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Rather you than me. Big M Pines are my nemesis. They always put up a good fight.
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Well done on applying. If you get on (I am sure you will), they have a discussion board and you will be able to find out if there is anyone local to you through that. Its a good course.
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PAYE or subby will odviously make all the difference.
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I thought becoming self employed would give me flexibility and did it in order to do a part time degree. From my experience I would have had a lot more flexibilty and spare time staying employed with a good firm. Contract climbing is only worth it if you have a network of good firms. I got to work with some of the industries best but also I had to work for some right shonky outfits to fill my diary. I often wish I had stayed put as I would certainly have a lot more time with my family. Good luck with whatever you choose.
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I rarely work in Dorset, but we will be working near Charmouth 23/24 and27/28 April. A varied job, pruning, dismantling and veteranising some trees. If you want to come along for 1 or more days just to get a feel for the job pm me.
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I certainly wouldn't condem it, but equally could not give firm advice just by those photos. A suitable reduction would be my first consideration, if the natural shape and form of the tree can be retained. If not, unless basal decay is so extensive total collapse is imminent, I would certainly be trying to maintain as much of the trunk/tree as possible as a habitat.
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Have you tried just running a loop around your right foot? Running the loop from the inside of your foot, underneath, over the top then running the tail down on the inside. Does that make sense? If you do it right twisting your foot outwards grabs the rope and inwards releases it. Works almost as well as a pantin on DdRT.
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You don't go in for those stinking "bindies" then. Where did you surf?
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Deffinately worth buying. In depth but easy to grasp
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Extract from the report on the wood Stu: "Final cuts may be of the coronet type but these are more expensive to carry out and perhaps a little fussy for this site." I reccon we won't bother slashing much on the job unless it is close to the path. Agreed that these types of cuts have inply a new set of risks, but I am confident with experience and good work positioning, slashing from rope and harness can be safe (Depending on user and method).
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I read but cant remember where that Horse Chestnut timber is prone to cracking apart and splitting as it dries. The implications with bleeding cancer were implied that when the infection is getting close to girdling a limb, the increase of dysfunctional tissue causes drying of the woody tissue. This drying of the limb can increase the chance limb failing in an infected tree. This would seem to be at odds with a lot of other species where the early stages of die back would reduce the loading of the limb and reduce the likely hood of failure. I can remember where I read this information, but I can certainly think of a couple of infected HC near to my yard which have been dropping limbs during late summer last year. Anyone else heard of this?
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Did you ring bark or poison them to prevent re-sprouting?
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Adansonia digitata is what I had them down as. They were on some land being acquired by a reserve in Senegal. I am interested in the different forms taken by the tree in different environments and was hoping someone would have a bit of (sensible) input into why this happens?
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Not sold on the goat theory, no girafes hanging about either!
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Should ship em over to London then, cheap labour.
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All these pics are of the same species of Boabab tree. The first 2 are in open grass land and have a form similar to trees which have been repeatedly pollared. The last pic is a Boabab growing about 2 miles away in a more foreseted area where these trees developed a different form. Does anyone know why these trees would develop such a different growth habits in different growing conditions?
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Do you think there is a potential problem with using the larger Split tale with the pulley ? Maybe I once wrecked a isc blue pulley by using a green 2t webbing sling to anchor it. Was hard to close the pulley and big lumps were dropped into it. Didn't seem right after so was put to one side. On the next loler assesment the chap said that the bearing had collapsed. I am not sure whether it was using a sling to big for the design or wether it was the size of the lumps I dropper into it.
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Rogue Traders - Monday 16 March - Rogue Tree Surgeons
gibbon replied to Honey Bros's topic in General chat
I wouldn't mind a job with that council if they would send 3 of us to dead wood one tree and not expect us back till the end of the day. Good times! -
Rogue Traders - Monday 16 March - Rogue Tree Surgeons
gibbon replied to Honey Bros's topic in General chat
Sorry does that mean £450 is a high price? I think thats way too cheap for 3 men. I laughed at that expert too. Recommending the tree needed dead wooding? 3man day? -
Natural history of trees, or trees; their natural history. Its by Peter Thomas. Its essential reading very readable, you'll learn a lot
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Ex's for sure, they're just on it to get their own back. You can't have a blow out these days without being on it in hours.
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Thanks. I will check it out. Owe you a beer
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But do you have employers liability? Thats the expensive part. SWB. I'm deffinatley going to get a quote from NFU next time. I didn't know they did Arb till I read it on here
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Terms and conditions - pay rates in particular
gibbon replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Business Management
"Why can't all these certifying organisations (like the AA) also cover basic staff welfare?" They do
