Mesterh

Christ!!! She sounds like a right horrible person. I hope you can cause her a load of grief with the neighbour. I have had that type of thing quite a few times over the years ie asking to prune a neighbours tree and that they dont mind etc etc.(not talking boundary stuff here) I dont see why people think its ok to do this with threes? They wouldnt ask a builder to demolish next doors shed or wall because it was casting some shade! Although I also think some people should be forced to prune their trees by some new law as it is ridiculous sometimes.Swings and roundabouts well as long as its within the law.

Spiking up a skinny bad leaner is one thing trying to work it as another, especially if its not just cut and drop! Slings for foot holds deffo help when it comes to chogging it down etc as it can be difficult to try and stay upright and reach the stem.

I have the geckos with the bottom velcro strap and although I havent tried the leather type they must be better than these ones!

You are wasting your time on that job. Dont waste anymore. Actually you could drop in to see the neighbour (and tell her you will do so) and tell them what shes up to which would earn you no money but you would be doing a very good deed.

I reckon photoshopped. If you zoom in the features(cheeks, nose,mouth, head bumps etc) are very soft compared to the rest of the pic.The edges of the head are also too sharp compared to the background. I bet the holly had a growth that has been manipulated. Still looks cool though.

No it wont last 5 mins on its own. You can slice it open with a stanley knife. If you used something like 12mm wbp ply then used the dibond for the fancy looking side it would work.

I doubt you will be able to move 1000 cube a year doing it that way tbh. You need a wagon with a grab but more importantly you need the right jobs to come along, ie not your typical arb job of chogging up bits in Mrs Smiths back garden and humping them out to the van. Might be worth approaching your LA's to see what they do with their timber, they no doubt recycle it somehow:001_rolleyes: to keep up with targets but you may be able to recycle it better. 65K a year sounds like you need to be processing full time rather than chasing after timber to me. Good luck though, hope you can get it to work.

What on earth does he do for that kind of money?

Havent seen one of those I think, got a pic? Tried a few out today, I maybe wrong but the double overhand is the same as a double fishermans? If it is the case doing it the double overhand way is nice and simple.

Im all for giving other options to customers but it seems that some are more than happy to step over that line and to really start pushing their opinions onto customers:001_huh: Cant people just say 'not for me' and walk away rather than trying to talk the customer into not having the work done the way they want?

Cheers for the info and quick reply chaps.: Will check both of those knots out today. Hopefully I will be on later to say how I got on. if not one of you will be hearing from a solicitor.

Just wondering what others use, other than figure eight. Anything exotic and exciting out there!?

A defib in the truck! Your bonkers. I was made up to buy a new box of waterproof plasters from asda just last week for a pound. Anyway you just need to press hard and fast on the sovereign,A A A A stayin alive...... Seriously though it is good to bring these things to light every now and then.

Doesnt sound bad considering all the extra costs. Are they comparing it to a local gang that could easily do it for a 1/3 less?

Me too. Was the job spec to remove those 2-3 branches then?

Too true, forgot it was a 046, thought it was a husky!

Thats nothing new. Although, why look at the dz every time you drop something out? If you know where your staff are and you know there is not going to be anyone else in the dz its just time wasting, I do loads of cutting, chucking and swinging stuff without looking when I know where its going to land. Different if its over a road or pedestrian area etc, well sort of but then I rely on staff to keep the coast clear when told. I totally agree with your sentence about bombing stuff out etc. As for not using lube though.

I don't think its very fair to start blaming the climber. He probably saw the groundie was out if the way but didn't expect a saw to be there. A climber has plenty of jobs to do looking for kit under the tree shouldn't be one of them.

I don't believe in making people pay for damages unless it's a deliberate act. If they are constantly damaging stuff or being negligent then they don't deserve a job. I once had an old boss who tried to make me pay for a very small damaged item, when I refused and asked why I should pay for it( I did infact get a replacement pay for it and fit it so I just wanted my money back) he came up with " if I don't charge people they will just go around breaking stuff" He couldn't have came up with a more stupid answer! Besides new and trial sounds like someone should have been keeping a bit of an eye on him to me. Stupid silly mistake but we all make them, just seems more stupid and silly when it's someone else or worse, someone else with OUR kit. I suppose there is the argument that if he is a decent bloke he will offer to pay for the damage but then if the boss is a decent bloke he will give the lads a bonus every time they do some really nasty jobs and nothing gets damaged or gear gets nicked which has been factored into the quote etc. Hope you can both come to me agreement.

I would chuck the full chisel back on after your assessment as its a nicer chain to cut with, its not very often we have to bore in.

Ill go with £150 too. Would be done before break then onto another before dinner. I too would like £300+ but its irrelevant since I wouldnt get it.

I guess he isn't telling the truth tbh. Or the fuel mixs, are wrong.

The customer is always right. Tbh I also think that once pollarded it's best to carry on repollarding rather than thinning or reducing. I wouldn't worry about not getting future work due to other potential customers seeing you do the job. Chances are someone is more likely to see what you've done and ask to do the same to their tree. Anyway at least you took the time to give them more options and your expert advice.

People seem to fiddle about with rollies way too much.

Looks very nice. If your worried it might dent it might be worth getting some dibond on the outside which would also give a flat surface to get the signs onto.Will still have the nice alloy look but might be easier to sign up.