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I had a Mazda bongo, it was mint when it arrived, despite its age.. Never had any issues. Regularly search on Japanese sites looking at land cruisers.

Just realized our MEWP hire company has been charging us for hired in plant insurance at 20 percent of the hire cost. When we have hired in plant with NFU.. I don't pay our invoices so not seen them, but we have been hiring a truck mount full time for last few months and noticed the nearly £3k a month was rather more than I was quoted..

There is no reason why you couldn't invest in the kit, truck, chipper etc.. start up a tree business and employ a climber. I would suggest you would want at least to have a rescue ticket. Then you could get in a free lance climber or employ one. It's not the route most take, but not sure the route most take is the best route.. Another option would be to go into business with a partner. When we started Canopy my business partner was a similar age to you, he had done little in the way of arb and had only done his basic tickets. I had the ARB knowledge and did most of the climbing. Not sure I would recommend it. I am sure there are easier ways to make a living. I have been in business nearly 18 years and it's not getting any easier..

I think bik is 1% raising to 2%

Has anyone done this? What are the actual cost savings.. I know some of you are pro the benefits of leasing. My personal view has always been buy a car after the initial depreciation has gone, I am not fussy about extras or having a new car, I can't get over the fact that is going to have cost me £x000s as soon as I have driven it out of the showroom. But my accountant suggested buying an electric car had potential tax benefits.. I am trying to get my head around what those actually add up too. Kona on 24 month lease would cost me £7,500 a year. Electric would be less than £500 if my sums are right.. the benefit in kind is another £400..? No tax. Insurance.

Has anyone done this? What are the actual cost savings.. I know some of you are pro the benefits of leasing. My personal view has always been buy a car after the initial depreciation has gone, I am not fussy about extras or having a new car, I can't get over the fact that is going to have cost me £x000s as soon as I have driven it out of the showroom. But my accountant suggested buying an electric car had potential tax benefits.. I am trying to get my head around what those actually add up too. Kona on 24 month lease would cost me £7,500 a year. Electric would be less than £500 if my sums are right.. the benefit in kind is another £400..? No tax. Insurance.

I don't think target fixation is the problem with trees, it's more excess speed and drivers losing control. Interestingly the wiki description mentions paragliding and I have a vivid memory from 25 years ago crashing a hang glider in a classic target fixation moment. Loads of space to land and I went straight into this boat. Quite embaracing as we were promoting tandem flights infront of a packed restaurant at the time..

Apparently 3000 people a year killed in the US driving into trees.. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.irf.global/wp-content/uploads/Bradley-Winkelbauer-The_Killer_Tree_Problem.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi10OTckIvzAhVRglwKHZbuCqQQFnoECEUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0UMM2QuZMn6SUdgK8zWZyB There are 2 trees both within a mile of where I live which young men/boys have killed themselves by driving too fast into them the last few years. Both now shrines with attached football kits and photos.. I guess felling all roadside trees could save quite as few lives, but I would suggest that would be a disproportionate response..

I see that now... 😃 We had strimmed and sprayed it a few years back, then the rhus wasn't the problem, the backgarden was 6ft of brambles. I didn't even look at the site last year, he called and I just sent the guys to strim and spray the regrowth. Was a shock to see the re growth..

The back garden is the same but bigger.. It looks like we fertilised it rather than herbcided it..

We strimmed a chaps garden in May, left it for a couple of weeks then sprayed with roundup. He called us back and asked us to do it again 4 month later.. I think we need a better solution as it is way worse that it was in May. Anyone a better method of control..

It seems logical that young drivers with little training are going to be considerably higher risk and that training would reduce the risk. There are relatively few tractors so will be relatively few incidents but that also means relatively little training would be involved to upskill the young farmers. However the farming community is a pretty strong lobbying force that resists change especially when it concerns the health and safety and factors that make running small family farms more expensive. Most teenage boys do stupid things. A quick search (as I am not that interested) and I found this research that states: .. young tractor drivers (aged 15 to 24) account for an above-average proportion of accidents compared with this age group‘s share of the population as a whole.. https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/9ee83ee8-5013-4910-8c14-7080f0166745/09_2_DE report_UDV-kompakt_RisikoTraktor.pdf

Just because they have stupid rules for farmers doesn't mean it makes sense to get rid of sensible rules for towing. The sensible thing to do would have been to have a training for tractor driving. Kids driving tractors and trailers is frankly scary..

I bet the chipper manufacturers who have spent a fortune getting sub 750kg chippers are going to be pissed and I imagine the sub 750 market will probably take a dive. It's going to make my life much simpler..

Alot can happen or not in 6 to10 years and 100,000 miles.. We have have had 2 Iveco 3.5 tonners, one crew cab tipper and one standard. I did not rate them as ARB vehicles. The 6.5 ton however was great. Personally prefer the Japanese trucks for 3.5 tonners. We have an izusu, mitsubishi and Nissan now all good.

I don't want a battle, I want a practical engineering solution so the wall can be repaired without damaging the tree.

I have come across this a few times but never really been happy with any solutions. What advice would you give to a client with a retaining wall being damaged by a tree. Builders normally want to remove the trees so they can excavate rebuild. Others are will just remove the wall and cut any roots in the way. In this case the tree is protected as is the wall... I am nervous that if the wall is removed stability could be compromised but not sure of any tried methods that others might have used.

I am sure I heard someone on the radio recently possibly gqt who recommended replacing box with plastic plants as box is so difficult to keep alive these days..

I have a client, with some root issues. It is a private estate and they care about the trees. But is is open access and trip hazards obviously a major concern. They are planning on resurfacing the roads. The trees are very important, TPO'd and have to be retained. I have told them not to cut any roots over 25mm without arb advice, but they have a road planer going in and I am pretty sure they will just want to make if all level. Any one any experience/solutions? Is there flexible tarmac that is suitable for road surfaces? My solution would be to lift the road levels, possibly creating a speed bump like road structure. Bit even that is likely to be a temporary fix. Are there any good solutions for the footpaths as they spend £1000's each year trying in vain to keep them in order.

Hmm, or you could just get a petrol saw..😉

I imagine you would have to jump through all sorts of hoops for the council to give permission. But if you looked the part and were sensible about it I doubt you would get any bother. Stick on a high Viz. That gives you permission to do what you like..🙂 Especially an orange one.

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If you are selling to a VAT registered company they won't care.

I certainly consider edvit.. but that adds another level of complexity and having to rely on someone else.. When I quoted in January it was very wet and the local groundsmen said it was often like that in summer. I didn't want tracked vehicles on site digging it up, access is not great and you couldn't get an artic down to chip straight into. Our bc1000 happily chipped the tops and 4 guys with the Avant haven't had trouble keeping up with the grapple saw. Ferrying the chip to our yard has kept someone busy but it will still all get sold. I don't believe there was a bottle neck so not sure bigger machine fed chippers would have speeded up the job. We do have a big pile of wood but that will also be sold for biomas.

I know the grapple saw guys promote themselves pretty well.. But we have had Wallace Timber in helping us Pollard 36 poplars at a park.. It is pretty cool.. VID-20210818-WA0006.mp4