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no point messing about with 2 climbers buddy just have 2 men on the ground one trimming out and one chipping, theres nothing in the way to damage. crash it down bit by bit, like the other bloke said depending on if you have to take the chips and wood away, your looking at around 4 good truck loads of chips depending on your chipper and same again for wood. £1800-£2000k

just wondered if any more advice out there?

yeah i know thats the case, they get around it by having the 2 companies etc etc, but thats for another thread.

ok thanks for your input.

yeah your right it is a catch 22. Most people know each other around the area so it would be an all or nothing attempt. Like i said i could probably get a couple of days work a week just working for others, maybe more i wont know until i jump. Im just at the point now where i feel more than capable of leading by myself i can cope with anything other than climbing big trees. Most stuff around here is smaller stuff anyway and when big jobs come along i would have the contacts to source the bodies needed anyway so that wouldnt be a problem. i think my only worry is getting the work in the beginning. I do currently do a bit by myself as and when it comes in but not enough to pay the mortgage only really £150 here and there etc.

im technically a self employed subby anyway so the self employed thing makes no difference to me that way in regards to holidays etc. I pay for my own ppe etc and have my own accountant. If/when i am to leave which i will have to eventually anyway not a lot will change other than the guarenteed weekly wage coming in. so in your opinion do you think i should get a name/flyers, cards etc printed and ready to go now or get tools etc first?

but yeah in an ideal would he/they would be happy to give me a few days here and there but i would doubt it. if i knew they would i wouldnt even hesitate.

no i would never be devious in my approach the only thing that im wary of is if i show my hand then in my experience i would be sacked there and then anyway. i would never nick jobs or anything like that but even after all this time i think i would need to approach with caution. thanks for replying.

Hi guys been reading up as much as i can on here about various peoples starting up experiences. Ill start with a little brief about where i am at the moment in my life. Basically im an all rounder groundsman who specialises in hedges etc and pretty much everything else other than climbing. im good at my job i believe and currently hold cs30/31 and rfs level 2. im 31 now and have worked for the same company for 13 years and now feel the need to breakaway and work on my own. I have a good web of contacts in my area that i feel i could subby my services out for maybe 2-3 days a week and for the other 2-3 days of the week aim to do my own stuff. I have no truck, name or tools to my name yet but have 6-7 k at my finger tips as and when needed to make the break. I have a big firm that can sell me decent used kit ie saw hedge cutters etc. the question i am asking everybody is in your opinions do you think i should make up name-flyers-advertising and then pick up what i can as i go along and add tools as and when needed including truck whilst keeping it quiet from my current company i work for? or just buy the truck , tools etc and just break clean and scratch about trying to drum up business on my own? Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated and all taken on board. Any other questions feel free to ask, thanks guys.

yeah he sure is mate, as well as tom devine. Not dealt with duncan as of yet but tom is very helpful.

hello there mate, yeah im on exactly the same course. How are you finding it? Im finding it very informative and am learning lots of new things i didnt know. Its hard work trying to keep up the reading every night as i do struggle to keep information inside my head. just about to hand in the task 2 on soils, not to sure if its what is required but im hopeful its ok. . next weeks the tso task and fingers crossed ill be able to get off my backside and get cracking on that this weekend, how did you get on in the tests?