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Wouldn't paint the tree as it'll effect the gas exchange through the bark. I believe you can get a wrap, which they tend to use in America

Hinowa are better machines imo

Whitebeam?

Unpopular opinion perhaps, but I'd go with the new ST6P. Forst have always worked well for us 

Get yourself added to the Arb/Forestry Scotland Whatsapp group

Its easy to waste money on Google ads if you don't know what you're doing. And its expensive to get an external company to run campaigns for you......we use an external company and at the moment we're around £35 per lead due to most other tree surgeon companies also advertising. Can be a bit of a minefield but does repay if you're willing to shell out initially.

Where in Scotland are you based? I'd be interested, think your sentimental bowls are a really good idea

Yeah, second above, cordyline are basically unchippable. You hear a lot of the guys in the states tackle them top down when dismantling 

Work out what your running costs are and % profit needed for the business, then price jobs accordingly. Dont fall into the trap of being a "busy fool". Get a good accountant, they may seem expensive, but a decent one will save you more money than they cost. Be upfront and don't be afraid to put your foot down with clients. Best of luck, 21 is a great age to start your own operation 👍

Always thought its strange that you can prune a tree back to the boundary but when you apply to the council if the trees TPO'd or in a conservation area the council document says to make sure all work is compliant with 3998.....a lot of the time you cant prune back to a growth point/branch collar

My Mrs is a surveyor specialising in Business rates. You're apparently better calling the accessors they'll tell you if its currently got an RV on it and what its currently assessed at

31 minutes ago, TreeAbility said:

They gave me permission to post on here!  But yes valid question!  

Just checking 😊

Should you be loading docs with clients details/contacts on?

You don't turn pollards back into normal trees, but you can try and turn topped trees back into normal trees

What do you do for a living? 

7 years

Anyone ballpark what an acre of land would cost to rent P.A? Its for growing Xmas trees. Glasgow based

10 hours ago, ClueLess60 said:

I have had some great help on the forum concerning some apple trees, and hopefully someone will be able to assist on this subject too. I have searched several websites on diseases but can’t find anything like mine.

This pear tree (I’m not sure what variety) I took on when I moved to the property 3 years ago. I would guess it is 10 years plus old, it stands about 10 to 11 ft high. Like a lot of the other trees in the garden, it had grown out of control. I have been pruning it slowly each year, and now it is reasonably manageable.

In the summer, the leaves and fruit seemed to be healthy enough looking, not that it fruited that much, presumably because of the harder than normal pruning.

Yesterday I noticed that the bark on the trunk and branches has a crazing/cracking to it, and in places is even coming away. This isn’t something I had noticed before, although there’s a chance it has been like this along, as I have had a lot on my plate since moving to the property.

 

 

 

Could be Scold, could be fungal. If you pruned it hard I'd have expected it to yield more fruit, see how it produces this year as pears can skip a year.  Prognosis doesn't look good in the long run as there's visible delamination, however as its a small tree which is still going into leaf means there's Cambium hanging in there

13 hours ago, GarethM said:

What's a rough good price ?.

We're getting £24 a tonne atm, thats picked up from our yard

Weave them into a living willow structure and grow vegetables in the shit 😂

Sorry, I mis read your post! Thought you where asking for stoves fitted

Give Dan a shout 

2 minutes ago, manco said:

10 pages on nonsense 😂

4 hours ago, 5thelement said:

That’s a lot of Buckfast. 

Racist!

There's a number of subbies and hire with operators we use, if they asked for £50 more  we'd probably pay it...... Shy bairns get nae sweets