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  1. scottythepinetree

    Hey Jason,

     

    He has a lot of work to get through, and not enough lads but not sure if he'll take on subbies. Will ask him for you though. ESB is pretty strict these days on who they let work on the lines. Anyone in your crew have the ESB PICW course done? Can be a bit of a wait to get on and the process can take a few months.

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    Will do. The cost of the ferry might price you out of the job though!! How much is a truck and chipper fare from Holyhead to Dublin?
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    Tidy work. Trees look top notch. I love doing reductions, but it's hard to get a customer up this end of the country that would be happy with that. They all want to see big timber hitting the deck or they feel they are not getting their money's worth. Might show this thread to the next "cut it in half" customer I get.
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    Used to carry a spare cable myself. Haven't broken a telecom line in quite a while. Used to do work for the council and in areas where Eircom had used the trees as telegraph poles we were instructed to take down as many wires as we could then phone the parks dept. who would be onsite to refuse permission when the Eircom engineers turned up. Made for some very entertaining scenes.
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    Don't play golf but absolutely love working in golf courses. Very few people around trying to get themselves killed. Golf clubs take pride in the look of their trees so want nice tree work done which is fairly rare around here.
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    Looking a lot more user friendly now... pretty much exactly what I was asking for.
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    Hit underground LV cables with the stump grinder. Pretty big bang. Luckily it was a remote control machine. ESB network guys came out and said the cables had been put in by a contractor and were way too shallow. Machine was down a little over a foot.
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    Or alternatively if you are cutting a piece big enough to take the machine over just unclip the saw, the same as if you are climbing.
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    Don't need an engineer to fix phone lines. How do I know that? I'm not in the club, I'm the chairman!!
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    A decade ago I was more interested in the crash, bang, wallop aspect of arb. Not to mention not long out of school, old man:001_tt2:
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    Freaky, mindboggling stuff!!! Wildlife Extra News - Zombie ant fungus: four species not one
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    First I've heard of it. Excited to see it myself though. Hard to improve on I'd say. I wouldn't be without one.
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    Neither of em... 460 any day!!
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    Both have their place. A good MEWP can make reductions far easier as you can swing out and have a look at what you are doing. Great for street trees or areas where you can get a number of trees from the one spot. Climbing is more enjoyable, and fills the gap for jobs where you could never justify the cost of a MEWP.
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    What about Spruce? Pulling rope to pull in the direction you want, guide rope attached to a capstan holding against the direction you don't want it to go. Cut wherever you like.
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    From the sound of it, I'd forget about climbing for a while. Get yourself a job grounding for a good climber. You'll only learn so much on a course, once you start working a lot of what you learn on the course goes out the window. Also, without much "real world" experience very few companies will let you climb straight away anyway. For both safety and productivity reasons. But the stuff you learn watching a good climber will stand you in good stead compared to the jumping in at the deep-end muddle through approach.
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    Ok anyway mate... tell you a few more on May 7th!!
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    Also if you are like me, you'll be sure to drop a load of branches on the end of your rope and get stuck at the top of the tree.
  19. scottythepinetree
    Before this gets out of hand I might direct people to this thread: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/1694-another-free-prize-draw-clip-round-ear-lesson-observation-skills.html
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    Planted a Beech hedge a few years ago for a client who had a leylandii hedge removed. Saw it a couple of months ago and seems to be doing quite well. Easy enough to maintain aswell.
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    Count me in too please!!!:lol::lol:
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    Reckon it should be illegal to sell a landy without a Haynes manual and a tool kit!!!
  23. scottythepinetree
    Good decision mate. Cranes cost £££ at least here anyway. Best to maximise it's productivity. Trying to do it yourself the first time is an expensive way to learn.
  24. scottythepinetree
    Same here. Even have an extra long one for blocking down stems so I can still hit the ground in one go in a hurry if needed.
  25. scottythepinetree
    What's to consider? Get your licence sorted. Meaningful employment in Arb is a pipedream without one.

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