benedmonds
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Everything posted by benedmonds
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Can't beat the HH IMO, Merino, especially Icebreaker is great but too hot and won't last like your HH. If you call the commercial side of HH you can get the classic long lifa for £17. Unfortunately they don't do the orange anymore which they did last season.
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We've hired a tractor mounted post knocker from: Mick Dutton & Son Ltd The Workshop, Flawforth Lane, Ruddington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG11 6NG Tel: 0115 921 6492 Not a million miles from you, they also sell them.
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I would never advise (and I think most of "us guys" are the same) bad practice and would explain the likely outcomes it is the clients tree. I would state that the tree will likely become dangerous in the future. I do often convince clients not to reduce their trees and lose work because of it. Some folk won't listen and in the end we earn a living cutting trees and if they pay us to do work which we don't like that's something we have to cope with. Unless you've work coming out your ears and don't need the cash. There are some trees that I would not mutilate but they'd have to be special not just some silver birch.
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Looks just like the Rigidporous ulmaris I incorrectly ID'd on my PTI course.
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I've got standards but it's their tree and it's only a silver birch, it would make a nice habitat, topped and you could come back and fell it in a year or two and get paid twice. If you can afford to turn away work, good for you. I make recommendations but it's still only a tree..
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I've failed it at least once, waiting to hear how I did on my second attempt. I'm not to hopefull as I know I got two of the four fungi wrong and you need 70% to pass. I had them upside down, confused the hell out of me! As I've said in previous threads it is not a course to teach you anything it is an examination with a couple of days previous preparation. You shouldn't worry about spelling however as you are allowed books for the ID and Inspection part. What you need is a dried up old fungi ident book however as that's what you get, not the nice fresh specimens displayed in all my fungi books.
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To be honest I meant to have a better look but forgot. I saw what I thought were the bootlace rhizamorphs on the lower trunk under the bark as you often get with horse chestnuts. It was pretty covered in Ivy and like I say I meant to have a good look later. No photo's..
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It gets worse.. Today.. Good fun to do, I sat in the middle with the 441 dropping stems out. It had bleeding canker and possible armillaria.
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Not my choice although better than reducing it! What else would you call it? Fell to 6m.
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Inonotus hispidus
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Chip on the floor and logs left onsite, in big lumps! As to felling and replanting.. It's a great habitat, big rotten monolith. And as it will probably survive and will need to be pollarded every few years. More work in the future!
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I had a "quote" to do last week, crappy little plum with some deadwood, 20 mins work max. They spent about 20 mins in the garden asking advice about this that and the other plus the 10 min drive each way! Big waste of time. If a job is a long way away I will ask them what it is and if it sounds small I will wait until I'm in the area and give them a call.. I also send everyone (almost everyone) a written quote and invoice, no arguments about extras or you said.... Plus I'd forget the job some folks sit on a quote for 6 months or more.
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I was cutting a stump down a few weeks back, got some sawdust on the wheels of the car! Bloke went ballistic! I managed to stay calm just. I got a phone call a few hours later complaining. He didn't realise it was me he'd been on at, so I told him I'd have a word with the lad... He told me he didn't want me sacked which I thought was nice!
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The original spec from the TO was to reduce 25%.. But I kept putting it off and she found ganoderma so decided to pollard! Also lots of Inonotus hispidus in crown. Got another mature tree to "pollard" tomorrow.
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I'm planning to do the Prof dip there starting in January. Dave and Andy at treelife seem OK to me, both been lectures and both worked on the tools.
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Meindls are my choice on second pair.
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Try your council website, derbyshire is all covered, as is Nottingham city, they even have TPO'd trees on already. I just "print screen" paste into paint and edit out the bits I don't need. I've included the links for an example. http://derbyshiremaps.derbyshire.gov.uk/launch_portal.asp? http://webgis.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/website/nomad/index.asp?service=public_statistics&layers=statistics The land register is online but you have to pay.. http://www.landregisteronline.gov.uk/lro/servlet/TitleSearchServlet Forestry commision is also OK but not to the same detail as the previous. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-5zsrct I'm not sure/don't bother about any copyright issues...
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Just take your lead from your boss. He'll get a nice high tie in point , get one similar then let him start/ define the new top. If he goes one way round the tree and you the other you'll meet at the other side. You want to be making similar cuts to him. He should be about 10 times quicker than you and you'll learn that reducing isn't as easy as it looks. Also stick with your rear handled saw ansd silky, it might be slower but he's going to do most of the tree anyhow. I'm not meaning to be rude but moving round big trees takes experience and it doesn't sound like you have it yet. Being up the tree with another climber who's going to do most of the work allows you to take your time and not worry about the job not getting done. oh and 50% is wrong, but sometimes the customer is right..
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Giles, have you/would you also add shadows and max height and spread to the trees? The Tree life BS5837 course recomended that you do.... I'm not sure I agree but interested in what others do/think.
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If your being picky, Latin names should be in italics or underlined (which it will be now in the box above)
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Apparenty the renaiming is not set in stone and the people who renamed it are saying you can use either??
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I saw an american tree guy give a talk a few years back, they air spaded big mature trees. Removed all the soil and just picked them up with a big crane. Stuck them in their new home with root system intact.
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Every quote gets added to outlook. I can then search for them and job details just cut and paste into the notes box. I used to put reminders to ping up at me for late payers and tpo's etc but don't bother anymore.
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It's been covered in previous threads but the flat rate scheme works for us.
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We don't need a crane but wouldn't it speed it up? Having never used one I don't know. Especially for the butts. Just pick them up and lie them down. Less sawing/sawdust etc.. It would also be good experience for a when I NEED a crane.. At £280 a day +VAT I guess it needs to help 3 men's worth. I might get one for a days to give it a try.
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