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5 hours ago, Squaredy said:

There are a few - which one do you mean?

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He Based in Bolton 

7.65 mm Browning with ammo Moss Side Manchester Rang Police who sent Armed unit out to collect

silver vauxhall corsa tried my yard gate they had a stihl saw last friday in bolton they were disturbed they got through one of the chains on the outer gate 

Thanks for that was thinking that but was not sure am awaiting more pictures

Anyone help identifying this tree please?

Thank you guys

Exactly.

 

Something like Muir Woods near San Fran, would be a huge compromise compared the league of forest up near Avenue of the Giants. Maybe just a few hour drive and worth it.

 

You been following the other thread?

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/82592-giant-coast-redwoods-must-see-2015-a.html

 

Muir Woods is also much more a touristy area than Avenue of the Giants, especially this time of year.

Thanks wil look now

off next week to San francisco have a few days spare to go see the the giants any one got any good tips

cheers

Any one got any chip for Preston Docks MX PR22HW

contact Lee on 07858 552976

Thanks

Any one got any contacts for crane hire in Glossop area

putoline mx 7 or mx 9

Trust are good until you cancel your policy with 8 months remaining and send you a bill for £400

i had my policy cancelled after i took it out with a broker they said they dont insure tippers this was after i had paid them in full and got paper work to say it was a panel van they charged me £90 for 4 days pirates then i had the nightmare of the question of have you ever had insurance cancelled yes

cheers lads, will check them out on google and visit them this weekend, now to part with my hard earned cash....

Seddons in Bolton

To be honest Hedgesparrow, if he has no tickets at all at the moment, then he would find it very hard to get into any tree firm. As a minimum most firms would expect you to have CS30/31 before they'd give you sniff off a job.

 

Also he would need to have passed these before he even attempts to go for his climbing tickets. Once he has his climbing tickets it could another 2-3 years before he his confident & competent enough to be considered a half decent climber capable of handling most tree jobs in most circumstances. There is no fast track in this game, so he would need to be prepared for the long haul.

 

If he is serious, then his best bet would be to gain his basic CS chainsaw tickets, then try and get into an already established tree outfit, prove his worth, willingness to learn and hope that they pay for him to take his climbing tickets to help him progress forward.

 

Even with his basic tickets, without a proven track record of work experience arb work he probably could'nt expect much more than minimum wage to begin with (maybe £7 per hr) and even as a climber with 2/3yrs experience it may not rise much above £12 per hr.

 

Working as a freelance climber, well there are probably a lot of skilled competent climbers on here, with years of experience, that are only making £120 per day (£15 p/hr). But you may not have work every day of the week, every week of the year, you've got all your kit, PPE, fuel, transport, taxes, other overheads etc. to be paid for from that. A good climber can make a living, just, but he won't be driving a Ferrari!

 

He also needs to bear in mind that the colleges these days are churning out an ever growing number of wannabe tree surgeons, with tickets and qualifications chasing a finite number of positions. It is a very crowded market place these days, giving potential employers a lot more choice, but they in turn have more competition from other tree companies which means that payscales generally across the board are kept depressed.

 

You only have to look at some of the threads on this forum that competetion for jobs in a saturated market can be fierce, even some of the college boys end up touting their services for free as a trial just to get their foot in the door. I'm not suggesting its impossible, but your son in law if he decides to go for arb work needs to be prepared that it can a long hard haul, for less than sensational rewards at the end of it.

 

Wish him all the best for whatever he decides to do. Best bet would be to train to be a banker or senior civil servant, that way he can make life a misery for everyone else, whilst pocketing a massive anual salary and be rewarded for incompetence and failure with a big fat bonus cheque each year. I sometime wish I had.......... but then I hug a tree and feel better.

Good speech there Rick:thumbup1:

Trees confirmed or suspected of having the disease should not be removed. They need to be qurantined and reported to DEFRA/FC

 

See FC website: Forestry Commission - Pests and diseases - Ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea)

Good research there Rick

mine:biggrin:

one from last year

Proper job

 

Im following a mate whos riding in the redbull elite and bymx this year. Works out cheaper watching him than riding myself lol

Not so bad cos my lad is a sponsored rider

What championship he ride mate? is that an 85cc sw?

he rides for a club 90 racing mxc and bike is a kx 65 hes on a sw 85 now:thumbup:

and the girl:thumbup:

weekends with the boy