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jose

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  1. I hear you but i have a successful business to run, family to feed, mortgage to pay. Am i going to potentially compromise or risk this ( took 20 years to get to this point) for a one off job? I do work for said council too. multiple times a year. Am i going to cut off this source of work? Afraid not. I feel for the guy but its not my fight to go all out on. He is a grown man, home owner. So hes made educated choices in his life and would appear to be doing ok ( not cheap or easy to buy around here). So he can engage the services of a lawyer or other legal body or local councillor and go from there. Worlds a tough place and sometimes you have to pick battles. This one is not even close to the top of my list of things i am willing to give my energies to. Happy to give my advice and ask on his behalf a community that may know the answer but past that its down to him. Life is tougher than some leaves and shade. But do keep the comments coming, always good to read them! Cheers
  2. doh yes thats it. Seems decent guy on the phone. How was your experience? Shame as they have/had a black cabstar looks perfect for what i was after. Came in about 2 days after i bought the one i did.
  3. was a firm in Leicester, we buy any vans. They seem to have a few Arb tippers for sale. I was going to buy one but the truck had issues ( someone put ADblue in the diesel) and then another came up else where in the right colour so i went there in the end. Worth a call. Or if buying a standard tipper the Southern commercial sales down towards Brighton area is where i ended up getting mine. Awesome customer service. They had some brand new Man tippers which i gather are rebadged Grafters. Worth a call at least!
  4. If only it were that straight forward. I encounter households day in day out that are crying out for 5 minutes to talk to the TO but they refuse to do so. Will not meet anyone and come and go seemingly in the night to asses the trees. Yes i think the council should have addressed this tree many years ago. It is their tree as they so clearly pointed out so they should remedy it! But around here unless you scream for blood so to speak the council is deaf to all. it seems to react as opposed to being proactive. Personally i do do work for the council , am on they local buy with confidence scheme with the local council but i dont think the people making the decisions even know this. As said i dont mind as i dont live there but i do feel for the people that do. All i can say is id wish we had more approachable TO 's like you Nimby.
  5. pretty sure i heard on the news today that road tax revenue is down massively due to low tax rates for new efficent cars so they are looking into ways to claw it back.
  6. So for interest this is the response i got from the council. I personally have decided not to proceed as i felt i was put between a rock and a hard place and tbh i dont need the grief! cheers You will receive a response from the tree service at a later date but we are short staffed at the moment with a lot of enquiries to reply to. As a general advisory at this stage please note that The Council would not endorse shearing off to the boundary or works beyond the property boundary. For the avoidance of any doubt neither would it permit access temporary or otherwise from its land which includes access for vehicles, machinery or climbing for the purposes of doing so. In carrying out any common law pruning we would expect any professional company advising their client to apply sympathetic arboricultural best practice pruning principles to any parts of the tree within the limits of the client’s legal boundary to avoid damage the tree/s or seriously affecting its health, safety and future management by the Council as the tree owners. To carry any works to the contrary leading such damage would potentially result in criminal damage to Council property and the risk of legal proceedings. The Council expects any professional company to apply good arboricultural practice, especially to third party trees and operating as such has a duty in this respect. Therefore if a client requires anything to the contrary we would hope that this would be declined in the interests of safeguarding it’s professional integrity and reputation as much as the tree’s health and promoting good arboricultural standards.
  7. Not unless it can fit through a garden gate. But even then it has to cross council land. But thanks for the input.
  8. Which in fairness they are correct, which is why initially removal was the preferred option. A reduction with keeping the tree looking half decent simply wont achieve anything of and use. As said its not my problem as i dont live there and i dont want to fall foul of the council. I work and live here and have worked hard to create a good reputation which im not going to risk for a 1 off job.
  9. I have a couple of days away from the pc and its kicked off! Personally i love the idea of the caravan boys set up. added to the mix he will get a new fence thrown in when the old one is smashed up! Yes someone said put the onus back onto the council. It is their tree which tbh has been left, basically not pruned ever by the looks of things. Not sure about else where in the country but around these ways if nobody moans then nothing is done. Customer was adamant for it to go, then once i told him that the council said no only to boundary then he was dead set on that. I cant see him wanting it tip reduced by 2-3m or what ever the council think is appropriate as it covers the whole garden and even 3m back will still be right over. No idea when they moved into the property. They are in their 30's so id guess not that long. Often people maintain the grounds around their property here as the council come by about once every 3month so if you want it short u do it yourself. Also they have a side gate. weather or not this is legal access or not ive no idea. bet the owners dont either. what i recieved from them: The resident has every right to exercise Common Law but the effect on the tree will probably be dramatic & damaging. Unless you can convince your client to moderate the pruning to a substantial crown-shaping the Council is unlikely to give you permission to enter Council land to carry-out pruning.
  10. The ironic thing was they were the ones that said cut back to boundary , then they changed their mind! The thing is i can drive a mewp up to the tree, i can also drive a car or truck there. to me its the "we wont let you on our land to do the work " bit. So they going to hold the home owner to ransom so to speak that unless he does the spec they want they will stop all access! As said its really not my problem, i can walk away but i would like to know for any future similar situations. The other side of my thoughts are that the tree isnt under aTPO and i can cut it the boundary line, stuff them im not breaking the rules. But im crazy busy so not going to but i would think some would. Cheers
  11. Got a customer that has a oak overhanging badly over his garden. Its a split stem at the base and one half is virtually all over his garden. Its a council owned tree but no TPO or conservation area. Customer wants it down ( and will pay) but the council said no way. They did say however he can cut back in accordance with common law. Fine he says i will will have it cut back to the boundary line. They now come back saying this is too much and he has to reconsider a less drastic reduction or else they wont allow access to the tree. The tree spans the whole width of his garden and anything less doesnt do him any good. See the picture below. Access is via a open grass area and adjacent foot path. No barriers etc and its not a council fenced off area in anyway. I personally dont have anything to gain or lose ( except lose a job but rather that than fall foul of the council) but i would like to know can they do this? any advice welcome as not sure how to advise then to proceed. Many thanks
  12. could be mistaken but thought i heard ford are doing new transits with a limited slip diff and 4wd? may be interesting to see what thats all about
  13. FSI b22 Awesome machine. i ran predators for years, had a 450 and 460. Good but flimsy. Ate belts and guards at a stupid rate and the cable system is beyond useless. Had good dealings with Max who used to work there but the owner lets just say i will leave it there. FSI is build like a tank, havent had to change a belt or guards in nearly 2 yrs. Its a smaller engine which i was worried about but its proved its self so many times to be enough! Dean at Global sells the Bandits, kindly gave me a demo on a few, i didnt personally like the HB20 , but it was a more than capable machine, the ZT is a animal, just couldnt make the numbers work for me at the time otherwise id have got one. Hes a really sound guy so give him a shout.
  14. ive not done it yet but often though about glueing or some other way to attach some rubber to the bottom. Ideally the kind of rubber they use for stump grinder guards. Then it would last forever!
  15. jose

