Working on tree's over the canal...

[eggsarascal]

There will have to be boat management in place, it's a joke. Canals aren't like roads, depending where on the system the job is and time of year it's being done a boat might not pass, if it does the boat will hold back until it's waved through, different mentality on the cut, but never mind.

[daltontrees]

1 hour ago, arbwork said:

Canalagous   even    (without going ogy).....  sorry its been a trying w.e

I knew someone would barge in....

[daltontrees]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

There will have to be boat management in place, it's a joke. Canals aren't like roads, depending where on the system the job is and time of year it's being done a boat might not pass, if it does the boat will hold back until it's waved through, different mentality on the cut, but never mind.

Where's the joke? You just explained what the management would be. Stop boat passing if in mid-cut, stop cutting and let it pass if not. That's probably 95% of what the canal people want stated.

[eggsarascal]

2 minutes ago, daltontrees said:

Where's the joke? You just explained what the management would be. Stop boat passing if in mid-cut, stop cutting and let it pass if not. That's probably 95% of what the canal people want stated.

Most boat management is in use when CaRT contractors (kier) are doing bridge repairs, they have signage, but don't have banks-men, if it's good enough for the main contractors to let the lads doing the job to wave boats through why should outside contractors have banks-men?

[daltontrees]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

Most boat management is in use when CaRT contractors (kier) are doing bridge repairs, they have signage, but don't have banks-men, if it's good enough for the main contractors to let the lads doing the job to wave boats through why should outside contractors have banks-men?

They probably shouldn't. We don't know if it is being required.

[eggsarascal]

17 minutes ago, daltontrees said:

They probably shouldn't. We don't know if it is being required.

I'll try again, if a tree surgeon was working on a tree over a farmers empty field would they ask permission to invade the farmers airspace just incase a tractor came by? The cut is a different place to working over Mrs Miggins next door neighbours summer house.

[Stubby]

I have noticed that Mrs Miggins is featuring a lot on this forum lately . Was she ever a raffle sponsor ? 

[Mick Dempsey]

She certainly has spent a lot of money on tree surgeons over the years.

[tree77]

In the past I have had a few dealing with the canal and river trust and yes with private trees that over hang the canal/tow path I had gain a permit and pay around £500 for it to.

 

Not sure if your tree over hangs the water or tow path but some tow paths have services running along them, some areas its the sky B cable which if damaged costs a small fortune to repair.

[daltontrees]

17 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

I'll try again, if a tree surgeon was working on a tree over a farmers empty field would they ask permission to invade the farmers airspace just in case a tractor came by? The cut is a different place to working over Mrs Miggins next door neighbours summer house.

Should ask farmer's permission, tractor or no tractor. Out of courtesy if nothing else.

 

Canals are subject to primary and secondary legislation and byelaws, with the operator bound to keep them open for navigation, and safe. It doesn't surprise me that any landowner with complex responsibilities for their land asks for assurances of some kind that care is going to be taken and that they are  not going to be held responsible for harm or damage, and that the contractor has insurance so that its assets in the event of a claim for negligence amount to more than a transit van and a mobile phone.