Felling & Clearing Sites

[treequip]

I think it's going to depend on who was responsible for checking if License was needed. Any contractor that blamed his employee would not only be a contemptible s**t but would get laughed out of court. If contractor says to client, 'I think you might need a felling license' and the client says 'stuff that, get them down' then it's the client's fault even if he has no fingerprints on the saws. The problem is as ever that if the client gets you in to advise on the logistics of clearing a site, how long it will take etc. and how much it will cost, and the contractor does this and is then appointed. The FC comes along with a fine. Client says 'I don't know anything about trees, this guy should have told me, he's the tree guy, give him the fine' and the contractor says 'it wasn't for me to check that the client was aware of felling licenses and the need for them, I'm just the cutter'. So who gets the fine?

 

Personally I intend never to be in that position. I advise and check anyway regardless if it's my respoinsibility.

 

That will not get the contractor out of trouble.

[LeeWill]

'it wasn't for me to check that the client was aware of felling licenses and the need for them, I'm just the cutter'. So who gets the fine?

 

Personally I intend never to be in that position. I advise and check anyway regardless if it's my respoinsibility.

 

It's always up to us to inform our clients of licences and the laws pertaining to tree felling. Yes, I do jump in quick, and sometimes cut my price just to get a sweet job closer to home, but whenever I take work from estates or landowners I always make sure they know all the risks involved with my work. Keeps my butt nice an clean

[LeeWill]

Pleading ignorance is never an excuse either.