Mike Hill

To be honest alot of the bad repp that is spoken about firms abroad,is from guys who couldn't hack the pace/were not good enough. Top climber+Top Speed=Top Dollar

Nothing made in Norway. It all seems to be piddle.

Buckingham Titainiums with Velcro pads. Carbon fiber is for Fishing Rods and wankey Motorbike Mufflers.

Scandinavian Knutkolling Kjemperfint fremstiling av Trepleie min godt venner!

Thats what we do.We get 97% up front once the Debt has been handed over.It costs about £300 per year for this service.

Utter Rubbish mate. My sister had VW Beetles when I was a kid.Dad called them "Hitlers Revenge on the World".Dad always seemed to be fixing them. When my sister moved abroad,we stripped the last one she had.Took it to a mates farm and Riddled it with gunfire.

To be honest I would buy all the parts new from Jonsie. Then you have a presentable saw you could put on ebay?

Mick thats shocking. I think the person(s) responsible probably couldn't get their Transit van onto the Footpath round the other side.Because it looks like they did the one side standing on the Roof of the Van using a motorised pole pruner.

Alaska

I think that people are generally right in wanting Hardwood.It burns longer and at a higher tempreture. Here in Norway Birch is the most sought after Firewood.We hardly ever take that off jobs.Oak,Ash,Yew,Syc people won't touch. We used to ring up all our logs and let people come and take what they wanted.Thing was that folks would fling wood around the yard attempting to burrow into the piles in search of Birch.Weirdos.

Always a good idea to visit a Country for a while before deciding to immigrate. When you are there,compare the cost of food,housing,transport against what you will take home.New Zealand is a very expensive place to live in on the wages most Tree Companies pay.I worked back home for three months recently and found the food prices comparable to Scandinavia. I have lived abroad for 12 years now,the wages havn't risen much in that time.Seems that most companies pay around $20ph for a climber with HGV.Thats in the South Island anyway. I can't speak for all Tree companies but the work rate is twice what I experianced in the UK. Jobs working for DOC are pretty sought after.I don't know what qualifications you have,but to get a post without a applicable masters degree in somthing Enviromentally related it pretty tough.Even if you do have a Degree,it somtimes takes a fair bit of voluntary work to get your foot in the Door. Most companies are not too hung up on qualifcations,you'll get a trail period to show them what you've got.HGV licence would be a huge help in gaining employment with many companies.Its pretty cheap to get it in NZ,but I am sure you have to be a permanent resident before you can sit it? Having said all that,the quality of life in NZ is hard to beat.If your into the outdoors then there are few comparable places to live.Its pretty safe,very clean and most of the people are genuine. Ross Smith on here,is moving back to the UK.You might want to send him a PM for some more up to date info about how he found working in NZ All the best with your adventure mate!

I think it would be worth you getting your HGV. Its a string to your Bow and somthing to fall back on in the future.Also if sometime you plan on working in NZ,AUS,or the States,it will stand you in good stead.

Wow! Thats 100% Gayness! Good for you raising money for a worthy cause mate!

No need my freind,I have already done it for you! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dmE-emrrAs&feature=PlayList&p=E254B79BF0E1FE57&playnext=1&index=2]YouTube - US Marine Corps Flamethrower Demonstration[/ame]

If you had hidden a Pie under that stump......

Pleased it didn't make an Ass of itself.

I remember shooting a Grey out of my bedroom window after a Rave once. I was enjoying the Kaleidoscopic effect though the Scope when I snapped out of it and remembered why I was pointing a Rifle at a Tree at 8am on a Sunday Morning.

Whales?

I think the Training organisations should produce Graduates with the skills and attitude to make a Employer Money from day one.Not a bunch of listless over equipt, under speed and desiring an unrealistic wage for their minimal skill.

I have failed to understand your post. Being Qualified dosn't not reduce the risk inherrent in this industry.Sadly it is possible in this day and age to be both Qualified and Incompetent.

This has happened to me twice. I sent them an Email asking them to remove the pictures and they did so.

It seems to me that the people who decide what Quals we need are those who have the least industry experiance. I do not agree that Qualifications make for a more professional industry,or improve our image in the Customers eyes.For example,how many of a Mechanic's Clients ask for his Quals?He is working on a machine that if it should fail,could kill the Client and Family.

Compared to many,I have not been in the industry that long. However during that time I have come to base very little value on industry related Qualifications. The fact that these Certificates do not require the applicatant to perform said tasks in a production situation or at a pace attractive to an employer further the devaluation of these Quals. I my opinion there is to little emphasis on time served in the industry.Personally I would hire a person with say five years experiance over a highly qualified person with just two. The time when applying for a advertised job and arriving for your Trail day,hopfully obtaining employment based upon your abilities seem to have sadly passed.

Butter. I think the Fat makes the Sap come off.I have done this and it works.

Those Big Oaks will be loverly to Mill mate! No Bullets or Shrapnel in them,the Swedes let the Germans March through with Cheary Waves and Feliciations.