Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[teressa green]

can add anything to a risk assesment on the way to the hospital ,if we all worried about the risks nowt would get done we might aswell pack up and be florists,how many experienced tree surgeons are injured ,compared to relative beginners,lifes a ????? ,you just have to get on with it ,earn the money and come home safe

 

[Big A]

come on BIGA it's all weather's from now on,you cant back track now ?? what if indeed [/QUOTE]
I dont worry about the weather myself, if rain is forecast then I get wet, all I got to thinking about was more if I make the wrong call and put someone else in danger. Experience so far has helped me make the right calls, but I'd hate to get it wrong just the once and have someone get hurt. Hopefully as I get older I'll get wiser!!! Not Back-trackin' this way, not in my work ethic to slope off when the going gets tough.

 

[Tom D. Wilson]

i thought you only had to do risk assesments if you have 5 or more employee's?

on another note got my first climbing gear sorted out yesterday - a nice weaver 38 harness. (hand crafted by the aumish people of bible belt america no less) and 35m of yale xct plus,split tail, safety strop with a prusik to adjust it, a fist full of biners, throwline and bag!
still not climbed in it yet - got to find some one whose gonna keep an eye on me - collage policy and all that. clare reckons i need help coz she walked in on me strutting around in my new harness playing with my ropes. - they just dont understand do they.

 

[treebusta]

Hi everyone. I'm one of those lurkers Rollacosta mentioned. Have only been in the tree game a couple of years, Now i'm going on my own. Need to purchase chipper and maybe a stump grinder. Having only used other peoples kit and not too worried because i didn't have to pay for it. i now have to make a decision what to buy.
Any advice? I don't have bottomless pockets so want to make sure i get value for money.

 

[PRUNER 1]

welcome welcome welcome fellow englishman

 

[treebusta]

Thanx for the welcome.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

hi TREEBUSTA welcome ,i knew i would fish someone out of the lurk pond. this is a great site i hope you enjoy this thread and all the other ones on this forum ,theres a wealth of knowledge to be tapped into on this web-site..most new guys start a little thread up introducing themselve's [ON THE MAIN CLIMBING PAGE]...p.s where is Hailsham??

 

[iain]

Hi everyone. I'm one of those lurkers Rollacosta mentioned. Have only been in the tree game a couple of years, Now i'm going on my own. Need to purchase chipper and maybe a stump grinder. Having only used other peoples kit and not too worried because i didn't have to pay for it. i now have to make a decision what to buy.
Any advice? I don't have bottomless pockets so want to make sure i get value for money.

all newbys r v,welcome the right time of year to be start up

personally i didn`t bother with a stump grinder to start with, you`ll be looking at 2k+ for a half decent 2nd hand push along lots of layout. n it i`ll take a long time to pay you back

chippers you must have one
get a 6" with twin roller feed 4" too small 8" too much dosh
i first bought a gravely bottom of the range along with camon imo`
all the rest are okay they all have faults
every machine has + - points it will depend on who you talk to
one mans fav is another`s nightmare
wish list machine, premier (dogs doodars) imo
depends on what you can afford + what deal you do, if you r buying new get lots and lots of demo`s there free !! (finance can be scary if not on contract work)

 

[jamie]

welcome

as you will find out i will constantly remind you that what you need is a unimog.

as for kit, just get a 3 way ladder and a big saw, you can get it all from homebase, thats all you need to top em all

jamie

 

[Ross Turner]

Coppicing:: Has anyone on here done any or have been asked to do it,Only asking as i have started a accredited coppicing course today to add another qualification to my Cv.
There is a lot of work around here for it so thought it would be usefull & it opens other employment possiabilties.

 

[Ross Turner]

Hi everyone. I'm one of those lurkers Rollacosta mentioned. Have only been in the tree game a couple of years, Now i'm going on my own. Need to purchase chipper and maybe a stump grinder. Having only used other peoples kit and not too worried because i didn't have to pay for it. i now have to make a decision what to buy.
Any advice? I don't have bottomless pockets so want to make sure i get value for money.

You can always look in the classifieds section of this site aswell as others which i cant mention,Have a look on the isa uk chapter site or even Ebay.

 

[Big A]

Coppicing:: Has anyone on here done any or have been asked to do it,Only asking as i have started a accredited coppicing course today to add another qualification to my Cv.
There is a lot of work around here for it so thought it would be usefull & it opens other employment possiabilties.

Hi Ross, Coppicing has always been my winter back-up plan when the Arb side seems a little slack. Cant beat bit of coppicing. Ancient woodland craft with modern tools. If you've got a hazel understorey harvest it for your local thatchers, I get about £15 a bundle of rods, tho' some deviants tried it on and offered me £7 for the same bundles. It may seem time consuming to sort them but believe me it can earn some decent toot over a hectare plot. If your going to harvest the coppice for firewood remember that winter falling cannot (usually) be extracted until the wood has dried out, as landowners can make you responsible for re-instatement. Check on burning restrictions, all ssites I've worked on allow 5 fires per hectare. Hope this of use to you.
HI Treebusta! welcome to this great site. Enjoy.

 

[eleath]

Good to hear the old skills are still alive and well....... (when i were a lad...)
Wonder how well it works on Palms.......hahahahahahah

Had to try to riase a smile..

I did wonder about copicing when I had the farm but never got round to it.

 

[Ross Turner]

A local lad who does it when hes back from forestry college earns about £100 a day when coppicing.

 

[treebusta]

Rolla. Sorry i broke with tradition and introduced myself on this post. Read some of your stuff. If you put Hailsham into your sat nav it wll take you down to the south coast just east of Brighton. What chipper do you run. You mention Timberwolf but which one.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

hi treebusta i run a tw150 ... 35hp diesel chipper, and vermeer 252 stump grinder and a rayco 13 grinder......

 

[SteveBullman]

so hows the new boy going rolla

 

[jamie]

bowlines

rolla, have you taught him to tie a bowline yet?

you have had a while

jamie

 

[jockie]

called the timberwolf factory in suffolk on monday and spoke to their sales office about what i need and the trouble i was having finding a s/h 190. they thought that a 150 (the 6") might suit me and maybe(?) easier to get a s/h machine. they offered me a factory visit where they'd give me a demo of the 190 and 150, even though they know that i'm not in the market for a new machine. i'm visiting friends in newmarket at the weekend so i've arranged to go to timberwolf on monday morning. didnt suss timberwolf150 (yet)! anyone been to their factory?

 

[Acer]

Coppicing:: Has anyone on here done any or have been asked to do it,Only asking as i have started a accredited coppicing course today to add another qualification to my Cv.
There is a lot of work around here for it so thought it would be usefull & it opens other employment possiabilties.

Hi Ross. I coppice as well, mainly for materials for my own use, mainly on Wildlife Trust sites. I'm not sure how much I make on it as pure profit, but I'm charging £11 for 20 hedgelaying binders, and the same for a similar number of stakes. Hazel's the best for both, and the stakes are a lot better than the equivalent sawn variety when they're in the hedge.