Rupe

Yeah, GRCS band.

Living at home and riding a bike/bus to work £3. whatever it was, will do you fine for a year till you've proved your worth a bit more. Got to start somewhere.

Yep, with the arrow pointing to it in the second pic.

Ouch. I didn't realise it was that bad!! Oh well, get a bike! I've got a feeling I was on my mums insurance while learning, then stayed on it while I had the car to myself but when it ran out (and needed work for mot) I couldn't keep it anymore so it went, so I only paid running costs for the short while I had it.

Whats car insurance on an old style mini or fiesta? Not much I'm sure!!

You had a bike!!!! Jees, you don't know how lucky you were.......... Actually I had a car at 17, my mums old marina estate. Paid for it from working tescos and cleaning pubs while doing A' levels (fat lot of good they did me). Eventually it broke and I couldn't afford to fix it so scrapyard!! Went to work in london and did have a bike. Came back to glostershire and started tree work on £25 a day, and after a year bought a car (subaru of course). Bought my first house 8 years after starting tree work.

Yeah its 3.53 for avoiding doing any work thats the problem!

And theres more hedges that I couldn't see. probaly a third as much again!!

Going from the church I'll pan round to the right...

No I don't do these hedges thank god!! It takes the gardeners (four of them I think) three months to do the hedges, october to as soon as possible!! Late this year due to snow they have only just finished them in february!!

Slumming it today mate!! Although they did have their own Church in the back yard......

A few more pics

This is a varegated Sycamore graft. You can see the graft line. One huge limb off many years ago near the base and then another further up a few years ago, which has started to decay at that point. (top arrow) There is only half a crown on it now, and its going to be pollarded for now to see how they like it, then may removed later. The whole thing had a nasty wobby to it, it kind of twisted in the wind, not nice, but we rigged small as usual and let stuff hit the floor instead of catching it. Just didn't want to dent or damge the pristine buildings!!! They ought to get some builders in to look at that leaky roof!!

I kind of agree with everythign said, but one point I'd make is that there are probably plenty of lazy useless lithuanians, polish etc. but they are all still in their country cos they are too lazy to come here and go through the hassles that most have to put up with, language problems are just the start of it I'm sure. The fact that a lithuaniun guy is here in th efirst place sets him apart from his countrymen at home, and sets him way ahead of our english youth who live at home with mum. I wouldn't be surprised if there are plenty of decent hard workign 21 years olds, its just that have gone to Oz for some decent work, or are doing ski seasons, or whatever. If we employ local lads then they are the ones that couldn't be bothered to do much else. If someone said to me that they had a 19 year old son at home, not working, could I give him a job. I'd immediatly think there must be something wrong with him.

Thats the way!

I've made a few swings. They are always for free!! Stick any costs onto the tree work side of things, if using an actual swing get the client to buy it themselves!

I'm fairly sure the fully comp bit would become invalid. So still ok to drive on the road, insured for third party claims but crash and damage yourself only with no mot its unlikely you would get the money.

Is the swing for a client?

Agreed, referalls nearly 100% success and at reasonable % proffit.

Sure, but that 20% profit margin isn't necessarily all available for advertising. Up to you if it is, but profits can go towards many things advertising is a small part of it. But your sums do prove the point! 20% profit from YP seems good, but you probably get 30-40% profit from referals and more work overall. It is a no brainer IMO.

I don't think they are interested in lowering premiums. We all seem to be paying them, even "subbies" that don't need it seem to be queueing up to give their money away for insurance they will never claim on! To be fair, my premiums have gone down over the last few years (for similar gross income)

Guiness you mean?? Years ago it was coke (cola!) and ciggs all day long and I was lighter and fitter than I am now!!

The floatign retrieval (is just an old biner on the rope) sometimes more hassle than its worth cos it get twisted round the lowered limb. Sometimes easer to throw the end down each time while ground is untieing the limb. I'm putting the spikes on cos I'm running out of branches to stand on.

Well, because I've never drank diet coke its best that I don't take my shirt off!! Couldn't resist the product placement though!! Advertising deal coming soon!

Is that metric ton or american ton? Mines 25t I think that must be americano!