Topcat

fair comment

remember that first women to win on millionaire..for £1m what is the common name of Quercus robur....bet you can guess which is her fav

Buzz..which power stations do they go into..Drax?. You would think being only 15 miles away they could pay us top dollar. Bring one load across from lancs, tip, nip into york back to drax,30 mile round trip. The guy in lancs gets £8 against our £6. I've turned them down now, would rather give the stuff away,thats just taking the micheal.

Landscapers are the best payers..eg just collected 2 x 6m3 skip loads £100. As for ASH make sure you haggle a lot. They were comming to take a load of me £6 ton get talking to a mate 4 miles down the road and he gets £8.Ok only £2 ton but on a 27 ton load over a year thats a few quid.

just checked my emails..Enclosed please find copy of decision notice that was sent to the applicant and copied to your client. Chestnut dealt with by previous emergency decision, Silver birch,refused 2m reduction,instead 6m crown lift (never applied for) and dated 21/7...what a surprise I was stood next to the tree owner when she rang them on the 27/7 and was told it still had to be decided. EEErrrrr

Andy you have hit the nail on the regarding most points. Several emails went to the LPA this am outlining the same things you have plus, mentioned a judicial review should the LPA insist on felling. Within 1/2 hr a call came through and a meeting has been arranged for tommorrow without the TO One point to clarify, the consultant was working for the neighbour and it was them that submitted the app. Hence the consultant had no further contact with his client,the LPA or my client,the tree owner.So he has add little involvement apart from a work spec to reduce and make safe.

I would seriously watch the weight on the draw bar/rear of mog, especially with the crane on. keep us updated.

Andy..very complex....here's another..would the council have to get a court order to remove the tree or can they dis all the advice the client has sought...how many reports are needed, one side gets a report the other counter acts at the moment it's 3-1 in the clients favor...Saying that the way Gordon is spending money I will have to get an MP on board and add it to expenses.

Tim tree...did you have that mog up at franks...I was up there a few weeks back and was looking at one very similar

Five hrs on the phone and you sum it up in 5 mins on here. It appears that some contractors know a little more than what others would credit them for.

Andy...common sense should prevail..I wish. This is the unusal because people are usually over the moon to remove a mature tree,in this case the client wants it kept. Gibbon.... Forest research recs say the same, don't prune unless there is a need for safety, The TO says he'll fell it, what do you do, Prune to remove weight from lats and to reduce wind sail effect ?

A client has a Chestnut with Bleed Canker(BC). The neighbour gets some advice about reducing the tree, 4/5 metre reduction and the consultant puts in a TPO app. The LPA officer visits see's the BC and goes and tells the owner (who knows nothing about the application) to fell the tree ASAP or he will and send her the bill. She gets a cpl of quotes to fell around £2k. Myself and another company believe the tree to be safe and agree with the neighbours guy that a reduction would make the tree safer, monitor and may need further prunning every 3/4 yrs. The tree is in full leaf, very minor dw,some bleed spots. The LPA officer sends a decision notice telling the client to fell the tree and lists the symptoms of BC that would make your toes curl if it was your tree. I speak to the LPA team leader explaining that 3 opinions believe this mature tree could be made safe by prunning,he's quite happy and as the tree is exempt (by the TO's letter) they can do what they want. A contractor does a 25% reduction and while working a branch hits a nearby TPO'd silver birch. The contractor goes up SB and tidies break and re balance tree(very minor works) The neighbour thought it was great that he did not have to pay for the job and he was getting the tree felled. He's now on the phone to the TO asking why the tree has not been felled. I should point out that my client asked for the TPO's some years back when new houses were planned and wants to retain the HC at all cost. After a quick site visit the TO is not a happy bunny and puts pen to paper. Client gets a letter saying that the Chestnut is now more dangerous than it was and must be made safe and removed.The SB should not have been touched and he wanted to know the contractors involved and encloses a few par's on TPO legs and £20k fine etc.The client who I guess to be in her late 60's rings me in panic..court... £20k fine etc. After speaking with peer's throughout the Arb ind,the DETR (blue book people) and local planning officers, the following became apparent. The LPA should have realised that the tree was exempt, notified the applicant and should not purport to "decide" the application. (Blue book 6.44). Care of duty would have been carried out because they notified the exemption to the applicant and it would be a civil matter. The LPA could have used Misc artilcle to remove the tree if the owners did not act to make the tree safe.However the works now done make the tree safer. The LPA should not have issued any decision, they have substantially altered the work applied for (blue book 6.50). So did the council, by deciding the felling also decide the tree was exempt and was the prunning to make safe (less work) exempt also? If the client is now advised that the tree is safe (subject to further monitoring,etc,) and having met her legal responsibility,do the council still have the right to fell the tree and charge her.? They believe it should be further pruned to fence height so no limbs or crown could fall into neighbours garden. Do the council go around felling every HC in their area that shows very minor infections of BC with out monitoring. And then there is the SB that had a small amout of work to correct an accident while making safe the HC. Will the council proceed to court? Lots of interesting points have been raised today but apart from the mal-admin of the application by the LPA, no one including solicitors could give any clear answers, apart from the obvious, do a deal and fell the tree kind. It would appear that no one knows of such a case precident and even the guys at DETR (blue book) are very interested because they are at this time re writing it. Any views.

had a 900 and we fitted a fixed draw bar from a David Brown tractor. Takes 2 mins to fit.Had to be careful pulling 2 wheeled farm type trailers,all the weight ends up on the mog back end.Never liked more than 4 ton on trailer or mog was doing wheelies and went down the road like a snake. Now have a rockinger and muller trailer and can pull 10 ton wit U1000 no probs. If old hitch is any good to you,pm me.

