EnglishSheep

Hi Negundo, Great reply thank you. I am a amazed at that knee ascender! I think it will be a case of trial and error learning how to climb SRT and I accept that anchors shall be utilised on a case by case basis. (I need to learn and experiance which anchor for what situation suits better)?!

Thank you the reply. Hmm ok, I am sure I will appreciate "climb the rope" when I finally get set up? So with my current set up of a rope, zigzag, and foot clip by the addition of the wrope wrench and tether I should be good to go? May I ask why or in which situations you would use/climb drt as I thought once you have mastered climbing the rope and not the tree one would never go back to drt? Why not base tie all of the time, should I sometimes anchor directly in the crown and tie in there as an example because it reduces the loading on the branch/anchor point? Or Base anchor at another tree/secure point with an additional rope and then use one rope as the false crutch at the top of the tree and attach a second line as either drt or SRT whilst I navigate the tree for reductions/dead wooding tidying etc? Thank you very much in advance and my apologies if you are all rolling your eyes thinking "argh another newbie and his 101 questions"!!!!!! Regards Greg

Good afternoon all. Fed up with lots of friction and getting tangled in my drt and more often than not my cambium saver getting stuck I have decided to transition immediately over to SRT. Points that attract me to SRT (from what I can gather) 1. Fire my throw line into a suitable crotch and then send up main line and tie off as a base anchor at bottom of tree. 2. No more cambium savers getting stuck at the end of a climb. 3. System is quicker than drt to set up whilst at a clients. 4. Natural use of branch for re-directs. 5. Father in law is purchasing a Big shot for me to further exploit SRT? Points I do not like 1. I am Billy no mates so have nobody else to bounce ideas off! 2. More shinny things = more nagging from wife! So I have just ordered a wrope wrench and the "tether" from my local shop which is due to arrive in the next two weeks. Questions ? 1. How long to "adapt" to srt? 2. Additional equipment required? Current set up... Tachyon 45m rope, 11.5mm CElanyard Treemotion harness Petzl pantin. Petzl ZigZag Summary. Wrope wrench and "tether" on order. What other equipment do I require please? Any further top tips greatly welcomed. Researching arbtalk like crazy as I am rather new to this industry and other projects include an extremely steep rigging learning curve! Thank you in advance Greg

I shall look to see if I have any other pictures. A lot of you are correct in saying that this job could have problems as at the left hand rear side, the bush has started to split open beginning to divide the bush in half. I am gathering from all of your feedback that a trim and tidy up would take approx 1hour and the consensus of opinion is that the job could turn out to be a pain in the bum so perhaps charge approx £150 (175-200€) all in. I think this is sensible rather than kicking the proverbially ass out of it?! Thank you all Regards

Bloody hell how quick was that reply?!!! Thank you for the info. I may charge 4 hours work and include the waste removal on top. Are there any insider top tips as to how to keep the form and keep it looking circular or do I just free hand it? Oh I love the two wheel tractor you have as your picture. I am looking at a two wheeled tractor and bled power box rake my self but perhaps that is for another topic so we do not loose sight of my original post! Kindest regards Sheep!!!

Good evening all. I have been asked to price up a slight summer trim for this bush and then perhaps a more heavier thinning later in the year. A gardener friend of mine said he reckons it is two people for one days work. I personally find this hard to believe however bush trimming is not my core business. Any serious ideas as to what to charge the client would be greatly appreciated. If you do not want to discuss costing for this job then please just let me know how many hours work I should factor for. All green waste shall be removed by myself. Ps. It would give me the chance to use my brand new shiny echo single sided 1M hedge cutter!! Thanks in advance.

Hi all. I have the 130r engine and it is just over a year old and up for sale. I am selling it as the engine is too powerful and unbalanced. I have now bought a magnum backpack blower and an echo single bladed one metre hedge cutter which is the nuts! When I next need a strummer I shall buy a dedicated one. ( I used my mates konbisystem on Saturday with the smaller engine and I thought is was a better machine than my 130r). To summarise. Extremely powerful. Jack of all trades master of none. Save your money and buy dedicated machines.

Hi Arran I currently live in Hamburg Germany and I am currently exploring pay and quantity of work in regard to general tree work ( networking for winter months). This shall work in a combination with my business to keep paying the bills through out the winter months and I also find climbing and tree work rather satisfying be it the novice that I still am! I specialise as a grass expert here in Hamburg, building new lawns and restoring old ones and already on several occasions I have advised the clients that tree pruning/reduction is necessary to have any success of a beautiful garden lawn. This probably does not apply to tree work but here in Germany we have what is know as 400€ part time jobs where by you do not pay tax etc. for groundie is work I have been told anything from 15-20€ Per hour but again from what I can gather the majority of the tree guys all have part time jobs. If you were to come and explore Hamburg or any where in North Germany and whilst you are looking for tree work I could offer casual employment for the next couple of months and then renegotiate for next year. Whilst the beetle information was extremely informative it is a shame that we may have lost the topic? Perhaps another re post in the international section may help both of us? I hope this helps and any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards Gregory

Hi Rob. Thank you for the reply. I will certainly take you up on that offer. Basically a friend of the family who helped my company out last year had a tree fall in last years storm. Which we removed. Since he has had a tree surgeon in to remove three - six trees. At a price of 3800€ I'm partially annoyed as I was debating getting my rope licence back in 2012 but then I had to focus on which direction EnglishSheep was going. Hence concentrating on lawn care. Now this opportunity has arisen which could provide the spring board to possibly adding tree work to our portfolio. Cheers

Hi Steve and thank you for the welcome. Erm sorry that my first post is a WANT WANT:confused1: I am basically flexible, driving over in my van, landing at Dover then I am spending time over towards Stratford Upon Avon and then some time in Grantham. What I can offer in return is to perhaps return the favour to invite my host over to Hamburg and experience the Reperbahn!

Good Evening all. I own a drainage and sports turf lawn care company over in Hamburg Germany (EnglishSheep.de). I have my chain saw licence and I am back over in the UK at the end of February, beginning of March. I would like to liaise with one or two of you to learn a couple of new tricks and blow out the cob webs etc etc. Like I say, I am licensed, have full safety gear and am fully insured so you would not have any head aches there! In return I can offer a spare pair of hands and maybe bring a few boxes of wine over? Thank you all in advance kindest Regards EnglishSheep