Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[Big A]

You're right there, if a company is based on the East Coast it can only expand North, South, and West and even their limited by travelling time costs!

 

[Ross Turner]

I agree with what you said Big A about just wanting to get on with a job & not be stressed out on a night its not fair on your family,I found that out.
These two companies sound just like two that work around cambridge & they are owned by two brothers who cant stand each other(or that was what it was like in 2001).

 

[blue]

would that happen to be Acacia and Eastern?our direct competitors

 

[Ross Turner]

Yes it would just happen to be those companies.So which company do you work for Blue? as i used to work over & around that area.

 

[blue]

ross,
i work for shire tree's.have done for about 2 1/2 years now.
he has got bigger since 2001 though.then i think all he had was a transit and a small chipper.
now we have 7.5 tonne lorry much better chipper,stump grinder better kit all round really(oh and me(haha wurzel))

who did you work for ross?

 

[wurzel]

Originally posted by blue
ross,
i work for shire tree's.have done for about 2 1/2 years now.
he has got bigger since 2001 though.then i think all he had was a transit and a small chipper.
now we have 7.5 tonne lorry much better chipper,stump grinder better kit all round really(oh and me(haha wurzel))

yes we got blue instead of pay rise
bout time we both had one now

 

[Ross Turner]

i dont like admiting this but i used to work for Tower forestry doing line clearance work for eastern electricity & Fountains working on the National Grid contract.Getting sick of utility & want to get back into proper arb.

 

[blue]

ross,
never heard of Tower.where are thy based?
how did you know about the brothers GRIM?

 

[Ross Turner]

Tower used to be based in Huntingdon,I learnt about thr brothers grim as you put them as one of the lads i worked with did weekend work for Eastern.Do you know anyone called Steve Morgan who i belive worked for one of them.Tower had 2 out of 4 areas of the contract for easten electricity.So i carried out work in Norfolk,Suffolk,Essex,Cambs,Beds,Bucks,Herts while i lived in St Neots Cambs working on line clearance.

 

[Big A]

Anyone know what the moneys like on the Lecky clearance nowadays, it used to be low when I did it in 96/7 and I keep hearing all sorts of figures and some of them sound OK

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

not good i got told by some guys who work for bts...too much blackthorn for my likeing anyway

 

[Acer]

I'd heard a lot of the routine line clearance had stopped, partly courtesy of fountains dropping a poplar over one line..is that true?

A lot of people I know were put on surveying LV poles. I think they were getting £150 / day and expected to survey 30 poles in a day. The catch: no-one mentioned how far each pole was apart. There might have been four poles in one village, two in another village 10 miles away, etc.

 

[Big A]

Same ????,different day! I'm surprised anyone's bothering with it then, luckily I can remember span after span of blackthorn well enough to not want to go back to that! Too much hassle with landowners being ar$y for my liking! At least on Arb work you know whats in store and usually get a brew & a tip.

 

[Ross Turner]

Depends on what area you are working in.SP power systems seem to pay good money but the only direct companies are Tilhill & West Coast Energy.MEB area all work was stopped as they were bought out by central networks who also run east mids elec so they are reissueing tenders for companies who are intersted but they cover a big area.I heard that Tilhill & Fountains prices where something like £17 per span clear & cut which only works out at £170 per K.

The work to get if you can is cutting ways for new lines or refurbs that is were the money is & all the line is surveyed & consented so all you have to do is turn up & cut.

BTS had only one section of the Eastern contract & they now have all to my knowledge.I too have heard the money per K is not that hot & as you have all said too much Blackthorn & hawthorn on line clearance.

As for cuppas & tips i have had my share when working in private grounds/gardens & also doing govy jobs.

 

[blue]

ross,
never heard of the guy you mentioned.only one i know by name works for Acacia is stuart also known as stupid

 

[Ross Turner]

never mind Blue,Its a small world the tree game.

 

[PRUNER 1]

aaarrgghh f!"£$%g conifers! i got me my new stretch air trousers on monday, love them to bits and wonder how i managed without them, doing a bit of guvvy conifer bashing this morning and they got caught on a tiny little sharp peg off a dead twig and ripped them! not chuffed. oh well off to mams to get them sewn up.

 

[Ross Turner]

Hi Pruner1,I take it the council bought the trousers for you are they as could as people make them out to be?.
It is a pain when something like that happens.
Hows the weather up glorious Darlo.lol

 

[Acer]

Originally posted by Ross Turner


As for cuppas & tips i have had my share when working in private grounds/gardens & also doing govy jobs.

Talking about cuppas, have you noticed that the richer the customer, the less chance you've got of getting a brew? You could be trimming a hedge for a pensioner on a council estate and they'll mash every half hour, plus you'll get cakes and biscuits too . Do work at a massive house in its own grounds in some posh village and you'll get sweet FA

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

i have a new young lad working for me poor bugger aint ever had a tip yet..thats over 6 months no tip..but i do agree the more money they have the less tea and tips..miserly ****