MEWP Usage

[vduben]

I that rings a bell, I know it was bloody heavy to tow round behind the landy! I'll try and find pics.

 

was it like this one matey?

as for reducing a tree it can be made alot easier if the operator has the skill to place it in the best area, more time is spent fucking around moving the platform around. personally its nice to reduce at tree with a mewp every nown and again just to keep the skill of using it in

[madmatt]

That looks very similar mate! - You a commercial tart to then Ben? LOL

[telhol]

ha ha ha.

 

By the time you set the mewp up im packing up and done slight exhaggeration buy you get the point.

 

I have used lots of different size mewps for other works besides trees. How would you reduce a 70ft oak.

 

I believe they have uses but remember they cut into profits dont make the job quicker they almost always add time on setting up taking back checking etc.

[David Humphries]

Some of the last few posts are exactly why this thread were started.

It has confirmed to me there is a more than noticable chasm between those in the industry who do consider and use,

and those that do not.

Its bloody obvious that there are huge financial considerations to deal with, hire costs, training, maintenance, storage, LOLER Certed etc... and some of us are fortunate to be in a position where other people pick up those tabs.

But ive seen plenty of instances where these can be costed in to quotes, and still leave a healthy profit.

 

The powers that be ie;

HSE, AA, ISA, LANTRA, NPTC et al

need to be more realistic with coming to terms with this percieved gap, and make access to training and related issues much more open to those who have the experience but maybe not the cash to jump on board, and get the majority in to a possition where MEWPS become a tool of choice and not just a financial one.

This may eventually seriously reduce the over subscribed list of climbing accidents we are all hearing/seeing and reading about far too often.

 

RANT OVER

[vduben]

ha ha ha.

 

By the time you set the mewp up im packing up and done slight exhaggeration buy you get the point.

 

I have used lots of different size mewps for other works besides trees. How would you reduce a 70ft oak.

 

I believe they have uses but remember they cut into profits dont make the job quicker they almost always add time on setting up taking back checking etc.

 

there is no loss in profits really unless you **** up, i just add the full price onto the job!!!!!

 

madmatt

dont get me wrong, ill climb allday long, much prefer it but if a needs must................

mewps are used alot of the time when there is no need

 

Some of the last few posts are exactly why this thread were started.

It has confirmed to me there is a more than noticable chasm between those in the industry who do consider and use,

and those that do not.

Its bloody obvious that there are huge financial considerations to deal with, hire costs, training, maintenance, storage, LOLER Certed etc... and some of us are fortunate to be in a position where other people pick up those tabs.

But ive seen plenty of instances where these can be costed in to quotes, and still leave a healthy profit.

 

The powers that be ie;

HSE, AA, ISA, LANTRA, NPTC et al

need to be more realistic with coming to terms with this percieved gap, and make access to training and related issues much more open to those who have the experience but maybe not the cash to jump on board, and get the majority in to a possition where MEWPS become a tool of choice and not just a financial one.

This may eventually seriously reduce the over subscribed list of climbing accidents we are all hearing/seeing and reading about far too often.

 

RANT OVER

IPAF!!!!

[madmatt]

Ben I totally agree, I've never used a mewp on one of my jobs only on other peoples. But If I asked you, or Stu or someone else to look at a job for me and you asked for a MEWP I'd be prepared to get one.

 

I have a very open mind to how I run my business and I'll consider any suggestions to make things safer more productive or cost effective. after looking at a job I then price it accordingly, so if I choose a MEWP it would come out of the costs for the job, not the profit margin. I'd only choose a MEWP for genuine reasons, If I then didn't get the job cos Lado down the road will climb anything once, So be it thats life.

[David Humphries]

there is no loss in profits really unless you **** up, i just add the full price onto the job!!!!!

 

madmatt

dont get me wrong, ill climb allday long, much prefer it but if a needs must................

mewps are used alot of the time when there is no need

 

 

IPAF!!!!

 

ET AL !!!!

[vduben]

ET AL !!!!

huh??????

[John Shutler]

platforms have there uses. ie when it is unsafe to climb.

i used a platform to dismantle an oak tree at night. the tree was on a main road and we were unable to close the road so out came the flood lights and platform. problem solved

[skyhuck]

there is no loss in profits really unless you **** up, i just add the full price onto the job!!!!!

 

 

 

 

IPAF!!!!

 

All jobs have a price,well mine do,the profit is the gap between price and costs,so any extra cost ie mewp hire,eats into profit.If you do it for less because you don't use a mewp well thats just bad business!!!!!

 

You should only use equipment that reduces costs(if you wont to make money)ie i have hiab because the cost of the labour it saves is greater than the cost of the hiab,hence more profit.