Chris Head
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With 'stuff' client put on it.
I'm bored.
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And cost of insurance here is a real dream compared to the last time I bought liability insurance in UK....it makes the small amount of climbing I'll be doing tenable. If I remember rightly there were small businesses having real problems affording insurance because of the litigation culture there and some stories of newly qualified arborists being unable to afford the fees or not even being able to find a company to insure them in the first place! One fall, cut or claim and it could have been bye bye to your business! Perhaps things have changed by now?
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Ok thanks for all the advice...double fluorescent tubes it is backed up by specific areas spotted with the low wattage long life bulbs (they're nearly as ugly as I am but I'll get used to 'em!) & split into different circuits for different areas. Just gotta learn how to use one of those broom thingies now and I could have a real workshop like Steve & JJ![:D]
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Stephen Fry
Amanda Burton
Osama
David Sterling
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It's not dangerous at all Pat...working from within the tree gives you total control, unlike farmers dangling from tractor buckets and folk working from ladders![+o(]
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So lets say I end up with ten double flourescents and a few key areas well spotted, what are fluorescent tubes...20 watts ish? That would be 400 watt per hour electricity plus spotting. At about 10 cents KW would cost in the region of 40 cents per hour to run...say 4 euros tops for an 8 hour working day? Twenty euros a week....eighty a month, seems alot to me and needs to be cut down. Perhaps it could be less if if the lighting could be put on two circuits, working areas seperated and lighting used more efficiently? I'm planning to 'spot' using the low wattage bulbs ( 23w = 150w ones).
JJ I intend to invest in a broom thingy for the new place and have planing and sanding areas on the next level in the barn so the workshop is in real danger of looking like yours and Steves! You gotta work with mess though...we're boys...it's what we do! The frog & scorpion story springs to mind.
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Agree with Chrispy but you might be disappointed with what a timber merchant will pay you, especially if the access is difficult and he has to employ specialist extraction equipment. There are ways of maximising the value of woodland to your advantage and not the timber merchants but you have to crunch figures and do your research. Quality & end usage of timber affect the prices. If access isn't too difficult then paying for pro felling and getting in a mobile sawmill will increase the amount of monetary yield you get from woodland, but you're still left with having to move the timber after felling (friendly farmer?) and market the sawn timber yourself. But you get to keep the tops for firewood; either for yourself or selling on which will help with felling & convertion costs.
If you're simply worried about safety/liability issues then a surgeon is the obvious choice.
I personally don't charge for time to come out; just my travel expenses.
There's only one surgeon in this area Pawsy...not too sure how he gets up a tree though...he's, erm, 'well built'! I only registered over here 'cos there's some nice timber around that can't always be taken down in one....& it's kinda cool dangling up aloft... like I need to tell you about the joys of climbing eh?
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They are so gonna bugger up the mower blades! Cool work Moggy...never seen stuff like that.
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I think there's there's a common opinion emerging here...I'm for the match method too. Or what about one of those flameguns roofers use?
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TBT Nick? Can I carry the circuit on and 'spot' various areas with the low wattage long life bulbs too? I guess the power consumption of all the lighting would be low enough to run from one circuit?
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"rather than go into Ohms law and discussions why low voltage lighting is no cheaper than normal lighting."
Can anyone explain this statement gleaned from another forum before I go splashing out on a lighting system for my new workshop?
Thanks.
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Thanks all....I'll pop into DDE today Chrispy to see if there is standard practice in place. I must say that the agricultural community seem to be pretty well clued up on how they use their woodland. A second generation local forester I know told me that if they didn't look after their woodland then his sons would have no income to inherit so they are very careful, they don't need to be controlled by beaurocrats.
Areas Gemini? Neither time nor distance mean very much to me.....
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People like Sir Ranulf are incredible people...but he's only a man...but a man who's mind takes him to where he wants to be...I agree with the yoga/meditation stuff GS, unfortunately it's thin on the ground in deepest 23 (any teachers in 23 reading?). Most of our battles are in our minds anyway, the actual doing is the easy bit; anyone can put one foot in front of another; or lift a weight...sending the mind past the discomfort or pain is the key; the same as stopping anything like the drink or fags, or being disciplined with nutrition...all in the mind. Sometimes life just screws you over & you have to take control of it and kick the crap out until you're left with what you want. I used up my ninth life four months ago, this is the last one & it's gonna count. Your mate must've had a stressful day job GS?
