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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Mick Dempsey
    Did a day subbing for a tree firm on the Bluebell railway in the late 90s cutting overhanging branches. There was a volunteer there in a wheelchair because he got a bit overeager trying to clear up a few years before.
  2. Mick Dempsey
    Does look a lot easier than I had imagined.
  3. Mick Dempsey
    If I priced it ‘correctly’ in those circumstances it would be very very high, much higher than you. I don’t have your equipment so I’d have to team up with others with heavy metal to get it done. What would probably happen is I’d fudge it and spend three days running wood back and forth, looking at the fuel gauge, cursing the Gods. Having said that, because that is a beech as opposed to a cedar say, the wood does have some value, that is a factor. What would you do with the wood from that tree?
  4. Mick Dempsey
    Everything depend on logistics, is there a local firewood guy with a tractor and grab who’ll take the wood for free (or even pay?) someone who’ll take the chip nearby? (Maybe aforementioned firewood guy as a sweetener) If so €3k plus purchase tax, two days climbing and lowering max. If you have to clear everything off site yourself, and the yard is a bit of a trek away, then break out the calculator and do your sums. Edit: Thats 3 guys plus Avant and 10 inch chipper btw
  5. Mick Dempsey
    You never should have told your insurance company about it.
  6. Mick Dempsey
    Bio oil easy enough to source.
  7. Mick Dempsey
    I’d have just done it and been careful.
  8. Mick Dempsey
    Why not charge them £50 or something? That way they’re a paying client and your insurance covers it. And try not to kill any volunteers.
  9. Mick Dempsey
    I presume you don’t have your own tree surgery biz?
  10. Mick Dempsey
    Presumably that’s Krone. €4300, strong money for that but certainly warranted.
  11. Mick Dempsey
    Congratulations!
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  13. Mick Dempsey
    I think he’d pretty much reconciled himself to crossing Disneyland off his wish list anyway.
  14. Mick Dempsey
    It’s a nothing story imo. Otherwise Dubya would have one as well, if anyone thinks Putin or the Russian public give a monkey’s toss about this, they want their heads looking at.
  15. Mick Dempsey
    All very odd indeed.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Well I dunno, maybe they’re swinging the lead, maybe not, if I had been sent to a job like that you’d have heard me cursing from the next county. I would have specified it down to 5ft so they don’t have to use a ladder or anything, 6.5ft is a bastard height to achieve.
  17. Mick Dempsey
    There’s a backstory here that I think you should share first.
  18. Mick Dempsey
    I think this is worth a bump for those who haven’t seen it. Natural crotch rigging and climber lowering is a bit of a forgotten art and one of my favourite little tricks for speeding a job up. Also, my nephew met Grahame Macmahon in an arborist store today (yesterday) in Melbourne, so it reminded me of this vid. My advice watch the second one before the first.
  19. Mick Dempsey
    I genuinely believe that is a better spelling of the word.
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  21. Mick Dempsey
    Oak then.
  22. Mick Dempsey
    Is this current? Looks too early in spring for that phase of leaf production. It’s a ridiculous ask as the tree is out of focus, but judging by form I’d say an oak (in about a months time!)
  23. Mick Dempsey
    What’s your point here?
  24. Mick Dempsey
    Looks like lime, but could well be Norway maple. I’d hang fire on the burning pitchforks for the moment. I’m burning lime at the moment mixed in with other stuff, it’s ok.
  25. Mick Dempsey
    You know what BAFTAS stands for right?

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