Marc

still this thread is what do you think your worth. You obviously must know your worth a lot more than that. This is a cruel trade, at those rates profits can be hit hard when equipment fails or jobs go wrong/over run. This industry is messed up! The groundies where i work can get more than £100 a day climbers 125-150 but then realistically this is not the norm i'm not naive to think otherwise. But feel this is a more appropiate pay but still could be and should be better.

just seen the pics, its always hard when someone explains a tree to picture it, you can only ever base it on others you've seen. Judging by that pic its time has come.

Cedar is fairly durable perservering wood, like i said my observation has been that they can withstand large pruning cuts/failures it will shorten the trees safe usefull life expectancy but you may be able to keep it a few more years, its still your call. What ever you choose to do, unless your completely wrong i doubt the council would do you over, take photgraphic eveidence maybe even keep the failed section. And yes it does make great firewood.

The same sort of people who want climb trees on rope with sharp angry cutting instruments.

I like your thinking, deep down though its your call, for what its worth i've seen a couple of mature Cedars with large portions of crown missing some i think judging by the scaring/wound wood during the 1987 storms.

On topic how about industrial rope access?

Cracking tree Butch.

Amzing work Scott,

There are ways round it, you can register the vehicle as a special vehicle for forestry or related works, that way you can run on red and avoid using tacos and drive it with a normal license. This is only what some of those i work for do, so i'm not sure on the ins and outs and neither are the dvla/vosa on a recent stop by vosa in an ex-army 4x4 daf with hiab on a dual carrigeway they didn't like it but really couldn't find any fault in the way it was being used? Something to look into, I do like the trailer idea though it seems to work well for some. As for loler i don't think its much unless they find something wrong!

No thats actually a year on, we came back to do some minor work i'e take more weight off over the bike rack and gave it a nice big mulch circle.

This beech was reduce using a Silky and secatuers, in fact there is a pair in the water feature beneath it. Even large trees can do with delicate work. You can't see in this pic but the side over the bike rack was hit harder using a 200t and silky.

I work with a climber who shall not be named qtip who even gets out the felcos on Leylandii reductions, i think thats taking it to far. Other than that I tend to use a sharp Silky on 90% of my reduction work and will use the felcos if needed. Recently i got the odd compliment that i was pretty quick and smooth with the silky, he then added but if i only used the 200t i'd be even faster,

O.k Q. ilex i missed that, so i'd say it almost certainly is Inonotus dryadus

Inonotus dryadus me thinks, whats it on?

O.k i see where your going, i think i get it now. Probably didn't help that i had a 19st giant on the end of my line pulling for all he was worth damn near pulled me back to the top of the tree i was in, so i thought bugger this and just went lower and swang across. I guess i'll have to try it again sometime.

Viburnum opulus at a guess

What difference does that make if your no good? Not saying you are no good:001_tongue: Sometimes you'll get that as a one off, but to be getting that everyday? I guess what desired effect is asking is what our skills are truly worth, not what equipment you can bring to the party. Most good companies that will be getting the majority of big jobs will already have most of the kit, organise cranes etc, what they don't always have is the skilled climber so what the climbers experience and ability is worth is more relevent imo. I pride myself on safety and quality not speed, sure some can do it quicker than me but can they do it as good and safe, not always. Does this make me i worth less than a fast climber? The fact is i'm happy i always have work and good work so i cannot grumble even though i wish i could charge a higher rate. I feel i should be on 150-160 minimum a day the reality is not so and the exceptional climbers of which there are very few should be on over 200 a day. I am happy I earn enough to have a fairly comfortable living doing something i really enjoy that in itself is worth a lot, its my future that is not so clear cut i can't garantee what will happen I have aspirations we'll just wait and see, it would be nice to earn a higher rate to safe gaurd my future as i doubt i'll be a viable commercial treeworker past my fifties.

I have a couple of friends who use me very occasionally tht will pay me £200 or more a day. Most commercial tree outfits i work for pay no where near that not even the top climbers, and I work with some of the best.

See i totally disagree, i've worked with many fast workers, its not speed that is valueble experience and qaulity matters most, sure speed is usefull but experience is king. Being fast is not a maintainable way to climb, experiences is quickest. Apologies if i misunderstood you, i just think its important to point out that being quick does not make you a productive qaulity arborist, experience makes you fast through quicker thinking and smarter ways of working, with an ability to tackle anything.

Mine get relegated to rope of shame status, i'e drag lines pull lines and general abuse lines, all in the right siuation!!!

More than i'm getting, and more than i'd have any hope of getting.

Nice work Stevie, like the new Bandito.

Good job snake

Thats sounds proper cowboy i like it:laugh1: I may think about taking out the EGR if it'll still pass emissions i've heard it will.

Depends some will cover you abroad but you have to notify them first.