Mick Dempsey
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Anyway, for the OP. This question pops up quite often. General consensus is that (failing someone on here offering you a few days) you’re best off contacting firms direct, explain the situation and get a few days in dragging brush and generally getting a feel for it before committing.
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You do talk some bollocks.
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Never seen someone make such a life changing decision so quickly based on some advice on the internet! Have a good time in OZ
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Think it averages 80 odd bucks, he charges more if he has to climb.
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He says he is against this method as it is a highly toxic poison and firing it into the air and blasting pellets into the environment and missing the target is not advisable. It is a point of view shared by the majority of his contemporaries.
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I have messaged my local exterminator to ask about this, I’ll let the members know what he says.
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Very good point Joe.
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If you find pointless activity satisfying I suppose.
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Probably because it’s efficacy is in doubt. I’ve seen them professionally destroyed over here, they use a stick to apply the insecticide directly into the nest, killing every individual very fast. Then the advice is to leave well alone for a while to avoid stings from others returning.
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Red Grant, From Russia With Love.
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I think we all know why this story played on so many platforms, and it’s not mansplaining.
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I know, bit disappointed with myself.
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Painful.
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There’s a growing little industry of tree surgeons who climb in all the hazmat gear with chemicals to kill the nest. I have had occasion to come off a job and get my local guy to arrive and kill the nest, then finish the tree the next day.
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Serious stuff, not always easy to spot the nests. On a few occasions I’ve been up a tree and spotted an active nest necessitating a careful retreat. Maybe take time to have a look around the tree before getting up in the summer.
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Blimey Rich, the long winter nights in Norway are making your posts a bit Bergmanesque! Roll on spring.
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It’s why it’s great Mark, no regulation, next to no HSE in domestic. If you know what you’re doing, can take a risk and can bend your back all day, you’ll never be short of money in treework. Anyone who can’t is FoS.
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Total bollocks. 20k tops gets you going in domestic tree work, and 95% of the time you’re paid almost immediately.
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In that situation I usually cut a new pollard point leaving 1 mètre of the biggest regrowth, maybe 3 or 4 on each old pollard head. Opinions may vary of course.
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Looks like a Norway spruce, but the pics aren’t great. Close up of a spray of needles might help.
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Good luck! My advice is to try not to burn any bridges with your old employer or any other established companies in your area. Sub~contracting for others is a good way of filling your week till you can get your own client base built up.
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Pine TD in Angoulême. If we could have done it in one we would have. Went sweet as you like.
