Maxnaggle
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18 hours ago, Mark J said:
What I did was to approach local tree consultants and suggest I that I should be out surveying for them. They would write up reports. Then I ended up writing the reports for them. Then I repeated that process.
Now my work is divided up between sub-consulting and work from my own businesses.
You can learn a great deal from working with as many people as possible.
Thats a good idea, and not one i'd considered, thank you for that. I definitely agree to learning lots through working with different companies, maintains an open minded approach in my opinion. I think the main thing to overcome is that most jobs ive seen advertised require previous experience...
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Heya all, I’m after some advice on how to go about making a shift towards consultancy based work. I’m self employed, have been for years, and am coming up to completing a l4 diploma in arb. Future aspirations are to do a PTI course and at some point in the near future a level 6 or similar - I’d like to continue to run my own business. My current work is a range of subcontracting and own jobs, I’ve been doing tree work since 2012, so 8 years.
What I was wondering, is whether people have gone for a period of employment, to gain experience etc, or whether people have gone ahead and tried to secure their ‘own’ work?
Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
thanks
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Okay. A stihl 076 (?) Big old thing, 110cc saw apparently. And a 4ft bar to make the cut - after alaskan mill losses
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Nay *
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Heya guys and girls. I've finally bought myself a chainsaw mill and have the opportunity to get into some oak, about 36" across. The only problem is, is that it's been down for 2+ years, so the sapwood is pretty cheesy. Heart wood is still solid.
I'm thinking that all the bark is going to have to be hacked away and have a good clean up before milling.
Has anyone got any advice? Yay or may
Thanks all
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I've got a 2002 ranger that is my only vehicle - I've always driven it pretty slowly - averaging at about 28mpg - doing about 55/60mph on duals/m-ways...
Just took it down to Falmouth for the weekend, did 70 the whole way down and then drove pretty briskly when we were there, averaged at 25mpg....
strange beast
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I've got a makita 7900, well priced and well made. If you google lawson HIS i think you can get one on there for £550 all in..
I'm planning to use mine for milling, plus Shavey on here is your man for spares (who i think is also in devon..)
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some awesome photos in here !
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nae bother !
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Does anyone know how to rotate photos on here ? there the right way up on my pc...
thanks !
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There really isn't a lot going on with these gravity fed woodchippers.... an aircooled engine with a belt that spins a drum... no clutch...
I think the greenmech cs100 is a great machine, but massively overpriced for the simplicity of it
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Ive just been looking at this - do you have your CS41? because you might be able to combine that ticket with a general MEWP ticket.
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im on 401 trees 8-)
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Heya all, i'm after a woodchipper for a days work, based in central dartmoor. Going in and out of Exeter twice would be a 50ish mile trip...
Google is coming up with nothing.. which is fair enough really..
can anyone help?
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No mate. It's soon on the list, been so wrapped up sorting other stuff out recently but want to do it to keep all my tickets updated soon.
Also as you said it'll be good for insurance purposes.
Have you got a big rigging job in the pipeline then?
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haha fair. I dont either.. No big rigs in the pipeline just aware that i dont know a great deal about it
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haha exactly! no really Joe it's something i dont know enough about, haven't got the qualification but do plenty of it....
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well, if something does go wrong, you'll not be covered, so i would take out a policy. I don't know what chainsaw carving falls under in terms of associated risk, I've found the guys at arborisk to be the most helpful with that kind of stuff.
How would you normally go about working at height when carving ? a platform of some sort? For personal insurance i use a company called income assured, again, who seem pretty reasonable. for 20 quid a month i'm covered for £250 a week, which will keep bills paid...
hope this helps !
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heya mate! yeah i had a browse through this morning. I'll be the rigging master by monday. Have you got your 40 or 41 or whichever one it is ??
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Thanks guys!
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id probably **** my pants doing 120 in a defender
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Sorry to hear about that mate, even though its ridiculous its probably caused un wanted stress! At least you were driving a vehicle clearly not capable of that kind of speed,
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yeah it is. I think its well nifty though !
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Heya Paul, thanks for that, its the next thing i'd like to do in the short term for sure. I've also noticed it being a requirement for a lot of advertised work.