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Everything posted by gibbon
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I'm sticking with the 2 feral dogs at my lock up
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Unfortunatley I reccon after all your stuff gets nicked and you show the police some grainy pictures of a man in a hoody, you will still have about a 1% chance of seeing any of it again
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I have looked at several big jobs over the last few weeks. A big dead Ash to be craned out. 2 big poplars also a few days with a 50t crane, 7 big wrc, again priced to lift out timber and today a large Monterey Pine. The thing is I don't expect to get any of the jobs. I reccon a lot of big take downs just aren't happening when people get the prices in. Out of interest how do people price these? If it is faster, safer and less mess to use a crane and timber lorry do you price it this way? Several of these jobs could be rigged down for the same price, more days on site meaning more profit but with a lot more cutting and lots of disturbance, but I havent been planning to do this.
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Just a guess but could it be to do with loler? If the crane is lifting a person would it need a 6 monthly rather than 12monthly inspection? Plus the hook would become part of the climbing system and does not have a 3 way gate. It wold be possible for the rope to slip foo the hook if you got caught on a branch. I still do it though.
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pollarding Acer platanoides 'Globosum'????
gibbon replied to The Rutland Arborist's topic in General chat
Not what I meant at all. My piont was that if you advertise yourself as a proffesional tree worker and you are out there giving advice you should have a good understanding of timings of pruning work. I believe this is knowledge that should be gained BEFORE you put your self in a position where people regard you as a proffesional and seek your advice. IMO it would be different if the question was asked by someone who was in a different possition. Of course ideas change over time and you can learn alot through forums such as this, but I don't think that the idea of summer pruning is a new concept in arb. -
pollarding Acer platanoides 'Globosum'????
gibbon replied to The Rutland Arborist's topic in General chat
I honestly don't mean to cause you any offence, but if you are in a position where you are advising potential customers on how and when pruning should be carried out then this is something you ought know. If you were pricing a job and someone asked you if it was a good time to prune, what would you say? -
July/August photo competition sponsored by Arbinsure
gibbon replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Past Competitions
I like the sky in this one -
Boot laces only form in soil or on dead wood. Often when bootlaces are seen they are a secondary agent moving in after a primary agent has killed the tree off. White fan shaped mycelium under peeling bark is an indication that the fungi is activily killing/damaing the tree. Sounds like it could be HF. If it is HF felling and grinding may be best option but get as many roots as possible. I have read that an airspade has been used with some success to contain spread of HF.
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I like that alot.
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The big 3 o
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Happy birthday. Its mine today too! How old?
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Sorted now
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Last year we pegged down some low branches on a veteran Beech and a Lime on one of our Estates. It was a rather experimental suggestion from a well respected consultant who we do alot of work for. The idea was to get some low stable branches to root and reduce right down the rotting stems Havent checked the Lime this year but the Beech unfortunatley is going later in the year. It must be close to 1m dbh. Its so knackered i think we are going to be able to fell it by cutting what remains of the 3 butresses with a hand saw
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Had an enquiry from a lady from Bristol today, too far for me to travel. Not sure how much work there is. If there is a decent contractor who wants to quote for the work pm me for details.
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Go doctors, don't mess about when it comes to your eyes. I was stung in the eyeball by an ant, that hurts.
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I can see an alien in the handle
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Is that the guy who is always in Sidmouth for the festival?
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Big? or perhaps Giant.
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whats the lowest price for a single tree you would charge
gibbon replied to Bob Rolfe's topic in General chat
I would either price it to cover the time taken to load up travel and unload, or maybe give a cheaper price to include maybe 1/2 travel and loading time on the condition that it can be tied in with other local work. That might mean that they have to be flexible on the time frame and wait a little long for the job to happen -
Unless you are cutting trees on a highway verge then its OK. What if you are "collecting" woodchips from site by tractor trailer to be used for agricultural/horticultural purposes?
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You got the photos from your groundy? Well done!
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Wow, thats quire a response. I completely agree, I fact I have just been doing a little research into below groud plating pits and permeable surfacing. In this case the deflectors are for highway tree planting as it seems to be the policy that root deflectors should be installed with new planting. I looked at the job today and it is in fact felling a load of dead highway trees and replacing new standards in tarmac graves. I will probably get to fell these trees in a few years if I'm lucky!
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It would depend on how big the pots are and how easy the digging is. If you can get a trailer up to the pits with the kit trees and perhaps mulch. Like I said 2 of us planted 4 70l trees in a couple of hours, but the digging was good and the tea was flowing
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Depends on how well you want to plant it. You could dig a hole and bang it in, in 15 minutes or you could take your time do a nice job.
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My wife calls me a mould geek. I can't imagine what she would say about you Monkey.
