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Arborist

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  1. To get the arial rescue you need the climbing first. If you sub your self out as a Groundie, no not really but it depends what experiance you have as to what you can charge, if you can work riggin ropes ect or you will just be paid to drag brash!
  2. As a 2 man team You are ok to dead wood the tree allthough you should have your climbing + arial rescue. and no need to contact the LA any other work Needs to be applied for? Where abouts in berks are you?
  3. With out approval from the LA all you can do to that tree is dead wood. You need to send a application form to the LA that the tree owner pays her council tax to and also check for conservation areas and planning conditions. Have you got your climbing + aerial use tickets?
  4. I guess try some graphite powder on it.
  5. Back in the summer I took down a large pine and had it down in the day. When the woman paid me £750 she said i was the cheapest the other quotes were £800, 850 and 1500+vat and all the companies that quoted were local an reputable. And im sure your work and the way you run your team is too a high standard.
  6. But what about the letter he served the woman comdemming the tree, that was out of order! In the end didnt they all have a chat and the younger one said he would look in to getting more training?
  7. Thing is the cost of all the machinery, insurance, risk and the hard graft etc that we put in, we should be able to charge a damn site more!
  8. I try and work out at 250 no vat per person so 2 man £500 and three man £750 per day sometimes I look at the job and think I cant charge as much and other times and look at a job which can be done but is wourth more than 750. There's a larger AA approved firm near me that charges £300 inc vat per person per day and they go out as 3 man teams and each team needs to earn £900 and the team leader main climber only gets paid £80.
  9. Well if I was going out at that id be selling the truck chipper and the rest of the gear and pack it in + if you north west and then im Berkshire / Surrey borders, the cost of living, houses etc are a lot higher down hear!
  10. Yeah I know all they had to do was dead wood and remove the storm damage and yep £450 would be fine and id be happy with that but Pinder said 3 man team for a day at £450 now obviously that work aint going to take a day and you aint gonna get a three man gang for a day for £450 more like £750-900 depanding if you charge vat.
  11. [quote name=I was talking to someone from the LA today, and he knew the place, he told me the place was cleaned out not so long ago [/quote] And I bet the scum didn't have to pay for that either, all down to the local tax payer!!
  12. Old James is at it again, 3 man team £450 for the day???
  13. remove the whole stump and as much roots as possible and I dont think arillatox is sold for honey fungus any more, a garden cleaner now?
  14. Corner of a field for chip, logs and a small fire. If I didnt want the field I could dump brash to burn for £80 a load! Most of the farms around Berkshire / Surrey are stuck up livery yard owners with more money than sense and pick some stupid £££ out of the air and you can take it or leave it!
  15. Doubt it, I asked a farmer about some land once with the above to offer, he wanted £1000 a month!
  16. This might sound a bit daft but if you really want to stay dry you could buy a cheep water proof dry cag used for kayaking. They have latex wrist and neck seals so no water getting in there! They wont restrict movement, if you can paddle free style in them climbing a tree should be fine,
  17. What course are you on and what part of the syllabus are you finding hard? Learning the Latin names. There's a small black book, I think its called plant names simplified. The names are broken down so they are easier to pronounce and then remember. Google mnemonics, its ways of remembering words. Ive got a list of different books covering different subjects that I can give you which could help but you will have to give me a couple of days as Ive just come out of hospital and don't feel to good at all.
  18. If I was you id try and get some ground work and then next September go to a better collage. Your young and will get free education for 1/2 more years, don't wast the opportunity! Whats been going on at your collage with the lectures? Good luck,
  19. cant you get a barn planning on a 30 day notice?
  20. Is there a dwelling on the small holding? if there is could you say that they own the wood? Does your chip go there as well.
  21. I think the public should be made aware or the costs of running a reputable tree business and legislation that we should adhere to, loler etc and the fact that these costs are factored in to quotes and the fact that door knockers mostly don't have these, probably use stolen equipment and then dump the brash down some lane which is then cleared costing the local tax payer and then don't pay tax or nat insurance. Hence why there cheeper. Hope this makes sence, just come out of hospital and feel ill!
  22. Should do the only thing they wont take is rakings.
  23. And its free.
  24. AHS in Padworth. Through Calcot, up the A4 then through Aldermastern.
  25. What local Authority does this property come under?

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