Rich Rule

Bah humbug, cheer up you misery guts! It is not about you liking it, do it for the wee one sat on your lap!

Or chocolate digestives/hob knobs.

Last year I felled one in the woods up in the North of Norway. Bow saw and axe all the way. This year I bought one and the very next day one of my jobs was to knock the top 10 foot off a spruce in a customers front garden. Timing has never been my strong point! haha

Just call yourself a freelancer and save the insurance money for sweeties.

If I came home with a fake one the missus would disown me. She is from Norway and her tradition is to go into the woods on Little eve (23rd) and fell a woodland spruce, chop off the top 10 foot and carry it home. Not too many opportunities for that in London, so I just buy a 6-7 foot Norman Fir. I go for the unclassified trees at the local garden centre. 6-7 foot is usually 60 quid, promo is 34 quid. Jobs a goodun. As for the decorations, any thing goes. We have to keep an eye on things though as I have a mischievous toddler in the house...

I find the phivy was a lot bouncier than the tachyon. Also I have to disagree with kevin, the tach feels alot firmer in hand than the phivy. I think they are the same diameter officially but the tach feels narrower. Maybe the phivy is a bit fluffier.

Hope there isn't any trouble mate. Looks cool though and they do the job.

Just remember it isn't just the speedo that may be effected by the change in overall circumference. I am far from a mechanic but when I looked at changing the boots on my Nav it was recomended to stay within the manufacturers guidelines. Additional wear on the steering rack, UJ, diff and also the potential of voiding the warranty on a new vehicle.

I have had both ropes. I have climbed on Tachyon for years but got a hank of Poison Hivy a while back. I accidently knicked the PHivy and it failed LOLER. I replaced it with more Tachyon. I prefer it, but it is horses for courses.

RIP. keep safe.

For those that have commented or are interested. Steve sent a pic of the replacement tree.

Invoice him then and requote. Ask him what he does for a living... The make up an example of two different things that are similar but vastly different in terms of work involved. Ask would he do the second job for free? I have seen it work when one customer expected another 10 foot taken off the already reduced by 50% conifers. We were 8 conifers into a line of about 20 and he wanted a further 10 foot off. Even though one of them we topped out and showed him with a tape measure that the piece on the floor was the same height give or take a foot at the standing piece. The customer was a solicitor, so the guy I worked for asked him if he had an appointment with him to discuss a legal matter. How would he react if at the end of the meeting you decide to talk about another matter you would need legal advice on. This may take up to another hour or so, would this be free or would you charge.? I think you could guess what the Solictor said...

If you explained clearly at the quoting stage and prior to getting up there, I would invoice the customer for the work already done. Smile politely, if they want more taking off you would be more than happy to provide a quote. This job is about managing expectations. If you do that effectively you shouldn't have these type of problems.

Alright JR. How's things mate? Still at DTE? Ill say a big hello to the SL Street crew from you. Wow, more abbreviations and TLA's (Three Letter Acronyms)

Aaron had the crown out of the tree by about 11am. Had the trunk down by about 1.30 after a brew and lunch. All ready to go by 2.30 - 3 pm but we ended up waiting until 4.45 for the Grab lorries to remove the timber. If the lorries had been there all day then we would have been off site by 3.30 at the latest. The stump was ground out on a different day.

David. The tree had been in decline over the past few years. Grifola frondosa present an as the tree was situated right at the entrance to a busy school they reluctantly decided to remove and replant. SL Treecare replanted with a copper beech after grinding the stump out. They chose CB due to the presence of the fungi and replanting another Oak probably wouldn't have been a good idea. Steve is gonna send me a picture of the replanted. Keep the huggers happy.

The stumps was ground out months ago and replacement tree planted. The school and contractor opted for a Copper Beech replacement as opposed to another Oak as Grifola was present.

I think the heaviest lump was 3.8 tons. I couldn't tell you on the camera. The shots were setup by a teacher at the school. We didn't know it was being filmed. All credit goes to the school on that one.

The video was given to me from Steve the company owner. I just added an old favourite, the tune and credits. A couple of pics of the job... .

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This was a job completed earlier in the year. Removal of a mature Oak that had been in decline for a number of years. One of the teachers at the school had setup a time lapse camera and edited a video of the removal. Forgot to add, AaronMJ did the crown and I did the stem. I hope you like music, I changed it especially. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vjvqIraVp0]Oak Removal Time Lapse Trinity School - YouTube[/ame]

I did out the zk1 above it for a little go. Worked great but would be one major problem if the wrench inverted and contacted the zig zag. Free fall if some thing heavy were to co tact it.

I didn't have a go in work conditions and as I mentioned in another thread time will tell. Seriously though I was impressed. Sit back if any seemed minimal.

Nice pics Ed.

Very nice.