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No I didn't:cursing:

You think thats bad. Last year priced a job tree was in a conservation area, it would have been best part of a day to do logs and chip away. Quoted £475, Tree Officer quoted against me £270 how can he do that then?

it might pay to locate the lower pin in the center of the blade to avoid loading the the ram on one side,just a thought might be wrong. Excellent idea

Danarm 55 any good with original operators manual

My first bike was a FS1E had the purple one, Pics in loft somewhere. Did you ever try using the pedals?

either a 750 kettle or build a V8 saw. not sure yet

If you like 2 strokes. Here's my 1975 GT250 Original condition Up for sale soon

Impressed with some of the answers taking into the account of lack of detail in the pics. Tree 1 Fagus Sylvatica Dawyck. The dwarf morg is actually a Victorian Apple store. Tree 2 as some of you have asked i cant honestly say there some trees on this site that i kneed to confirm as to exact species be for committing my self Tree 3 Betula pendula youngii Guess who is learning how to play hiding seek:lol:

Coffee don't drinks it my precious. still cant make it properly, you know what its like at our age you get shown something and a month later you've forgotten it. Spark plug did you know they get hot when the engine has bin running, Felix don't let all the secrets out. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.

second that:thumbup1:

Someones getting close

I know what you mean sometimes they think we are there to be their skivvy for the day. I had one customer that wanted a tree report on 20 plus trees on a neighbours boundary. I gave them a price for the report, reply from the customer was we did not want to pay for it you've only got to write something out in case we have to go to court

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A few threads have mentioned how we end up doing more work for no extra cash. the rules i try and stick with are for example 1/ give a written quotation with an hourly rate for extra work 2/ Never say exactly how many days it will take, (if you do the customer will find you extra work for no extra cost or ask for a reduction in your fee) 3/ when carrying out a crown reduction, don't clear up until you have finished, and before you clear up call the customer to have a look at the finished tree they will see all the material you have cut off, quite often they don't ask for any more to be cut, still get stitched up by customers when i forget these rules, Anyone got any other tips

good link can use them on courses,

never tell the customer how long it will take, if they ask give them an approximate time and say it depends on witch climbers Staff i bring with me on the day. give a written quotation for the work discussed and additional cost £ per hour for extra work. printed clearly

you think its just tree surgeons, look at other industries. Bodge builders, car mechanics so on. some good and bad in all industries. Look at our government thieving bastards, Are they Professional

Good Day had by all, Mick and dave preparing next best thing to a hog roast [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvNj9qE5rI]YouTube - Arb Shoot Day[/ame] Ray Mears has got nothing on these 2

brilliant Did you film that

normal CS38 courses are 5 days or are you looking for a more in depth arb course that covers more than CS38

Red wing (Turdus iliacus) Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) If Turdus means Thrush, looks like I'm in the dog house, I wont live this down,

Funny you should say that, took a pic of this as well. my significant other thought it was a Thrush. was not sure how this thread was going to go

Quote AFAG 302 for the felling should do the trick http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/afag302.pdf

Sitting in doors looking out the window to day and spotted a flock of waxwings , our winter visitors from Finland. any body seen these this year,

we run the courses the following is coved. Course Objective To enable course members to: Recognize the role of the tree inspector in risk management. Identify the legal framework in the context of statute and common law that affect tree inspection and the duties and liabilities of the owner, manager and inspector. Summarise how a tree system functions, what constitutes a safe tree and know that energy is required to keep the tree in a healthy/safe state. Adopt a systematic and consistent methodology for carrying out visual tree inspection at an advanced level with the aid of binoculars, mallet and probe. Collect data out in the field in accordance with the inspection instructions (having determined the scope and limitations) using a suitable format. (For this course a written survey template with appropriate headings will be used). Recognize a range of observable mechanical and biological defects as seen in trees and confirm by the use of textbooks where necessary. Identify a range of commonly seen pests, diseases and disorders that affect tree safety, confirm their identity by the use of textbooks, where necessary, and state the arboricultural significance of finding them in the field. State the appropriate control/remedial measures required to eliminate or reduce risks identified in the inspection process to an acceptable level. Determine when an aerial inspection is required, also if pro-active management recommendations can be made which may eliminate future defects from forming. Prioritise the necessary tree/management works with time scales based on a broad category of risk assessment. Identify when it is appropriate to recommend the use of decay detecting or measuring equipment, based on a basic knowledge of the working principles of commonly available equipment. Understand that a balance between the remedial measure opted for and the range of benefits/values that a tree may have requires special attention e.g. amenity, wildlife, historical, veteran, rarity and public access. Although fungi id is included other diseases are not Hope this helps