Mesterh
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Works fine here and looks like some really nice pieces of kit:thumbup1:
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Errr at least there is a minimum wage. I used to work on a farm 20 years a go for £1 an hour, and that was bleedin hard work. This is the problem it looks a lot more attractive (to some)to sit on ones butt and get dole than do some hard graft for a minimum wage. They dont see the benefits of working!
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Some make of synthetic 2 stroke mixed at 50:1 bought in 25 litre tubs, reasonably priced but good stuff:thumbup1: And a 45 gallon drum of some make of chain oil that does exactly what the stihl/husky oil does but at a much cheaper price.
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My poorly plum tree pls help
Mesterh replied to bargaingirl's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I think I've heard that using a pressure washer to blast them off can help! Also try attracting birds near to the tree ie hanging fat balls etc so they can eat the scale insect. -
You cant do that with public money. Its not fair to say if you aint in this club you cant play. They can ask that you meet certain requirements ie work done to British standards HSE compliant etc but not that you have a certain badge. Which I fully agree with and I'm not dissing the AA especially since AA techie has enlighten us all a bit about it. But, I wouldnt be very happy at all if I couldnt tender when I could prove that I comply with all good practices but aint in the club. Otherwise what would stop my mate in an LA insisting that all tenders must have MRH approval (MesterH)
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Excellent:thumbup1:
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I like that:thumbup1: Just need to get the rest of my T&C on the back of my quotes:blushing:
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When you say old machinery do you mean really old stuff or just saws say 10 years old etc? If its the former then maybe they were designed to run on a different type of 2 stroke than modern saws. If its the latter then narr modern 2 stroke is good stuff and if the saw is worn a new piston and rings should sort it.
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IME its the ones who have been brought up by scrounger parents, they see them getting a roof over there head and a giro every week for doing nowt. Besides I think alot of people think tree work is a nice cushy job with loads of pay. Seen a few wanna be tree heros but as soon as they realise theres a bit more to it than climbing trees(like they did as a kid!) then they soon change there minds. It does seem that a lot of foreigners do work really hard for there money though.
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Well that shows exactly how low they will stoop, and, well tbh I cant think of the words or sentence but they just plain suck! :thumbdown: The amount of people that I have heard that have had accidents due to kit failure is absolutely zero. People have accidents because of negligence and miss use of equipment. Anyhow LOLER is law unfortunatley so I suppose I will just have to keep filling in and ticking those boxes every 6 months to keep the insurance and HSE happy:thumbup1: ( will obviously be doing it myself though )
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Probably not touching a tree with any kind of saw tbh.
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Does it feel like it has good compression?
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Thats what we need, some black and white info.
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Nope, turnover down and profits down:thumbdown: Oh and expenses more or less the same.
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Looks like it does a good job but I wouldnt want to be standing there when a big bit of beech goes BANG! Either no jacobs or no teeth!
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That musta been some accident to be worth £350K!
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Love it. When speaking to arb consultants over the years they recon theres no way they would state that removing a tree would not cause heave. There are too many variables plus I dont think there PI insurance would be too happy with a statement along those lines either. I was always told its best to just remove the tree and deal with any heave afterwards once its all settled down. Hope you dont mind me asking in this thread but anyone any ideas on if your/our PL insurance would pay out if we removed a tree which then did cause heave? Would it be my insurance or that of the house holder?
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All brash and timber removed. Everyone seems to understand what that means, well had nobody quiz it yet. I wouldnt say all waste incase someone wants to be funny about a couple of leaves or worse some sawdust in the flower beds. Not that we leave loads etc but you cant always get every last bit cleaned up. Never had any complaints about cleaning up and its usually the only thing they comment on." Ohh youve done a good job at tidying up" Hmmm didnt you see us remove 10 ton of pop from your tiny garden with access an umpa lumpa would struggle with. IIRC in the old college days they recommend putting "All arisings to be removed" I still dont have a clue what arisings are!
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Yes if they have a good employer, but then that would be done LOLER or not. A bad employer wont know what LOLER is let alone adhere to it. And since no one is interested until theres an accident its a waste of time IMO.
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Yeah the bit about coppers being the only ones to legally stop traffic is true IIRC. We just usually wait for gaps in traffic then stop any cars if we have to. If I used lights on every job where we drop stuff out into the road I'd win none of them tbh.
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Hmmm yeah I'm not sure it is true tbh. I mean come on if insurance companies really didnt want to pay out if they dig deep enough they could get out of everything! OR have enough clauses to not tie them in to anything. Surely they are there for when someone is negligent/human error, mistake which apparently is 98% of all insurance claims.
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:lol: CLASS!!!
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It will no matter what you do tbh. You wont do a bit of training then jump in as a top climber. Doing apprenticeships is a very good way to get a taster of what its all about IMO. It would be my recommendation to do this first then go on a course or whatever afterwards.
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I have a great one but its locked up in a tender doc atm. I'll try and remove it, if you havent got one by then I'll post it up.
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Suppuse it depends if Arbtex is designed to stop pathogens/fungi getting in to the wood or whether it soaks into the wood to preserve it. Sounds stupid but I wonder if a type of creosote/wood preserver would do any damage to the tree. It would surely help with preserving the wood. IIRC I think someone told me that years ago over in Germany they used to treat damaged tree trunks(car damage etc) with some type of creosote and/or varnish.
