bareroots

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.

VAT registration threshold

If you're in business, you must register for VAT if your VAT taxable turnover for the previous 12 months is more than £70,000. This figure is known as the VAT registration threshold. The threshold changes - usually once a year announced in the Budget - so you should regularly check your turnover against the current threshold.

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

the skills i learnt at merrist wood back in 2003 were still not being tought like Branch role's , !!

What's a 'branch roles' ?

Three posts confirming that its a team effort. More evidence that you can't "sub contract" out the climbing aspect to a seperate insurance policy.

 

Sorry, I'll shut up now.

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

I heard a story of a fella round here that found a large black bird chick on the ground, a little dazed after the tree having been felled.

He picked it up and luzzed it into his chipper :evil:

His wife was on hand and laid into him.

will do, it'll take mee a couple of days. bare with..

Kill em & eat em.

If you're afraid of using a gun, use a catapult.

handle at either end. Purple and silver. Bloody long sharp cutting thingy

Passed a garage today and got talking to the propriator. He's got a collection of ancient vintage chainsaws for sale. Anyone interested? Big yellow old dalmars and a double handled something else... ?

Has anyone tried a New Tribe Harness from the USA?

This is one of the reasons I like it simple. The complex shiney climbing systems might give you marginally better performance but in doing so sacirfice simplicity and transparency, and cost. Hitch me all the way

OMG you ate the hedghog fungus!

 

RDL?

 

LOL bad bad bad boy!

Flick before you pick. Consequentially fruiting bodies cast their spores

Bumped?

i was was in a vest and then down to bare skin, but then I got told I looked like a beahed whale and got shy

watch the language

are we talking about the 'arse' or the 'jesus' here? I thought I'd toned it down. You should see what I wanted to write.