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  1. benedmonds
    It not relevant how many companies you work for... an employee could work for 3 different firms each day and a sub contractor could work for one company for 6 months or longer.. i don't understand why people find it difficult to understand. Eggs explained it.
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    I found this oak last week with strange marks. Any ideas? The marks circled the stem in a rough line at several different points up the stem. The tree is otherwise in good condition.
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    And perhaps give him a bottle of something for sorting it out..
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    I have been told you also get added to a list so are more likely to get pulled in the future..
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    Looking at purchasing a MEWP. What do folk like/dislike. It will be used.. Thinking a budget £20-£30k. It needs to be reliable.. I think we need 20m min. I don't think we can afford or need tracked. In the past we have used the 3.5 toners with the folding lifts, but feel the straight lifts look stronger? No real reason to think that.. Also considering 7.5 tonners. While it might make drivers and access more complicated I feel they are less likely to have been abused as normally hired with operator.. I feel they are better put together then 3.5 ton trucks and subjected to 6 weekly checks. Also looks like a good selection in the Netherlands. Is it easy to import or is bringing over a non local machine likely to cause more maintenance issues if no local dealer?
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    Milo – Coming Soon WWW.OKMILO.COM This start-up popped up on my Facebook. If it works and could be adapted could be useful..
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    Pretty close.. Rope.
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    This had me stumped..
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    I only mentioned it was legitimate as I didn't want the contractor undertaking the works or anyone else viewing the post to feel I was suggesting the contractor had done anything wrong. The tree owner obviously can do whatever they want to unprotected trees. Interesting you would charge your full fee. I am not comfortable with that so will charge a reduced fee for my time spent preparing and visiting the site. I am not going to spend time creating an AIA and TCP when by tomorrow there will be no trees!
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    Turned up to do a 5837 that needed doing yesterday.. Only to find two diggers happily removing everything.. All perfectly legitimate as they are the neighbours trees and not protected.. Do I complete my survey with no trees and bill them as quoted? Bill them for a wasted trip? Forget about it?
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    No one has mentioned any examples of actual methods that could be used to reduce the risk of heave if removing a tree was deemed to be a high risk.. Are there any? You could just retain vegetation and hope it doesn't die? Most seem to think staged removal is a waste of time as the soil will still rise the same amount. Has a house ever been underpinned because there is a risk of heave? Can you install a barrier, to ensure a soil remains in a dedicated state?
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    Did you recruit from Poland, or did they find you in the UK?
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    But in this case there is no structal damage to the property. The client wants to protect against the event of damage due to heave. As I understand it, there is a small chance of it happening, and even if there was a high chance there is no economic solution.. You are not going to underpin a house because there "might" be a chance of heave. Therefore a survey is pointless. You remove the tree in one go then fix any damage. Or are there other techniques that I should be aware of..?
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    I am not trying to be argumentative, genuinly interested. Let's assume we get a report. Costing hundreds if not thousands , as presumably we need soil samples for an engineer to make any conclusions. What will it say? Will it say more than high, medium or low risk? And if it does say high risk what are the actions we can take to lower the risk..
  15. benedmonds
    Stop scaring the op. An expensive report would tell you nothing... It might give you a likelihood or risk level of heave damage occurring. But even if high risk (which it isn't. See daltontrees posts) the solution is to remove the tree and repair the problem.
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    I often put the site office on the RPA. It's the best way to ensure it won't get used as a dumping ground for all the other crap.. My thoughts are it is much more difficult to move than a bit of heras fencing, although to be honest I doubt any of my AMS's ever get more than a cursory read.
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    I also have no idea what it means? But I am still looking for climbers, preferably with more experience than: "I helped my mate once." PAYE or Freelance..
  18. benedmonds
    Position for the right person to become a team leader. We run 7.5 ton and 3.5 ton trucks. We have an avant loader and loader tractor to help save your backs.. We have 10 inch chippers to speed up processing. GRCS and the best kit. This is a great opportunity for some one who wants to progress in the industry.
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    It can be so demoralising writing AMS. I have been asked to prepare a report on this lime tree by the residents of a new build close. An AIA and two AMS' were written (not by me in this case) but completely ignored.. TPO'd lime tree. There was an AMS prepared in 2014 which was ignored, I had a look at the tree in April 2019 where it looked fair but suggested returning in the summer to check In the winter of 2020 they had to redoo al the block paving as they were having drainage issues.. Another AMS was written (and again completely ignored) they pulled up all the block paving and replaced with cellular confinement system, air spaded, added new drains and repaved.. Who should get the blame. The original developer? The contractor during the initial build? The contractor replacing the block paving? Or the council for failing to insist on proper arb supervision... Has anyone ever had a builder follow the plans written in an AMS? Why do we bother...?
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    I didn't know you could do that.. Is cheaper that way or can you just get rid when you have had enough... As to the OP. I am with Matty leave the UK.. I regularly regret setting up and settling down in the UK.
  21. benedmonds
    Looking for another climber..
  22. benedmonds
    Does anyone have any recommendations for places to hire from? We got one from Nottingham a while back but theirs is on long term hire. Doesn't have to be very big. We have a massive hedge to reduce
  23. benedmonds
    Consider the Flat Rate Scheme too.
  24. benedmonds
    We had 2 a crewcab and a standard tipper, they always felt underpowered and overweight. It is maybe because I was used to the 6.5 tonner which was a great arbtruck. We do have big chippers but they would struggle when compared to the 6.5 ton Iveco or the 3.5 ton Isuzus.
  25. benedmonds
    I am a fan of the bigger Ivecos 6.5 ton and 7.5 ton. But we had two 3.5 toners and I don't rate them..

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