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Ah, yes, I forgot the springs are hidden, yes you do need to remove the clutch!

CAnt remember. I have an old saw now so not needed any for while.

Bartletts, based near Cirencester always need HGV licensed tree workers. Bartlett Tree Experts: Tree Service and Shrub Care in Cheltenham

They come in packs of three anyway or nick one from an old saw if you can.

That sums up waht i was getting at. Its good to knwo wher eyou stand but chances are it will be the best thing that ever happened!

Remember that "redundancy" means that your work position no longer exists within that company. That means that the others cannot do you work for you. They can cover you, but if he hires a new labourer (at the bottom) and everyone moves up, someone will effectivly be takign your job and thats not allowed, that woud be illegal or unfair dismissal. If work picks up for him and he wants to take someone else on then he has to offer you the job back, for a limited timeat least (not sure if its 6 months or a year). So if you have been on the book for 3 years with that firm did you get three weeks redundancy pay? Thats on top of any notice period that you may or may not have worked. i.e. if you get made reduntant there is normally one months notice, which in office jobs very few people ever work, they normally leave immediatly, on top of that there should be redundancy package, mimimum requirment id one week for every year worked. (a friend of mine just got made redundant and got a year salary as the package. £58K before tax!!) Anyway, make sure employer has got it right! He probably cant make you redundant and then offer you 3 days a week as self employed. If that the case he would just change your employement to part time. I'm sure you have left on good terms, it seems he knows how to have his cake and eat it, be careful and make sure you do better out of the new arrangment, if you are happy to go along with it. Work out what you were on a day (gross) as paye and make sure you charge 1.5 times that at least. Similar thing happened to me many years ago, I had only been employed one year though and my climbing was coming along very well. I was laid off and offered work part time as self employed. I agreed as I had no choice but ironically I was then asked to go and work at Bartletts. So I told my boss on th elast day that I wouldn't be back and off I went. Bartletts did me ok for 2 years but I would say that with 6 years experience you are probably way over qualified!!

Just a work climb MAtt, and much easier than the TCC ones! You might be allowed in novice, not sure if they count TCC's??

I dont think I fall into that catagory! When I started out it was normal to wear them up the tree to get a tie in point then maybe take them off! After about 12 years I finally got better at climbing and have not worn them so much in the last 6 years or so. I woud wear them in the wet, but in the dry there is not many trees which cant be taken down (including rigging) without spikes. Except for the trunk. Far more work positions available without spikes as with. Something like a pine where ever branch is takne off at the trunk then yes spikes.

£110 for a sunday!!!! What do you charge in the week??

He's in NZ, he can do that. Same as in most of Europe, they all wear scarpas from what i can tell. I hate spikes, only put them for chogging if I have to.

I came second out of three last year!! Good result!

I dont have a zimmer frame or false teeth!!!!!!!!! e mail is [email protected] I like the odds in the veterans catagory better than those in the expert!!

Is there a veterans sections again??

I'll show you the "not quite so good pile" next time I see you.

Who will you be doing your 38/39 with?

I'll use you as an experiment, if I can get your confidence up a bit then I should be able to charge the others! I was thinking there should be a free climbing section though, that would be good for confidence!!

I'd really like to run tree climber confidence courses. I think it would be easy to day course for poeple in your position, i.e. trained but not assessed, and give you the confidence you need. There are lots of excercises to build cnfidence, so a few guys at £40 a day could make a nice little course. Might have to give it some thought!

I recognise him, is he a child actor now grown up? i.e. would we know him better as a younger actor?

Guffy, but I'm cheatin now!

Beaten!!

Battle of the buldge?

Got to go, american pie is on now!

Dirty dozen?

oops not patton at all!!

Telly sevalis (sp) the big red one? no no its the one about patton, called patton!