Favourite part of the job.

[Robert_S]

Making enough money in two days so i don't have to work the next five, thats the reason i do this.

[Ian Clarke]

any job can be made nicer by working with a good team. * I don't always work with the same groundie/climbers.

 

a nice big rigging job and like steve bullman was saying about making big pieces land in small gaps but doing it with rigging and not pinging the boss out of the tree at the same time.

 

there is no type of work I prefer over the other its the feeling on the day. nice customer not too many targets groundie's are on it like sonic not too hard of a clear up.

[kentjames]

Getting out of the tree and having circulation return to your wedding tackle...

 

Other than that, I really enjoy showing and teaching others especially easier ways to do something I have learnt or been taught myself over the years.

 

Payment works, logging into my account and seeing our main maintenance contract has paid us for a years work in advance worked for moral!

 

Buying and using new equipment - who doesnt like a new toy!

[stihlmadasever]

Getting out of the tree and having circulation return to your wedding tackle...

 

Other than that, I really enjoy showing and teaching others especially easier ways to do something I have learnt or been taught myself over the years.

 

Payment works, logging into my account and seeing our main maintenance contract has paid us for a years work in advance worked for moral!

 

Buying and using new equipment - who doesnt like a new toy!

 

If your knackers are getting pinched you need to change your harness mate,or maybe your just a bigboy...ahem nuff said

[Tree Man Tom]

Working with a good bunch of blokes always makes for a good day no matter how crap the job is. Also when someone says thank you or well done... simple things like that mean a lot to me

[Billhook]

It has only happened twice in the twenty years that I have owned the Lucas Mill. When a huge tree has come down in someone's garden which has no access for any vehicle.

Both times a tree surgeon has called me because the owner wants the wood planking. The surgeon has done all the boring work and tidied up the brash and left me with a couple of 20 foot long logs nearly four feet across at the widest with the oak, less with the walnut.

 

~My only worry is metal in garden trees which did not happen in these cases.

 

The first was a farmer who wanted 8x8" gate posts from his oak and he was really chuffed with the result.

 

The second was on a large walnut where I had a cabinet maker standing alongside telling me the sizes he wanted as he was making a desk and some furniture for the owner.

 

Sunny days both times, no metal and we put tarpaulins down for the sawdust and running boards for the arbtrolley so at the end there was hardly a mark on their precious lawns!

 

But apart from two very happy customers, I really enjoyed the days, sitting on the log at break time in the sun with a cup of tea and biccys, no breakdowns just everything going perfectly.

 

Just wish it was like that every day!

[the village idiot]

Coppicing and re-establishing rides in neglected woodland for me.

 

It's really satisfying to look back after a hard days toil to see the vista completely changed, with light flooding in and piles of logs for milling, firewood and charcoal neatly stacked for extraction, and knowing that your efforts are going to give a massive boost to the wildlife.

 

Almost topped by walking through the same area the following summer and being surrounded by bees, butterflies and plants you've never seen before.

 

It's magical! But not in a wizardly way you understand.

[Taupotreeman]

I dunno what mine is; it changes. One of them though is sitting around at the end of the day with colleagues that are also my friends, chewing the fat and winding down after busting ass non stop to get that big job done and dusted. Just kinda hanging around and talking about nothing in particular in the full knowledge that you've absolutely smashed it.