the 'todays job' thread

[John Shutler]

Just now, Mark Bolam said:

£35k for a tree and it’s a co-dom!

i know mad isn’t it. thankfully tree selection wasn’t anything to do with me 

[Mark Bolam]

No, I did it.

 

I’ve already submitted a price to brace it, and hopefully I’ll get the fell in a couple of years.

 

💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷

[Conor Wright]

3 hours ago, Stere said:

Thats impressive/crazy wonder were you can buy one of thoose 35k trees from?

 

Assume alot of aftercare is needed for yrs?

 

Have you seem this documentary?

 

 

Root of the problem: the brutal creation of a billionaire’s pleasure garden | Film | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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New documentary Taming the Garden follows an ancient tree’s journey to a Georgian tycoon’s property – a tale of...

 

 

Smits Boomkwekerij

WWW.SMITSBV.NL

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Smits Boomkwekerij bestaat uit 200 hectare aan A-kwaliteit (haag)planten en solitairen...

it is impressive. 

its also eye wateringly expensive.

i planted a blue cedar from this company last year. 7.5k plus delivery.

You'd be surprised how many companies are growing to this size now. Can think of about 8 in Ireland and the UK alone. But Dutch quality beats them all imo.

Smits have €250k trees if that's your kinda thing. Personally I'd rather buy 250000 saplings at a quid each and wait, but who needs patience when you've got money.

 

 

[Stephen Blair]

Nice work John.

 

taking no prisoners on this job.

[Mark Bolam]

Armageddon!

How’s the new machine Stevie?

[Stephen Blair]

25 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Armageddon!

How’s the new machine Stevie?

Doing well, loads of power and stable ! 

[Conor Wright]

12 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Doing well, loads of power and stable ! 

How well does it handle the baby shear? I've a few jobs coming up where it may be worth my while getting one but I'm not convinced they're capable enough at that size.

[Rich Rule]

Decent sized Spruce removal.

 

Easy enough but a hairy bugger. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

[AHPP]

Bliss. Give me one of those every day.

[Rich Rule]

Was a PITA.  At least the first 10 metres was.

 

Branches as thick as your arm growing down over the trunk before growing outward.

 

It was like cutting from beneath a very wooden curtain.

 

had worse though.