannyT]

Friday mornings are the easy bit, its monday that does it for me

 

think your right sketchy Mondays.......................

 

Log splitting anyone? mind numbing tedium.

[born2trot]

Pulling ivy off and paperwork!!!!!!!!!

Come on lads what sort of an impression are we giving out here!

We'll have the fungi geeks and sawmillers laughing at us

[oldwoodcutter]

Rottweiller **** all over a 'lawn' that although the customer had said he'd clear before i came,he didn't,plus another months worth in the meantime.Then mixing up jeyes fluid in the dark in my yard before tea to disinfect truck mats,pedals,boots and trousers.One job i dont need.

[tommer9]

dealing with difficult customers

 

you beat me to it.

[sawmonkey]

At midnight finding out the rail possession you have is actually 2 hours to do a 6 hour job removing leggy, bendy willows in the wind and rain that overhang the 25,000V overhead lines (isolated) that cannot be touched. Then one of the big lamps runs out of batteries. Then one of the rail guys complaining loudly that it's taking too long even though he has never touched a chain saw let alone a harness. Then walking the mile back to the van in the rain that stops as you open the door.

 

one bonus - double time.

 

tell me about it but i never got the double time and you forgot to mention the 2 hour drive home at the end of the shift

[born2trot]

Motorway clearance is one of the hardist jobs I have done with many feet of dence continous blackthorn thorn towering above you and tearing you to bits as you are on the cutting or on dragging At the speed of sound . By the end of the day you land up bleeding with deep scratches half way up both arms and many many of the thorns having found a new home within your hands and arms .

 

Ivy removal is a complete treat compared to the above

 

O happy days

Littletree:thumbup:

 

Now thats more like it

[RobArb]

Motorway clearance is one of the hardist jobs I have done with many feet of dence continous blackthorn thorn towering above you and tearing you to bits as you are on the cutting or on dragging At the speed of sound . By the end of the day you land up bleeding with deep scratches half way up both arms and many many of the thorns having found a new home within your hands and arms .

 

Ivy removal is a complete treat compared to the above

 

O happy days

Littletree:thumbup:

 

 

To be honest i quite enjoyed motorway clearance, and especially the night shifts too, didn't think it was hard at all:confused1:

 

I'd have to agree on people/customers being the hardest aspect of arb:001_tt2:

[geoff]

Going out on the weekend to do quotations on a 30 mile radius now the light has drawn in,mind you I treated myself to a realy good scooter to get it all done in good time.

[Steve_C]

Bit I dislike the most is after leaving site - Getting rid of chippings, offloading/stacking timber/unloading/reloading gear for next day (especially at the moment when rhis is mstly n the dark) - when all I want to do is take my boots off and have a cup of tea!

 

Some great advice re Ivy through this thread though.

[Ewan Murray]

Palm especially a Phoenix palm , Crap to cut, full of possum crap, spike that go through trousers boots and hurt like hell for days afterwards, horrible to climb, lots of clearing up. Give me an ivy covered conifer any day of the week over one of these.