Frank
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I have one screwgate, steel 50kn, use for lowering BIG stuff. but only cos i have it. Use the Springlock ones for climbing, get on real well with them.
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5% increase in price to cover Diesel. at least. If you know the right people and network in the right places, then there is always something to do. wether it be putting up a fence or going round recycling peoples garden waste, as long as your willing to work and dont take the mick with money, then you can work 14 hours a day,7 days a week, 364 days a year (wouldnt work on my birthday)
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...........you have to replace your 32nd mobile phone in the last 2 years.(dust) ...........you get up on sunday morning to take the dogs for a walk and pull on your hi-flex. ...........at 7:10am , when the morning mist is still rising and the birds are cheering you on as you tie in your anchor point at the highest point of the tallest tree in the area and you sit back look around take a breath and realise your office has the best view.
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I tell the old couple that I knew he was going shares and the £280 I quoted was their half.
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What about when you fell sorry for the old couple who are worried about the tree in between the 2 properties, you do them a stupidly good price, do the work, and it comes to paying. You find out then that the wideboy with the brand new Range Rover Sport and Jaccuzzi in the back garden is paying half.
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Some non customer related one-liners: - Me "Is that 357 sharp?" - New Groundie "Well i just spent half an hour sharpening it" - Me "Yeah but Is it sharp?" (character building) -New groundie (forgetting how to attach chainsaw to climbing line) " OH GOD" - Me " Just call me Darren"
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Went to look at a "massive poplar" today, turned up and saw an "average" lime. Politely pointed out the customers mistake, to which he replied, "its never had limes on it". So again, I politely tried to explain, but only got half way through a sentence when he was shouting at his wife " hey dear, this so-called tree man thinks our Poplar may produce citrus fruit". "where did you get his number from again"?? Haha, what could I do, but drag him in his house and search on Wikipedia. I wasnt leaving there without an apologie. Got the Job though.
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Cheers my man. I live right on the east coast. Are you based in Driff?? Always interested in more work. May well also have some to throw your way. 350 hours clearance work in Thorne (nr Donny)
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Exactlly. hahaha, thats made me chuckle.
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"Are you not scared of heights??
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Handsaws, are far too dangerous they have a special flesh magnet that means I only have to go near on for it to dig down to the bone.
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I once got 2 different girls pregnant in the same night.
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Love the name of this thread, because our tools are our toys, and our toys are our tools. Tried the swivel but found i twisted more, didnt like it anyway. Just make sure if your bored one day you dont set up a single rope anchor and put your harness on backwards with a swivel and get people to spin you round because the centrifugal forces will send the blood rushing to either end of your body away from your heart and you will be in hospital. FACT
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Im getting married on the 16th. 13 days to go. Looking forward to it but getting all a bit "real" now.
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Cheers boss, 3 years on my own and I havent slowed down yet. My fiancee shares your hopes of the work keeping coming in haha
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I got lucky when i first set out, with a couple of nice contracts doing any climbing required at 2 local estates (one with over 900 acres, majority woodland). Got these through knowing the right people and saying the right things, then doing a proffesional and safe job and being 99.9% reliable goes a long way to those people telling their people who then tell their people and so on. I also live in a village with no gas (only oil central heating or log burners) So i concentrated on monopolysing the market for fire wood. I also have a small network of 3 other tree surgeons who I have an agreement with that when they need help we dont subby, we price together and share the loot. I find it works well. Having been on the internet for a couple of months now I do have a free listing with google maps and yell.com, but havent had any feedback as yet. So Not advertising was a slight bend in the truth haha.
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Join a local golf club or 2. Offer them some wood chips and get chatting to the ground staff, you can soon have some friends in high places.
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Not sure whats its like in the rest of the country but oop north in 'ULL there is loads of what can only be described as "pettyness" (nearly used the female dog analogy), between tree workers. Everyone is sooo nosey about what everyone else is doing and then people would rather stupidly undercut prices and lose money just to spite other people than work together to improve productivity and efficiency. The last phrase in Richard Allinsons post above is exactly the way it should be. Business is business and its a bout making money not friends but to make enimies is the worst thing to do. Networking is the way forward, my diary is 4 months in advance and I dont advertise or have my van sign written.
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Anyone been watching Axmen??? New series on History channel (9pm thursdays / repeated on sundays). I was quite enjoying it but have Arbtalk to while away the evening hours. Its a bit like Deadliest Catch but with trees and says instead of crabs and nets. If anyone has been watching it, what are your impressions so far,?
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I dont believe the "stumbled upon whilst googling" I think your a regular. Deep down we are all tight wads, haha Look after the pennies and all that.
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I believe getting mad is the worst thing you can do, its when you lose concentration and when accidents are more likely to happen, I always say that if your enraged enough to throw a saw out of a tree then you should come out of the tree. We all get mad sometimes, its part and parcel of what we do. But, swearing / throwing equipment etc doesnt solve anything. There is always a better option. On the other matter of saws, not tried the husky 338 but I do still have my first top handled saw, a 3rd hand stihl 020t, from about 96, over ten years old and starts first time and idles like a new one.
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He-Ho Chaps, New member. Found you whilst googling Arborist Forums believe it or not haha. After 14 - 15 hours a day trying to run my own business, I needed some people to carry on discussing all things tree related with. Its not a job, its a lifestyle. My fiancee doesnt agree haha. Hope I'm welcome??
