Big 'Ammer
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How far would you travel if your subbing for a company
Big 'Ammer replied to plippy's topic in Employment
How's your industry changed in that time, Steve? Were you charging £3k 7 years ago for the same work? -
Surely that scabby rubbish hasn't a tpo on it? If its in a CA tell the LA your felling it.
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That's a good load Johnny! Be nice to have a 'Rate my Load' thread, but most of the participants would get locked up when plod saw the pictures!
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Smart bit of kit there, guys!
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For example, lets say you are reducing a very large row of multi stemmed conifers. The mewp may be on site to trim the sides, but due to the nature and width of the trees and the size of the mewp basket and the limitations of the boom configuration, it is better to have a climber to cut the tops out. A mewp may be less suitable for the actual cutting, but still be the most suitable means of quickly getting adjacent to and rescueing an injured climber. I can think of several occasions where the work has been carried out by climbing as it was the best way to do it, but with a mewp on the site already, it would have been short sighted not to think of it as the first method to employ, along with rope and harness methods,should a rescue be needed.
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I would have thought that it would depend on the type of job. A mewp may well be the most suitable method of quick rescue in certain cases. In other circumstances, even though the height and outreach were, on paper, suitable, a mewp could be worse than useless in the actual need of a rescue. I have occasionally specified a mewp as the rescue method in the past.
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Good fieldcraft there.
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Boxing Day '98, me and my old boss were taking half an ash tree out the roof of three story building with a crane! We got the storm christmas eve/ christmas day morning. It was sheer luck that the occupants of that flat were away visiting relatives for christmas. Tree had gone through thier bathroom ceiling and one of the branches was stuck in the middle of their bed! It generated more work for my boss from this particular client, as the incident made him take a more proactive interest with the rest of his trees.
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I have one of those metal cam retrievers, they are loads better than the plastic ball type. Don't think anyone sells them anymore. Jammy, just get a new rope, if a knots not to your liking. Relegate the marlow to connifer jobs and sectioning fir trees and the like.
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I'll stick this old thread's head up over the parapet again! http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/21086-big-saw-little-bar.html
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Willans.
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Do you do fencing sideline extras? Looks like three new panels there!
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Nice rifle indeed, Mike. It was following the Hungerford shootings that semi auto centrefires were made illegal in the UK, earlier than Dunblane.
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You could try Morton Training Service. They are based in East Yorkshire, but run a lot of corses in South Yorks, I believe. 07774 603104 Andrew Morton.
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Back end for the logs, front end for the brash. An eco-arbor trolley!
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Cheers fella's. Sounds around the 400kg mark based on the three estimates from different sources.
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Cheers, will do. They sound just the job.
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Ah! art and science ... our copys in the van! Wee machine did lift. I reckon its good for a bit more. I'll have a word with your dad about those weights for the back end.
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cheers me dears!
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The berries will make rowan jelly.
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Looking for an accurate estimate from foresters tables, or whatever. Did have some info on how to measure it, but can't think where it is, been a long day! 2.5 M long x 0.45 M diameter at mid point. Cut today, heavy with water. I guessed roughly a third of a tonne. cheers.
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Ho Ho! I go out for the day and come back to this. OP said , straight fells, good access, waste ground, nothing to remain on site. Two men in a day could well be feasable. One man with a saw and some fuel and a file, the other man with a teleporter and grab and a box of matches. Knock 'em over, cut 'em into four, stick 'em on the fire, go home. Simples! The OP gave so little info about the job, why couldn't it be done like that?
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Ok, just seeing if this was a genuine request for help or a fishing expedition.... How long does it normally take you to do one tree of this size with your resources? If your gonna do the same way as you usually do it, then multiply that by 30. If your gonna do it differently, work out the costs and time and go from there. We have done jobs like that in a day, we have done jobs like that in a week. It all depends on the cicumstances. Price wise? Same as 18 Stoner, plus vat.
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How long has the OP been in business?
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Just to be clear, I am not suggesting anything about the marketing of the Phat Strop. I was questioning the OP whether all tools used above 2.5 m high had to be tethered, by law.
