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[lux]

2 minutes ago, MattyF said:

A lot of contracts stipulate not to leave logs by the road for the reason passing motorists pose a significant hazzard to them selves and others doing exactly this… nothing pisses me off more than some bell end pulling over with his hazards on for logs  causing chaos in the middle of a job especially if there is TM on. 

Talking of rd side dangers the one that gets me is fallen trees being left cut off horizontally right at the kerb / verge line, usually about chest height. They end up looking like a Lance waiting to go through a car windscreen or window should anyone be unfortunate enough to have an accident at that spot. I get it that the contract is 'clear the rd' but ffs just rash the rest down so its not waiting like a spear at the edge of the rd.  

[MattyF]

1 minute ago, lux said:

Talking of rd side dangers the one that gets me is fallen trees being left cut off horizontally right at the kerb / verge line, usually about chest height. They end up looking like a Lance waiting to go through a car windscreen or window should anyone be unfortunate enough to have an accident at that spot. I get it that the contract is 'clear the rd' but ffs just rash the rest down so its not waiting like a spear at the edge of the rd.  

I’ve often wondered who does that and their IQ…

[lux]

3 minutes ago, MattyF said:

I’ve often wondered who does that and their IQ…

Its almost like its the 'approved and taught technique'... doesn't take much effort to get the stuff just to lay flat on the ground... 

[Steve Bullman]

39 minutes ago, lux said:

Talking of rd side dangers the one that gets me is fallen trees being left cut off horizontally right at the kerb / verge line, usually about chest height. They end up looking like a Lance waiting to go through a car windscreen or window should anyone be unfortunate enough to have an accident at that spot. I get it that the contract is 'clear the rd' but ffs just rash the rest down so its not waiting like a spear at the edge of the rd.  

that’s just pure laziness 

[Stere]

Here    loads of woodchip  from ADB felled roadside was left. 

 

Previously practice was normally smallr piles  direct from chipper but theese were larger mutiple van   load piles  tipped,  enough to get  over a  tonne   load from one single heap.

 

Now you can see all the bigger heaps have being  hollowed out by being shovelled at.

 

Probably over 50% has now  gone along a 15mile stretch of road.

 

Maybe not suprising considering a tonne bag of woodchip costs, but I was impressed by the industrious of it dissapearing fairly rapidly.

 

 

 

[dan blocker]

3 hours ago, MattyF said:

I’ve often wondered who does that and their IQ…

Generally Arb Approved council contractors😂

[daveatdave]

14 hours ago, lux said:

Talking of rd side dangers the one that gets me is fallen trees being left cut off horizontally right at the kerb / verge line, usually about chest height. They end up looking like a Lance waiting to go through a car windscreen or window should anyone be unfortunate enough to have an accident at that spot. I get it that the contract is 'clear the rd' but ffs just rash the rest down so its not waiting like a spear at the edge of the rd.  

quite agree in line with the edge of the tarmac nearly taking off the door mirror on narrow roads when someone is coming towards you   

[lux]

7 hours ago, daveatdave said:

quite agree in line with the edge of the tarmac nearly taking off the door mirror on narrow roads when someone is coming towards you   

yup, classic case of bare minimum. 

what usually happens is you try and avoid the bit of tree to save the nearside mirror and the the oncoming traffic does likewise resulting in you both twatting the offside mirrors with each other 😂

[iang86]

10 hours ago, daveatdave said:

quite agree in line with the edge of the tarmac nearly taking off the door mirror on narrow roads when someone is coming towards you   

⁸Happened to me in a HGV, wing mirror folded into proximity mirror, smashed the side window and filled my face with glass and leaves. Branch was about 3 inches thick and acted like a lance. 

[pie eater pete]

On 21/01/2024 at 09:39, MattyF said:

A lot of contracts stipulate not to leave logs by the road for the reason passing motorists pose a significant hazzard to them selves and others doing exactly this… nothing pisses me off more than some bell end pulling over with his hazards on for logs  causing chaos in the middle of a job especially if there is TM on. 

Once doing roadside felling by the M62 years ago when a lady stopped on the hard shoulder to see if she could put some logs in her car. An artic bulker promptly shunted it about 60 yards down the road🤣