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[flatyre]

You could have at least got his name correct.

 

apologies macca, hardly the biggest offence on this thread.

[Taupotreeman]

apologies macca, hardly the biggest offence on this thread.

 

 

Meant it tongue in cheek

Edited May 16, 2016 by Taupotreeman

[skyhuck]

apologies macca, hardly the biggest offence on this thread.

 

I would not worry about it fatyre.

[Mesterh]

apologies macca, hardly the biggest offence on this thread.

 

You've let yourself down with that mistake.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Back to blaming Islam again.....

[felixthelogchopper]

Meant it tongue in cheek

 

I thought ISIS were getting into tree work now.

[aspenarb]

Back to blaming Islam again.....

 

Who the welsh?

 

Bob:)

[Wood-be]

I did a job for a golf course where a large Leyland cypress had lost 60% of it stem to storm winds. It was over a public footpath. I had enough cones and tape to make a physical barrier to stop anything going down the foot path. I even put a taped divervision path in all signed ect. (more cones and tape than actuall tools in the truck) half way through and with the main stem stripped back and about to lower the now disconnected stem, which was making our 16mm ropes make funny noises never heard before on the stein rc3000 lowering devices (near maxing the system) my grounds man and I were just about start lowering it and I had to shout stop (as my groundie was in the neighbouring garden behind the fence on the other rigging line) as a member of the public moved the cones and broke the tape and casually walked up the path. I politely said to stop as this has been cordoned off for your saftey as we are just about to lower this large and very heavy branch. His response "you can't stop me from walking along a public footpath". He just walked on underneath the branch. I was absolutely fuming. He came back but this time the branch was on the floor and he walked round it. I had to ask him why he was walking around the branch his response "do you expect me to climb over that, don't be stupid" I just said "that says it all thank you you had to climb over the protective barrier to walk through I just thought you might like to climb over the branch aswell". From then on I have piled brash on the path aswell as well as the cones and tape to make an impassable barrier. never trust the public or clients and try to never have them anywhere near the work zone. they may be a doctor or a judge but they can still be stupid. Just be careful and you may have to be rude to ultimately keep them safe.

 

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[treequip]

. His response "you can't stop me from walking along a public footpath".

 

And he was correct, no quantity of cones and tape makes a path closed unless you follow the correct procedure.

 

He might have been a plonker but that doesn't mean you were right

[stihlmadasever]

Wow this thread started with a reasonable question and then descended into pompous ranting claptrap.

Simple answer mate is tell the old fella to get out of your drop zone or your gonna add 25% on to your price.