Peter

Not if that weight includes the chipper. Does it? And if so how much does the chipper weigh?

I have the SIP Progress, comfy but a slightly odd fit, the waist sits very high and they work best (for me) with braces. Not too hard wearing I'd say as I managed to rip them within 3 months. The Stretch Air are the best fit for me, just like wearing jeans, and they have probably lasted the best of any so far, although the price is eyewatering. They are not that cool for type A either, due to the gaiter preventing air flow at the ankle. Very good at keeping sawdust out of your boots though.

Ben that is a really odd photo. You look completely out of scale, must be a trick of the camera.

There was nothing wrong with that tree you butcher, a light tip reduction and she would have been propping up our fragile eco-system for another 100 years. As for the roots in the drain, they could have been any roots, yours, the clients, anyones! But no, its always the tree that gets blamed. And don't even get me started on violating Mother Earth by burying pipes in her delicate skin.

I would personally substitute split tails for the prussic loops. Whatever you buy, make sure your friend knows how to use it properly.

Some are hollow ground some aren't. Should be obvious by looking at the profile of your knives. Any good machine shop should be able to do it, machine knife grinding is what you need to ask for.

If you can't fix it with a hammer, you need a bigger hammer.

Is it a pre-production prototype with a disruptive pattern paint job to make it hard to distinguish the shape? Manufactorers often mask them or disguise them when they are undergoing road trials to avoid the press or other marques getting a sneak preview.

Certainly in black and white since 2005, not too sure what legislation the work at height regs replaced in 2005, but it has been covered by HSE backed industry guidelines since 1995? when the FASTCO (now AFAG) guidance and NPTC units were revised to include aerial rescue. Like most health and safety issues, it is only enforced if there is an accident, or a spot inspection from the HSE. There have been several instances of tree firms in the UK being issued with compliance orders from the HSE to put aerial rescue provision in place. Many small firms do struggle to comply, since the business owner is often the main climber, some companies choose not to bother with rescue provision at all. Interestingly although the HSE has a very small direct impact due to the relatively low number of site inspections and investigated accidents, some clients such as local authorities and large contracting firms choose to make compliance with H&S legislation, including aerial rescue provision, part of the contract/tendering process. So you could say it is enforced, but not by a government agency.

Unless you have a lanyard on, or there is something below you to get stuck in or on. Not dismissing the system altogether, but it is absolutely not a substitute for having a qualified, equipped and experienced rescuer on site, as required in the UK.

The carvers do like it, my local carver has enough now to last him the next five years lol.

Send me your email and I'll send you some pics.

I have poplar, ash (dark seasoned), plane, and walnut, beech (knotty), and possibly one or two others I have forgotten about.

Why don't you get a split tail, put the pulley in the spliced eye and make the prussic adjuster the stiffened bit? It works really well, plus you can set the pulley long and the climbing line doesnt bind against the TIP.

Miele best of a bad bunch imo. I have a smeg, its ok.

Sounds like a job for MonkeyD and Hama then!

Maybe a high fell, say at 6 feet, leave a nice mono for the wee beasties. Besides, all that twisty fluted bit will be nasty to split into firewood.

Just make one in 3 strand, you'll have the coolest retro 80's RG ever!

If it were my job that would be felled and on the back of my truck before you could blink. If you wont get paid for the reduction surely that option is off the table?

That extra 60 kg will be my Lab and my lunch then!

Find the weight plate, I think its in the drivers door frame area? There will be 4 numbers stamped on it. One will be gross vehicle weight - 3500 kg one will be gross train weight - i thought it was 5500 but I could be wrong The other two will be max axle weights, so both smaller than 3500, the lowest one will be front axle, higher one rear axle. You cant exceed any of those numbers, so subtract the GVW from the GTW and that gives you the max towing weight.

Put it on a weighbridge. Include driver and whatever tools/passengers/dogs you normally carry. My doublecab smiley face transit with ply chip box and kit etc weighed 2660kg empty.

So your quite happy to double the rated capacity? What about the hitch on the trailer?

Very true, and the same principle that artics work on, however many towbars are only rated at 150kg nose weight....

You could still be overloaded on one axle without exceeding the GVW or GTW.