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Fflint, don`t let any of that put you off. My experience of tree surgery bears no resemblance to some of whats been said. Everybody works hard. Its no big deal. `Young guns competing on the lowest price` is not the only way to run a business. How you do in your arb career depends entirely on you - not an `industry` made up of thousands of people you will never meet if you live to be a hundred.
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If an experienced freelance climber that makes good money for your company breaks a gutter, I`d let it go. ( If he doesn`t make you good money, I`d let him go ). Whatever happens on your job is your responsibility. Even if a subcontractor lost the plot, its your responsibility to your customer. If you don`t trust your staff to work how you`d like, spend more time on site. Loads of work and staff-related stress: increase your prices substantially and everything else will fall into place. imo
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That is good advice EastYorkshireTrees. Marketing goes way further than an ad in Yellow Pages. This sounds scary but it honestly works. The simplest and quickest thing you can do to improve the positioning of your business in the eyes of your customers is increase your prices.
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They probably won`t be interested then. Its an advert for work. That`s all. Everything is negotiable.
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7 years to learn a trade. I`m looking for above average. (10 years sounded too round a number and doesn`t catch the eye.) If you`ve gone past 9 years of experience in tree climbing, you`ll know what I mean.
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First-class, freelance tree climber wanted, to work 2-4 days / week for energetic, young tree company in Manchester. Start in September. 9 years-minimum climbing experience: reductions and removals. Great clients. No hedge trimming. Happy co-workers. £ 140 / day. pm me if you`re interested. Exceptional candidates only, please.
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I`m looking into a Eurocargo truck - 12 ton/ 220 bhp: http://www.furrows.co.uk/Newcars_html/Iveco/PDF_Files/Eurocargo/4x2%20Rigid/120E18S.pdf with a Palfinger fold-away crane: http://www.palfinger.com/palfinger/971_EN.pdf I don`t need off-road, but I`m also looking for a one-rig solution for chipping and timber.
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Looks great, Ed. Very sharp and tidy.
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and VOSA.
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I`m thinking the same. I also don`t think it`s a waste of time or energy just climbing up the tree `free-style`, but tied in. It`s nice to get warmed up slowly, figure out the finer details of your game plan and look around for any nasty surprises not visible from the ground. Marc, your website is brilliant.
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Lee - good post. Operators license is a pain to get, but well worth it. You have to provide bank statements for recent months showing you have at least 3k in your account. Concerning Ag spec, I`ll throw this into the mix as well. Forestry is the cultivation and harvesting of trees on a woodland estate. Arboriculture is not forestry. Discuss.
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Insurance companies will gladly take your money, but if you have an accident there is no way they need to pay up if you`ve no tickets. Explaining this to the wife of your injured worker may also prove very uncomfortable.
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Think of the money. Stretch.
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I also think this is the way to go. 12 employees. Bloody hell! What a nightmare that could be. A one-crew tree firm can be very profitable if its running efficiently and consistently. When we started getting more work than one team could handle two teams seemed the only option. Increasing our prices proved a much simpler and more profitable way of solving that problem.
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Hi Johnboe, you have very little experience really but I don`t think that needs to be a problem. Reliable, honest and attentive to what every one else is doing on a job. Always on the look out for what you can do to help get every job finished efficiently. If you can help out on the ground, climb suitable trees when needed and turn your truck into a chip-box you will be worth more than £80 a day and always have work. Experience in a trade or skill apparently takes about 7 years or 10,000 hours. Working for a few different firms self employed will get you there no problem. Good luck.
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cool pics, skyhuck. Good work. You`re loving your new crane I bet. Did you get the whole job on in one go ?
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I was thinking the same. I would be quoting that for at least £1500 inc VAT. For most people price is not a strong factor. They tell you it is but it is not. I`d also want to be very clear with the client on what gets chipped or not, how big he wants the logs and which side of the wall all the logs are to go.
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Welcome Mesterh :wave:
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Outstanding work again, Reg. Turn up on a saturday morning to remove a tree like that.The work has to be finished by the end of the day. Spend over 4 hours waiting for the clients to deal with their car. Every last log and scrap of sawdust off site before 5 pm. Surround yourself with exceptional people and its a piece of cake.
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I`m with you there Ed. The shape is great and all but I`m curious. What`s the difference between that and topping ?
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Thats what I use on every tree every day. Never gets sappy.
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It is possible to offset the deductions each month against your employees` PAYE / NIC payments. This way you get the deductions back monthly rather than annually.
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Who`s saying the customer is paying us to remove their waste / tree ? Our customers pay us to get the tree on the ground - they let us take the logs and chip to make it cheaper. Officer.
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That is always the best way to avoid trouble and guarantee delighted customers. `the original request was "just make it look nice".` This should be ringing bells, surely ?
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You are correct. ...rather than from someone called nailer on a tree forum.
