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there are few truely new ideas, granted, but what lovelock did was to flesh out a 'nice idea' of which there are thousand (all supported by belief) and give it a credance with verifiable fact. Therefore taking it from the realm of 'nice ideas' and bringing it into the realm of truth (dodgy ground i know) (perhaps observable/apparent truth, or understanadable form would be a better)

if I'm getting this right, then if moving clean chip and wood we don't need a license but if we have a trailer full of brash or hedge cuttings with 'green waste' we do. Therefore best practise would suggest that we should have one... I feel though if people like Saw Dust have been stopped and the EA have said it's a grey area and not upheld this rule, or if there are regional differences in knowledge, then let it be. Besides, what are they doing, giving you a piece of paper to say that what you're doing is alright when you've already been doing what's alright without a piece of paper for years. It's a bureaucratic system that really repels me. Paper qualifications i can live with because there's training and standards, but with this waste licence there's no education, they aren't improving anything, they are just taking money, giving you a piece of paper and say what you're doing is suddenly alright.

aye, an interesting study

hard core bolt. you have it in your blood:thumbup:

thanks for the responses, helpful and unhelpful. will check out the aa lists

tasty though

Can't chip and wood bith be classed as a product and therefore not deemed waste? ever hopeful...

clarification on this one anyone

did she wear army boots too?

more wondering about lowering gear, poles saws, big saw, insurance etc. what's the industry norm. do subbies provide that or does the team? Sawdust and i get by with a bit of give and take (don't we???) i know i could work on my time keeping though, and my climbing saw is ******) what about you other guys? who provides the peripheral gear. Rigging, poless, big saws. Has anyone had the **** hit the fan when subbing for someone else, consequently how did the insurance claim run?

it wasn't me i was covering for your groundies

depends on your land lord and neighbours. Council tennents have a clause in their contracts forbidding it. alot of private landlords do too. but if you're not inconveniecing anyone with noise, waste, putting up signs everywhere, having loads of emplyees turning up and warming up their saws then who's going to bother you. I run two businesses from a rented property. have done for 7 years. if a problem has arisen then best way to tackle it is to de-escalate the situation, be nice, reassure them that you understand their concerns and will address the issues. ultimately if they press the issue oyu'll lose out.

you can still cut down big trees with it. with a 13" blade on the 353 i cut down a 29" tree one day for a laugh. No worries...

if you're after a good intro saw then i've found the husky 353 to be very reliable. it's got similar inards as the 346 but doesn't rev as high, therefore lasting longer. it's cheaper not being in the xp range. and goes on forever. It's still running now having killed three 357's in the same time. also it just light enough to climb with if you're desperate and don't have weak wrists

working with ivy slows you down. whatever way you work with it, be it climbing through it, or cutting it. it slows the whole thing down and price conservatively because of it. severing it and letting it die doesn't help all that much becasue a/. it takes forever to die like bolt said. b/ it goes brittle and cracks off in little bits rather then being able to rip off long strips. Personally I'd always cut it off as you climb through it. Once you set into it it doesn't take as long as you think (once you've worked out your best technique - varies for size and density of strands) and it means it won't slow you down later. MOST importantly though by cutting it off you are less likely to hurt yourself climbing. Ivy makes it easy miss place your spikes and slip. you can't see your ropes, strops and saw clearly, and your frustration levels will keep rising and thats when you make mistakes. CLEAR it and make them pay for it.

personally, i don't like the grey.

i thought for the year gone it was £68,000?

What's a 'branch roles' ?

ah interesting rupe. who's insurance is on the line in that situation or is it another one of those shady grey places?

ok, staying away from bare minimum ideally a tree surgeon should have... insurance - - public liability insurance -- employers liability (when does we require this?) Relevant qualifications -- (what's the range here? refresher courses too???) Loler Certificate climbing & rigging gear Drivers licence / MOT / Insurance Waste Transfer Licence ??? Do we need this for green waste? Do we need this for wood. We use the wood, we use chip. Is it really waste? A depot i sometimes take my brash to said that I'm excempt. Any clarification on this?

When hiring in a climber, what do you like him to do. What do you wish he didn't do?

For a tree surgeon to trade legally, he should... just wanting to create a check list. was wondering what was mandatory and what was desirable?

beautiful organic lines

Glass blowers used it for making molds. they pay well for large straight bits

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