Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[ROLLACOSTA]

weather forecast for east anglia ,totally wrong again ,**** me if i got my tree reports wrong as many times as the met office gets the weather forecast totally wrong i'd be out of business or most likely in court !!!

The forecast for today was torrential rain to hit east anglia 10am ,i'm still waiting for it to start drizzling i sent the boys home

 

[iain]

what is masterblasters website?.

http://***************/treehouse/index.php

 

[Ross Turner]

thanks Iain.
How do i register??

 

[Big A]

weather forecast for east anglia ,totally wrong again ,**** me if i got my tree reports wrong as many times as the met office gets the weather forecast totally wrong i'd be out of business or most likely in court !!!

The forecast for today was torrential rain to hit east anglia 10am ,i'm still waiting for it to start drizzling i sent the boys home

had a lovely day fixing and repairing kit ready for when all that work floods in(ho-ho). Four hedgecutters with knackered recoils, Y dont people get them sorted when they bring em in? Anyhoo Rolla you should know better than listen to the weather for this area. Dont you guys carry water-proofs?
On the subject of a membership for tree-workers, I personally wouldn't want to see such a formal outfit as the AA, want to avoid that up-their-own-arse cliquey sh!t. Surely a friendly, non-elitist set-up would be more acceptable to all? Plus aint it a little confusing for clients when they see AA Approved, Isa qualified, TCIA Corporate Member, RFS Dip dop, etc etc. Dont get me wrong their tickets mean a lot to those who've earned them, but sod all to Joe Public who only want their trees pruned/felled/whatever for the lowest price.

 

[Ross Turner]

Is see that Pruner 1`s employers(Darlington Borough Council)are looking for a Arb officer.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

had a lovely day fixing and repairing kit ready for when all that work floods in(ho-ho). Four hedgecutters with knackered recoils, Y dont people get them sorted when they bring em in? Anyhoo Rolla you should know better than listen to the weather for this area. Dont you guys carry water-proofs?
On the subject of a membership for tree-workers, I personally wouldn't want to see such a formal outfit as the AA, want to avoid that up-their-own-arse cliquey sh!t. Surely a friendly, non-elitist set-up would be more acceptable to all? Plus aint it a little confusing for clients when they see AA Approved, Isa qualified, TCIA Corporate Member, RFS Dip dop, etc etc. Dont get me wrong their tickets mean a lot to those who've earned them, but sod all to Joe Public who only want their trees pruned/felled/whatever for the lowest price.

Ha! you got it there! lowest bid always wins round here... unless your in the masons joe public doesent give a hoot about qualifications. nor insurance... I got asked to prove my insurance for the first time in 6 years yesterday. I know some contractors who pay the first months premium to get the certificate and then cancel the direct debit

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

Funny you should talk about insurance THOR ,it was only yesterday that my wife commented on how long it has been since any client domestic or commercial asked to see proof of my insurance

 

[iain]

Is see that Pruner 1`s employers(Darlington Borough Council)are looking for a Arb officer.

ross we got darlo's arb officer now in, redcar N cleveland been here about 4 weeks ish , darlo's loss our gain. sorry pruner1.

 

[iain]

ross
see you've sorted the registration out

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Funny you should talk about insurance THOR ,it was only yesterday that my wife commented on how long it has been since any client domestic or commercial asked to see proof of my insurance

26 years with algarve, and no claims...
Makes me wonder if its worth it.
I certainly dont get any NCD

 

[Ross Turner]

Iain,does he happen to be called Phil by any chance?.

 

[iain]

nop hes called peter
he seems to know what hes talking about and actually appears to care about the job hes doing,
so far so good !!!

do you know pruner1 then ross ?

 

[iain]

S.T.S

kev re vehicles
this is an example of a transit with expanded metal sides mounted on a metal angle frame + micro meshing for the small stuff as you can see the load capacity won't be reached because of the vehicle weight restrictions that are in place,
4*4 pickup certainly have there role however you are definatley restricted by
volume capacity
look at n0 22
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?p=293182#post293182

 

[unimog]

Spoke to solicitor today re : Contractors Ass.

If a group of people want to set up, there is nothing legally required to do so. What he advised was.

A committee. This is usually formed by the founder members and would normally stay in place for the first 2 years. By this time member No's may have grown and a vote would take place. (depends on rules of Association )

A set of rules are put in place and agreed by founder members together with a name.

A bank account. 2 committee to sign.

There must be at least two officers (secretary not a committee member) who are willing to act as secretary and treasurer.

A chairman is not required, although it would make sense to elect 1 at the first committee meeting. He would then take the chair and control future meetings.

It would make sense to have a solicitor retained to give advice as things progressed. This would cost very little in the early stages.( let him know when we've done it and he would charge a few quid just to cross the T's and make sure no one gets set up).

So get your thinking caps on. I agree with those that want to keep things simple. IE all contractors that can prove they have some basic idea.

 

[iain]

tony and me have comeup with a name how about ' Tree workers guild '
it says what we are about without sounding too stuck up
what do you guys think

 

[Thor's Hammer]

sounds good to me. simple.

 

[iain]

thanks for the iq check buddy !!!!

 

[unimog]

Have just spoken with company that is willing to help us set up a web site with a "LIVE chat room. Don't want to say to much on here, Some other Association might want to jump in and take our sponsor's...LOL

 

[iain]

i've spoken to an equipment dealer (user kit type) who is provisionaly prepared to offer a group discount to members

 

[PRUNER 1]

hi guys, been a long time but ime back. yeh pete sherry left a few weeks ago, so ive applied for the job myself. not expecting anything but, they can only say no ey. need a change from the tools, my hearts not really in it of late due to personal cicumstance, so need a mentally stimulating change. it might just be bloody epicormic removal tho!!!!!