Buzz...do you have a contact No...always little fiddly jobs that want doing and if he's in the area.

Had an enquiry about wanting brash, pallets for 2 large bonfires, they are talking about giving me 10 free tickets. The tickets are worth about £200 each for the 3 days. I'll know more by the wkend but if anyone is interested in taking in a few loads for a cpl of tickets,let me know and I'll post the rest of the info when I have it.

I've had mogs for 12 yrs, The 1000 in the pic was bought through Frank Atkinson. 3 had just come in from Germany (ex council) and were at Hull docks.I went across to Hull, tried all 3 and choose this one.£10500, full ag spec 24 speed with a creeper box. Replaced one wheel bearing in all that time and it's now needing the brakes sorting and a general spruce up. Been looking at the cost of swapping and it's looking like I will need to put up about £15k and my mog to get anything decent.

Tks all that PM me. There is quiet a few, to save having to reply to each can you give me an idea of your day rates. The work is easy,no big climbs,good access on all sites chippers under trees,no dragging. we are on day rates so no need to kill oureslves.

Just submitted my first TOP ap using the portal.ticked the box to say would send sketch through post but made a note in further comments that it was the only tree in garden.LPA rang and said don't bother with sketch if it's that obvious. Been having some fun sending 211's in letter type,keep getting emails saying "we can no longer accept in this format must be on a APP". I don't bother replying,no one goes out to look at trees and we can just get on and do the work 6 weeks after they send the email.

we pay £100 a day to our subby climber, gets to the job,has all his own climbing kit and 3 saws and he will do anything. If we use a crane he gets £150 but it's always job and away when finished climbing. Groundies get £60, no kit but must get to our yard.

Found this on another site. 1. Teaching Maths In 1970 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? 2. Teaching Maths In 1980 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 80% of the price. What is his profit? 3. Teaching Maths In 1990 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80. How much was his profit? 4. Teaching Maths In 2000 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80 and his profit is £20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20. 5. Teaching Maths In 2005 A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habit of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. Your assignment: Discuss how the birds and squirrels might feel as the logger cut down their homes just for a measly profit of £20. 6. Teaching Maths In 2009 A logger is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case it may be offensive to religious groups not consulted in the felling licence. He is also fined a £100 as his chainsaw is in breach of Health and Safety legislation as it deemed too dangerous and could cut something. He has used the chainsaw for over 20 years w ithout incident however he does not have the correct cert ificate of competence and is therefore considered to be a recidivist and habitual criminal. His DNA is sampled and his details circulated throughout all government agencies. He protests and is taken to court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy target. When he is released he returns to find gypsies have cut down half his wood to build a camp on his land. He tries to throw them off but is arrested, prosecuted for harassing an ethnic minority, imprisoned and fined a further £100. While he is in jail the gypsies cut down the rest of his wood and sell it on the black market for £100 cash. They also have a leaving BBQ of squirrel and pheasant, and depart leaving behind several tonnes of rubbish and asbestos sheeting. The forester on release i s warned that failure to clear the fly tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and is arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the peace and invoiced £12,000 plus VAT for safe disposal costs by a regulated government contractor. Your assignment: How many times is the logger going to have to be arrested and fined before he realises that he is never going to make £20 profit by hard work, give up, sign onto the dole and live off the state for the rest of his life? 7. Teaching Maths In 2010 A logger doesn’t sell a lorry load of timber because he can’t get a loan to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a derivative of securitised debt related to sub- prime mortgages in Alabama and lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a few million pound bonuses to their senior directors and the traders who made the biggest losses. The logger struggles to pay the £1,200 road tax on his old lorry, however, as it was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations and he is forced to scrap it. Some Bulgarian loggers buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put it back on the road. They undercut everyone on price for haulage and send their cash back home, while claiming unemployment for themselves and their relatives. If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to deport them at the governments expense. Following their holiday back home they return to the UK with different names and fresh girls and start again. The logger protests, is accused of being a bigoted racist and as his name is on the side of his old lorry he is forced to pay £1,500 registration fees as a gang master. The Government borrows more money to pay more to the bankers as bonus's are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out and claim the difference on expenses and allowances. You do the maths. 8. Teaching Maths 2017 < FONT color=#002dfd> أ المسجل تبيع حموله شاحنة من الخشب من اجل 100 دولار. صاحب تكلفة < FONT color=#002dfd size=2 face=Tahoma>الانتاج من الثمن. ما هو الربح له؟

Hi just started a new contract for 55 site's around S & W yorks, lincs,Humberside and Lancs.There's work available on all sites over the next 6mths. First job is in Rotherham (start week on Monday), 8-10 days, some felling but mainly reductions and pollard on plane with some Lime cleaning. Looking for a day rate 1 x climber and 1 x groundie, local yard with tipping for chip would help and you can have all wood.Anyone interested PM me.

all we did was buy a dodge(plated at 6.6 ton) and then you can tow a chipper up to 1650 KG. You can also down rate a 7.5 tonner, no more than 8250 kg train weight though

we've just done a massive beech. 50 ton crane and came down in 5 ton lumps.Until the butt which stilled had a couple of limbs on. Climber knew best and decided to take it in one go and the driver said he would lift it easy without moving...whoops, 9.8 ton, bells ringing, two crane legs off the deck. Luckily the crane driver dropped the butt and although the weight of the limbs took the lot to a 45 degree angle he was able to stop it hitting the £10k play area. My advice get some one in to learn from and when you bring in a subby make sure he does it the way YOU want.

Don't need it, See the exemptions "(g) vehicles carrying material or equipment to be used by the driver in the course of his or her work, provided that driving the vehicle is not the driver's principal activity."

It was back in the 80's before pic phones etc. But I have some of the shot,I'll try and dig them out.