Steve Bullman

More fool me I guess

As a freelance climber I haven’t put my rate up in around 6 years

Always uses bowline in these situations

Wasn’t it fishermen that wanted out of the eu the most?

You’re going to hell

whats that!?

I have so many over a 20 year career I don't know where to start

I think your thread is going to be full of far more stories than mine Mick. I concede early

Specialist disaster relief charity DART International UK, the response team of volunteer British arborists, has again deployed teams to the stricken Caribbean in the wake of Hurricane Irma which hit the region early in September. This, one of the most powerful and catastrophic Atlantic Ocean hurricanes recorded, has claimed many lives, destroyed homes, schools and hospitals, and has accounted for mass evacuation in the face of life threatening wind impact. Just days later, Hurricane Maria followed the same path of destruction. Flying initially to Barbados, then directly on to mountainous Dominica, 90% destroyed, the DART team began a two-week mission to aid the relief campaign so urgently needed, with a second team following a fortnight later. “Getting to the scene promptly is essential to assist with the clearing of fallen trees on roads and the repair of other vital infrastructure. This is an immediate priority which allows rescue organisations and aid agencies to operate more safely and effectively,” says Jenny Long, a volunteer and wife of a DART member. “Local community leaders and volunteers really value the service our teams deliver, but more importantly they’ve demonstrated an appetite for learning the skills themselves. From previous deployments we learned that by delivering training and donating essential items such as chainsaws, timber milling equipment and personal protective equipment we could help rebuild livelihoods and make some of the most vulnerable communities in the world more resilient to future disasters. The situation in the Caribbean is exactly what we are trained to deal with.” DART responders are all professionally qualified and experienced arborists who also bring a wealth of additional skills. Volunteers include paramedics, trainers, engineers and former military personnel offering skills that are very relevant to the complex challenges of helping communities to recover from a natural disaster. Makita UK, a main sponsor of the charity, says: “DART personnel are fully equipped with Makita chainsaws that are robust enough to cope with the challenges they have to face during these critical times and wherever they are assisting in the world.” Before DART return to the UK they will carry out a 4-day programme of chainsaw and clearance training for 18 members of the Dominican Fire Department using equipment donated by sponsors Makita UK and PPE by Fletcher Stewart Stein. Makita UK has agreed to DART’s request to donate the chainsaws to the local community when they leave Dominica. During this training the fire fighters have experienced the assembly of saws, fuel mixing, safety features, work positioning, risk assessment, basic cross cutting, tension and compression, manual handling and first aid for arborists. BBC’s The One Show, who sent a production crew to travel to Dominica with the second DART deployment, will be airing a series of reports featuring the charity’s work on the island during next week’s programmes. For more information about DART International UK visit www.dartinternational.co.uk and to donate to the charity please visit their Just Giving pagewww.justgiving.com/dartinternationaluk/donate View full record

Anyone seen the new man truck? I believe it’s also on the crafter chassis

It’s rare to find really exceptional workers these days. Thought it would be a good idea to post your stories here as inspiration to those that need a boot in the right direction. This is Jose, he’s looked like death warmed up the past 2 days and was throwing up at 1am last night, despite that he has come to work regardless, many wouldn’t. Today I’m deadwooding some reasonable size ash trees, not a massive amount for the ground crew to do. But then I look down wondering what Jose is up to...rather than stand doing nothing he has taken it on himself to empty out and clean my climbing kit bag

Toasted cheese and ham sandwiches for morning break

The battery stuff Is really coming a long way Stefan

Absolutely. A lot of these bigger companies expect far higher prices to pay than the majority of tree companies actually charge too in my experience

What do you nean bu standing on the branch, branch walking?

Always seems the bigger the companies the longer they take to pay. There’s exceptions to every rule though of course

Did the tree that failed have the same decay fungi?

They look pretty substantial compared to the older ones

He's got a point Alex Good work, thanks for sharing

I deleted both those idiots email addresses, try again now

https://arbtalk.co.uk/settings/

Looking for 10-20 ton of wood in 2-3m lengths delivered to Sudbury area. Any species of wood is fine.

Sorry to hear that. Lost it how?

Looks handy