welwell

Very impressed people with the fungal knowledge, in my opinion the sign of a true arborist. One question is there a definative book out there for fungal ID which is aimed at arborist/tree workers and such. What books do you guys use. Or is it just good old Roger Philips??????

My mate's got a Terrano with 180k on the clock, he tows around a 2 ton Predator stump grinder around all day with it and it does it with ease. It's never missed a beat, he has to replace the brakes fairly often though!!!!!!! He drives a bit like a loon!!!!!!!!

Looks luverly!!!!!!!!!

What you'll want is an unlocked form tabbed .pdf copy of the tree1app. The ones off the PP are locked though...

Any chance of finding one of these?????????

It's possible... After completing the planning portal online form there s an option to print off a paper copy - this in fact allows you to save your form as a .pdf... You could then email that.

Cheers do you know the link to the page for the online application on the planning portal???

Is there a way that you can submit applications from the planning portal via email???? I find it easier to email applications , and have been doing so but now that these forms have to be used I'm not too sure how to go about it and still be able to email them. Surely I don't have to print them off, fill them in, scan them, then email them!!!!!!!!!!

Any help greatly recieved.

TA

I've got a Nissan Terrano van. It's a 2.7 (120something horse power) turbo diesel, (same engine as in black cabs) It's got good ground clearance, pulls like buggery upto 3.5 tons and can carry a payload of 800kgs. It's pretty good but your looking at 30MPG. Worth looking at up against a freelander. There are some decent ex-environment agency ones out there!!!!

Exactly, there are many more imprtant things to worry about. It's incredible how ANAL some people can be about stuff.

Still gotta say made a great job of cleaning the car.

Indeed very strange.

Very reasonable!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I got threatened with by a neighbour of my client with calling the POLICE and charging myself and my groundie with CRIMINAL DAMAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The alleged crime was.....................................................................................................Getting dust from normal chipping operations on his CAR. (the sort of dust that easilt blows off with a blower at the end of the day)

Honestly I kid you not. I realy had to bite my tongue and found myself five minutes later hozing the motor down to try to keep the peace. I know I shouldn't have, but it's a good area with plenty of trees and cash, so I thought for the sake of extra business probably worth it. So if theres anyone out there who wants their trees looked at AND the car washed at the same time....I'M YOUR MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Call your ex-boss to make sure its still working

Still trying to get my head around that one!!!!!!!!!!!

Mate it feels as if someone has cut my phone line!!!!!!!!

I would never ring another tree surgeon to say by the way i got one of your jobs. That would piss any tree surgeon off period.

 

We all win and loose jobs year in year out part and parcel.

That thought had crossed my mind aswell. See told you all it's a bit of a quandry!!!!!!!!!!!

would he ring you?

Good point......probably not!!

Good advice.... thanks everyone.....much appreciated.

Normally when someone doesn't ring the same person who has done the job before and rings round other, it's because they are not happy with the standard of work.

It wouldn't be that because as I said it was me and my ex-collegues who did the work and we are all very professional so I can vouch for that.....more likely along the lines of cost.

And at the end of the day, its your conscience. I'd look at things from the other side, ie if the boot was on the other foot, and make that call.

Honestly, if the boot ws on the other foot, I would be reflective, at the end of the day business is business, I would appreciate the call but wouldn't, by the same token appreciate have my nose rubbed in it.

I think it's tricky, if I cared less and could say "sod it, his loss" etc. etc. things would be a lot easier. Am I being a bit too sensitive???????????

Sounds as if it could be an awkward phone call!!!!!!

I mean at the end of the day the job is mine and there's no way I'll feel bad about legitamately getting it, and there's also no way I'll be thinking about not taking it. We all need to put food on the table. It's just I rather do things the right way.

I can assure you there is no under-hand dealings going on. They got my no. from Y.P. and I had not made myself our my company aware to them prior to that call. I would rather build bridges in our trade than burn them!!!!

Did they tell you why they did not get a quote of him?

 

Or did you beat his price?

Apparently they didn't even call him!!

I'm thinking along those lines myself.

Yellow pages.

Hello peeps

Got a call the other day for a job. Went along and looked at it, sent in the quote and got it accepted....good times. It's a large job, 3-4 weeks worth in a prestigous garden, slap bang in the middle of the market that I'm aiming for.

Only one problem.... I have worked in the garden previously for my past employer, I have since left and started my own firm up (1 year ago). I have been very careful as to NOT target his customers and tread on his feet, indeed we live and operate some 25-30miles apart, still I can't help thinking that to him it will look as if I've been poaching his "high-end" cliental-which I haven't. Should I call him and explain, or leave it alone? I would rather not leak him off he was good to me as a boss, however business is business???

He is very sucessful and I'm sure will not miss the work, but for a new start up like me the work is more than needed!!!!

Any thoughts???????????