    light guards

    Not sure if this is the right place to ask but apart from tip master where can i get some rear light guards for a Vauxhall Movano ( aka renault Master). Tipmaster is £210 for a pair which seems pretty steep! i dont have a welder and some rebar or else id know one up myself! Based in Berkshire Cheers
  16. jose

    Stump grinding

    you would think so but he actually told me £90 , when i said it may be a mistake he clarified it was £80+VAT. But yes £800+VAT wouldnt be a million miles off what they are worth! I am not negotiating. In fact i often say can i have their number as i could sub them in and make good money off them doing all the work!
  17. jose

    Stump grinding

    still too cheap surely. Ive seen the big grinders in action and seen it destroy a 4 ft beech and a 6ft chestnut stump in 20mins while the operator sat on a bench ( remote control) but it cost him £40 in fuel just to get to site ( his van that is)and a fair amount of time setting up. And a full set of teeth was about £400! plus machines fuel. Not to mention the investment of god knows how much to buy the machine and oh mans wages to operate. on a side note quoted for a pair of stumps, be a decent day ( Ash and hornbeam ) 3-4 ft each. Crap access so small pedestrian grinder. Guy came back today on email saying i was too much. He got a quote of £80+VAT. doesnt even cover the cost to go there! teeth and fuel alone is got to be £40+, mans labour got to be £80-100. Wear and tear? i told him to get some more quotes as it cant be right!
  18. Well i went for it, had the briefest of plays today. Straight off its no replacement for a ms261 or equivalent sized saw. More a battery 2 handed version of a 201 i would say. So far like it but as said i used for a few minutes before i had to run up a tree. I think perfect as a smaller ground saw but cant see it going up a tree much because if im sending down the 201 i want a bigger more grunty saw to replace it! But never know until you try it i guess! Cheers
  19. HI all. Got a silly desire to get one of these. Dont really need on as have a couple of ms261's that just dont die which is great but really fancy a battery one. I have some battery hedge trimmers which are great. Thing is the saw with the promo offer ( 2 bat and charger) is £656 +VAT. i could buy just the unit alone(285+) but the batteries i have are old so may lead to a bad experience. SO has anyone got one? is it worth it or will i be let down? I run a small tree team, not a home owner. Love to actually use it to chog down mid sized timber if possible amongst other things. Cheers
  20. i love the petrol version (though i cant for the love of it get it to idle! its nearly new still and it either runs to fast of cuts out. cant win). But at £800+ i think they are asking too much for a small saw!
  21. Well after been off this week from tuesday i am told by the HR company i employ and the accountant that if i can work then i must. If i can work this makes myself and my guys not eligible for the Coronavirus job retention payments ( we are all employees). But non of them know for sure as the gov advice is vague. If we were in Ireland then i would know for sure as its non essential work. So back to work from tomorrow. If anyone knows otherwise please enlighten me!
  22. i closed down last night. I know that we have very minimal contact (3 of us and our families are in lockdown already) and customers dont even need to leave the house for us to crack on. If you think about it even things like fuelling up , touching the fuel pump, paying at the kiosk etc its a risk of infection and therefore spreading it. Not worth it. So holiday at home and doing all the stuff ive been putting off for the last 10 years!
  23. Hi There Anyone local to Bracknell, Berks that is free in the next month to do a couple of climbing kits? Cheers
  24. Cheers for the replys! As said nothing to lose but thought id ask first. I will give it a tickle hopefully this weekend and see how it goes. Cheers guys
  25. My guys put a new chain on a 201 top handle, groundie did up up to tight. The climber used it for a couple of days before i realised and loosened it a bit but it feels dull. Nothing has been hit and it all looks good but just doesnt cut like it should. Is it possible it got too hot which has affected the actual chain ( ie heated up and cooled too rapidly)? Or can anyone else think of why it now feels dull. I havent sharpened it yet as it looks factory sharp still and ive never been able to improve on a brand new chain. Its a Stihl chain. Cheers

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