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This from our socials might interest you. If you're a UK Arborist, you'll know that Professional Tree Inspection (PTI) is often the most requested credential for surveying and inspecting trees. A common concern raised by Arborists at VALID tree risk training is PTI doesn't actually teach you have to assess risk! So how can you spend all that time and effort training to inspect a tree - then go inspect one for a client - without producing a risk rating? Even worse, if you don't understand what the risk is, how can you recommend risk-reduction tree work with very specific timeframes? That's a core requirement of PTI. Is PTI really fit for purpose? Let's look at this key learning objective from the PTI course blurb, which cuts to the heart of the issue. "You'll learn how to clearly and competently inspect potentially hazardous trees." PTI Cover.pdf Here's the problem: we've moved beyond hazard-based thinking. We now focus on 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬-based thinking. One reason is the definition of a hazard is something that has the potential to cause death, injury, or property damage. And by that definition, every tree has this potential. So, almost every tree is a hazard. That's not helpful when you're managing or assessing the risk from tree failure. The PTI's poor grasp of risk becomes even clearer when you examine the phrase "potentially hazardous trees". If a hazard is something with the potential to cause harm, then a "potentially hazardous tree" is a tree that potentially has the potential to cause harm. That's a whole lot of weasel-phrase bafflegab. With PTI, "hazardous" is a lazy shortcut to imply the risk is too high - without putting in the work to actually assess the risk.

Drill grinder and a compressor must be in every house hold!

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The last invitation to vote and then the thread can gracefully retire. Thanks if you have done.

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Morning Everyone.

Morning All shaping up to be a banging day! Any news on Peds, anyone? Friday is just around the corner, so stay safe and check in with the lads. Have a good one!

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Morning all, Finishing off and tidying up yesterday’s conifer trimming/shaping. We worked flat out for 8 hours, customer home all day. Never an offer of a drink. Won’t be going there in the future.

Morning Team! Had a glass last night and just got up, thi gs to do today keep the wheels of industry turning! Thanks for the kind words, Caz got fed up with it all yesterday and wanted some peace and quiet but there will be a few days yet of visitors and we'll wishers calling by..... Mat, Rough, Act.

That's the one, Italian ripoff. Muck truck is a brilliant bit of kit itself, mine is extended 300mm up and back over the handles so gets a lot of chip in.

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Good morning Arbtalkers 😊

Good Morning Sorry to hear the sad news. For me it's an up and at 'em kind of day. Making time and getting ahead of schedule for a quiet Friday I hope. Be safe.

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Happy Thursday troops .

I have a bigger Greenmech but I bought this little tracked Peruzzo chipper a couple of years ago second hand as a backup/second chipper. It’s ace! It doesn’t replace a bigger roller fed chipper, it can at times be frustrating getting awkward branches into the chute but it sure as hell beats dragging brash. I believe it is an Italian rip off copy of a cs100. It came with a barrow body to swap with the chipper but I never use that. I have fitted a tow ball so I can tow a brash cart and use it as a mini forwarder.

🤔🤔Pretty sure that’s not a white supremacist, those are his own words not mine or anyone else’s.

Towbar on a mucktruck or similar is the answer!

Why do I get the feeling, I should just go and use the coffee machine at the petrol station, as this barista is getting a bit uppity at 12.15.

Nothing to see here.

You might as well be howling at the moon,

Picked up one of these today, looking to be in pretty good nick under all the usual muck, [why is it users don't look after saws and then wonder why it don't go anymore?] anyway looks like rather than tighten the chain as necessary they just let it chew the bar plates to hell. does anyone know if any of the other Stihl bar plates are the same, I'll pull a few Stihl plates tomorrow and see for myself, but just wondering if anybody was still awake at 11.45.