Mesterh

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I see it different mate. I charge more for brash and timber removal than I do to carry out the tree work in the sense that it takes longer to remove the arisings than it does to create them. If I only concentrated on the tree work I wouldnt make a penny since I'm not exactly inundated with work. Plus if they do want me to remove any 'waste' then I can with my WCL and charge them as I would hourly for tree work plus the expense of tipping the waste. All the expense of my business is converting waste brash and timber(well it is just waste when its in a big pile in the garden) into a recyclable product then moving it. Narr I'm just going to start shooting them instead.

As above. If its that or fell the tree would rather be topped id say.

I dunno you would have to ask that to the people I see doing the above.

I thought if anyone would recognise sarcasm it would be U!! I have never slagged any other companies off to potential customers or any type of customer in fact, I dont go down that road unlike some unfortunately. Well you could still landfill by using skips(you would prob need a broker license) or taking it back to your yard and storing it until a waste company removed it etc. Also if you have no signs on your truck you could sneak it into the domestic section! No they wont agree since you need a license to take scrap cars to a recycling place. Anyway I think I'm just confusing things tbh so I will leave it to the grown ups to sort out.

I know what youe mean though, it can be frightening when you start looking through the expenses:scared1: Well compared to what customers think is a one man band with a truck and chainsaw! Probably the last thing I'll say about WCL(for now!) is that I got one so I can slag of all my competitors who dont have a WCL to potential customers and scare them into using us by blagging that they will be slapped in jail otherwise:thumbup1: Also, I just thought that it would be one less thing to worry about and may help with commercial work. TBH I cant see the EA changing their minds since it really depends on what we do with the arisings that determines whether its waste or not. I cant see them giving special permission to all tree companies in the hope they will recycle and not landfill etc. It would prob cause murder with other trades, scrap just to name one which undoubtedly is a business on a much larger scale than us.

I have no principles its always about the money with me.

I was being sarcastic with the professional bit. No I dont think it should be classed as waste but it seems as though there isnt much we can do about that atm:001_smile: I get shafted paying for stuff that I dont think I should but at least with the EA it is quite cheap so its only a little shafting.

There was a vid of a guy who also went on the rampage in a fully loaded tank! I dont have any pity for these people tbh they have the same mental issues as those who kill themselves and their kids in the process imo.

I knew you were a bit bonkers!! Being the only person I have ever heard of thats happy paying there TV license is one thing BUT RADIO 4!!!!

Ok I should have said that may understanding in relation to the way I work means that I require a license. A lot of our chip does contain more than 50% foliage ie your standard conifer triming job, conifer fells(only have 6 inch chipper so most of it is foliage) We also do stump grinding which in a lot of cases requires the removal of the grindings and roots which will be classed as waste. Plus every now and then theres a small job that I might do where we dont bother starting the chipper up and just throw the odd branch on the back of the van + palms etc. I just assumed that nearly everyone would do the same every now and then. They will take any type of chip including conny trimmings. Hopefully you will get away with it rather than get a fine, have to pay court costs, face 20 years in jail(with your luck they will have changed the sentences that morning) and then try to explain to your customer why they are being prosecuted for not taking the right steps in choosing a contractor that deals with the waste properly. ie a professional. Then you will be thinking to yourself " I knew I should have listened to MesterH, he's always right:crying:"

Looks like a whitebeam to me.

From the fact that in general we chip the foliage which isnt classed as virgin timber. I'm not agreeing that the EA have it right. NONE of our chip has ever been landfilled it ALL goes for pathways, paddocks, gardens, landscaping or bio fuel, composting etc. Although I have seen plenty of chip,brash log go to landfill or go to help block pathways etc:sneaky2: Plus I have spoken to enough tree surgeons who do landfill but will swear blind that they recycle everything 100%. Some people do lie you know. Besides a waste carrier/broker licensee is probably the cheapest outlay that I have.

Its all because we have allowed stupid people to live and breed. The future is full of thick idiots with 10 kids, mark my words.

Looks clear to me. Normal tree surgery doesnt produce virgin timber imo.

I would leave some little presents for them buried in the chip. Would also save on water as you wont have to flush it down the bog.

Excellent stuff:lol: I would suggest learning a ladder against a weak fork is not particular good practice tbh, not when you only have 6 thongs holding it together and not the required 9:001_rolleyes: Besides you did secure the top of the ladder with a bra and have a fat groundy footing it didnt you?

I wont bother complementing you on how good the mushroom looks since you already have plenty:001_smile: If your worried about the H&S aspect of what preservative to use I would just put a note with the products on what it contains. It is a piece of garden furniture/decoration just like a bench, chair table etc so I would hope you cant be liable if someone wants to lick it. If it was a chopping board or bowl then thats a bit different.

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Tbh I would end up sorting out the kohler or getting a new engine. The diesel option would be way better in the long run but it wont be cheap and will take a fair bit of fettling to get it all sorted. Think a new kohler is around £1500 probably just more than half of what a new deutz would cost. Unless of course you can find a really good second hand one and have a mechanic/engineer to help sort it out.

Hi flex type C, those or when I can get into them Sip ultra fit. Gonna buy some new ones next week looking at the Sip progress in type A in the hope of some decent weather this year. The hiflex are comfy but do fall to bits and just as warm as any others in the summer. Ultra fit arent good and wouldnt buy again, too tight and just as fall to bitsy as the hiflex.Although they are cheap atm £120! but I can guess why

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That was amazing! Do you think that any of them actually thought about what they were trying to do for more than a millisecond!

A decent one can be worth 5K and with a paint job that might be a decent one:001_smile: Make sure the clutch is ok and doesnt squeal or its £300 for a new one. Check spark plugs are nice and dry after its been running then ticking over, if there oily the rings and/or bore is knackered.