Lumberjock

Hi there, has any one got experience with this course. 
 

Its QLS qualification level 3, Is this recognised as a good qualification?

thanks

Hi there. Would you be interested in making me one? How much ? Thanks

Log / Kindling net bagger tilt tipping tray 

Hi there,

does anyone have one of these for sale? 
 

Thanks Jock

Hi,

I have recently been looking for work and sent out my CV to many recruitment agencies. With my qualifications I am getting a lot of trainee Arb surveying responses. I have a rough idea what the job entails but can someone give me a clearer understanding of what an Arb Utilities surveyor does on a day-to-day basis.Thank you

Does anybody know of any good Insurance policies for self employed forestry workers. CS30/31 tickets. 
 

coppice work

thinning etc. 

43 minutes ago, Jonny69 said:

Problem is with this plan, almost everyone has a truck and chipper already. You would be better off buying a machine that's a bit specialist and subbing to people that way. 

 

With basic work tools and maybe a tracked chipper, cherry picker, skid steer/loader, excavator with tree attachments.

 

There is always work for diggers and cherry pickers even if its not just related to cutting trees.

Great advice. Thanks

6 minutes ago, Dbikeguy said:

two routes,
Get to know some subby climbers, and start your own business, booking climbers in as necessary, plenty of hedging, small tree prunes etc you can do alone to fill days.
Buy a piece of plant, be it a digger - broad range of uses esp with a grab
. stump grinder, Avant etc and hire yourself out.
 

Appreciate your input. Thanks 

26 minutes ago, treevolution said:

Truck and stump grinder could work better if you would just like to stay on the ground. 

Thanks, I was thinking about a grinder. 
 

I saw one company doing just so.  I’ll look into It Thanks

Just now, Mr. Squirrel said:

To my mind, if you can’t climb and have no intention of climbing I’d just stop right there.

I would have intentions to climb if the start up was to start a tree surgery company. But the idea was to hire my services as man,van and chipper. 
it looks like it’s a non starter tbh
thanks for advise. 

18 minutes ago, carlos said:

if you have a truck and chipper and can use a saw how about start doing private tree jobs your self and just hire in a climber for the jobs that need it, it could be a better plan in the long run.

I think that would be a better idea tbh. Thanks. 

20 minutes ago, manco said:

i second Craig Johnson, sounds like a good plan but its gonna suck ass in reality.

even assuming they drag and stack you a neat pile, and youre there for the day chipping as they bring it, your chipper is gonna suffer from the non stop chipping day after day.

better option is to find some local contract climbers and consider a partnership.

Hi thanks for the input. I think that is what I was thinking. Work with contract climbers who do not have the equipment for the full job. 

27 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

I would suggest there aren't many arborists who don't have a van and chipper, in the same way you can buy one so can they.

However, there may be a market where people with one van hire you in on bigger jobs. That would maybe be difficult to keep up every day though, and again not sure they'd want to hire your chipper unless say you have an 10 or 12" machine.

Personally I'd say if you are paying out for van and chipper then you need to be running it as a business to pay those overheads, and hire in climbers as needed. You could do the tickets and do smaller takedown and prune jobs, no need to aim to climb everything.

Or keep the overheads low and go subbie groundie. Plenty of demand for that round here at least, maybe not the money there is in forestry but I would think easier too.

1 hour ago, dumper said:

Set yourself up in business do trees and hedges and hire in climbers when needed

I was thinking it may be easier to set up than starting an actual “tree surgery” business. Let them find the work. 
 

I take all point on board and appreciate it. Thanks. 

5 minutes ago, Craig Johnson said:

not a great plan imho, if people who dont have a chipper, dont know how to cut, present and stack for one, they also have great expectations of how fast the tangled pile of garden rubbish and wet leaves etc, will be chipped and i think  it would be classed as waste transfer.

I take your point. Appreciated 

Hi, any advise would be greatly appreciated. 

I’m looking to start up a new business. 
 

I currently work as a forester with Cs30/31 qualifications. 
 

I would like to get back into private arborist work more close to home. I used to be a Groundsman for a short time. I do not and have no intention of climbing as I am over 40. 
 

I had the idea of purchasing an Arb Truck and chipper and advertising as Van, man and chipper for hire to arborists who do not have these. Charge a daily rate for my services. 
 

Would this be a good idea? Any pro’s and con’s you can think of?

Thanks