Annoying Things Guys Do On Site

[felixthelogchopper]

Does he do that for you as well don't know who he thinks he is using initiative on a job site 😉

 

You can bugger off as well. You and that angry Hippy.

[peatff]

No, I do get annoyed. I tell someone though, honesty is the best policy.

 

Unless you just crashed your car then it would be fully comprehensive is the best policy.

 

Are you annoyed yet ?

[Root and branch sw]

All the things on here I have read I aggree with. I find myself muttering most days.

Unnecessary use of silkys drives me mad and mincing climbers who spend time removing every little bit of Ivey on a dismantle. I think most of its down to the stress of being a boss and running a business. I do have some really good lads but in the past its not been like that.

Edited December 2, 2016 by Root and branch sw

[Mesterh]

All the things on here I have read I aggree with. I find myself muttering most days.

Unnecessary use of silkys drives me mad and mincing climbers who spend time removing every little bit of Ivey on a dismantle. I think most of its down to the stress of being a boss and running a business.

 

I quite agree. The saying "A silky is just as fast as a chainsaw" is the biggest lie known to man. It's just code for "I'm too scared to use a chainsaw"

[csservices]

Seems to me like this thread is a lot of climbers and boss men moaning about everybody else! As a time served groundie, I can say with confidence that nobody is perfect, climbers and boss men included! There has been plenty of times I've wanted to drag a climber out the tree and chip them, or give the boss a hoof up the backside. It works both ways, but not everyone is useless. You just have to find the good ones and stay working with them

 

In my opinion if something is wrong or annoys you, do something about it. If said idiot doesn't learn you then have a real problem. You can't cure stupid, as is said a lot.

This 👍, but also the man who decides he's doing all the cutting and blunts all the saws then holds the job up by sharpening, everyone deciding there a hero and go off in all directions doing there own thing instead of working together, particuarly on site clearances.

 

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[Marksquirrell]

As a climber:

 

Looking down at blank faces when there's a big brash pile and the chippers running flat out with nothing going through it.

Not starting your saw up on the ground after it's been refueled.

Leaving a big log on your rope so you can't pull it up.

 

 

As a groundie:

 

Climbers who smash limbs off without any regard for the people on the ground.

Cutting limbs with pegs or forks at the end that's going to be fed into the chipper meaning the saw has to be started up.

When the climber comes down leaving all his ropes and kit everywhere to go check his phone / smoke etc and expect everything to be done before he shows his face.

 

Sure I'll think of some more

 

 

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[Stubby]

The climber insisting that I put another turn round the trunk with the felling rope " coz this chog is a heavy mother " ...he cuts it off and it just hangs there with the extra friction and I have to walk around the trunk and unwind the extra turn . ( old skool )

[aspenarb]

When the climber comes down leaving all his ropes and kit everywhere to go check his phone / smoke etc and expect everything to be done before he shows his face.

 

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Most climbers will only come down after everything's cleared up, cheesy selfies are taken/posted up on here , trucks running ,warmed up and pointing homeward bound .

 

Bob

[thetoolnut]

To clarify, I do ground work and climb, just not at the same time!

Things that piss me off on site,

 

(1) People that say "awesome" who were not born in America,

(2) People who refer to America as "the States",

(3) Being handed a saw with a blunt chain,

(4) Asking a groundie to fill up the saws and tension the chains and I turn around to see him on his phone,

(5) A groundie who is not a climber telling me to "just cut it there",

(6) Climbers who turn into shouting prima donnas in a tree, (not me!)

(7) Momentum of job being destroyed by groundies girlfriend/wife ringing him up for the 17th time that Day asking him what time he'll be finished,

(8) Not putting fuel/oil caps back on the saws properly and my good self ending up with a liter of fuel and/or oil all over my leg,

(9) Climbers who insist on not undercutting on limb reduction cuts,

(10) Clock watching, phone addicted, tea guzzling work shy bastards!

 

Basically anyone born after 1979 is a ****!!!

[Haironyourchest]

Awesome post! I was born 1981 but Rep Of Ireland was about 5 years behind the times back then so I hope I dont qualify!