combined tree services

the whole thing from start to finnish was not right IMO the company he was climbing for were amazed when they got the letter from his NO WIN NO FEE claims company - i knew the expert witness that was involved with the case and he could not believe that the guy had done it , basicly it was the guys own fault that he fell out of the tree was the exact words of the expert witness when he was talking to me about it , i was not trying to prove a point as such but mearly putting accross a possibility of what can happen , and totally agree that a written contract should be used at least that way everyone knows where they stand

great stuff:thumbup: if i had a trophy it would be on its way to you

i have seen it recently on a sycamore but so far never seen it on an oak

i have found that the biggest rat attractor is bio chain oil , the company i used to work for hadf a major problem with rats because of it which then carried over to the rats chewing through the rubber round the gear stick on the ldv to get in and eat my workmates 2 day old kebabs

basicly a guy was brought in by a company to do some climbing as a freelanc climber , while working he cut himself out of a tree causing him to fall to the ground being slowed down by several limbs on the way . after leaving hospital he tried to sue the company , the company replied to his solicitor and refused to take liability this carried on for about 18 months before it went to court , the court hearing lasted a day , they found the company not guilty because he was using his own kit (with no LOLER) to carry out a job for a company as a freelance climber and that he was responsible for his own insurance . sorry i have just read my previous post and can see how it made no sence lol

always mate , i believe that if i spend all my time in the dog house i will know where i stand and will never come home to a suprize . Mind you she aint keen when i have got all my climbing gear and the lowering kit in there at the same time lma:thumbup:o

a recent court case (withing the last 3 years) found a company liable after a freelance climber was working and had an accident , several points were raised 1- whos risc assessment was he on ?? , had he provided HIS own kit to carry out the job that HE was doing ?? etc etc . the court determined that he was resposible for his own insurance as he was providing a service weather it be to a third party of not .

i agree with what your saying bob , i think the problem down here is there has been verry little change in the instructors down here for years , there are a couple of good instructors but on the whole they dont teach much of the more modern systems of working becuse there is very little intrest in the more modern systems , i can see thay i will have picked up some bad habits and yes there are changes in the industry that i should be aware of BUT if im honest i have learnty far far more talking to you guys and exchanging information with you all than ever i think i could get out of a refresher , maybe the refresher methods should be looked at , i can understand for a council worker that only picks up a saw to clear roads in storms does need to carry out a refresher in its current state and they should sit a refresher every 12 months in my eyes but most of us that take a pride in our work and in our trade are constantely refreshing our skills by way of learning from one another - take for instance SRT - i would not have a clue about it unless i had seen it done up at the AA show and been reading threads about it on here and asking questions . Rant over lol:lol:

i could not agree more , the industry is an ever changing industry , whei first started there was nowhere near the amount of chice in equipment and to be honest after spend as much time on here as i have i dont think that if i went on a basic climbing refresher down here i dont really think that the instructors would know too much about the sort of kit im using as there is no allowance for people to climb on a jock jack , spider jack , vt , etc etc and certainly srt is not really tought so what would i be refreshing on ??? rescue ?? possibly but i doubt it as its practised every month . As for a basic chainsaw refresher well if i need refreshing on how to fell small trees then i really should pack up now and go flipping burgers !!! Now an Englis refresher would be great lol:thumbup:

tbh i have a 361 and really do rate it , its great to climb with and has plenty of grunt BUT after running some husky 357 xp's i am now lookiing to go over to husky's as they dont feel quite so chunky and as long as you understand that the husky works at its best flat out and does not have too much bottom end grunt and personally find them alot more comfortable to use in a tree . my only question for you is why a 16 inch bar on your 361 ?? i would have thought that the college would not want you using anything more than a 15 inch bar in line with cs30/31 but as for the heated handles i have been told that they cut down on the risk of white finger

thats the one i was on about lol , i was looking at it and thinking that you could change the rope strop and if you wanted make it so that the RG would go roung bigger timber:confused1:

if he was in cornwall i could put lots of consultancy work his way lol Do you ever hear much about Paul Hambidge that used to be the tree officer for exeter city ??

tommer i have a bag like bob is describing that came with my marlow rope its yours if you want it

but work like that is few and far betwene down here , its a hard enough job to get £335 a day for a two man team consisting of two climbers and all the kit

exactly and as i said for £200 a day i would be expected to bring all the saws that i will need , a rigging kit and a chipper , trust me im sure that it is more priffitable for you oh and it would not be a timberwolf150 it would be our 190

i guess it depends on how many climbers there are in an area and how compitent they are , im not saying that the climbers are any less compitent than me up there but there are probably more up there that are willing to do the work and that have all the kit

verry true

that seems strange , i am now charging more than this time last year and am getting more work than i was this time last year , personally i think that a climber should be paid what he is worth , i can charge £200 with a chipper down here so im sure £250 up there iant that much

why not ???

personally i think that if a person is that keen to break in then there aint much you can do to stop them , however one company i worked for in devon used to lock all of their kit inside a well secured building and insid the building we had several containers to put saws , chippers climbing gear etc etc into and they had the anti theft locks fitted to them , at least that way if someone was to break in they would have to work hard to get the kit and lets face it thats the last thing that the thieving sods wanna do

true , i would now charge arround 200 per day with a chipper down here

oh yeah someone seems quite knowlegable lmao:sneaky2:

down here in cornwall it really is totally diffrent , i was charging £100 a day with climbing kit , saws and rigging kit and £150 with a chipper , tbh it was all you could charge down here which is a totall joke but what can you do ??

i have been told the new raptor is something elts , who knows what i might get lol but i know for sure it aint going to be the new raptor !!! Do you race ?