MEWP Usage

[Dean Lofthouse]

What is an arse twitcher any way?

 

There isn't a smiley for shaking ones head from side to side slowly, saying I can't believe he doesn't know what an arse twitcher is.

 

In other words, you have scared yourself half to death climbing a tree which you know dambed well you should be climbing

[Dean Lofthouse]

My arse often twitchers,its good for the sphinter.

 

I do not want to die,if i thought a tree was going to fail i would not climb it!

 

But i do think trees are a lot stronger than people think,we must all do what we feel is safe.

 

Please to hear that Skyhuck, see, you do have a soft side :wave:

[igottacabstar]

My arse often twitchers,its good for the sphinter.

 

I do not want to die,if i thought a tree was going to fail i would not climb it!

 

But i do think trees are a lot stronger than people think,we must all do what we feel is safe.

 

Surely it depends how much your charging?

[Dean Lofthouse]

would that be due to your twitchy arse?

 

Nah, I just use the mewp and get two days work done in a day

[Mr Ed]

Businesses are supposed to be about making money, not just taking the easy option every time. Maybe you should start thinking about your profits, posting messages on here at 11.19am on a Tuesday morning!! you not got enough to do?

 

 

Lack of respect here, calm down a little.

[Mr Ed]

Pecon, if your MEWp works for you, thats great. Personally, I think trying to take the risk out of this business is a bit like wrapping yourself in cotton wool. I enjoy the risk - it defines me as different to all the people around me. I like taking on the difficult trees just for the challenge.

Its why I enjoy doing the icy black runs at 60mph in the alps, or throwing myself off a bridge on a rope, or climbing slate crags.

You only live twice. once when your born, and once when stare death in the face.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Pecon, if your MEWp works for you, thats great. Personally, I think trying to take the risk out of this business is a bit like wrapping yourself in cotton wool. I enjoy the risk - it defines me as different to all the people around me. I like taking on the difficult trees just for the challenge.

Its why I enjoy doing the icy black runs at 60mph in the alps, or throwing myself off a bridge on a rope, or climbing slate crags.

You only live twice. once when your born, and once when stare death in the face.

 

Totally agree Ed.

 

I have done some very technical take downs and some very challenging fells with inches to spare, laser measured to make sure they would fit the gap. WITHOUT the use of the mewp.

 

Most satisfying, especailly when you have stopped traffic to do the fell and have an audience :wave:

 

The risk however will never be eliminated, if it were we would be overwhelmed with Tree Surgeons.

 

We have all been called out to that big Ash that has dropped a huge apparently healthy limb and stood there thinking, christ, I wouldn't have had a second thought about using it as an anchor point.

 

......and please don't anyone ask why I would use a dropped limb on the floor as an anchor point.

 

The only point I am really trying to make ( to the die hards ) is that the MEWP does have a place in our armoury of available tackle and should be considered when pricing / risk assessing a dangerous tree.

 

I find most dangerous tree owners, when told that a mewp will have to be priced in say, " absolutely"

[Dean Lofthouse]

it defines me as different to all the people around me.

 

I didn't pick up on that sentence, I'm sure McTree will.

[MattyF]

Does any one know of anyone who has had a tree fail under them?

 

yes two ash both mature and twinned stemmed luckily i never rope in my life line to or off the stem i rig out of in both cases they split out at the forks luckyily resting in neighbouring trees so i didnt fall to far!and one lombardi pop.....the lombardi was by pure luck it didnt take me and 40ft with it........a tree in the same avenue did ten years earlyer and killed the climber....apperently he hit the ground first then was crushed by the sailing down popler top he had just tryed to rig out....next time we worked on one we got the job becouse in are risk assement we were the only people who reconised these big old pollards were seriously flawed and the only sensable option was a mewp

[Log-ologist]

The Mewp has its place, there was little sound wood up this honey, so out came the hoist ,safer than climbing it. I would rather have the tree down but the owners wanted it trimmed up, whatever that is.So I ( re)topped it. The top lost up to 5 metres in height.