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  1. Rupe
    Mewp use today....
  2. Rupe
    That would be the true definition of a floating anchor. What we have been discussing above is more like a drift line system.
  3. Rupe
    It could be used in the manner you suggest or just as retrieval. The climber can let the rope out using an 8 or a krab to control it until it reaches the desired point and then it can be lowered. I find its best, in this instance, to just tie the rope to the load and let it out. then the groundie ties the two ropes together for retieval. Either way is good.
  4. Rupe
    Agreed on all points. Going freelance was the best thing I ever did and now have a little business going.
  5. Rupe
    if I invoice the job and I arrange for it to be done my PL covers it, regardless of whether they are subies or cards in. yep, thats how I see it as well. We should stop saying subbies! A freelance climber is not a subbie. I have my own small bussiness and IT can sub-contract work from other firms. That is subbie work. As for getting the trees no other bugger wants, well most clever firms tell the freelancer that so that they rush on up the tree and get it done. Telling them they are the only one brave and clever enough is a good way of getting your moneys worth. Then they go home thinking they are the mutts nutts and everyones happy. Carefull with those egos you freelancer lot, its actually the bosses that are being clever!
  6. Rupe
    You can't claim lunch!! Food is not a business expense its a neccessity. NOw if your buying for someone else, a future client then thats hospitality, that deductable!
  7. Rupe
    the foldign a euc video is a classic! I don't know where it is on the web. I met graeme in Maastricht in 2003 or 2004 at ETCC, he did a slide show and video lecture thing, it was awesome!
  8. Rupe
    Realistically you cannot claim all your phoen bill or mobile bill. A percentage of each maybe. I claim 100% of mobile and zero of home phone which I never use. It like your fuel. If its in a car then you can only claim a percentage. If its in a van/truck and you don't own a car then you can still only claim a percentage unless you prove you never use it to go to the shops etc. I calim 1005 of my truck fuel/expenses and 80% of the car as I use it everyday for work and someone else drives the truck. If I go away for weekends in the car I fill up with cash so it looks liek I never go anyhwere. Therefore I can claim 80% works use. I've been investigated, its not nice but I got away lightly. NOw I know what I can and can't get away with.
  9. Rupe
    It a good one Steve.Works well on poplar and willow especially, and is for flat branches or nearly flat low angled ones, and for heavy ones that might tear/rip easily. Its exactly like a step cut but with two undercuts at approx 60 degrees to each other. The point of the two cuts will be be roughly the direction of fall. (its mostly only going straight down though) and then the back cut completes the triangle. I think it works cos the bottom cuts combined removes more than a single one would before the bar gets stuck, it work well, just make the top cut fast and off it pops!
  10. Rupe
    Clothes ar enot striclty covered unless you get them empbroidered with you logo. But push it as far as you like. Its best to buy clothing from places that you might buy "genuine" work stuff from. i.e. an invoice from Next is not going to work but jeans shirts etc from your local agri supply will go through a lot easier. I buy no end of stuff from, cotswold outdoor and claim as much as possible..
  11. Rupe
    No, your covered as in your covered for whatever it is that you do to the general public....
  12. Rupe
    Not sure about what, the cuts??
  13. Rupe
    oops, missed the pics.......
  14. Rupe
    Some pics of my favorite cut for large flat or angled limbs. Its the triangle cut!!
  15. Rupe
    Got six ropes in the tree!! Might be a personal best. Would have been seven if I had used a haul back rope for the rigging line but i used the tail of my climb line instead.
  16. Rupe
    Other pics from the day.....
  17. Rupe
    The lines from the top and then the set up at the ground. The beech trees are now effectivley ground anchors for the poplar
  18. Rupe
    Setting the guys from the tree using a throw line. First time I've had a throwline cube in the tree! The pink lines are the planned route for the guy lines.
  19. Rupe
    Finally got on to this today, nice weather for it. Our method statement said we would guy the tree back to the smaller Beech trees behind to stabalise the tree for rigging. Other methods were put forward, mewp, crane etc but they came with higher price tag. THe pink lines are guys, they run down the stems of the two beech trees and are tied off at the bottom using ratchet straps to tension them. The blue line is the rigging line. We mostly boshed off the branches but rigged some larger wood to avoid damaging the path below.
  20. Rupe

    Whats this?

    Rupe replied to Rupe's topic in Tree health care

    ANd the white is where the client peeled the bark off.
  21. Rupe

    Whats this?

    Rupe replied to Rupe's topic in Tree health care

    While I'm at it..... This is oozing from a yew tree. I think its just gunk from a split main stem further up which is now oozing out. Unless anyone thinks differently....
  22. Rupe

    Whats this?

    Rupe replied to Rupe's topic in Tree health care

    ??? Never heard of it. Just looked it up, looks like it is, cheers! Never seen one before!
  23. Rupe
    Those lads that were laid off might be pissed of and not want to work for the boss again. ALso they might be full timer types who won't do freelance work? I dunno either. I still say that a freelance climber working WITH another company should be covered by their PL insurance. They are not true subbies. A subbie could get a worksheet sent in the post with a price on it for them. They would then take their truck chipper and groundie and do the job on their own insurance.
  24. Rupe
    Looks like Catalpa but I've not seen one with these nuts on.
  25. Rupe
    Its like an eight but 1 better!! Ha Ha, ....

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