Rupe
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Er, 17 man days, not sure how many hours each day as I don't tend to count little things like that. I spent a lot of time traveling with woodchip or logs and sometimes that was outside of normal workign hours and sometimes within. I only had a bout 4 hours climbing on the 4 rigging days, and a couple of hours chogging down before the fell. If I could have done it differently I would have spent all day climbing and had more vehicles/drivers taking stuff away so that I didn't have to, but thats just how it goes.
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The last bit......... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuybhoCGgKo]YouTube - Beech rigging felling Butt.wmv[/ame]
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I make that up to £1294.00 per year !!
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You didn't look nervous at all Pete!! Good job.
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where all the rakings and hedge trimmings go, they are then transported by a licenced waste carrier to a licenced waste transfer station where they are composted. Ha Ha! Me too!
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Shame he ended up with a numpty this time then! The client had one quote, just over half mine and he threw it in the bin cos he figured they didn't know what they were doing! I like clients with a bit of nous! (nowse?) He's actually a retired chartered forester so he knows far more about trees than me. If he wants it out and the council agree then no worries.
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Yes, of course we should be able to.
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I have a lot of "marketing experts" in my family/friends and the things they say I should do makes me quite angry. To the point of not wanting to discuss any aspects of my business with some of them. Morals don't seem to come in it.
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Again I agree with you Dean in your intention, BUT logfires and woodburners are not "commercial waste" and that is the big difference. We can't burn what we have been paid to remove.
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I agree with Dean about not using companies that have to chase after me, but the majority of people aren't that clever. The majority of tv advertising is a con, yet they all flourish from it. During the snow I watch a bit more daytime tv than usual! Every add was "what if your boiler breaks down" or what if your car warranty runs out" or "what if you can't afford you own funeral" etc. etc. etc. just give us some money every month and it will all be ok!! This is advertising stuff that peolpe don't need, yet they still buy into it. If you advertise directly to people who actually do need your product then you are onto a winner, and chasing planning applicants is probably as easy as it gets. Still bad though!
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You beat me to it!
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They have to publish the address/location of the tree, otherwise the public can't comment on the proposed action which would defeat the object of the application. All you need is the address, and send a letter to the "owner/occupier"
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I think some companies have secretaries with nothing to do, might as well get them to check the planning applications on line and send a letter out to each applicant (even though there is an ajent already) promoting their company. If you get a small response then it justifies the existance of the secretary. I wouldn't do it myself, but I'm sure a secretary would just see it as part of the job.
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Stein rigging tension pulley worth the cost?
Rupe replied to Ian Flatters's topic in Rigging and roping
Bad english is ok, but american ismsaint..... -
I remember one year a companay invited every "subbie" they had used over the last year and quite a few other local companies too. Ended up with the biggest punch up I'd ever seen, many girlfriends there were ex's of other tree guys who were there, and some wives went not knowing that their bit on the side would be there too and guys who had undercut/slagged off/stolen from each other were all in same room, it was great.
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Windows movie maker. Some fungi evident but I didn't see it. Client wanted full removal or nothing, and got a survey that gave enough evidence to lift the TPO for remoaval, so I did. I would heve reduced side weight if asked too, not bothered either way.
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Stein rigging tension pulley worth the cost?
Rupe replied to Ian Flatters's topic in Rigging and roping
straight off the bat ???? Do you mean cricket bat? that just doesn't work in English steve! -
And my mate just sent me the group mountain lunge!
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That was today (saturday) at the Brecon Beacons south/mid wales.
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Mountain lunge.
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I'm glad I didn't recomend it, but how long would you leave a tree that size leanign towards a listed building? Apparently the lean had increased recently. Anyway not much evident fronm the face cut.
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Lass pointed to MS200T saying 'professional' and 192T saying 'amateur'. And amateur aren't supposed to buy tophandles in the UK so not much point marketing it here? Thats just my guess. In Northern Ireland if its available form Stihl Eire, then no worries. The Uk laws should still apply to amateur not buying it.
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I do my best! 088 with 3ft bar for felling, but I started the face cut with an 066. Then I put the 4 foot bar on for ringing. Second pic is decay where a branch was removed in 1952 by the owner.
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My pleasure. I thought everyone was bored stupid by now! I've got some big butt fallign video especially for you!
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I would have been glad of it today!
