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Its the same over here- no license. The guys that do multiple services are usually tree hacks but there is plenty of hack style work on offer. Everything grows like crazy and many yards are a jungle. You can do decent volume rarely leaving the ground or needing to fell big wood.

Fencers always have chainsaws so yeah, I could see them getting into trees

Losing jobs when its quiet is pretty harsh Peter, I think every small operator is gonna have those moments thinking to themselves... "why do I even bother ? "

Thanks for your concern everyone, really. Luckily my set up is structured for these conditions- low overheads, no full time crew, no chipper- I'm cruising compared to those more heavily invested.

Cheers Peter, around 2 years ago there was a drastic change in tree removal regulations and many new operators entered the market due to the amount of work on offer, the regulations have been tightened again since so I think its a matter of time until the numbers balance out again.

Cheers Mick, I'm not super stressed about anything, just a bit of a shock to the system. I don't have a mortgage or a family so I can kind of kick back a bit and ride it out.

I'm a bit jaded at the moment as the last month has been very, very quiet and prices are way way down . Guys are waiting by the phone, running out for the bid and punching out the job in the same visit. Its f'd up quite frankly..

We had some recent legislation changes that put more onus on the client- they can end up liable. If enough get educated about this little known fact then they might start accepting the right price

^ that's why they cant regulate the tree game- all the site locations are top secret. I was actually contacted by our mob recently for a survey: "Within the next few weeks, you may be contacted and asked to participate in a short telephone survey to obtain your views about SafeWork NSW and...

They way it works here is that your basically fine unless there's an incident, its seems our ohs agencies are more preoccupied with development etc. There's no way for them to schedule an audit unless they happen to be driving past (small chance). As long as you have correct ppe, hazard...