Rupe
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If I remember rightly, Stihl UK does not cover Northern Ireland. Nothing to do with politics more like logistics I guess. Its not that they are not fit for use in the Uk, there are perfectly fit, but stihl UK don't do them. They must be CE marked though they are sold all over Europe? No? I would guess that because you need a license to buy a tophandle saw in the UK, Stihl UK don't want to offer us proffessionals a cheaper option and the market is not big enough to have two models, but in Europe where no such restriction apply, no domestic type would buy an expensive 200t but the 192t is an attractive alternative. Thats my guess anyway.
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I guess yours would Peter, and be able to reach and lift in 6 foots? Never mind, we've got to split it one day anyway!
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I don't know about easier! No hiab big enough to lift even 6 foots of that trunk would fit in the drive way I don't think! There would be quite a reach to the base end of the trunk anyway. My mate that I use with the forwarder certainly couldn't get to it, and I wouldn't pay to get anyone else in. No metal in it, that we found anyway! Still a bit more to move tomorrow!
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Sliced it and split it onsite with the spitter.
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I think I'm offcially bored of this job now! Stevie, you know you were right!
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I say pub, but I actually went for an indian meal last night, and had a bit too much red wine! Usually Lager in the pub, Guiness in the midst of winter (now)
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(pub was fun tonight)
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If your paying for it then its not a referal! What the hell is a referal company? No such thing. Why would anyone go to a company to get a referal? Speak to them again and ask them what a referal comapny is, and when they tell you say you don't understand, could they please explain it in simpler terms, and keep going until eventually they won't understand what they actually do, and then ask them why you should give them any money and they won't be able to answer! Play the parasitic )%^&%)&_^+) at their own game!
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Whne we are busy its full crew and chipper and taking debris away at 450-750 a day, but we are not busy so I cna do day works at 250 aslong as I can turn uo in my car an dtake nothign back with me. I have the overheads of a small company so wouldn't work for less, but I can get enough work done in a day for them to on good earner, I hope.
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I assume they want your money? Bin it!
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£150 in the SE of uk I have found. That includes all tickets include a first aid, dr licance that enables 7.5 ton & tow (pre 97 is it?) climb kit, 200 saw, (rigging gear if required) & sweat. I just picked up some freelance work today which will help fill in some gaps in the jan/feb slow time. 250 a day, and he's got a bargain! Thats without rigging gear!
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Co's that can't do it in house & are willing to learn are worth working for imo Sure thats great, but they are earnign while they are learning! If you have the skills (and gear) do you want others to profit from that and learn the skills that you have paid for (in time and money)???? Send them on a cours if they wan to learn stuff and get them to get the the cheque book out if they want the gear on their jobs!!!! Charge the fricken earth from them in the mean time!!
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Sounds like a normal day out at Bratletts then!?
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Didn't mean to accuse you of anything, just making observations. I guess though if you own a chipper then using it for an hour is no big deal, but I see that hiring one for that is pointless, but you must try and compete with those that have chippers on a level playign feild if you can. Customers love a cheaper quote but in the end they benefit more than you do, if you can be 5 quid cheaper than the competition and chip up the debris, thats better than 50 quid cheaper and burning, that 50 gets to stay in the customers pocket which is not where it should be. There are a lot of chippers around. Surely that wouldn't be the case if fires were completly ok? I'd rather not have bought a chipper! We used to have a lot of fires it seemed the normal way to do things back then.
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No agree with you that in some case it is the best solution. I just meant going for the fire option in order to undercut someone doing it "properly" is a bit off hand IMO. I'm sure there is a no burnin g of commercial waste ruling? Agreed you can burn domestic waste but council prefe you not ot etc as you said. I've done it once and had an evironemntal health officer out readign me the riot act. and he said I had to factor in cost of chippers and manpower to get debris to the chippers etc. We got off with a warning that time. I've bent it since by leavign waste for a customer to burn, then its not my commercial waste.
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So does that make it ok to quote for jobs using fires and cut out the comapnies using chippers etc. or do you think its just to be used when absloutly necessary? Burnign the waste from a tree job in someoens garden is not the same as them havign a domestic bonfire for there own waste.
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Maybe we should all get rid of our chippers then, I'd rather just carry a box of matches! And then we are all on a level playing feild again.
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Well legally you can't do that. You need to factor in cost of chippers etc becaue that is what proffessional tree companies do. If they give a quote based on doing it properly then so should you. Bending the rules so you get the job over another firm is off hand IMO.
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What are you guys referring to as a "controlled burn" Am I missing the point here?
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You cant burn commercial waste. Farmers can't go and set fire to a load of old plastic bags to get rid of them, factories can't go out the back and burn a load of waste produce whenever they feel like, and arbs can't charge money for a job and burn the waste, you have to find a way of removign it and cost that into the job. Having said that, you can burn domestic garden waste at home as long as you don't cause a nuisance. So you could twist this rule a bit and leave waste for a customer to burn themselves? You can also get permits form the councils for burns where there really is no other feasable method.
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I think its doing well. Its tough enough to withstand some knocks here and there. I have it clipped into the holder which is velcrod to the helmet, not signs of it ever coming loose. Steve suggesting wrapping insulting tape round the bracket to ensure it stays on but I have not doen this, and that means I can get it off the helmet (and back on again) without taking the helmet off. Battery life is theonly problem. Energiser Lithiums are great, two days use easy. Everything else I'ver tried has been rubbish. I've nto tried Duracells yet though. ASs far lengevety, I think I'll get bored of it before it wears out and it will only then get used for special jobs, or mountainbiking to try and record some crashes!
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Thanks, that makes sense!
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Heres the next bit of video. It continues on from the last bit but the snow in the feild has magically dissapeared! Then we switched to a larger rope and tied it on to form a loop for the DWT. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmNU5ZnnD4]YouTube - Beech rigging work 4.wmv[/ame]
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Of course you should charge more. I actually agree with the above comment that you shouldn't be working for companies that don't have rigging kit. As we have discussed before, the company who quoted the job are the ones doing the job, and they have to fulflul the risk assessments etc. Getting a "subbie" in to do rigging if they do not carry the tickets themselves is not actually sub contracting the work. The company who quoted are still fully responsible for the works carried out and must be able to risk assess and insure the rigging element of the job. Now if comapanies have rigging kits and tickets and they want an additional kit for extra jobs, or if freelancers prefer to use there own then thats fine, but rigging for companies that can't do it in house is bad form IMO.
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Thats the one that I've seen Rhys. It seemed ok. I remember someone saying something about it being for the Swedish market only, due to regulations there??? No???
