Littletree

No no don't Doooooo it it's a scam

Littletree

Best way to advertise is,

Post card sized cards in your local shops ,cafs , everywhere you go and buy things on a regular basis take a stack with you most places will display then for free for you if you take a bit of time to get to know the shop keepers .

Garden centres have notice boards , your local pubs where you drink eat ,

The fish and chip shop , your local takeaways when you have purchased a meal see if they will take a stack of cards . All my local ones do for me .

If you ever do a car boot sale make sure every customer tbat buys something gets one you will chat to loads of people on your stall in a morning .

1 boot sale usually nets me 1 job for 8 quid a stall to clear your clutter and gain a customer is excellent value for money .

Every customer you do some work for give them a stack to they will advertise for you for free word of mouth job done ,

A website it does not need to be expensive

Do jobs for all your friends . The circle then gets bigger as they tell there's .

Advertising is easy for very little cost it just takes a good reputation and a bit of get up and go and a passion for what you do and you will be a winner from day one . I can garentee it 100%

Hope this helps littletree:thumbup:

Hi usually it will be rope access companies asking for chainsaw opertivies with the IRATA ticket for the de veg jobs

I do lots of rope access geo work I know in the rope access industry there is always a grey arera when it comes to cutting trees and problems arise when they want the trees climbing cutting with IRATA rope access style there is very little flexibility when it comes to different Rope techniques for different types of work .

The other funny thing is a chainsaw operative under the IRATA banna are not required to have cs38 or 39 to use a chainsaw from a rope and harness . The rope access compainies only ask for Cs 30/31 for there operativies as the 38/39 certs are not recognised for IRATA work

It all gets quite interesting

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Hi Steve I know it's boring and am not really looking forward to it . but I need to do them as I need to do some spraying I have to have those tickets before Im aloud to do it.

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Hi all I am needing to do my PA1 & PA6 as soon as possible .

If anyone had a space on there course in the next week or so please pm me I don't mind where in the uk .

Many thanks

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Hi there I have a ford transit and I had it converted in to a camper I had all the insulation done also a side window and sky light put in plus a diesel heater it has a toilet a cooker and a near full size bed and lighting .

It's a really good way to go if you are staying away most of the time .

With accommodation costing between 10 & 50 per night it soon pays for it's self . I live in mine most of the time as work uk wide for weeks at a time .

It's the way forward for you All the best

Littletree:thumbup:

would it not have paid to have another container on site for the chipper?all the same my heart goes out to you

Usually the company have a second small container for all the kit but Not the chipper. But it's only 2% of jobs that they hire in chipper for as it's mainly rope access work we are doing but the odd job there is a large de veg needing one .

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Couldn’t get the machine to move so settled for a bit of scrap instead?

Maybe for scrap but would be surprised as what they took makes me think they wanted Maybe wanted it for a chipper they have or Mabel building . They had been quite careful with the dismantling of the control panel .

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Yes I was surprised there was anything left of it ,most of it was still there.

The company that I am working for had it on hire . but it had to be lifted over the fencing with the hiab so it had to live on site as it ment a full lane closure to get the chipper and welfare units onto site and the same later to get it all back off site so the chipper had to stay there over nights .

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Hi all I got into work this morning to our site on the m4

J45 and went to start up the chipper only to find the controll panell missing the shute and one of the levers that operate the tracks missing they had dammaged another one of the levers . I think they would of had the whole thing if they could off they must of been watching the movements of our team over the last 2 weeks . It was a Jensen 530 tracked chipper .

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Hi there I have my IRATA and all my saw tickets chipper and cherry picker Tickets . I am on a job in Wales doing rock work and devegging for 3 weeks but will be free after that so depends when your job is starting . ?

Let me know some more details if you think I may be able to help you

Many thanks littletree

Hi there it's not easy when you first start but if you are determined then it will pay off . If you have a couple of skills that can make you money then helps you with options . I do tree work and rope access work together they keep me busy I do a combination of private and sub contract work .getting 30/31 is a great start then 38/39 soon after

The problem is there is an influx of new people with 30/31 it's the same in rope access to there is an influx of level ones . Companies are spoilt for choice this pushes down wages as the new people are prepared to work for less and less just to get a slice of the cake making it harder and harder .

The are a couple sure ways to help you get ahead in the race , over time experience will be your biggest assets and then doing some extra tickets that will help you have an edge over all the other new people .

A PTS and CSCS card is a big asset as it's sort after along with your chainsaw tickets .as then you can go where other newbys cannot .

Good luck and all the best littletree:thumbup:

That's great news really hope you get some work from them . Let me know how it goes

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Hi again it's a real shame you are so far away as I have just done some sub contract work for gibbon on hear

they are looking for a trainee groundy / new climber . nr exeter

They are a pleasure to work for a really nice bunch Just the sort of company that would be perfect for you

I really hope something like that comes up nearer where you live .

