Billy
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whats a snap hook, is it the same as a death hook?
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If you work for someone now all the stuff they use ona regular basis. I'm about to start up once i get a vehicle. I'm planning on having :- Silky MS200T MS250 big husky i've got hold of and not sure what the model is. But a large mid range/large saw for the bigger stuff or just runa 361 if you know someone who can lend or loan a 660 or 880 climbing kit helmet boots trousers etc spikes broom rake blower bulk bags decent length of bull rope tipper/trailer fuel cans tools and files etc a dump site contact or two probably forgotten a load but that seems alright for now.
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As I thought then, nasty, loud slow tipper it is! with the boards I am thinking i'll weld some on does anyone know if theres a significant weight saving to be had from using ply rather than welded steel frames and mesh? as i knwo they have no payload anyway.
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i'm looking to spend the minimum amount really, about £1500 i have a decent L200 i could get for well within this, and i'm sure a tipping one couldn't be procured within that budget, a transit tipper or similar would be the best route but they are horrid in every other aspect so hopefully i'll get a few more positive replies about pick ups before this thread is out.
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I need a vehicle to start doing a few private jobs and do jobs for my boss with a groundy when he isn't about (as getting put on the insurance for his tipper was prohibitvly expensive). Anyway i have been looking at single cab L200's, the bed's look quite big and i reckon with some greedy boards it could work. I have seen a few other tree surgeons using them and i know a few on here do, but I have always thought pick ups lack the capacity of a tipper. Obviously they hold a bit less but is it to the point of them being impractical? I've never worked with one so don't really know. I would primarily be working without a chipper just stacking branches well and doing alot of cross cutting to cram them in. I'm really not keen on a smiley face transit or LDV tipper as they look a bit pikey and this could end up being my only vehicle form time to time. So yeah i'd just like to hear what pick ups are like to live and work with from a few owners on here, thanks.
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haha my boss got done by that a while ago . kept taking lots of money out for nothing.
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this rate is with a guy i work with most of the week, so i think the regularity is worth something, also i doubt he would want to give away that much responsibilty and money, and i'm sure theres a few tree's about i wouldn't want to be sent out to on my own to deal with, specially when its not my reputation on the line.
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haha I'm not giving someone a van or truck for that price!! i have a Vito, but i'd have a tipper as well in the blink of an eye if it meant guarentee'd extra earnings though.if we do use my van for a job its additional though, obviously. by I have my own vehicle I meant i don't need picking up, I was talking to a guy the other week who told me he picks up and drops off his groundy everyday, shocking imo. I guess my climbing is alright as the guy i work for's feet barely left the gorund in the last few weeks.
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£80 is the answer+ more fore crappy or big climbs
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so your implying £80 a day is a reasonable amount to live on inthe rest of the country?
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Oak is a ton per 1m3 and Beech is probably similar, a big-ish oak could easily weigh 30-50 tons or more. I've been invlved wiht building a timber framed building using chestnut trunks as up right parts of the frame and the pairs of trunks 3ft by 30-45ft joined by a pair 12x12 chestnut beams the weights rnaged from 14 to 20 tons.
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Article research - How much do you charge for a days work?
Billy replied to Rob D's topic in General chat
No goats, I think goats could make the day a bit more interesting though haha, we justy cross cut it and jump on it alot, no where near as efficent as chipping obviously but the work is local as i mentioned earlier and its only a tenner a load to get rid of it sotheres no major loss. -
Article research - How much do you charge for a days work?
Billy replied to Rob D's topic in General chat
the company i work for is £370-£450 a day + disposal + extra for sensitive targets and other milkable factors , most work is within a few miles 10-15 at most. Thats 2 people, transit tipper, no chipper in the south east. -
If someone isn't treating me right and paying badly i can find myself edging towards this. Decent thinking employees don't come cheap...pay peanuts get monkeys, but then there the occasional piss taker on decent money:mad1: How about plant hire? could start with gear that is useful to you like stump grinders and chippers so they wont sit around too much if not out, even small stump grinders are £80-90 a day + sharps+ fuel and chippers £120 + sharps +fuel which is pretty good, and all you need is a numpty to deliver and collect them.
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Self employed CS30 31 38 39 + first aid with a few years ground experience and a bit of climbing experience also. with full climbing kit 200T, 1 or 2 ground saws and own vehicle. How much would you say thats worth per day on a part time basis, just want to get some opinions. thanks
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I've been taken into a masive farm yard in Mid wales at 3AM stl being told to "follow the road ahead" when theres some huge gates and 5 or 6 john dears parked behind them in front of me...useless things, they only work if you already know where your going!
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PPE & Insurance (for employees/employers) your opinions?
Billy replied to Treeworld's topic in General chat
I may be wrong but i assumed alot of small outfits consist of a climber who runs the business and a number of short term fairly casual 'groundies' with or without tickets and or PPE. -
PPE & Insurance (for employees/employers) your opinions?
Billy replied to Treeworld's topic in General chat
Are most employers, sol etraders running fairly small outfits really that bothered? it'll be interesting to see. -
Does being a good climber mean he's a good tree worker??
Billy replied to john@arbtech's topic in General chat
Climbers tend to think they're a bit special from what i've seen and anyone who isn't a climber is just a 'joey' or whatever in their eyes. Just makes them seem a bit pathetic because climbings not all that special. -
spot on Dean your last 3-4 posts capture what i was trying to say exactly. It would be awesome to work with someone with such a balanced opinion on these matters.
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Theres not really a choice thats why the boss is the boss. Mine is the type that struggles/refuses to see from any point of view but his. So if its a lucrative job even if its nigh on 30 degree's he will happily kill himself working flat out all day barely stopping, and expects the same of anyone else, forgetting earning a splinter of the profit doesn't motivate that sort of work rate. In this weather you just need to slow down the rate of work a bit or people get burned out too quick, and minor irritations turn into arguments etc.
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sounds Lovely, but i bet most people on here have a boss who loves money and doesn't know the meaning of 'pace yourself'
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I love it for riding my bike but it makes work harder not a real issue though if iw as running the show in this weather i'd be wearing shorts like the guys in Oz and NZ for sure!
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i wouldn;t have been happy if that was my 200T at 6:20 ish! he got it un clipped quick though.
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I remmeber someone saying both eends was outdated and it was all about the strop and 1 end now. i have been doing my CS38 and 39 this week and have been told to use both ends and a work position from D to D which i've never done before, but its quite handy having the option of a 3rd anchor all the time. I think i'll be doing it more often.
