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Did earlier in the year, mostly with evolution at the moment, Frank works for James now!!!

3 minutes ago, MattyF said:

Haha

Good to read you mate.

You still out most days tim ?

Yes mate, 6 days a week most weeks, done some monsters recently. But on the plus side we are done by 2 mostly, smash em out and feck off home?

3 minutes ago, MattyF said:

Thanks dude , that’s all it is though time , there are many out there quicker and more productive , all those years have given me is maybe the techniques n experience to get it done quicker, I’m certainly not a quick climber no more... and if I do climb quick and go all out I certainly feel it the next day , gone are doing 6-7 day weeks in a rope n harness.

You utter lightweight ?

Where abouts in Essex?

Is there any information on the ratio of diseased trees to what are deemed healthy trees that are to felled? 

Location may be handy.

How do large company's like these with multiple offices gain AAAC status? Is each office assessed or just the head office?

Morals, none whatsoever but I'm a subby, as Steve said though I do choose who I work for. A few decidedly iffy jobs spring to mind, but they were all above board and nothing illegal, if we didn't someone else would have.

31 minutes ago, beechwood said:

Fair play

Fuel can in the basket, that is a naughty no-no, not worth the risk even if it is a small 1.

To be a successful subby you need to be able to do any tree you are given with the equipment available. I sub too about 6 different co's with varying levels of gear ranging from virtually nothing to a 23m spider lift.

Most of my work is just run of the mill stuff with the odd crappy tree thrown in but this is because they know I can do whatever is asked. If someone only ever gets me me in for horrible trees then they are either charged a lot more £££ or more often than not I'd be busy. I don't like people that extract urine as it were.

I'll do it go 70, oh wait........it's not down to me

In all seriousness its an easy day and would be ideal for anyone wanting to get some experience and learn a few things. If your really lucky you'll get to witness the complete destruction of a greenhouse and shed.

Sorry to hear, a guy I sub too in N.Herts got done in exactly the same method a few weeks ago. Dragged a tractor away from the doors, cut off about 10 expensive padlocks. Lost the lot chipper,saws etc. Sounds like the same lot, maybe worth a mention to the police??

Thread hijack, I also have some large pieces of Box cut today, will take some pics tomoz if anyones interested in it.

A couple of pieces are 6"+ dia and around 3-4' long and quite a few smaller pieces

Forgot location:blushing: about 2miles from Royston in Herts.

Couldn't take pics as I've cracked the lens on my camera but there are 4 bits approx 8" dia and 4' in length. 1 of these has some decay but there is still 2' of useable timber. The other pieces are up to 6" dia and 3ish' in length.

I'll get some pics on monday and post them.

Thread hijack, I also have some large pieces of Box cut today, will take some pics tomoz if anyones interested in it.

A couple of pieces are 6"+ dia and around 3-4' long and quite a few smaller pieces

One of the most important things with hand signals I find as a climber is that you should only communicate with 1 person on the floor. As a freelancer I work with quite a few differant people and they all have simalar hand signals but you need to trust each other.

I will make it clear what I'm gonna do, wether it be knocking a bit out or where I'm gonna cut a lowered section so to give an idea of size and until I gett a thumbs up will not do anything, I will always only do this with 1 person that I trust and they trust me. Once your given thumbs up you have to trust that every thing is cool to cut, it's when you have to many people on the floor telling you differant things when things can go wrong if you pay attention to them all.

Good luck Will, you worked with me and Andy at Pakenham a few years ago when you were very very new to treework. Glad to see you have perservered with treework and seem to have found a realy good job which will inable you to see the world;)

The usual. Putting oil in petrol tank. And petrol in oil tank.

 

Blimey, youd have to be complete retard to do that, or dumb, or dumber than that, what a stupid thing to do!

I did it once when I started out, climber shouts down for a refill, which I did. Wrongly. I can't remember the exact phrases used, but it seemed to be a little derogatory, and questioned my parentage. Luckily I've only repeated it once since then, while laughing about the previous time with another, and guess what? I did it again. Of all the people I didn't want to do it to, simply because I knew how much stick I would be in for....for ever!!

 

Back from the dead, bit like this thread.

I remember it well, wondered why it was takin you sooooooo long to put the saw on, hiding in the bushes and the strong smell of petrol as you washed the tank out was a bit of a giveaway:lol:

The usual. Putting oil in petrol tank. And petrol in oil tank.

 

Blimey, youd have to be complete retard to do that, or dumb, or dumber than that, what a stupid thing to do!

I did it once when I started out, climber shouts down for a refill, which I did. Wrongly. I can't remember the exact phrases used, but it seemed to be a little derogatory, and questioned my parentage. Luckily I've only repeated it once since then, while laughing about the previous time with another, and guess what? I did it again. Of all the people I didn't want to do it to, simply because I knew how much stick I would be in for....for ever!!

 

Back from the dead, bit like this thread.

I remember it well, wondered why it was takin you sooooooo long to put the saw on, hiding in the bushes and the strong smell of petrol as you washed the tank out was a bit of a giveaway:lol:

I charge £850 + VAT for 2 men and kit per day

jeez do ya get much work at that rate?

IMO it looks crap,looks just like a pikey reduction

looks like a good job. how was the vibration from the 090?

thanx, you'll have to wait till Andy can log in to answer the vibration question(he's havin prob at the mo maybe due to not being able to feel his hands!!)

Great pics, what did you guys use to pull that spar over?

Andy's tirfor,not sure what it's rated at, but it did the job

Just a thought when I drop a trunk like that I always make a log pile for it to land on,means you can ring it up without cutting the floor,or put a strop round if the hiab will reach.

we thought of it but after the big bit outta the top piled some rings 2' into the floor we didn't bother,wasn't to bad in the end

Good photos! Why was the Beech removed? We had a similar job early autumn, a Beech that was finished off with Merilipus gigantues. Lovely old tree, the last of four in a row.

honey fungus and some other nasties around the crown,also the large limb over the power line was cracked and split

trying to upload video aswell hopefully post it up later