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get the feeling that tin shed is going to play apart in the answer or that metal frame thing.. please tell me im wrong though my friend!

thanks for you feedback so far guys, interesting comments, think hes just got it in the neck from his neighbours basically and wanted it done quickly and cheaply but im a firm believer in sticking to your guns though in this job with pricing etc.

Hi guys, Could some one please shed some light into why this stem on this apple tree gave up, am i right in saying.. (Gerrit) a very poorly union, forced apart by bark to bark contact ABOVE the union not included within the union, as growth (secondary thickening) continued the union was year on year forced open, allowing ingress of water (possibly anaerobic conditions hence the dark wood)... The main stem on the pic is my fault for the rubbish position, but where it has split, their was an old medium size branch taken off where it created a union on the stem if that makes sense? hence all the brown area.... thanks for your help

Hi guys and Girls.. basically i was working today, got a call from a customer saying his apple tree had gone over and through a small wire fence into next door neighbours garden. I went over and had a look, and said i would get back to him with a quote. He said, well cant you just do it for £20!!! if you saw this job, how much would you charge? i would love to know how far out this guy is in price compared to what he thought! Here is the job spec... the apple tree is roughly 20-30ft max he wants it all cut up into 1 foot rings and branch wood into 1 foot lenghts. all the ends of the branchs he wants taken away. All wood to be left in situ. No splitting is required as customer would do this. And to tidy up spilt stem, cut to ground level. you could get all the excess unwanted brash on the back of a nissan cabstar. their is a 30-40ft walk from one end of the garden where the tree is to the front drive. i apologise the pic aint great but the tree is laying in neighbours shrubs, 95% will be cut into firewood, but what would you guys charge compared to my helpfull customer? he has accepted the fact £20 wont get the job done mind you but just had to ask you guys this..

my thoughts are with the family, friends and all connected with this tragic accident.

IM NOT ALONE HA HA ! Ipswich fan here too but not happy with it over the last couple of seasons.

Hi all, looking for a tip site or a few to have options on a tip site. bulk of my work will be around diss area in norfolk however do have work up norwich, down ipswich and across to great yarmouth direction. if you feel you can help, please pm me how much each tip and where you are will cost me and any rules and regs you want to make me aware of please. tip can be conny hedge trimmings, to tops of conny trees, wood chip, some stem wood of mixed types. etc..... thanks for your time.

more hardcore than me mate lol! cant believe what a few stings did to me today... apparentley the doc said as i was stung by a hornet when i was young, which was very nasty, my body will always find it hard when i get stung... happy days!

lol tar mate, yeah im good, i was stung over my left shoulder blade, its just a bit swollen, red and sore, but il live ha ha! just amazed by the amount of damage they can do for something so damn small! never mind, was one of them things...

pm sent mate... see what you think.

Hi guys and girls, Today - thursday 8th sep was just a normal day, me and my work mate had been on site for a few hours, reducing some trees, then the last tree of the job we put the ladder up and befor we knew it we had stood on a wasp nest! i was stung 4 times all in all, my mate a few more times and with the swollen marks to prove it. i couldnt believe that for 2 hours after 5 stings, i was at the local doctors having steriod and piriton tablets and having my breathing and heart rate monitored! one point my breathing was so bad, it was nearly a 999 call to local A and E ! just wondering if you have been stung by these little so and so's and how you reacted, feel fine now, not 100% but a little sore and swollen. just amazed by how much damage they can do and how the body reacts!

I'm sympathetic to the innocent people who lost their lives too but il just try to carry on the day as normal and all the media coverage through the day will be enough to remember that day.

Hi guys and girls, Basically i am looking into going self employed and am looking for a bit of feedback from anybody in my area that may be able to take me up on my services to see if its worth me doing this. I am based on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, and i am 15mile from Norwich, 25 mile from Great Yarmouth, 30 Mile from Ipswich and 35 mile from Bury St Edmunds. I am also willing to travel which is not a problem and i will look for temp - accommodation myself should i need to. I have been in full time arb work for the last 3 years, as a groundie currently employed at a small arb company at present but looking to go alone as it where. I did my groundie tickets at Otley college in Ipswich in 2003, and have just recently done more training at BTS in Needham Market. My NPTC'S ARE: 30-31A-31B-36-38-39 I have basic first aid at work Full uk clean driving licence - Have experince driving ford transit tippers with chippers. I have just passed my cs 38 & 39 however i can supply references if requested. Please PM me if i may be of service to you even if its just 1 day here or there or more the better so i get a good idea if its worth me going self employed in my area. I know this is a delicate time for us all but am just testing the water to get some feedback. Any questions, please feel free and send me a PM or call 07538178588

brilliant pic!

