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  1. Thesnarlingbadger
    That's fair enough but I know chippys who earn £200 a day but still moan about wages. In all honesty if you want to make a decent wage in any game you have to set up shop yourself.
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    That's true for me too, but then I look at the other jobs out there and think Na sod it I'll stick to being up this big beech on a sunny winters morning.
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    It all depends on area, if they are good at grinding a stump out properly so your not getting phone calls all the time saying there only an inch below ground level. Also I'm not sure wether you are allowed to send one guy out on his own, but I may be wrong on that.
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    Need trick. A mate once had a BMW repeatedly blocking his garage and had asked him not to on several occasions. One morning it happened again and he brought a council looking wheel clamp popped it on the tossers shinny new rims with a mock parking ticket and threw the key away. The guy spent hours with an angle grinder trying to get the clamp off after (I would assume) finding out it was all a hoax. The silly bugger even put a hole in his tyre. Safe to say he found a new parking space about 10 yards down the road after that.
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    Thanks mate. Just thought about how I deal with things like that when I have to
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    One more thing to add to the mix is that having a conversation with a mate about 'not paying him more' may actually be easier then someone who just works for you. I find with a friend you can be more open about the situation and the running a of the business (if he is a good friend). He may say well I can't work for you but at least he might understand where you are coming from and you can always stay mates. Where as is you tell a worker you can't pay them more, they look as the price of the job and think 'he's raking it in and says can't pay me anymore' but you can't always go in to detail about your business situation to someone who just works for you. This may make sense or just be gobbledegook, but I think it has some reason behind it. And yes I had to check how to spell gobbledegook :-/.
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    IMO £125 is a lot to pay a groundsmen who has limited rigging experience and isn't a great climber. £100 a day is more than adequate. Down here in the southwest £125 is climber money. But if he is a good friend like you say then maybe sling him an extra tenner.
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    The TW 230 is a great bit of kit but has had a few issues, as Ian said somethings got to give on a light weight machine built to chew through big bits. The 240 was a turn table one but they had countless problems from what I gather and I guess TW decided enough was enough. I used the Jenson the other day and it was really good but I still think it's a machine that will have issues as your sacrificing durability for weight. Apparently forst said they will not make a sub 750 as there end game is always going to be quality (can't argue with that).
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    Ahh fair enough, personally I have never greeted a bar, I figure the chain oil does what need to be done.
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    Why is sporadic greasing worse than none?
  12. Thesnarlingbadger
    Well said. I've lost my rag with people for being stoned and lazy at work. And they thought I was joking until I took them aside and explained that if I have an accident up the tree and they're to stoned to think fast and deal with it quickly enough that would be on there head. Never had a day with that problem since.
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    No worries mate
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    Price everything individually as you would normally. Add up the quote and round up/down depending on the customer, if he is a nice chap you wouldn't expect any grief from round down, if he could be a pain in the backside then round up to cover the messing around. Try and look at big jobs as loads of little ones, might find it easier that way.
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    They don't look to bad to fell, but I'd need better pics. I would be inclined to climb a couple and stack the brash up against the house and the top of the wall too.
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    This is true. Was my second job in the industry and I was much happier once I left and realised not everyone was as bad as him
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    Sorry I'm saying if someone else damaged your kit. But I wasn't even sub contracting back then and still had to provide all my own kit.
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    To be honest pricing is one of those things that will never be the same anywhere. Location, size of company/equipment, customer etc all change the price. My tip is if it's conifers, put more on, you can be pretty sure this is where people under quote most of the time. They may come down quick but you might have to tip 5 times in a day and have 2 loads of logs. Big reductions as well, just remember how long it actually takes to get around the tree.
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    Haha I think this is just done sub consciously.
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    That's what I'd say but unfortunately to many people would view it as not there problem and your kit you sort it. A company I worked for a while ago was like that, and if I damaged anything on a job, it was me who had to sort it out in my own time. So I stopped using my own kit and was told not to come in anymore. I'm happy to use my kit or let others use it but I would like to think the company I'm working for would cough up the dough if someone else broke my chainsaws or other kit.
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    Haha that is a great way of putting it. Have known a few people in the past who always go for the 88 when not needed, always seems to be when there is a large public presence.
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    This is a great idea Sean. I will be interested to see the results for this, some of the most significant trees in our landscape are without a doubt some of the old pollards. I will keep a close eye out for the thread and contribute where I can.
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    Another point to make. Once that main anchor is in and you have got used the fact it is going to hold you may find you speed up as the day goes on. I think most people get a bit nervous when setting up that first anchor point, especially when you need to try and get it as high as possible to make work easier.
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    It may be worth looking at popping some marine ply to put down. May not last as long but it's cheeper and easier to work with. Maybe patch the holes up with thin metal and ply over the top. Just a thought
  25. Thesnarlingbadger
    I'd say it would work but you what to avoid cutting anything to big or letting it fold slightly so you hands not getting palled towards the saw. Sounds like an interesting job mate

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