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Everything posted by benedmonds
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You would also need o licence, tacho and do your cpd for driving.
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If your think you might expand it's worth applying for extra vehicles so you don't have to reapply in the future.
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We were with NFU for years, one year we renewed and they added the 6m clause without telling us.. Don't normally bother reading the small print when we renew so nearly missed it. We still use them for our 4 vehicles..
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The thinning was an issue for me as I don't generally specify thinning on anything other then previously hacked trees and they want to see works to a maiden tree.
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Reg Harris assessed us. He was good, thorough but fair I felt. We were in pretty good shape as we have had Paul Elcoat give us a thorough going over.. We also attended the pre-assessment with AA Techie Paul. It is quite daunting being tested all day and having your work and knowledge thoroughly examined... Been meaning to do it for ages, but when another local firm did it had to pull my finger out... Who assessed you tom?
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We did our own, wasn't difficult as I recal.
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We had our assessment today and passed!
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I know but these threads make employees think they are underpaid and I like to redress the balance.. (Maybe it's just my employees...)
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I don't wish to derail another thread on how much a freelance climber gets.... £90 -£150 seem normal. But I think if you look at your figures you might not be WAY better off being freelance. There are obviously other advantages just thought it interesting to compare. On the books: £70 a day (253 week days in year including 28 days paid holiday) so £17,710 per year. Freelancer 100 a day (225 days working 28 days holiday) assuming full employment£22,500 - (PPE, saw and chain, climbing kit, training, National Insurance contributions, accountants/time in the office, increased travel distances etc etc..). That got to cost at least £2,500 a year.. Perhaps a subbie would let us know their annual costs? So you are £2290 a year or just over £9 a day better off. With no sick pay and other benefits of having regular employment. Such as easy days and early finishes:001_smile:
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I'd hold out till you can afford a decent bandit HB20 or similar. Our first grinder was an old vermeer, nothing but trouble, second was an not so old greenmech, nothing but trouble.. Splashed out on a new Bandit, still had some issues.. Might just be me but stump grinders seem to have a hard life..
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Cheers Kev. They did give us a few extra teeth when we asked, but I don't think they normally do.. I would have liked plenty incase we hit something.
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Can't it feed the chipper?
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An issue we had hiring grinders was that they didn't want to give us spare teeth. We had the machine a few days and teeth can and do get damaged. I understand having to pay for them, but doesn't it make sense to give us a load of spares that we pay for if we use? OUr grinder goes out with a bucket load of spares when it goes out.. I also dislike paying for sharpening, seems like a bit of a con and should be included in the price of hire IMO.
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Three local places to look: Park hill training Dart Broomfield
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I had 5 guys, two trucks, big chipper sent away from a job a few weeks back as we didn't all have our cscs cards..! This was after I had emailed Method Statements, SSRA, generic RA, insurance etc, etc... The most annoying thing is if they had told me I would have sent guys with cscs cards! I have not done the course. But been told it is pretty simple if you have read the book. Costs around £100. On site inductions can be a real PAIN.. We have wasted hours waiting around being "inducted" on sites. Irritating if it is only a small job.. Also remember that the builder will probably knock off 20% for the CIS scheme and take at least 6 months to pay you! If they don't go bust..
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We have a number of times. Always been good grinders. They don't always have the BIG machines in. Admittedly it can work out easier (if not cheaper) to get someone into do the stumps. Works out reasonable if you need it for a week but short hire is more expensive. If you can get the big carlton (78hp) with the dozer blade go for that...
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Was that your tie in point? You would have probably found it easier if you had put it higher.
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We are getting busy and in need of freelance staff. Climbers and groundies. No permanent positions as yet but our current full time staff started as freelancers with us.. Drop me an email with your experience, qualifications and day rates. Ben [email protected] 01332 875 869 Best Tree Surgeons in Nottingham, Loughborough & Derby Offering Professional Tree Surgery Work | Canopy Tree Services
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How much discount on unseasoned wood sales?
benedmonds replied to adowning7's topic in Firewood forum
I'd do the opposite, season it outside then move it into sheds when you have sold the stuff under cover. We season our logs outside in the open. 2 years or so outside then split and cover it. You only need a month or two in the shed to dry out seasoned logs IMO. Others obviously disagree, I'm not one for moisture meters and am sure those of you who keep them undercover for two years have a great product but personally think you are wasting a lot of resources. -
Just make sure there are no logs in it when spreading. We did allot of damage to a muck spreader years back when a stray log went in..
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Make one and all the utilities guys will want one..... £50k sounds rather allot.. What is a 1928 without the crane?
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For utility work it would be great, one guy felling and moving along the other sat on the chipper following after..
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It is possible then.. But that jenson looks underpowered..
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Are there any out there? I have only seen BIG machines with cranes. Surely a small forestry grab on a SAFE-Trak 19-28 would be great! Come on Pete build us one..
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