Tom D
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Looks like a great place, theres precious little woodland like that in UK, such a shame.
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Where did it fail? at a seam or was it the hardware or just a clean tear.
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I remember doing a job a few years ago before I went self employed, the clomber had a hole in the crotch of his trousers we were working at a dental practise, all the dental nurses were standing with us watching him work; all the while one of his nuts was hanging out. We did'nt tell him till later.
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Cool idea, I'll definately give it a try.
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Any flowers from a florist will do but not the supermarket and definately not the garage ( they can always tell ). Just go for £10 - £15 or do a swap, I used to swap a load of Pitasporum or the immature leaves of Eucalyptus for a bunch of flowers from the florist round the corner. Always good for a bj:001_smile:
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Great job, without the background knowledge of the sculpture the fire pics would really freak you out
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They are expensive but they are very hard wearing, I was wary of using mine for work at first but I have been for ages now and its still great, it has stains of spruce sap and other stuff on it and looks a bit rough but as a wind / water resistant fabric its unbeatable. Some synthetics are more waterproof but you sweat more in them and its soft and warm next to your skin so can be worn over a t shirt in the spring and autumn.
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I love mine, its great for climbing in although its zero stretch so it needs to fit properly to give you the movement that you need. Try Hill Treck Clothing they were very good and will make them to order.
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Originally yes. The banking crisis came after the slowdown had started in the states, which led to the sub prime losses and which eventualy filtered through the system to our banks here. The fact that the banks are now reluctant to lend will have an effect on the economy now as businesses will and are going to the wall due to a lack of liquidity. But this was'nt the case 12 months ago when borrowing was still easy, inflation was already rising then hence the rate rises of last year. So the two are linked now as its harder for businesses and individuals to borrow their way out of trouble but originaly they were quite separate.
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I did say not the banking crisis.
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As fuel prices rose so did the price of any thing which requires transporting, which is most things when you think about it. Hence the price rises in the shops of food etc. This coupled with the media going on and on about it gave people the feeling that they were worse off than they actually were hence they spent less leading to a slow down. The government did'nt help by putting up interest rates several times to try and control inflation which was being fueled by higher fuel prices. Well thats my take on it anyway....
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Its good news in the short term but as soon as things start to pick up they will have to put them up again, and unfortunately taxes too. The crazy thing is is the high fuel prices last year were largely to blame for the economic downturn ( not the banking crisis ) If they had cut fuel duty at the time and kept it around the £1 a litre mark we'd be in a much better position now.
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Buy a big one, I have the isc small one, the bend radius is too tight and its easy to glaze your rope.
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Apple wood is often used for smoking... there might be a market there.
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Looks fine to me, Like the new version especialy being able to go streight to the unread posts on each thread.
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Going rate seems to be around £500 for someone to build a site and around £5-£10 per month for hosting. Or get something like Front Page and build your own. Mines paid for itself many times over.
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annoyed by highly qualified ..rubbsih climbers
Tom D replied to Czlowiek Drzewo's topic in General chat
Whats wrong with £50 per day? The dole is about £50 per week, do the maths! I dont want to start a Monty Python shetch but I started out 8 years ago on £31 a day, and thats probably all I was worth. Until you have at least a years experience I'd take what you can get. -
Take your time when pricing jobs, If the client is there and you're not sure, tell them to wait inside and you'll come to the door when you're done. Then have a propper look round and think about how long it will take, how long is the drag and how much stuff will there be. Then multiply the time by your day rate and give them your price. Its misery when you get it wrong and end up working for nowt.
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Gob looks ok to me... Just to be different. I certainly would'nt put a big gob in straight away, if you look at the first pic with the hollow stem a bigger gob would have been into the crappy stuff and resulted in a much weaker hinge. I'd rather a smaller gob of solid timber than a big one of rotten / hollow stuff. You can always make a small one bigger but you cant put a big one back. I notice that quite a few folks on here like a big gob and I'm not saying its wrong but I rarely go further than 1/4 and have not had any problems. Occasionally with big old trees you have to take buttresses or rotten bits into account and then its just whatever fits the situation, but for healthy normal trees 1/4 or 1/5 seems fine. If any one on here has the big trees ticket I'd love to hear the official version.
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More and more of my business now comes from the net, almost always from google. I have had the site a while now and it produces quite a bit of work. At first I was only on page 2 of google and I read up on optimising the site and played around with it and now I'm on page 1. The difference is amazing, it was well worth the effort. The downside of internet advertising is that its very easy for the client to see other businesses a well as yours so an internet lead is not as good as one from a more direct form of marketing. Its interesting to note that on google page 1 there are only about 4 tree surgeons, the other listings are all for other directories, so when I quote for a job from the net I invariably come up againt the same few companies. This just goes to show however that the internet really works, if you're on page 1.
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Yet another great watch. Definately going to have to have a go with a crane, it looks so quick.
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Great pics, some big lumps being lifted, what was the heaviest? I did a beech like that recently, very similar size, it took three days with three men, everything had to be liwered and it was a long drag. The tree was about 30 m from a possible crane position; any idea how much a crane with a 35m reach would cost for the day. Judging by your pics i could have done the job quicker and easier by crane, would it have been cheaper?
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I think most things have already been covered but take this advice seriously as I know someone who has HAVS and its crippling, he's a builder and he can't work in the winter at all. He describes the pain as excruciating and he does'nt seem the type to whinge.
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On todays job the client returned home as we were clearing up, he asked if it was ok to let the dogs out, we said ok. Then i heard a commotion round the back of the house, a poodle had bitten Andrew on the arse, it drew blood. Just as well it was'nt me as i'd have booted its arse all round the garden. The client was just like, she's just protecting our property!! Thing is it was'nt their dog, they were looking after it as the owners had got the painters in and it "was'nt good with people" ....Ya don't say.
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I'm not saying NPTC makes you immune from prosecution, just that if you have'nt got it prosecuting you is so much easier. Likewise unless an accident is very serious a lack of tickets is unlikely to land you in serious trouble. However if things do go badly wrong and there's a mob of angry relatives wanting a scapegoat you're better off having it. There is a farmer near here who did time after a worker was killed by a telehandler. The worker had no ticket they decided that the ticket could have saved his life as it specificaly said "dont do that" and he did do that.
