Does anyone use headsets ?

[mad matty]

i use walkie talkie set bought from lidl £19.99 plenty good enough just clip it on to me shirt & lanyard it on

[Dr.Green]

Stien sets are good. There that good I forgot I own a pair. Think il start using them again

[likeitorlumpit]

We used to have a system that has since been binned that worked great but when a chipper was running cut out. Do the Stein ones do this?

[Dean Lofthouse]

No, you can stand right beside the chipper and have a saw running full tilt and still hold a conversation

 

 

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[likeitorlumpit]

Well... looks like I'm going to try again:001_smile:

[jonnygurkha]

Well I've just bought the aforementioned lidl £20 walkie talkies and first impressions are good. The ear piece is comfortable under an ear defender and is easily loud enough to hear with the saw on full revs. 3 year warranty, 20 quid, can't go wrong!

[Rupe]

Today lifting pollards we had a lady walk straight through the work zone on her phone , oblivious that there was even a person in the tree.

Having headsets would be perfect for situations like this .

 

 

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How would headsets help in this situation?

 

Surely a properly barriered work area and/or a groundie with eyes/brain would be better?

[Dean Lofthouse]

How would headsets help in this situation?

 

Surely a properly barriered work area and/or a groundie with eyes/brain would be better?

 

Rupe, last week we had eight ground staff, lights, barriers and footpath closed signs and helmet comms. We still had more than I can count on both hands come through the work zone, they lift the barriers, run red lights you name it.

I found a brilliant way to stop them using barbed wire about three months ago, stopped a cyclist dead and put him in hospital, it's cost me a couple of grand but I bet he won't do it again

[Mick Stockbridge]

No, you can stand right beside the chipper and have a saw running full tilt and still hold a conversation

 

 

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The last thing I'd want to do is use a saw and talk at the same time.

 

Probably cos my wife is my groundie and sometimes I leave something running just so I don't have to listen to her.....

[Rupe]

Rupe, last week we had eight ground staff, lights, barriers and footpath closed signs and helmet comms. We still had more than I can count on both hands come through the work zone, they lift the barriers, run red lights you name it.

I found a brilliant way to stop them using barbed wire about three months ago, stopped a cyclist dead and put him in hospital, it's cost me a couple of grand but I bet he won't do it again

 

I can only imagine the scene, maybe machine gun sentry posts next then?

 

So, you kind of made my point for me, helmet coms didnt help, so on top of all the barriers and ground crew the helmet comms were no help, but to have helmet comms instead of all that stuff would be proper pointless.

 

What kind of barriers are you using that are "liftable"? No one gets through my site unless I let them, which we often do as we prefer to keep footways open if possible. We dont run a chipper when theres a climber cutting/moving in the tree though so communication is not too difficult.