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With all the talk about the economic climate does this not enhance the advantages of networking to many of us? If you are a small set up you could bring in specialist help as and when to enable you to quote for more work. If you run a larger concern you could sub out smaller, less profitable lobs to people happy to it, and also take on extra subies as and when required without having to risk employing more staff that you may not be able to sustain in the long term. Be interesting to hear peoples thoughts. Personally think working together when mutually benificial is the way forward.

My hedge is like a mechanics car, bolluxed

Nice one Lee, please count me in

Jamie, I know what you mean but just at the moment I have to justify everything I spend. Its the whole cost inc loss of income from time off. ps Dont go to the pub, spent too much time on arbtalk

When the wife gives up comlaining about the sawdust and just puts the hoover out ready for when you get back in from work. When you shout w****r when someone starts a chainsaw within hearing distance of your house When you service your saws at night instead of the wife.

Sorry to read this one a bit late. My price would have been about £1K, 1-1 1/2 days down + cleanup. As far a equipment goes I dont think it should make a any diff on the price for the job. The job has a value, the level of kit = productivity i.e. how many £1K jobs you can do in a week if you have the work. As far as day rates etc go mine are in general going up, prob with the exception of a bit of cash flow work like hedge cutting (where a domestic customer would prob go to B&Q to buy a hedge cutter than pay what they feel to be unreasonable prices)

Thinking twice about going now. Thought it would be worth traveling down to pick up a couple of bits n bobs and have a good window shop. Need to sit back and wonder if it is going to be worth it now.

Split level was the name I was given for that

Reduce in whatever way you see fit/best to give it a few years, move any targets and replant, replant, repalnt,...............

We all have to judge what to do when put in a given situation - then we have to live with it. Looked at a job on Monday: A Pine supposedly lifting the floor of a stable to come down asap. When I looked at it there is no imminent danger so priced to section down. Someone else could have priced to fell it at 1/3 cost, if that had been the case it would have been the customers choice and fair enough. I would still have been happy to have quoted and walked, standing by original judgement. Point being - make choices you can stand by without regret

Middle age and the wifes cookin = bigger ladder

Nice to see some good honest replies. Any of the climbers I have talked to round here laugh at ladders and go on an ego trip . Personally I would rather save what energy I have got for doing the job not pulling my lard-arse up a tree when it can be (safely) avoided. That said each to thier own!

Access only - too right Pole saws - keep lookin and thinking, you might just find ways to make your life easier Dont blame a pole saw for bad cuts, blame the person behind it.

At least they are trying to keep the dust down (2:00)

Cerin’s post got me thinking wondering how many will actually admit to using a ladder? I certainly believe in sweating as little as possible so my ladder gets used a fair bit (as does my HT75). I do of course always put my climbing line into the tree first, fully test my anchor point and have the ladder footed. Honest answers if possible

Got some of these the other month and seem OK. Only tend to steam when its raining and fit close enough to stop most dust. http://www.arco.co.uk/products/3U5901/148573/uvex_Athletic_Eyeshield

Nice to see ladders gettin the respect they deserve (To old/big/fat/unfit to think anything diff. )

I know a lot of the controllers on the Waste Water Plants say they would drink the final outflow but never actually seen any of them do it! Septic tank no chance IMO.

Got our house on the market (ohh bugger). Went into the estate agents today to see how thing were going, they had just had some avisers round who recon 5 if not 6 years to get things back on track

Heavy metals, neutriant diff, etc from sewage

Sorry Lee did not mean it to come over that I was offended, i wasnt. Its just a subject close to my heart. Its a hard subject to grasp and nearly everyone will have a different view. I think you have to be in that situation before it is possible to see how you body and mind react, no two people will be the same. My own personal experiance is that I automatically compensate; by thinking twice before I do something, re-postioning, etc, etc. One thing it does do is make you think to work within your own limits (not a bad lesson for many to learn!). Its amazing how much you get done working logically in a steady manner As a lot of you will know I am just getting things going again after being out if arb for too long, at the moment I still have a day job. For the record my Doc has told me to get back on the trees asap. Day job stress is doing my body more harm (muscle tension reacting with scar tissue etc) than being happy climbing trees will ever do. He has even watched me do big take downs etc to see how my body is positioned/stressed etc during climbing.

Good looking practical tool

Looks like it could be an interesting watch! http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/microsite/axmen/