benedmonds
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That was not the case in this instance.. It was on a dual carriageway, the A6.. The alternative was lots more driving, even more wading and utterly pointless! I was stuck in sawley by the plank and leggit!
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Only 1 passed us! If we do get in the news no publicity is bad and all that. We weren't there long and could drive once pulled out! I was trying to gain a few inches driving on the verge, thought the ditch was the otherside of the hedge. I did a quote there last week and drive past it twice a day! It was one of the better parts of the day as I was on the way to pick up one of the apprentices to take to A and E who had cut his hand with a silky.... Trying to get home then became a nightmare, I bottled out of the 500m wade after watching a disco do it, but was nearly attacked by a locals when I ignored a road closed sign in order to drive through about 5m of 25cm deep water to avoid a 8mile diversion. She tried to send me back through it with cries of get his registration! from onlookers.....
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Thought I'd own up and post this before anyone else... (eddie) Feeling pretty stupid!
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We have a 250. Which I think is bigger then the 350? It is a great machine. Heavy at 2.2 ton. He's got ear plugs in...
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We have a small Bandit which is great for garden jobs and will cope with big stumps, but looking at avoiding hire costs (especially when they wont give you spare teeth) for big machines when we have a lot of big stumps. We have a tractor and "most" of the big stumps have good access. Are the PTO machines any good?
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The previous CE "Nick Eden," was a self employed tree surgeon and TO I believe. It might be good to have someone from the outside word pushing the AA along..
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I would be open/interested in doing just that.. I do want one but £2,000 is alot for something we might only use once or twice a month..
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I have a number of big trees in small spaces but can't get my head round the outlay, never having used one.. Does any one have one they could let me use... We can come to some mutually benifitial arrangement.
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I know I posted on other posts but thought it could do with a post of it's own.. AshTag is a free tool to help you do your bit to track the spread of the Ash ‘die back’ fungus and limit its impact. The development of AshTag has been led by the University of East Anglia's Adapt Low Carbon Group in partnership with the IAS. ashtag.org
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Bad News Ash Disease discovered in East Anglia
benedmonds replied to arbwork's topic in Tree health care
AshTag is a free tool to help you do your bit to track the spread of the Ash ‘die back’ fungus and limit its impact. The development of AshTag has been led by the University of East Anglia's Adapt Low Carbon Group in partnership with the IAS. ashtag.org -
AshTag is a free tool to help you do your bit to track the spread of the Ash ‘die back’ fungus and limit its impact. The development of AshTag has been led by the University of East Anglia's Adapt Low Carbon Group in partnership with the IAS. ashtag.org
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Point is £500 per week is £23,000 , pretty close to a £25,000 annual salary. I don't see why tax is anything to do with it, we all (should) pay tax. We can compare freelance salaries with employed annual salaries both within arb and in other industries. A quick look on earborist shows a job for a utility climber at £19,000, therefore a freelancer earning £100 a day is £4,000 a year better off, then the employed climber. £23,000 is apparently the average for a graduate job.
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If you do the sums £100 a day for 230 days a year is £23,000 a year. That allows for holidays..
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I posted this before but it is still valid, the data might be a little out of date. The Labour Force Survey, For non-graduates, show that average earnings were around £15,000 for 22-year-olds earnings increased every year until the age of 30 before levelling off and peaking at £19,400 at 34. So taking 230 work days a year (4 weeks holiday etc) £65 for a 22 year old to - £84 a day for a 34 year old freelance worker. Annual salary equivalent £120 a day works out at £27,600. £150 a day works out as £34,500 . £190 per day a pretty good £43,700.. Are many of the small business owners making that? I bet they are working more then 230 days. Admittedly you do have more risk as a free lancer but also have freedom..
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Quick google and I find you can buy Heat Proof Screed. Now why didn't my HEATAS installer know that? Looks like it's worth using round normal installations, I had plaster cracking round my free standing morso to.
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That's the information I needed.. What does screeding involve? I rekon Morso make some of the best stoves, had a squirel (another small stove) in last house, can't fault them, but you do pay for it!...
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We had 10km of council hedges to do and hired a finger bar cutter and compact tractor. Sent it back after a couple of days as the finish was not good enough, clearup a pain as you need to rake waste of the tops. Quicker to have an extra man who can cut and then help clear up IMO.
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We fitted a Morso insert stove as we have a narrow room in a modern house. You save a lot of space as you don't have to have the gap at the back. Also looks modern which works in our house. Cost more to fit however and the plaster around the top is cracking.
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This is why I get annoyed if guys go for a breakfast cob on the way out in the morning....
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I would tend to agree but the observer is a "quality paper" rather than a "red top..." The other research papers I have seen data is a few years old.
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From the Observer today: A killer fungus has attacked ash trees across northern and central Europe, prompting pleas for the UK to ban sapling imports. But it may already be too late Die-back kills off 90% of Denmark's ash trees. Britain faces a similar threat | World news | The Observer
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I find MS200's only last 18-20 months, after that they tend to be unreliable. I would love to find some one who can fix mine. I have 4 now that are rubbish! I always mean to sell them at 18 months but never get round to it! They stop running right get sent to be fixed, sometimes they come back and work for 5 mins then stop running right again! I am sure there are folk who could fix them but my local dealers can't!
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We run a 6 ton iveco. Lot's of info on old threads. Much better then a 3.5 tonner. We are legal, for a start, fit's a lot more in. The 12 weekly checks don't cost much. The only issue I have with it is getting folk who can drive them... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/arb-trucks/24186-operator-licences-again.html
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Not the sort of thing you see second hand often.. Thought someone might want/have a use for this. MENZI MUCK A91 V2/ 91C10055140 Walking Excavator / Schreitbagger + Harvester - Asset #for9835 - GoIndustry DoveBid MENZI MUCK A91 V2/ 91C10055140 Walking Excavator / Schreitbagger + Harvester - Asset #for9835 - GoIndustry DoveBid
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Still looking.. Have work for a pre 97 driver groundie and subbie climbers..
