MEWP or Climbing?

[Taupotreeman]

Well now that is a sticky wicket. I guess all you can do is try and reason with them that mewps aren't the be all and end all, or start getting very imaginative with reasons as to why they are unsuitable for the job in hand. For every job.

They might be great for wee trees, hedges and reductions but reaching the internals of a tree from a mewp is another matter.

And the quality of work suffers I'd say.

And mewps are girly.

 

 

You're using the wrong MEWP then. I have no problems with the right tool but I'm happy to agree that sometimes climbing is the better option. I have a first class climber on staff and he does the bulk of the climbing work but when it come to MEWP work he hands it over to me. We also know when a MEWP a is the tool that's needed. Most of our work is climbing but we do find ourselves using platforms more because in a lot of cases we find them quicker. Depends on the job, tree, location, access etc. To write them off though is just dumb in my opinion.

[Dean Lofthouse]

If you can't get to the internals of the tree get out the mewp and climb, your not glued into it ???????

[Philip Anderson]

If you can't get to the internals of the tree get out the mewp and climb, your not glued into it ???????

 

Maybe he's too girly to!!

[TIMON]

Hear now this, O foolish people and without understanding which have eyes and will see not, which have ears and hear not.

Jeremiah 5.21

 

 

Like it! Can be applied to lots of situations.

[kimtree]

You've hit the nail on the head. Most bad mewp experiences are because the wrong mewp was used and there are very few in reality to choose from. Your mewp is the perfect mewp.

Mine has 11m outreach, I can do a 22m stretch of hedge without moving the mewp or crown lift both sides of an avenue of trees

 

Not quite perfect but a vast improvement!

[Mr. Squirrel]

Maybe he's too girly to!!

 

Haha, thought given climbing out of the mewp and into the tree is a strict h&s no no I'd leave that out of this thread. However the only reason I've been in mewps is when the operator couldn't reach the backside/internals and have given me a lift to the upper crown to give them a hand.

[Philip Anderson]

Haha, thought given climbing out of the mewp and into the tree is a strict h&s no no I'd leave that out of this thread. However the only reason I've been in mewps is when the operator couldn't reach the backside/internals and have given me a lift to the upper crown to give them a hand.

 

There you are then your converted!!

With regards to using mewp to access anchour points as long as your attached to mewp then tree and mewp then just tree I thought it was ok as long as so body takes mewp out of the way.