Mark Bolam
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Day 2 of connie kills, mainly taking panels out and firing between concrete posts. Twins joined me on site briefly yesterday. IMG_8349.mov
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@bigtreedon slotted this one through today and thought of you. 50’, but straight and vertical, pulled by hand. 462 with 20”, 550 bar wouldn’t extend the cut, and I didn’t want to mess around with both sides. Hinge was much more respectable than it looks from this angle!
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John just do the course. Pulling out just because your pristine chainsaw might get dirty is akin to never having a dump in case your ring gets poo on it.
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Bugger. Google ‘Ramset gun UK’.
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One of these, without a nail. Powered by .22 blanks. 503 - Service Unavailable Error WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK
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I’ve got one of these for when out and about. They’re meant to be pretty good, and would probably stop a quick opportunist. For storage though, Dan is right, it’s all about layers.
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Who will be insured.
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South London climber early Oct
Mark Bolam replied to Parker Tree Care LTD's topic in Rigging and roping
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Those remote controlled machines are great, zero risk to anyone or anything, no insurance required.
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That’s a good result mate, no comeback if it shits itself either. Did you have to take the cover off?
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It would be worrying if anyone could comprehend it mate. Some things just defy rational thinking.
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It will if they sign a waiver, surely?
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I’m not qualified to.
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Just out of interest, what part of Somalia do you work in?
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The kids will still be on holiday. (Which funnily enough was how we planned it). They are obviously in the pay of the insurance company mafia.
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Bastard parasites. How do we afford it?
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The prices have been artificially low for years, not artificially high.
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Your maths is what doesn’t make sense to me. You’re 30% cheaper because you aren’t insured. I’m starting a £3k job on Monday that will take 3 days. You would presumably charge about £2k? That’s a grand you could have put towards insurance. Mine is about £2k annually. So 2 jobs like that you could be insured and legit. (You couldn’t do the job anyway, access is through a school, and surprisingly enough they asked to see insurance documentation, the bastards).
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But you’re the intelligent one pursuing bargain basement work for lowballing shitkickers? Definitely each to their own. I’ll stay as I am thanks.
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She’s unreal.
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I can, sort of, appreciate the sentiment Hedge Mong. A while back there were loads of freelance climbers ‘with their own insurance’. Complete BS, insurers happy to take the money, but they would never have paid out. What you’re saying is a bit different though. You can answer my or Steve’s comments about EL being a legal requirement any time you like. Why would you want to work for the lowest quote wins tyrekickers anyway? What’s next? Work without a lid because it will save you £100? Have a word with yourself. Most of us on here are pros with pride in our work and standards, not here to facilitate Karen from Facebook ‘Large tree need gone, £50 cash waiting’.
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Do you honestly think insurance is 30% of your turnover? You must do about 3 jobs a year. EL is a legal requirement. Fair enough you don’t need it if you work on your own, but then you’re not doing real tree work are you?
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Is that the mk3?
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What is your go-to top handle at the moment Don?
