Rupe
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Some people! beech reduction, too much?
Rupe replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
It will probably grow back fine. As normal Beech not copper, but it will grow back! That would be funny, if you took another picture in full leaf and it had completly reverted to green leaves due to stress! The customer is always right, thats where you getting confused. And when they are wrong (90% of the time) you have to let them think they are right, that is the skills of a tree surgeon/arborist. -
Yes no worries! And so was I, thanks for asking!
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As long as thats all the yeti blew off!
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Mitsibushi do king cab tippers from new but not crew cab.
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No, only a slight decline, I was up and peddling that why the cam is looking down, then I thought abotu where it was looking and BAM. All the downhill stuff was less eventful.
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Some people! beech reduction, too much?
Rupe replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
Nothign wrong with ladders......especially doign multiple limes! But there is nothing easier than a beech to get a line into IMO. -
That cam has such a narrow viewign angle its rubbish. I went out last night and did the down hill run in the snow and dark, today there was too much snow but did it anyway. I'll edit the rest form the newer cam its better.
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PM him, he'll be very helpful I'm sure.
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I went on my bike today, I had the new cam on the handlebars and the old rubbish one on my cylce helmet but its was very wobbly. On the first run, I had only just put it on and was thinking about wher eit was pointing so took my eye off where I was going! Sorry about the language, I'm generally a non swearer! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4SpcEW3Y-E]YouTube - snow crash.wmv[/ame]
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I geuss in that case then you should ask Reg and see what he uses. Can you extend the cable? Side pockets on chainsaw trousers would seem the ideal place.
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I don't have that type of camera but I would suggest using a tiny back pack, maybe the smallest camelback and taking the bladder out and usign the pack?
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Some people! beech reduction, too much?
Rupe replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
With your experience in the industry I would have thought you had got over that by now, and you don't seem to be lackign in thick skin either. The customer is always right even though they are always wrong. Whats done is done now and its only a tree, take the money and stop worrying. -
I get e mails from the money saver website. You get the odd 2 for one meals etc and I mostly just delete it. This month they are offering 5 free days in a gym. So anybody with no intention of paying for a gym cos they run and cycle and work hard etc could take advantage of this. Fitness first are doing it and many of there gyms have pools. The 5 days are consecutive so I might go for free swimming for the next 5 days! I have a gym membership already but they have no pool! So if anyone is still not workign until monday tuesday next week it might be worth looking at.
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Some people! beech reduction, too much?
Rupe replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
So are you calling it a 50% reduction? Cut back from neighbours would only require work on the neighbours side not the whole tree? Whatever the percentage, what you've done is a whole crown reduction, consisting of shortening and thinning, and you've done it ok if that was what was required. Maybe what he wanted was complete branch removal of some lower branches over neighbours and leave the rest as is. BTW what are the ladders for? -
I've just been out on my bike. Its drifting a lot on the hills, roads seem clear but there is so much snow in the fields that if it continue to blow across roads, some will be closed dut to drifting. Drifts are much heavier then fresh fallen snow.
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I am as small as they go and I'm on the LA's contractor list and they are happy to use me. Probelm is the larger companies have more to lose by not getting the work, so I may be able to undercut them and/or work to a higher profit margin but at the same time I dont HAVE to, and I choose not to quote at stupid prices. The prices are so low already that smaller companies can't compete. We may have smaller overheads but I don't have staff on a pittance who will work in all weathers for fear of losing their jobs. We work nicely and do nicely and thats how I want it to stay. I leave the others to their price wars! HAvign said that I'm skint now and could have done with a cheapo LA contract to tide me over through the snow!
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True, the last LA contract that went out here before christmas went at crazy cheap prices because the companies were all fightign to get that "bread and butter" work, and the ones that lost out will go even cheaper on the next round of contracts etc etc.
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Do they not call you and tell you no work to save you the trip? If you've made it in your owed something IMO.
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I think the new generation of arbos will tie themselves in knots with health and safety legislation to the extent that no satisfactory work will get done (domestically) and those who are prepared to bend the rules the most will survive!
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I don't mind, it was never my idea or anything.. Your pics are clearer than my vid I think. Maybe I could add the vid here too? Shorter version?
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Usign the duck like that looks good, I've used a tibloc in the same way but they are a bit vicious on ropes.
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No its snowign in and around gloucester. Well aorund it on my side at least!
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Trying to snow here now!
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The fprces on the top anchors must have been huge?? Looks simple enough though, and I would prefer the hub over karabiners.
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There isn't the detail available to make them much bigger
