benedmonds

As I understand it there is no scientific basis for stem diameter x 12 formula, no field tests and no real research. If there is I am happy to be corrected. A trees stem diameter has to get thicker every year, however it's rooting area doesn't. While I agree there is likely to be a correlation of stem diameter to root area, there is likely to be a correlation between height : root area or leaf area: root area, these are ignored in the formula. Sticking to what BS5837 says is too simplistic. It is a guide a starting point and hugely unrealistic.

I do on trees with disproportionate trunk to crown size, but normally specify some exploratory digging to ascertain if the roots actually are present. Lets face it the calculation has very little relevance to the real world. It gives a starting point to work from. Unfortunately many seem to think it is fact.

I was trying to preempt the give global a ring post

I never said they would rip me off.. Just charge more.... genuine parts are almost always more expensive but not always better.

Another solution, it's not rocket science... also not required if someone on here knew the answer.. I thought I would be able to figure it from the code on the pipe. It didn't come up on google, so I thought the simplest way would be to ask the helpful folk on arbtalk, save me a bit of bother if some one piped up yes its 16mm get it from pipesrus...

It may be 30 seconds to undo the jubilee clips, but first I have to drive to the yard, 30 mins, then to the nearest shop, 30 mins, then back to the yard, refit and then home.. More than 2 hrs.. If some one knew the size I would order it online, have it delivered to the yard and the operator will fit it in 10 mins and it would take me 10 mins to order.. So would save me 2 hrs, which is worth more then £25...

Good idea, perfect thanks

That will involve me taking it off.. and going to a shop.. I have learnt not to do the mechanical stuff, and I generally avoid shops for purchasing anything.. The internet has everything you need at the click of a button... I just wanted to order some so the guys can fit it. The mechanical side of Canopy is on holiday...

We have a possible reason for our HB20 issues. We have a perished fuel pipe. I would go to global but they will probably charge twice the rate of a general supplier... Can anyone decipher the numbers or know the size and someplace online to get some cheaply..

We took someone to court earlier in the year, who did similar refused to pay and started up another business straight away... Unfortunately for him my colleague who did the quote had not put the business name on the quote so we pursued him personally... The court sided with us.. not sure if we have seen any money yet.. It was not a huge amount £500 and must have been within his means to pay as he had the cheek to offer us a hot tub from his new business.. Moving forward in the future you can check companies house and see if directors regularly go bankrupt.. There are a number of free sites where you can get info. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04905417

How much do can folk get for biomas? We sell all ours for £10 a ton.

Thanks for the info.. Is a felling licence likely to be approved do you think? The trouble is if you do it in bits the the economies of scale don't work.. 3 or 4 days with a big chipper and a digger job done..

https://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-6dfkw6

I have a client with a large plot.. The previous owner planted 1,500m2 of conifers approx 100 trees, 15-20 years ago. They are now a dense stand about 6-8m tall. He wants to clear fell the site and there must be more the 5 cubic m... There certainly is if we are chipping it.. How do I find out if it is a garden and therefore exempt from requiring a felling licence? Or is it to young to count? I want reckon chipping all for biomass is the simplest solution, but he wants me to leave in 2.5 lengths so he can sell the logs to be chipped for biomass...? https://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-6dfkw6 The google maps is a few years old....

Members might get access. I am sure Paul will be along to sell the AA to the smaller outfit..

I said there was a small chance.. and yes you need to build it to a size where a manager can manage it.. But I know of a few that have been sold or taken over, and I know of a few owner operators who have just shut up shop.. I disagree with what you are saying about a climber however as a huge part of tree work is clearing up and low skilled tasks. It makes sense for a gardener using a free lance climber for specialist jobs and I guess if you only took difficult jobs that might be the case.. but not if you have the mix of works most tree firms deal with.. The example job I posted, demonstrated that point,. The best climber in the world was not going to have done that job a lot quicker then an average climber, he was not the slowest point in the operation.. You could have put more men to drag then you might have had a bottle neck at the chipper...

I don't believe they are free ant more. Available to AAAC's. or whatever acronym they use now for approved contractors

I don't get why you think the price has no relevance.. I was using it to demonstrate that £200 a day is not feasible day rate to pay a freelance climber in my area if you want to be competitive .. My pricing should cover a wage (some would say modest) for me and the other director, it should cover replacement kit etc. so the business should be able to sustain running exactly like that.. We have to run multiple teams if we want to take a wage while not actually doing much invoice-able work. We are getting older and don't want to have to climb trees every day. It might not work, but if you don't try you will never know... I agree the safest structure and probably more profitable in the short term (and sometimes more desirable) is owner operator team. But... that has a limited life span.... I don't deny that running multiple teams can be challenging and the rewards are not guaranteed... But, there are better exit strategies, there is a small possibility that the business could be sold, where as owner operator business are really only worth the tools.. The other option which I think preferable is putting staff in the place to do all the real work, while being able to pick and choose what you want to do into old age...

I have seen it a few times locally, watched one lime slowly decline over 6 or 7 years as more lesions appeared.

If you want to process it yourself pete we have plenty..

yes

If you would have quoted £900 to do that job you would NOT be competitive on price. Some one was willing to do it for £450. I don't see how anyone could have done more quickly (except with more men). No access for bigger machines, 10 inch chipper to process brash would have kept pace with the 2 groundies dragging.. Logs humped out by 2 guys while stumps ground out.. Return to yard at end of day with 1 truck full of chip and the other logs..

The market decides the "correct price.." I was using the job as an example to illustrate why I can't pay £200 a day for a freelancer climber.... Not because I as a business owner am shafting my employees, but because in my area you would not win much work if you were charging £900 a day, because there are companies charging £450..

The fuel filter has been changed twice, it is a Kohler 27hp petrol engine I believe..

The planning departments take even less notice then the developers.. Insisting that crappy trees with defects should be classified as A grade trees. They often have no concept of long term mitigation and would rather compromise a development to save a sub standard tree in the wrong place. Rather then plan for the future, remove the rubbish and plant replacements that would mature to suit the development...