day rate

[Mr Fowler]

We are moving towards a larger team which comprises of 3-4 climbers who work in rotation during the week so as not to get totally fagged out and ruined and when not climbing are the grounds crew.

It works well enough with 2 climbers and a pure grounds man (retired climber)

Flat rate of pay with bonuses for larger or more difficult trees.

Result is a better paid ground crew and a ready supply of fresh climbers.

Trying to keep everybody fit, fresh and ensure everybody is better off at the same time.

Reduce down time due to injuries like tendonitis and strain.

Plus better shared understanding of the job.

Ty

 

This is a great way to operate I think.

[Tucky]

I wish it was just a misunderstanding mate, but it's not, it's industry wide sanctioned death alone on the job when feeding a WTC.

 

I have it from the safety horse's own mouth.

 

Peter Gerstenberger. Quote.

 

And yes, we consider solo operation of a hand-fed chipper to be acceptable practice, dependent on some very important conditions.

 

End quote

 

Who replaced Bob Felix, to this industry's detriment IMO.

 

Jomoco

 

So if I'm reading this right your calling a WHOLE TREE CHIPPER hand feed?

Sounds like we have a difference of scale here, our hand feed chippers will not fit a whole tree and by default a whole person.

Tucky

[jomoco]

The point I'm proving's that solo operation of a WTC, whether an 18 inch capacity BC1800 Vermeer, or a 24 inch capacity 2400 Hurricane with a 300 hp Deere engine, is legal, under certain circumstances, by specially trained groundies who don't make mistakes, see?

 

Legal in London and Londonderry!

 

It's the trainin yu see!

 

Jomoco

[Acg128]

It's legal hence why we let the foreigners do it

[Chris Sheppard]

Just going back a couple of pages, to climbers who won't do anything but climb. Putting the boot on the other foot, surely they'd have something to say if they had to come down and fill their own saw up each time/swap to a bigger saw/do their own lowering/ untangle their own ropes etc without any help from the men on the ground.

[jomoco]

What makes us climbers so special and precious we get industry ordinances, rules n regulations to increase our chances of surviving a serious accident/mistake by having a second qualified employee present?

 

Why does that concern for survival of mistakes when performing dangerous tasks not apply to a poor groundie feedin an 1800 solo?

 

Where does equality start and hypocrisy end mates?

 

Jomoco