Andrew L

Update: Didn't I tell you he was good? Last Saturday he took his CS30 and passed with no formal training. So that's zero chainsaw or Arb experience 7 weeks ago: then CS30 pass.

Hello 6 inch hydraulic feed chipper only 65 hrs, excellent condition. Complete with 3.5t tipping arb truck and operator. Based in Knockholt, nextdoor village to Biggin Hill. Unexpectedly free for the rest of this week. How can we help? Andrew 07920 078458

Evening all, I am very sad to be losing this guy who is off to Holland with his girlfriend. He has only been with us for 6-7 weeks but more than long enough for me to say: highly recommended. He is bright, strong, hard-working, switched-on but also sensible and polite to customers. Only had to show him how to tie a bowline ONCE! Disadvantages: does not have full driving licence, only auto. Doesn't speak very good dutch but I suspect will pick it up rapidly. No formal tree courses so far but can already sharpen a c/saw and use a grinder and chipper. Any dutch colleagues in Leeuwarden or Dwingleoo areas please drop me a line and I will pass on your details to Toby. He will be in Holland from 1/12/19. Cheers Andrew 07920 078458 Wood Farm Tree Care (Sevenoaks) Ltd

Hi Patrick, Whereabouts is the work please? Andrew

Just a thought but if you went for mesh sides, you could ziptie company name/logo etc printed on a board to them which would both stop the chip coming out and advertise your company name at the same time,,,

Sittingbourne, Kent. And yes I gather there had been “issues” previously,,, Bloody things will need felling in a year or two

Agreed, I was really surprised by their attitude: apparently could not care less how long I took, what I did or did not do. On my way down I offered to remove smaller branches that were almost touching the wires and they said only if you want to. But they were clearly going to cause a short out imminently. Weird. The trouble is the customer wanted as much left on as possible. Rubbish job from start to finish. Very glad to leave. A

And finally, on Tuesday 21st May, UK Power Networks got around to turning off the power for an hour or so,,, They also had a bloke in a MEWP who earthed it, just in case,,,, Thanks for all your advice Andrew

Just been looking at local council TPO notification for a property I have been asked to work on and although it states "No TPO's listed", there is something nearby about a TCA but I cannot find it written in full. Can anyone enlighten? Andrew

Which model do you have? I have just bought a 2nd hand DANequip 25SP Have you managed to sort your issue? Andrew

Finally managed to copy n paste a pic!! A

Thanks all A

Just checking,,,, Asked to reduce a line of Leylandii by my groundie. He was going to hire a MEWP. He assured me there were no targets or issues nearby. Got on site to discover a sub-station in the middle of the 100 yard line of 70ft Leylandii !!! Have worked around them leaving the trees adjacent to the sub-station alone. Uk power network are coming to turn the power off in May for an hour and are bringing a linesman to earth the cables in case of a surge (!) I have not done any power line work before: Should I have specific insurance? (can't find anything in my 3rd party policy) Should I have specific courses or kit? I have only done CS 30, 31, 38 and 39 but about to do 41. If it helps, the sub-station is on a H shaped frame, 3 large naked cables at @50-60ft high, with a grey transformer whotsit sat in the middle. Be grateful for advice, thoughts A

Cheers all. Demo was good. Liked the design and layout. Everything easy to get to for servicing etc. The 2016 demo with 6 hrs registered did had quite a lot of roller wear?? My only other worry is that it is maybe a touch too small (155mm infeed and 24bhp). Still dithering,,,

? Ta muchly

Sorry to show my ignorance but what's a "gypsy stick"?

Demo today of a TP 155. Anyone got any experience good/bad? Cheers Andrew

Thank you (all) for your advice and apologies for tardiness in my acknowledgement. Went for an off-the-shelf registration in the end which was a) much easier than companies house and b) cheaper ??!!

Good Morning, Trying to register as a new company with Company House. Got stuck with the CIS but discovered we are "landscape gardeners" by looking up another firm I knew about ;). Can anyone explain the ramifications of "shares"? Does it make any difference what type of shares I have at this stage (sole trader moving to Ltd company)? How many shares should I declare? What value? How do I know? I would be very grateful for any advice Andrew