You're doing good Sweet...build on each step and focus forward...look for the next achievement, something else you want to do and tackle it the same way as you are the drink. No going back eh?
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I do all of the above GS...plus skipping, now that is good fun and not too heavy on the joints...the only problem is the sheer cost in terms of time needed plus money spent on good food. Fish is a staple favourite, in the region of 4 kilos a week, plus alot of chicken, pulses, fruit & veg...rice, couscous wholemeal pasta & bread are the favourite carb sources and of course the porridge & juice in the mornings (get a juicer...saves a fortune).
You talk about stress GS...when you're really stressed out & in the thick of it, it's difficult to identify but the effects can be pretty bad, leading you habits that you think are relieving the stress, the booze, comfort eating etc. Stress also directly affects the relationships we have and our immune systems too...I've had four months of arret de travail so far and have learned things that have probably saved me from being in the grave very prematurely. For me personally the only way forward is to work my body, the mind sorta seems to follow.
Changing your health if you're not happy with it is like giving up the fags or the booze...it seems like a massive mountain but with patience and persistence it does happen...and one day you start waking up thinking...jeeeez i feel good!...and it just gets better the more you work at it, the masochists out there are onto a winner!
Great thread!
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There's some really good reading and advice here...being at the tender age of 42 I guess it's time to be thinking about stuff like this? My diet is as good as it can be I think...I do alot of exercise but not enough cardiovascular work...although that is changing. The nutrition still confuses me a little although I've researched it; I need in the region of 4000 calories a day and am very careful about the type of carbohydrate and protein I eat and try to ensure that vitamin and mineral requirements are amply met...Never had a cholesterol test or any other tests but off to Docs next week...thanks!
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Is anyone aware of (if there are any) rules & regs on what you can & can't do to trees here from a surgery/felling point of view? In UK checking for preservation orders and conservation areas was routine before carrying out works. I'm resuming a degree of felling & climbing as a part of a shake up of my business & haven't researched it yet...Chrispy?
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That would be great Jinty, thanks...maybe he has a website? Ready for winter up there?
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I was late that morning londoneye, post alcohol body clock gets me up at 5ish every morning! I have a friend in UK who once carve a 5 metre totem entirely by chisel...when he worked out what he'd earned from the commission he changed to chainsaws....they're seriously fast carving implements and drastically reduce hours & therefore costs. These people certainly don't have more money than sense, I guess they just want what they want?
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This one is a 'fantasy' pole with little seats for little bums...99,5% chainsaw & sanded took four or five days I think...probably 40 days with chisels!
Pretty cross looking wood spirit/green man there Jinty...like he got peed off that someone took the rest of him down! Cool work though...I haven't noticed the overcuts![:D] Who did the carving? Is it Ash?
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I don't mind trimming them down to ground level WJT...that's how Leylandii should look! Had a call the other week for a large & dead Oak to be dealt with...not felled, client wants the crown taking out & the bole carved into a totem...'So how much are you going to charge me to do that?' I asked[:D]...there aren't many jobs that you get to climb trees; play with chainsaws & have big fires! Cool eh?
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Hi Fisherman,
Can't help with the roof tiles but I am a tree surgeon (amongst other things) & in 23...PM or email & I'll get back to you...erm, it's not Leylandii is it?[+o(]
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Hey there Cass...you been hibernating or summit? If so go back to sleep...the mucky weather's on it's way.
The Osmonds....mmmm, I guess they were hip in their day, not as much as Rolph tho!
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What about a trebuchat to go with your cat-a-pult JJ? This is getting fun!
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At least eagles are noble & don't need guns to protect themselves....'Kittycoats'...sounds like a great name for a business.[:D]
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Yep, Gay is to blame for the sheer amount of the stuff I eat nowadays. It's also a good slow release carbohydrate...but like Nickel says it's not a cure all. I've used food to flush out & clean my system after the alcohol crap and need alot of the stuff with the exercise I do so have to be careful that everything is reasonably balanced. We all too easily neglect & abuse our bodies then one day it's too late.
A bench.
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It was a she JJ...& she does all the odd jobs around the house...I wouldn't have sold it to her if I'd have known it was gonna look like a chocolate bench! Still, to each their own I guess?
Reckon you could move it Moggy? It'd take several WeedyFennys just to lift one end![:D]