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Ask him what he would pay and then agree or let it go.

I'm thinking never mind the tree work, what about the fly tipping

I've just had a week off.

Woke Tuesday morning to find I couldn't walk, only crawl.

The my vision swimming, I was retching emptiness and had to lie still in bed.

The doc was called out, lucky for me my wife came back from Morocco 2 days before or it would have had to crawl to a neighbour and raise the alarm.

Turns out I have 'vertigo' brought on by stress, over work, de-hydration, doing without meals PLUS I have naturally very low blood pressure which does not help.

Now a week end bed and I'm still a little light headed but I'm out early 'today now' to drag branches and supervise, a little more slowly than before.

As I lay in bed I had vision of my dreams and hopes crumbling and this then gave me an almighty anxiety attack which I got over this afternoon.

Is this what self employment is all about...?

Cripes, I'd swap it all for a warm job in a supermarket aisle on the minimum wage if this is going to become frequent recurrence.

Ty

Nah

Running your own business is a piece of cake

Joke

That sounds like bad times Ty. You have been pushing it recently.

Maybe slow down and grow a bit more organically so you can control it better. Just a thought.

If a member of you staff injures themselves at work, your insurance company will only need to make a payout if the injured party makes a civil claim for damages.

 

even then.....

 

first it will be necessary for the injured party to demonstrate that you had a duty of care, it will also need to be demonstrated that the duty was breached, and that some form of loss was incurred.

 

The court will then thrash about to work out what level of compensation is fitting.

 

Finally the injured party will only be awarded the percentage of the award that is considered to be NOT their fault. (if its taken to be half the workers fault, they only get half the payout).

 

The insurance company does not get the option to 'not pay out'.

 

:-)

But they do get the option to either jack up your premiums or refuse to insure you next year maybe. Pass on your details to others. No insurance= no business.

Duty of care= Don't use a topper on the ground

Its easy to do....so very easy but is a big no no from an employers viewpoint.

Why would you let one member of staff threaten your business.

true. he does, something to do with computer key boards or other.

 

yeah thats fine, but if he enjoys the saws more then why not.

 

ok i can see this turning into me getting a good bashing as its starting to read wrong.

 

my forst question was nothing funny but a serious down to earth question.

I'll stick up for you Rich

Trouble is often that when hobbies become jobs, the joy leaves.

+1

 

Another example of HSE fantasy land.

 

You are NOT going to cop a £2K fine for using a Top handled saw on the ground.

 

The worst you will get is a prohibition notice. Most likely you will get an improvement notice.

 

And even then, it is only in a 'work' situation. The HSE can't touch you for ANYTHING you do in the privacy of your home / garden.

 

If you 'instructor' / 'assessor' / 'college' has stated this £2K rubbish, I would be seriously be concerned about the standard of all the other info you have been given as part of your training.

 

You may not be able get a 'topper' from a main dealer, or possibly mail order, but you can pick them up as easy as you like from your average small dealer.

 

been there, tried it.

Just wonder what my insurers would say if a member of staff hurt themselves using a topper on the ground. Methinks they probably would say- no payout. Anyone know different please advise. slight derail.

Anyway 200t or 201t- haven't tried any other:001_smile:

I like this Beech and think it is great in its current location with a high amenity value....

 

Shame if it has to be felled but maybe could be retained with a proper health care plan put in place by someone knowledgeable....

I wonder if the neighbour likes the amenity value. The tree shades his house probably from lunch time till dusk.

Would it not be better to remove the risk and replant. Can anyone quantify the risk. What would we be happy with- a 10% risk. Surely not. The owner needs to know the tree is safe and I don't think anyone could say that. Certainly without extensive investigation and thats got to be difficult considering the tree roots are under a road and a drive.

I have to say I'm encouraged by a homeowner who wants to retain and accepts the future costs of his decision. Thats financial. Applause:thumbup:

I think its great and we haven't really used it yet.

Green wheels on mine- seems it's an area for self expression:001_smile:

One thing I've just thought - has anyone worked on an adaptation for woodchip hauling because I'm fed up with using wheelbarrows.

Sena, £329 for a pair. Noise cancelling mic, range up to 900meters, you can pair 4 headsets for group comms, connects to your Bluetooth phone for calls, will even stream mp3, and it has stereo speakers that fit neatly in standard ear muffs.

 

What's not to like?

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_10?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=sena+smh10+dual&sprefix=Sena+smh10%2Cautomotive%2C268

Thats the best I've seen for the money. Liking the fact of multiple pairing. Thats got to make work on site less lonely. All you need now is less heavy breathing:001_smile: and out of tune singing.

One question though. Do you have a cable running down to the battery pack and does the battery pack get in the climbers way?

To my mind, you've identified meripilus on a roadside beech and it fails.... one day. What would you feel like if someone was killed. That would be with you a long time. I understand you are keen to retain the tree but is that worry worth it.

So... the only way you can retain is to give someone else the responsibility. If they say its OK and they are qualified to do so then I would not blame you (a novice) if something happened in the future. People would say you'd done the best you could have other that joining the club of felling everything.

