JaySmith

I have a 64 plate single cab l200 which I have had from new. Got a good deal as they had a surplus at the time and the facelift model was just coming out. It has been pretty much faultless since new and only had tyres and brakes in the 54000 miles. Change the oil and filters every 12 months and hopefully it will continue 🤞

Never personally seen a failure at the graft. Have two lines of mature copper beech trees relatively local to me and some have failed at ground level over the years due to Kretzchmaria or Meripilus and have snapped out at included bark unions but not at the graft.

I had to produce one many years ago when we were working on a large housbuilding site doing work on Plane’s. There was limited info on the AA website so I used a generic template found online through a Google search ‘coshh template’ and used information on the found on the AA website to populate the relevant fields, such who is at risk, hazard type, route of exposure, control measures etc. You try contacting the AA to see if they have a template you could use.

I know for a firm local to me who used to get a lot of leads and clients through the BNI network. This was many years ago and is probably like the yellow pages, everybody used to use it where as now it is dead. I personally wouldn’t use the yellow pages to find a tradesman, I’d ask friends for recommendations or look on social media platforms and look at their reviews and previous works before making a choice. Marketing and how people engage and buy from businesses has drastically changed in recent years. Facebook and Instagram is what most seem to use nowadays and have better results with. I think mediums like Yell and BNI have had their day and IMO represent a poor return on investment. As a lot of firms have been set up by climbers and are one man bands, there are a lot of firms who pool and share resources amongst each other. I have friends who sub to each other on bigger jobs bringing in kit and guys to access larger jobs. In my view this is a better way of operating than trying to get recommendations from an accountant at a BNI event.

Very true, although if the builders acquired the land to develop through a sale it should have been registered at the land registry. Lots of the pieces of land at the land registry that show as unregistered are indeed legally owned but because there haven’t been any sales against them there hasn’t been a requirement to register them. Often if land has been in a family for many years and there hasn’t been a sale it may not be showing as registered but is still owned. I think at the last review approximately 15% of land was still showing as unregistered. Often the builder will hold onto the ownership of the land and not transfer it, especially if it forms an access to ‘phase two’ for example. If the builder goes under then as you say that becomes more problematic. Usually a bit of digging can show who the owner is, even if it isn’t showing as registered at the land registry.

If somebody dies without a will or blood relatives then technically the land can be transferred to the crown, although this is relatively rare.

More often than not there will be an owner, whether that be highways, parish council, district council, private land owner, housing association, management company etc etc. What does the land reg say? Does it say ‘no registrations found’ for example?

Possibly phytophthora? Especially if it has covered a decent sized area as the fungus moves in the wind for dispersal.

Was given a pair like these given to me once, think they stayed in the workshop and came out for a manky blackthorn hedge once. Stihl Protect MS chainsaw protection sleeves – F.R. Jones & Son WWW.FRJONESANDSON.CO.UK

Page 60 gives the info using stop go boards. Depends on traffic flow and speed limit. Most TM company’s will often do the initial recommendations for free from my experience. If they involve large scale road closures or big diversions then they may want money upfront for the drawings.

Take a look at the link below, should give you all the info you need https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321056/safety-at-streetworks.pdf Good book to keep in the truck

A treemotion goes pretty small. I’m about 26in waist and that is near the end of the adjustment.

There has been issues with getting machines for what seems like years now. A mate of mine was relieved of a number of tools by some nocturnal visitors lately and has had a nightmare finding replacements (mainly Stihl). Have you tried Ernst Doe’s, I think they have a branch in Maldon or in that vicinity?

Looks like Rigidoporis ulmarius, can be similar to Perenniporia fraxinea.

Part of the problem with where we are at is that finance rates have been artificially low for such a long period of time and this has allowed people to over extend themselves with effectively free money thrown at them. Years ago if you saw a neighbour or somebody down the street driving a new BMW you’d think he was doing well for himself or was middle management etc. Now every man and his dog is driving round in a BMW, Audi, Mercedes because of the introduction of cheap rates and the case that car leasing is more people than using pound notes. Many years ago you had credit cards but you couldn’t walk into a shop and finance a coat through a third party (maybe a store card), I brought a rab coat from a high street retailer then other day and was offered the ability to finance it through a broker. Peoples consumer habits have changed and this has lead to over extension. However that being said it has allowed firms to invest in new kit and allowed many to start up which is all good when the times are rosey and consumers are having work down, like during the lockdowns. But when the rates rise, Mrs Miggins doesn’t have the conifer hedge trimmed and firms are fighting for a smaller piece of the market it is a spiral to the bottom. I think it will affect the one man bands who have recently set up more, they may have a truck and chipper on finance, rely on residential works as they cannot access larger contracts yet and that is a precarious position to be in, as we know diversification is key. Maybe this will be the start of a larger correction. So many things at play here without even looking at the over inflated property market and ratio of earnings to property value.