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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I posted this before but it is still valid, the data might be a little out of date.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..
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Pesticides around young trees
benedmonds replied to benedmonds's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Isn't that going to risk killing my trees? -
Pesticides around young trees
benedmonds replied to benedmonds's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Isn't that going to risk killing my trees? -
We planted 400 trees on an ash heap last spring. The weather has been good to them this summer but the weeds are also doing well. We did mulch with wood chip but the area between has gone nuts. I am going to strim down the weeds, then spray,then plant with grass. Any advice on what spray would be best to use? I also have an edible hedge that we planted across a meadow which is also becoming overgrown. Would you recomend the same or something different. Cheers
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Pesticides around young trees
benedmonds replied to benedmonds's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
We planted 400 trees on an ash heap last spring. The weather has been good to them this summer but the weeds are also doing well. We did mulch with wood chip but the area between has gone nuts. I am going to strim down the weeds, then spray,then plant with grass. Any advice on what spray would be best to use? I also have an edible hedge that we planted across a meadow which is also becoming overgrown. Would you recomend the same or something different. Cheers -
Still looking..
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Still looking..
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Due to a busy work load we have need of a freelance climber who can drive our 6 ton iveco with 2.2 ton chipper. So pre 97 licence or whatever HGV is required. Send a CV/letter with qualifications to [email protected] Based in-between Derby and Nottingham DE72 3NX
