wrekin tree care

hi All i started up my business last year and still doing the promoting. So far i done the website, sign written the truck and got 5000 leaflets printed. So far not bad on the leaflets concidering it's christmas but i fell i need to find other ways. Im not really interested in yellow pages as the cost is extreme. i found checkatrade and there is not another firm in my area on there and they wany £490 (plus vat:thumbdown:). i know its not too bad but it's alot when starting out i just thought i would ask if any got sucess from checkatrade. many thanks

ok they should of said in the report. there isnt any bubble area like on your photo though and does it effect limes? just small black circle and few dead branches in canopy

yeah something like that but a smaller patch

ok great thanks for your imput so there shouldnt be a proplem doing the lime first then and the black marks,spots are on the main trunk about 5m up tree itself is about 20m

hi the tree officer did ay what type and on the proposal it just says sp. i think they want the lime retaining as they dont want to expose the canopy of the horse chestnut to winds so they stated for it to be pollarded and retain some shape. it is however over a wedding paogolar. they also stated to pollard as they want the disease to stay in the lime. many thanks for replying

Hi all I am cyrrently booking in a job that is reducing a few over-weighted limbs on a Horse chestnut and pollarding a Lime which has Phytophthora sp. The trees are in a conservation area and approval has been granted but they want the lime doing first and then all tools sterilising and then to reduce the horse chestnut. I my opinion would it not be better to to the horse chestnut first and reduce the risk of contamination if there was some still on the tools. and there is alot more work in the horse chestnut. Or are they worried about saw dust going on wounds etc.. as its only about 8m away any thoughts would be great.

i too suffered for years had 5 injections 3 in left two in right i even had a new procedure (i think) in both arms twice which involved putting a long needle in and scrapping the mussle to form scar tissue to try and heal it, that was really painfull. i was then booked in for surgery but been off work for a year due to other reasons and arms got better. just started up on my own a getting back into it so time will tell.

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now gone many thanks

may i just add these are a friends of mine and he asked if i could sell them for him as a favour

hi i have got 2 sets of new jensen a530 blades. left over when chipper sold. Not surre what they worth so let me know. many thanks

Hi All i have just set up my business and got a call to look at a job at a hotel. when i got there there was a large bhorse chesnut they anted work on. As it is in a conservation area the had put in a planning app. and today i recieved this email. my question is as im neww to all this would i then phone the council tree officer and ask what he would like done as there is no written only verbal consent. i didnt even look at the lime. i know this is proberly day to day stuff but thsi would only be my second job. many thanks Works should be scheduled to undertake Lime operations first and then the Horse Chestnut tree. It would be considered beneficial to clean all saws and implements used to minimise the possibility of cross contamination. Recommendations at a pre-application site visit include a number of limbs within this tree would benefit reduction to existing growth points, affectively reducing the overall canopy by removing these ‘out growths’. Other recommendations for this tree include undertaking a crown clean, carry out a thorough climbing inspection to assess canopy health and detect any further wind damage that may exist within the canopy. Lime- This tree was observed as showing symptoms synonymous with Phytophthora sp. on the main stem at 3 to 4m on the south western face. Given the existing deadwood within the canopy, the newly constructed ‘wedding pagoda’ directly beneath it is felt necessary to undertake these works with a view to safety and also to try and contain the disease without introduction to the adjacent Horse Chestnut. All tools are to be sterilised prior to works being undertaken to the Horse Chestnut. If you consult the application you will see that we applied to:- 1 Horse Chestnut a) Crown Clean b) Limb reduction due to excessive “end weighting” c) Carry out a climbing inspection to look for lateral fractures 2 Lime Tree Pollarding in an attempt to retain it and prevent the spread of the disease (symptoms synonymous with Phytophthora sp) Although it states on the observation that the Horse Chestnut tree lost a limb during high winds, it did not, it just fell off one day! When I spoke to the tree officer he said he thought the Horse Chestnut should be reduced by approximately one third in size. Please would you quote for doing this work.

many thanks to all you guys that posted the advice is great and i might just take up the book option as well as im a picture person really. once again many thanks

just been asked to do some fruit tree prunning and just thought i would ask peoples advice on this. i know i covered it in my college courses but kind of forgot it now. many thanks

hi many thanks for all the advice, job all done and covered in conifer debris customer really happy site left bettter than before and more work is now needed there:thumbup1:. i thought i might of lost my touch but its still there just a bit harder to pull muself up a tree as with my year off i have gained 1 and 1/2 stone. many thanks once aga:001_smile:in

Hi to all i have just set up my own company after 10 years in the game, six in utility and due to ill health my last working day was 28th Nov 2010. Decided that on my own is the way , got my first job booked in tomorrow and things have taken a little longer thn expected to get ready regarding the truck tipper body etc... so feel a bit not ready. found arbtalk really useful so far. so i thought i would just see if there is any advice to a new company setting up. many thanks in advance

been climbing for about 8 years now and i still get scared and question why, but then you have one great climb and love it and you get a hudge buzz and thats why