steve7962

My mileage varies greatly,some weeks 30 at the most,others 500+ , and the there's driving any work trucks if needed,all I seem to do is drive sometimes

good luck with finding som,e work experiance,having a licences including 7.5t is a good start,especially if you have a twing licence for that .i recommend phoning up as many companys withing 50miles of your home,the industry is always busy this time of year so search far and wide and you'll find a job soon i hope

Always agree type and when payment will be received before the job. ask to see planning consent before the job gets started,you don't want to get it in the neck from a tree officer do you . Try to have numerous companies to work for,I made the mistake of keeping all my eggs in one basket ,not good when I fell out with that company. Let your climbing to the talking,even if your a great climber and want to tell the world .when I speak to potential new people to work for I make it clear I'm not anything amazing ,but I do the job right . These are my view,hopefully they make sense. Steve

are you looking to employ or after subbies?

Got given a 80ft beech to dismantle for a local firm,is still the biggest tree I have took down ,nothing like jumping in the deep end

hi all,im jumping on the bandwagon looking for work too im afraid. i live in banbury ,north oxfordshire but willing to travel due to lack of work around here.i'll happily travel 50+ miles in any direction for a days work,or further if a few days are available as long someone doesnt mind putting me up for the night or letting camp in their garden lol . i've been working in the industry for over 4years now ,3 and half of these years full time for a company doing work for local authorities ,housing associations,private customers etc .the last 6 months I've been sub-contracting ,and slowly its got quieter unfortunately . my qualifications are ............ cs30/31/38/39 street works signing,lighting guarding city ad guilds in arboriculture btec national diploma in forestry and arboriculture b+e driving licence that is clean (no points out of 12) i have my own insurance,this covers me to 5m liability,i have done a first aid course when i started college;i can supply a my own full climbing kit(freshly l.o.l.e.r 'd ),p.p.e and top handle and food if someone puts me up and i'll even do the washing up lol. so if i can be of any use ,or if theres anything that anyone wants to query,please get in touch ! my phone number is ...... 0789 138 79 62 or leave me a reply to this thread or pm me . thanks for your time guys and girls,steve

Pm'd .steve

With the imori being a soft feeling rope ,I found firmer friction cord better,like ocean polyester or armour plus pretty nice,I think there available from honey brothers

Many good point made in the thread,my top tip that I say when I help someone else to reduce are...... 1.Try to give the tree a nice rounded top 2.Work from the top down 3.Leave as many growth points along a branch ,you never know if the customer will want more of ! 4.Try to have a nice descending growthpoint,not to small in comparison to the pruning cut 5.Don't prune any part of the tree so it looks like a pollard knuckle,if they wanted a pollard they would have said! Don't forget,not all trees reduce as nicely ,a maple I find never reduces as well as say birch,so don't worry if its not perfection,just do your best