Paul Barton
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Asking questions like that isn't going to do you any favours mate! Got a map?!
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What's the matter with people?! I am sure a student would be glad of the work - if they're scared of a bit of manual labour they're better off on another course! I know I did quite a few days for peanuts when I started just to get a foot in the door.
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Oh no - sorry to hear that atree. All the best for a speedy recovery.
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What's the harm in putting an ad up here? Even if you are looking for basic labour for a basic wage I expect you might get an arb student or someone starting out willing to work.
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No offence like mate. You just did what you were asked to... don't know how you sleep at night:001_tongue:
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Frank, Butch=Masterblaster. Looks good Butch. Looks horrid Frank!!
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Very nice Reg. I would like to try that system. I am sure I would make it look a lot harder than you did though.
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Arbjobs.com Completetreecare.com Hortweek.com Arb Association website classifieds ..theres probably more...
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Great pictures Rupe - looked like a nice smooth job. Good to see people making the most of labour saving devices such as the block driver and mechanised splitter on site.
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In one of my local parks/esates - called Blaise Castle. You know it?
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Welcome to the forum Timberjack - hope you find it useful.
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Not work pics, but tree pics nonetheless. Second pic shows local Cedar of Lebanon that lost a very large limb due to weight of snow.
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Here you go - ripped this from a website using Google image search. Plenty of pics of the larvae on the net too.
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I had the same probs of transferring no-claims discount from domestic to commercial policies. I wouldn't back down on it as I had 4 years of no claims which made a big difference to the premium. In the end they accepted it but it wasn't easy.
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Chicken kebab.
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Depends really. I have heard that Midland pay pretty well - when they were advertising a while ago they were advertising something like £23-30k for climbers which I would say is well above average for an employed climber around here. Subbie climbers can command anywhere between £75-120 depending on how decent they are. I would say that wages are generally quite low in the south west though. I guess you'd want some good money to make the drive across the severn bridge worth it every day!
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Is Bristol too far for you to travel from Swansea? Midland Forestry are looking for climbers if you are interested. Also Silvanus who are based just south of Bristol.
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Good work Dean! Makes up for slipping off your own drive yesterday!
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No work for me today either. Were supposed to be in a woodland but access will be tricky with no 4x4.
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If they have a significant lean make sure you 'take out the ears' to avoid a barber-chair situation. Hopefully you'll do better than the blokes the other side of the river from us last week who pollarded a willow over the river - they just chucked all the brash in the water and waved goodbye to it!
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Great vids Reg - nice and smooth as usual. Loving the Louis soundtrack too! Look forward to seeing you tackle the beech if you also video that one.
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I happen to have looked at this beech a few months ago - I was asked by a contractor friend to do an 'informal survey' on the trees and recommend any works. The beech that failed was a twin stemmed tree that divided at about 12ft - the fork was included as they often are on beech but I noticed a small fruiting body on the union. We climbed up and had a look and to the best of my ability I reckon it looked like a small Ustulina/kretzschmaria deusta bracket. I doubted this for a while as I know they normally are found near ground level between butresses. Looking on aie.org.uk I see that they are fairly common in beech forks though. Hopefully this event will make the customers take my recommendation for their other beech tree more seriously too - it has a huge Ganoderma bracket on the stem about 10 ft up and the tree is within easy striking distance of the house. They are having it 'picused' on Weds so we'll see what that finds...
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Wow, you are a nice fellow! Nice to hear community spirit is still alive and kicking, good on you Andy.
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I see your point Lee but I am not sure what everybody is supposed to do on days like this. I think in the good old days people coped better because they didn't have to travel so far for work or school - communities were more compact and proper 'local' shops and trades survived well. Now that people commute further and we have these conditions much less often, we are far less adaptable than we were. I am at home today as I was due to do a survey in the cotswolds which I understand is pretty white. Bristol hardly has any snow but I haven't got another job for today up my sleeve unfortunately!
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Both - then clearly stating if certain items are exempt.