thanks mate and thanks stephen, a great start to the weekend for me!

if only i lived closer!

tommer, i couldnt agree more mate. when i was 16 i signed up for the royal marines but due to a motorbike accident i had to with draw. I understand what your saying about they signed up. I was fully aware of the risks and what could happen. i do not disagree with what you said, but its the families i feel for for their loss, especially the children, agree, they signed up, they knew what could happen, but im just trying to show my appreciation and gratidue i have for Wootten Bassett for something they did not have to do for are fallen.

I am sure all fellow arbtalkers will agree with me what a brilliant job Wootton Bassett has done for our country in remembering the fallen hero's who have returned home in this unfortunate way due to war. For me, Wootton Bassett has done our country proud As me and my work mate said the other day, when you read the paper and you see the pictures of the fallen coming home this way, and you see the grief and sadness that is left behind, wifes, girlfriends, pregnant mothers etc especially the children that have to face a life with out a dad/mum because they were keeping us safe from extremists. The fallen are the real hero's of this country followed by Wootton Bassett. RAF Brize norton will continue this hounour but i would just like to say, as im sure many of you will also: WOOTTON BASSETT - YOU HAVE DONE US PROUD AND WHAT A FINE JOB YOU HAVE DONE REMEMBERING OUR HERO'S. yesterday was the poignant moment when the proud patriots of Wootton Bassett lowered the Union Flag to mark the end of the repatriation of fallen heroes through their streets. For four years the tiny Wiltshire market town has been the gateway home for troops who pay the ultimate sacrifice. Locals have turned out 167 times as hearses carried a total of 345 flag-draped coffins on their way to the mortuary. Wootton Bassett's tribute started spontaneously with a handful of people – but grew to hundreds lining the High Street in respectful silence. It all began when repatriation flights were moved to nearby RAF Lyneham from RAF Brize Norton and the bodies of the fallen servicemen passed through the town on their way to the coroner's office. But the scenes which won Wootton Bassett a special place in the nation's heart will no longer be seen here or elsewhere. Britain's fleet of Hercules planes has returned to Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and a repatriation centre has been built there, so the bodies of fallen soldiers will no longer have to travel through a town. As Wootton Bassett prepared for last night's solemn ceremony, the finishing touches were being made to a memorial garden on the outskirts of Carterton, near Brize Norton, where a new flagpole will host the Union Flag from Wootton Bassett. Last night, at three minutes to eight, the slow, mournful toll of the ancient tenor bell began to sound out from Wootton Bassett's St Bartholomew's church. Then, as the sun dipped below the horizon, the bell fell silent and old soldiers bedecked with medals stood heads bowed, shoulder to shoulder, with the citizens of the town and the ceremony to lower the flag began. Almost as soon as it had started it was over. The folded flag was carried with reverence to St Bartholomew's and a poignant era came to an appropriately dignified end. Thirteen minutes to bring to a close four years of loyal remembrance that has made the Wiltshire town a household name and a byword for respect. Thirteen minutes to mark the 167 repatriation ceremonies that have passed through the town. Thirteen minutes to signal the last of 345 fallen servicemen and women who were given the kind of honour the nation owed them on the High Street of Wootton Bassett. Mayor Paul Heaphy told the thousands who filled the closed High Street it was the dedication of the repatriated soldiers that had commanded the town's respect. He said: "It is their devotion to duty that will be remembered long after this ceremony." The folded flag was then handed to Canon Thomas Woodhouse to keep overnight on the altar of St Bartholomew's before being handed to the people of Oxfordshire this morning. With that the band played Deep Harmony, the crowds politely applauded and, with a final three cheers for Wootton Bassett, they melted away into the night. From this morning, the town's reward for its devotion is to be known as Royal Wootton Bassett, a gift from The Queen that will be officially celebrated in October. Bell-ringer Roger Haydock, 58, tolled the bell for the sunset ceremony. He said: "I feel a degree of privilege that I have been available to ring the bell to honour the men and women being brought home.

brilliant... 10/10 for that!

yeah like it brad.. il have a think and let you know steve of places people would be happy with, norfolk/north suffolk, great yarmouth direction. any success il let ya know.

you wanna speak to jonsie mate, or go to | F R Jones and Son

sad story. hope justice is served

funny how he doesnt reply!