Martin95

Ok will do thanks very much

I have some felled ash and sycamore trees. My son has asked about have the timber milled. Is there anyone in the Saltburn by the sea or North York Moors area that has a milling service that anyone knows about please.

Gents, For me anyway this thread has run its course we have chewed fat, its been entertaining but more importantly a learning experience well on part part anyway. I will leave and let the more professional banter continue. To end I have had several offers from forum members and hopefully I will be able to strike an agreeable deal. Its been a pleasure, I have walked into the lions den poked a few and come out with my arse intact, well, sort of, but I wont be poking anymore lions. Take care.

Ah a tree festival he says. And you chaps could show how drop a tree on to a flag as they do at the Yorkshire show always impressed me. Vespasian by all means

I think my initial post was the catalyst to generate what has been a lively discussion and a good one at that, if we cant have a lively discussion then we might as well pack up and go home. However I think what this all boils down to is market forces or supply and demand. It is what someone is willing to pay for services or goods provided. You cant tell me that when you want a new piece of equipment you will pay the list prices. Well I wouldn’t, I would shop about until I found a deal that suited me. I did that with my truck and saved £3000 off the list price. To me that was a good deal to others I may have said that I still paid too much but I felt it was fair and paid the price that was negotiated. Coming to the cost of equipment:- As Vespasian said the choice to use modern machinery that speeds up production is a choice thing. From a customers point of view all he/she would be concerned with is the end price. I am sure when you tender for a contact you provide one price for all work discussed and the cost of machinery would be factored in by you. As for danger like any job they all come with risk from getting a paper cut in an office to a soldier walking through a mine field in Afghanistan it is a choice thing not that I would want to do that they have bigger balls than me. I am no spring chicken but started my life as an apprentice welder in an oil rig yard and eventually got a chance to chase the money offshore, in the end that was short lived. I was offered the chance to convert/train to become a welder/diver. After 6 months diving (not mixed gases they are the really crazy guys) I gave it up after a diver I knew died as a result of a diving accident and thought my life was worth more. I decided that career choice was not for me. And on that note for those of you up those crazy heights with a chain saw I respect you and the dangers are all too evident as Ty mention in one of his posts. But like I said that is choice thing. But for me you chaps are out of my league I cannot afford to some of the prices I have seen. I have been called tight and far worse at times in life; I have broad shoulders. So whilst I have a woodland which at some point will be harvested, I will tackle the trees I am confident with myself, but of those that are more challenging then I will have to seek professional help. Once again my apologies for the initial tone of my first post it was a Donald trump moment. I have now applied to the White House to be his PR assistant where he can use my talents ! Jokes aside stay safe chaps.

Well good evening all I seem to have caused quite a pan shite with my first ever post. It was not my intention but let me explain. But firstly lets get the quiz out the way I am not a farmer, end of. But I do own what was a derelict farmhouse and former farm in 2003 after the owner could not make ends meet. My wife and I rebuilt the property ourselves with some professional help where need and that is where my experince of trademen and in my opinion pushing the boundaries. We have experinced sparkies, plumbers and builders all trying it on and one who we declined his services contacted us back for work. I am sure some of you will have been quoted prices for jobs which made you a little annoyed. This brings me to your industry where I have and I admit struck a nerve albeit not my intention and was a bit of a Donald Trump moment! In 2003 I need a 30ft tree feeling, it was a simple job of dropping the tree away from what was my derelict house across a beck that all. I rang a local aborist offering him £50 and the timber if he wanted. He told me he would not get out of bed for anything less than £100. So I had not choice and dropped the tree myself. My first experince was not a positive one. Anyway we then had a several years of people trying it on and in fact only recently was succesful in the courts taking a plumber to court who fitted a rayburn that doesn't work propely costing using £5000. Anyway thats enough of sob stories you are all probably so depressed now you will be looking for a tree to swing from! This bring me to our recent experince of the arborist who quoted about £400 or £615 with vat which I still find very expensive. At those sort of prices from a member of the public points of view is exepensive. And as I am a landowner I naturally have dealings with farmers, my neighbours are. Anyway I asked via facebook what is a reasonable price to reduce the size of an ash tree. All I want is the tree or limbs dropping either in the stream which is near by or on the ground and I would do the rest. Even someone accepting they could do it for £150 in half an hour thats £300 per hour, I wish I could earn that. And yes before you want to have a personal pop at me which I all honesty I dont really mind life is too short that is how I see it. So from my point of view £400 cash in hand for a quick job is not bad had I accepted it. May be this bloke who quoted my wife was trying it on because I was not at home, who knows ? I appreciate that you are all running a business and not a charity and need to put bread on the table but I too as a customer also need to know I am getting a fair deal and that my friends is a matter of opinion which market forces control. I have received two invites from forum users to come and assess the job so i have achieved my goal admittedly in an abrupt manner and should have thought twice and been more tactful. As they say everyday is a school day. Anyway chaps its been interesting and amusing even some of the insults but hey that life. Be safe Regards Martin

I have joined this forum in the hope of finding an arborist who will not rip me off. Today my wife whilst I was at work contacted an aborist with the view of getting a price to reduce the size of a large ash tree. In order to get a rough quote she sent some pictures which I have attached. The idea being if he was going to take our eyes out it would save him the trouble of a site visit. This particular arborist nonetheless insisted on a site visit and duly quoted my wife £450 cash at which my wife wonder where was his horse and mask whilst he was robbing us. We live on a small farm and all we wanted was for him to reduce the trees size and just drop the trees limbs on the ground and I would have moved and cut the wood up for our fire later. He did however say that they normal industry price is £640 plus vat. For the sake of being greedy had he offered a fair price he would have got the job and possible future work from me and my farming neighbours. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. I have been on a farming forum and many landowners have had similar jobs done for abour £100 -£150. Does anyone on this forum know of anyone willing to undertake such a job. If so I would appreciate their details or them to contact. I am located between Guisborough and Whitby, North Yorks.