If you can get in as a groundy with someone and really work hard do everything with they ask to a really high standard even if just cleaning up do it so it's spotless and do it every day the same . I can assure you they will have you back and in the end you will have lots of work

It's a hard business when you are new , just be sure to let them know that you are new and be very honest about what tree stuff you have done then they won't expect more from you then you can actually do as this can be a problem for new climbers but as long as you are compleatly open then you will have no problems and you will get on just fine and be able to learn from your fellow work mates and have great fun along the way Too

All the best

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Hi tree fella really hope you find some work soon . That's a real hard one.

Give all the tree companies in the yellow pages a ring and never give up .

You will get something else . It's a tough business but if you are determind you will succeed . There is lots of work on hear if you don't mind travling and staying in your van / or camping you won't be short of work

I do different contracts all over the country I had a little belingo van and that did as my home for weeks at a time it was tight but served me well . Just got myself a transit now and had the whole thing converted so staying away now is just home from home .

I wish you all the best keep your chin up

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Hi all I think it's a cracking post it sure has got everyone's fingers on to the keyboard, excellent .

I think it's great to discuss whatever you want in the lounge , everyone has different views on there beliefs and it's great to discuss in a friendly open manor

For myself I am a beliver But not a church goer my parents were really religious and I was dragged to church twice every sun all of my childhood . I really found it just so boring I really did not want to go but had to

Nothing has really changed I never have found a higher power or any other higher being in the sky .

I am siill opened minded and do believe there is a world beyond this one where we go when our life is spent down hear .

Just my pennies worth for the post.

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Hi there if you can keep going with that company and get them tp let you climb and learn the job it's the best thing you can ever do as it's the only way to become good as a climber . There is no short cut to it .

Climb every tree you can for them give everything you do 100%

Do all the stuff they don't want to do it does not matter if it's full of ivy and dead wood each one is cracking exp and the better and better you will get .

If you love the job you do work really and have a passion for it you will succeed .

It's not always an easy road and there will be the rough with the smooth

But just be determined and it will pay off . I really love my job and I have never looked back

Good luck and all the best

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Well it looks like he is only taking some stuff for himself as he is using a wheel barrow to transport it .he may well just be cutting the windblown and dead wood so may well be doing nothing wrong .

If you are worried take your walk tomorrow and just see what he does ,

If you are moving into a new place you will have new nabours and may well be your future customers . If it were me I would just leave well alone unless he is taking your wood as you would not want to stire up the mud before you have even moved in .

Anyway it's only just my feelings on it but it's up to you to decided what to do or not to do in the end .

All the best littletree:001_smile:

fair enough the contract was with me but after 2 years she cant have a leg to stand on can she.

No she cannot unless your contract guaranted a 2 year life span the life span of the hedge

She has not a leg to stand on

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Good luck just remember don't get hood winked you have forfilled you duty . You don't really need to revisit her she only wants to get you back there to try to get money out of you and make you feel bad

Ring her back and tell her there is no need for me to revisit you on tue as my job was completed 2 years ago and you are not prepared to do any more about it or give a refund .

My advice don't don't go back you will regret it

Hope this helps

Littletree

It is to late tell her goodby !!

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I doubt very much that the insurance will pay . She then might try going for you maybe in the small clams if she really wants to be plan stupid

She will most lightly loose big style you did your part of the agreed work you put in the hedge and it was live when you put it in . Open and shut case she paid for a live hedge to be put in and your expertees and your time to do it .she paid the bill on completion of the work

Some places garentee a tree for a year if they plant it for you and if it fails they will replace it .you have gone over and above your duty in offering 2 years later to replace the dead parts .

Don't get hood winked into giving any money back

All the best littletree

Love it, wow he was lucky

Wicked thanks for all your nice posts:001_smile:

. I really loved doing that tree very much it was a real pleasure to do it for them even though it would of been better down they liked the tree there and I was really pleased to be able to it a second chance clean it up and give it some care and attention . I got it all back to nice new wood and give it a good shape on top so if we get any new growth from it it should look ok

I have to restore lots of trees like that. I really love that type of work i love the de iveying and the dead wooding and doing the trees that are so covered in ivy you would not think there was a tree under it I always give 100% to each tree and am really very happy to show a pic of my work .

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Hi there I have the IPAF powered access licence that's a good one to go for .

Another good one to do is your irata. Rope acess ticket I did mine a year and a half ago and have had a years worth of well paid de veg and rock work through it as it works well with your saw tickets .

Hope this helps

All the best littletree:thumbup: