Ian150482

Think a snap hook is bit bulky, myself i use a 3mtr length of yale xtc with a splice which i nicked with a saw. Dont you think 5mtr is a bit much, rekkon it'll just get in the way,but does depened on what you want. I've never had any problems with 3mtr and if i've needed anymore lengh i've always used the other end of my climbing line.

They still teach using the prussik on your main line and the other end of your climbing line as a strope / re-direct but there are some many more friction hitches now which can make life alot easyier.

What I meant to say was regardles of whether or not it is a professional way to advertise, the company did get more work generated, so obviously it works. surely its the end result that matters, so long as your work is professional, does it matter how you sell it?

Good point.

Cant complain with jonsie's price. Should be getting mine from him this week.

:)Belt for me. I know one guy who wares both.

Big A, It is professional or its not. Sorry just dont understand your reply with the company is still going?

We have a website http://www.tredoktor.no, as well as giving some students free firewood for distributing flyers.Sounds like a silly idea but it really has worked,as the students parents are/were our target market.

 

I like your website, nice and simple. Who did yours for you?

ian, i'd do both.....go for a cheap ad in yellow pages, just a text box, focusing on your website address, then invest the bigger part of your advertising budget into your website....but thats just my opinion.

Yer your probley right on that, never realised how much hard work it is just advertising yourself. Suppose what i did different though when i did my flyers was, i took the time to have business cards printed and also had a landline number. And wrote a introductory letter saying who i was and from where. I think i'll do yellow pages first then go from there like you said.

Cheers Steve

hi, im new on here so firstly, owdo!

Just a quick one to see if anyone has any bright ideas about advertising/scoring jobs etc.

I dont think there is anyone on here from my neck of the woods so hopefully you wont be giving me your ideas and then finding me pinching all your jobs.

I have recentley set up with a mate and so far we have been doing really well, bearing in mind we also do timber building and other things, but recentley work has been drying up and apart from ads in the local paper and shops etc we dont know where else to look.

Need some jobs so any help would be appreciated.

Dont do it in mid wales, but what im thinking of doing is, a sponsered climb, find the biggest tree and climb it for charity, get the local pres involved. Free Advertising of your company for free.

It worked for a friend of mine. Good luck mate.

what i did was posted flyers with a business card attached to it, which have both a home and mobile telephone no.

 

when your starting, or if work drys up its a good cheap way to drum up some business:icon14:

I did the same, got some work that way, but people seem to slag that idea off! Read it on a couple of other tree surgeons web sites saying that people who, do, do that arent the real thing. Doesnt really help people who are fully qualified to do the work, to get there business started.

I'd like a web site but not sure which to do really, yellow pages or web site? Im just staring out on my own doing aborticulture. I was with a landscape company who did some trees when needed but was very vare, and have cs31,32,34,35,38,39 and have a National Diploma in landscape studies, not bigging myself up in anyway. Thing i dont understand is i read on one website that people who post flyers to advertise themselfs in this kind of work are not qualified to do the work. Sorry it just relly winds me up how people can turn round and say this. Just makes it harder for me to try and get off the ground. Bit off the subject so sorry about that.

The week i did my coarse, we had four different brands of harness, the Skylotec Kolibri, which looks good but the leg loops werent very comfortable for me, the Willans T22 which i just didnt like to bulky, the Komet Butterfly which was good but again the leg loops werent very comfortable and the Komet Dragonfly which i stuck with because, it was comfortable for me and found the seat was very comfortable.

what if you have to come down and go back up again?

 

definetly 45m

45m, i agree. you need your rope reaching the ground, what if your hurt and you need to get yourself down quickly if you can that is.

why is it crap? I've just done my climbing coarse and used it all week and love it, never had any problems with it.

Suppose everyone to there own though.

:icon14:Thats a hell of a good price, i'll definitly be buying from you. I'll give you a ring first thing monday morning, my names Ian just so you dont change your price by then, . ha.

Cheers

Hi, anyone know where i can pick one of these up for less than 200.00 quid?

I know the guy who carried that job off, and wont be mentioning names, he's good friend of mine and also help him out now and again, but the crane company he hired out sent out a mechanic to that job, and the crane company took all the blame for when the hse turned up. Not taking sides with anyone, and everyone has there own opinion.

i use the 192t saw instead of the 200t, great saw hasnt let me down yet. As said not as powerful as the 200 but both great powerful saw's.

When you get there and say " I never remember it being this big....shiiit"

That has just happened to me and now im kicking myself.