Unqualified chainsaw users

[Brill]

I was working at a job the other week doing some hedge laying and the neighbour opposite had a tree that had come down per way and had a large limb hang up in the crown. I said does he need help and he said his friends coming with his chainsaw anyway roll on a few hours and mate shows up no Ppe and a cheapo saw from b and q he then throw the chain off and gives up and goes home. I then speauk to the owner again and he says he’s got another friend with a chainsaw coming this one well he ended up dropping it in the road and took the fence out . How do people get away doing this? If a car was going past he could’ve killed someone it really annoys me.

[eggsarascal]

11 minutes ago, Brill said:

I was working at a job the other week doing some hedge laying and the neighbour opposite had a tree that had come down per way and had a large limb hang up in the crown. I said does he need help and he said his friends coming with his chainsaw anyway roll on a few hours and mate shows up no Ppe and a cheapo saw from b and q he then throw the chain off and gives up and goes home. I then speauk to the owner again and he says he’s got another friend with a chainsaw coming this one well he ended up dropping it in the road and took the fence out . How do people get away doing this? If a car was going past he could’ve killed someone it really annoys me.

Have you ever used a disc cutter?

[Brill]

No never done landscaping etc 

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, Brill said:

I was working at a job the other week doing some hedge laying and the neighbour opposite had a tree that had come down per way and had a large limb hang up in the crown. I said does he need help and he said his friends coming with his chainsaw anyway roll on a few hours and mate shows up no Ppe and a cheapo saw from b and q he then throw the chain off and gives up and goes home. I then speauk to the owner again and he says he’s got another friend with a chainsaw coming this one well he ended up dropping it in the road and took the fence out . How do people get away doing this? If a car was going past he could’ve killed someone it really annoys me.

I'm not annoyed .

[eggsarascal]

2 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I'm not annoyed .

Nor me, most of us will have used machinery we aren't "trained" to use and get by just fine. Knowing ones own limits is the secret.

[Stubby]

16 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Nor me, most of us will have used machinery we aren't "trained" to use and get by just fine. Knowing ones own limits is the secret.

Well said ...Harry Callahan ? ?

[Paddy1000111]

I've posted up about the worst one I've seen. Unqualified guy, cheapo chainsaw, rips 11kv lines off the post including the transformer. Oil ends up in the stream below and there was a £250,000 environmental and repairs charge. 

Sadly you can't stop them, I mean that guy who ripped the powerlines down was working for money illegally but if it was the farmer who did it then it is what it is. If they felled the tree into the road and killed someone then they would be liable but I agree it shouldn't happen in the first place. It annoys me too, I've spent thousands in training and equipment and someone is allowed to go and spend £100 on a saw and "give it a go". It's not allowed with electrical work or gas work so why should it be allowed with trees. They should have a rule that you can't cut down a tree over say 16ft in a domestic/built up/public area without qualifications or insurance. 

[topchippyles]

52 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Nor me, most of us will have used machinery we aren't "trained" to use and get by just fine. Knowing ones own limits is the secret.

Bring ones sex life into it again i see.Its ok eggs there is help available in the form of a tablet called viagra ?

[eggsarascal]

21 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

I've posted up about the worst one I've seen. Unqualified guy, cheapo chainsaw, rips 11kv lines off the post including the transformer. Oil ends up in the stream below and there was a £250,000 environmental and repairs charge. 

Sadly you can't stop them, I mean that guy who ripped the powerlines down was working for money illegally but if it was the farmer who did it then it is what it is. If they felled the tree into the road and killed someone then they would be liable but I agree it shouldn't happen in the first place. It annoys me too, I've spent thousands in training and equipment and someone is allowed to go and spend £100 on a saw and "give it a go". It's not allowed with electrical work or gas work so why should it be allowed with trees. They should have a rule that you can't cut down a tree over say 16ft in a domestic/built up/public area without qualifications or insurance. 

Do you think just because folk aren't allowed (unqualified) don't work with gas and electric?, it isn't just tree work!

[trigger_andy]

39 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

I've posted up about the worst one I've seen. Unqualified guy, cheapo chainsaw, rips 11kv lines off the post including the transformer. Oil ends up in the stream below and there was a £250,000 environmental and repairs charge. 

Who paid that cost? Did anything happen to the guy?