Little Butch

Looking for a reliable, experienced freelance climbing arborist to join me for days of work here and there – nothing full-time, just as and when jobs come up. Mostly domestic tree work, some larger takedowns from time to time. You’ll need your own climbing kit and saws, be confident up a tree, and ideally have a good head for rigging and working efficiently. Day rate depending on experience. Work is mainly in and around Ipswich with some jobs further afield. If you’re local or passing through and want to get on a few days here and there, give me a shout. Cheers! Leon 📞 07564648336

I worked for Manfred as a subby for 18 months and can agree he’s an absolute scumbag. I’ve also met many others that have worked for him and none have anything nice to say about the guy! Dont trust this guy at all!

I’m starting to venture into my own jobs as opposed to subbying all the time and am looking for 1 or 2 reliable subbies to help me on random days. Most jobs will be Ipswich area. Message me with your experience and day rate. Cheers.

I tried contacting a few tree firms around Malaga but so far, no luck!

Now that’s very tempting!

Thanks for the reply. That's potentially the kind of thing I'd do to log the hours. Do you think you'll stay doing that or are you looking to move into a specific field?

After being a subby arborist for getting onto 6 years now I'm thinking about taking a slightly different career route and doing my irata level 1. Does anybody have experience of this? I just want to make sure it's the right move for me. I haven't decided what route to take it yet but I was thinking geo technical at the start to get my hours in as it's the closest to what I've been doing the last 6 years. Is it common to be a freelance rope access worker? What money should I expect to start on and what's possible money wise with experience?

Can't offer any advice other than Madrid was bloody cold when I went earlier in the year! I'd love to get the chance to work in Spain at somepoint but have heard there's not much in the way of Arb over there which has certainly been my experience too.

I've made a log store by building a square out of 4x 3.5m Heras fence panels, should hold 25 cube heaped. Will sling a tarp over the top tomorrow to keep the rain off.

They sound a winner then! I'll look at the Balfour but I bet they're a fair step up in price?

Good buy then! I'll have to keep an eye out, £550 is a great price, I was looking at rock exotica ones but they're £1250 and probably not that dissimilar.

That's not a bad price, how have you found it? Anything to make life easier!

Are they worth it over a chainsaw when running a small scale firewood business? I've never used one but they look much easier and faster for cutting cord up than by chainsaw? What size range of cord do they generally cut? I don't have a tractor so would have to be a standalone unit. Photos of of your saws welcome

Yeah, they're a huge trailer! Probably overkill in most cases. Something like a caged lm126 would probably be better suited?

I'm in the same situation and think I'm going to go trailer route. Worked with a bloke today who had a big 16ft ifor trailer, big thing! Tempted to get one of those as it'll double up as a car/plant trailer.