I've been watching some roadside chestnuts by our local hospital for a couple of years now. They were showing some bad signs. Only recently did a branch fail and the council have now removed 2 of them. Now where do I stand on that. Surely the council have been monitoring them but they obviously thought they were OK. It took a physical fail of a branch to break them from their reverie. I don't think you would have a warning. The beech would just fall.

Qualified consultant or fell. Theres your two options. IMO

How long have you had your set?

Maybe I was just unlucky.

3months

To be fair, they do get a fair bit of stick so I wouldn't be surprised if we had problems at some time. Mind you they are not cheap so maybe I'm being generous.

Best thing is the noise cancellation.

talkingheadsets.com

brilliant though only communicate with one other unless you re-pair.

Congratulations! and thanks for the updates!

Any chance of some photographs?

Will do. We will have completion within 20 days. If I get a chance I'll get out there sooner.

This is better than buying our house or the industrial unit. And at a fraction of the price.

Well done, that sounds like good value. Out of interest, where did you find the land? On the internet?

Auction site who have been e mailing me regularly. They mainly do houses but sone odd parcels of land sometimes crop up

Well done, now the fun paperwork begins!

 

Alec

Cheers Alec

We chickened out

Talking to one of the auction guys- he said we would need a solicitor for the final bit of paperwork. There was a firm up there offering £277 to do completion so thought it would save us getting involved in something we didn't really understand.

Thanks for the messages guys.

It's quite exciting and I would recommend doing it if you are unsure. It's been about 3 years I've been trolling round small parcels of land and this was the best. Woodland.co.uk are onto a good thing and seem to get top wack prices for often difficult plots.

I'm just going to sit on it for a while and wait till it tells me what to do.

£6K in the end. plus solicitors/auctioneers fees. Grand total £8K

Now I've got to decide exactly what I do with it.

I'm with the salt spray suggestions along with all other contaminants from the road surface.

But the road is 2 feet below the retaining wall. Does the salt splash up that far?

we had similar with sycamore a few years back

must have been built up about 700mm- I know thats not as much as your lime but it goes against what I thought I knew.

Ground was flaring away so I guess the roots away from the tree had not been covered so much. Was this the case with your lime?

sell it to someone who is VAT registered and the problem disappears:001_smile:

Thanks- I'll give it a go

I've looked even closer at the first photo- You would be wasting your time with this unless you want an unsightly conifer. Remedy- fell and replant- yew would be a good choice- buy from the nursery/ field grown and rootballed and plant in early spring- make sure someone who knows about plants is in charge of watering for 6 months.

There looks to me like theres a lot of ivy around the top of the conifer- thats not doing the plant any good at all- It will contribute to browning of needles which will be unsightly.

Could it be that this ivy was at the low point(now needle less) until recently and someone pulled it out but left the main bit. That would account for this damage.

Ivy may not 'strangle' trees and I agree it's good for wildlife but growing through conifers is not recommended and it sure makes a broadleaf extend it's growth which then when removed leaves a odd shaped crown.

One of our Estate Agent clients has been having problem over the last year at one of their properties.

The neighbour at the house wants the tenant to take out a small Sycamore at the bottom of the garden but the actual owner of the house is reluctant.

We've been out a few times this year, firstly crown lifted it, then thinned, the finally reduced.

Got an email when I got in tonight asking me to go and have a look as the neighbour has today bagged a load of leaves up and thrown them over the fence !!!!!!

I know it's legal to 'return' any overhanging branches etc. never had leaves returned though.

 

Anyone had experience of this ?

 

 

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Yes

It's common practice especially when the tree is on council land overhanging private housing. Not so much between gardens but then again it would encourage tit for tat if they both have trees

I was always on the saws, never considered grass cutting at all. Now I earn equally as much on a mower as I can on the saw, at times more. And it's easier monay, suits me it's not about what job anyone does, but how they do it. I've heard of quite a few cases where grass cutters earn as much if not more than tree workers, I think it's to do with the pay scales? I can't explain it, cos I don't understand how the companies pay structure is worked out.

I guess you're on the saws come this time of year though Andy.

I'd like to know how gardeners suddenly became 'mower pushers' It takes years of training to become a gardener. Gardeners also need to be able to handle clients who generally see them as lower in the food chain than the bloke with all the bondage gear.

Most gardeners knowledge of botanical names far exceeds arborists. Cue grief. Probably pests and diseases too. Though not fungi.

In truth gardeners other than the trumped up designer/gardener exhibit (need to exhibit)more humility than climbers and are generally less manager input maintenance characters. This is not always true granted and I've known a few climbers who were quality carefree individuals and good blokes too.

Personally though I pay climbers more. Mental I know.

I've had success with a mix of lawn sand, white vinegar and roundup. You've got to crush the plant to break the silica membrane that protects it. The lawn sand tricks the plant into releasing its nitrogen store in one go and the vinegar and round up do the rest.

How does the lawn sand do that- lawn sand is nitrogen based- why would the mares tail release nitrogen. How does the vinegar work?

We use Kurtail though it's mighty toxic and I'd like to find something else and this is why I question your method. Not just being critical- being interested.