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Sorry, but no way is it coming back.

Morning all, copious cats and dogs outside. None of us have any desire to get soaked through, so we will resume dismantling large lime 6ft from house tomorrow. If it clears later we can collect yesterday's timber.

Bit of light rain late morning, clouds started to look like the thunderstorm forecast might happen so stopped using the (steel) MEWP at half two. Fair old rain and win at present and occasional flashes of lightning. Nice and cool now.

Morning all, We're working all of 1,500 metres by road, or 850 as the crow flies, from home for the next three or four days. Still have to be up at usual time or you know who will want to know why breakfast is late.

It would be rude not to!

Offcut of resin coated plywood under the wheel

Please Miss, I didn't do a wee wee all afternoon in this heat. Can I use that as a credit note for wee wees during lessons in winter?

Thank crunchy I don't do site work on Fridays these days😀. Just had breakfast with my beloved, now to spend the day pottering out of the sun, Loler on the MEWP, machinery maintenance etc. Put me on the register for half a day's attendance Miss.

They also grow back very quickly after pruning.

Agreed. Try telling Stoke on Trent City Council.

Time go early miss/sir. I was here on time, but have done some work and it is lovely and hot and my ready mix concrete that was delivered at 9am, just when assembly was happening, is now hard enough to walk on.

Quite agree. One of our local tree officers is excellent and would never do this. Years ago I checked with him that a large roadside Oak near me was not protected as the customer wanted to fell it (having built a house extension under it!). The TO said it was not protected but that it was worthy of a TPO and he would put one on it very soon. He openly left me with the option to get on and fell it quickly while I could. The customer is a local PITA, the tree is lovely, so I did not rush and it got protected. The TO and I respect each other and it works well. Flip side: Another local council are the opposite. I reduced a largish Holly in a conservation area several years ago, with permission. It has since died, deceased, snuffed it, become a tree no longer, had its chips and gone to meet its maker. See photo. Owner applied with photo evidence to take it down. Council told him they need a tree surgeon's report to confirm it is dead! I reckon I could probably snap the trunk if I pushed hard enough on it. Sorry for semi derailing thread but its shows what a lottery it can be dealing with councils.

That is always a bit of a warning to me that the customer might be fussy. Just my opinion though.

Only time I put a bungee on my Silky is if I am over a greenhouse/something equally brittle and costly. Otherwise they are a PITA, always snagging on everything.

Had breakfast, cleared the M1 southbound (bowels moved, very important before get to site!), on second coffee waiting for team to arrive.

I prefer Messrs Fellem and Scarper

Mostly within 6-7 miles, rare to go more than fifteen miles now. Did a two day job this week along a remote no through lane. The rush hour was fantastic, herd of 70 odd milkers, and two ramblers. Hardly saw another soul all day. Bliss.

That is my plan as I get older and more decrepit. I have a tracked chipper, road tow turntable 7.5inch chipper, 18m tracked MEWP, minidigger with grab, stump grinder, compact tractor with loader and heavy duty flail mower, road towable log splitter and 20+ years experience. All of my stuff is paid for and I am more than happy to work for and pass on any tips to the right minded younger guys (and girls) coming along now.

Eats shoots and leaves. Vegan. Eats, shoots, and leaves. Hungry assassin gets away.

Agreed with all comments, been VAT registered 10 years. Turnover now beneath the compulsory registration level, but would not dream of deregistering. There are some things you can claim VAT back on if they were bought within a certain time before registering. From memory I think this was tools/machinery bit not things like fuel and materials. My accountant was worth every penny (nah pound) when I registered for VAT.

Yes, I learnt this concept many years ago. We felled a couple of small trees in a small garden for a prickly (right witch) old lady. We cut the stumps near the ground and left the place spotless. A week or so later she rang me saying she had tripped over the one stump and nearly broken every bone ion her body, and it was a trip hazard. The other stump now had something very smelly on top of it and what was I planning to do about it? I tried explaining the quote did not in, from thclude stump removal/grinding but she started to be right arsey and said she would go to trading standards. These days I would just say go ahead. Anyway, the stump with something smelly on it has fox/badger poo on it. The one that nearly killed her was so tight into a corner I didn't believe she had been anywhere near it, she just wanted it gone. We took the grinder and ground out the stump, but not until we had put warning signs near every step in the garden! Quite enjoyed the polite piss take. Needless to say, from that day forwards I have always described the job as "fell tree, cutting stump near to ground." Never had a problem since.

Sounds like a win win to me. You don't waste money buying ladders, the customer lends you theirs and the bottom rung breaks causing you a nasty back strain ££££££claim

Completely outrageous behaviour asking to see your insurance details. Parents wouldn't dream of criticising the school for not checking your insurance if their child got injured. I hope you're not wasting money on those stupid Loler inspections, but you probably don't need them as most of us just free climb and drop everything without lowering kit.

Or for my alternative view: Hedge mong is a very experienced fly fisher and a lot of us are hungry fish.

Until it goes wrong. Customer walks out of back door unexpectedly, was only coming to offer you a brew. Customer gets injured badly by branch/timber being dropped just as they appeared. Customer ends up with head injury, and ultimately some brain damage, resulting in her needing ongoing care. She is a widow, and her son is a barrister. Good luck with that!