Mr Ed
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I dont trust my gear. I'm certain it plots against me behind my back....
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Your right silvafox. I'm 34, and my biggest problem is my fitness levels. too much desk, not enough tree...
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Diesel racing cars? follow Le Mans recently? http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/06/audi_r10_tdi_di.html http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/11/diesel-le-mans-challenger-peugeot-908-hdi-gallery/
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I have. Anybody who holds NPTC AE2b will have them i.e. powerline arborists. I dont think there needed, but I think they are a reasonable indication that someone has had to pass a test in crown reduction + rigging. Personally, I'd like to see NPTC completely replaced by NVQ type qualification, and covering proper pruning techniques as a requirement.
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I agree with what your saying mike, but I think there is still a market for petrol powered machines.
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I've done a lot of study recently into Petrol Vs diesel. A petrol engine will use no more than a diesel engine, for a given power output. Red diesel is cheap, but you will never get full power output from it. We have some of the very latest 38hp Kohler engines, and they are fantastic. the V twin has a great torque curve, is a piece of cake to service, and costs half of its diesel counterpart. They come with roller bearing cranks, so longevity is not an issue either. What it will enable us to do, is build a 750kgs chipper with plenty of Iron in it, at a reasnoble price.
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Not the same thing at all. A method statement is a written down way of saying exactly what tasks you are undertaking, and how you will go about doing them A risk assesment analyses the risks involved, and lays aout how you will mitigate or reduce those risks. My Method statements tend to be written individually for each contract, whereas my risk assesments are usually generic tick boxes.
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TP used have a pavement feed I think? I would sooner have a turntable than a fixed model. The new engine certainly allows for more iron eh pete?
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unless the grounds man knows how to let it run... And that one did'nt...
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depends. I reckon it would have to be a kohler engined model.
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Spoke to an old time feller / timber merchant over the weekend about this - he says that they used to strip the crown completely, pile the brash up as a cushion, and fell the butt onto that. He says they used to put a very shallow hinge, basicly just cutting a flat face in the felling direction. it helps to have a volvo loading shovel or crawler for moving the brash and butts around.
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nope! if its under 750kgs, its easy enough to unhitch and spin round.
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I did my first big takedown just before my 18th. Got my FTC certs in '91. Dad owned the business, so I had little choice in the matter
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Yeah. Pretty unpleasant. wait till you do it to a nest of baby squirrels I would get innoculated if you got sprayed in the face, pigeons are flying sewer pits, full of diseases.
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I've worked Ireland, Sweden, Germany, France and Holland. My own Personal accident cover was fine, and outside of the UK I've never been asked for any tickets.
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Great bloke is Roy. good mate of my Father. He also used large winches to tear limbs off, aswell as the explosives. The winch tearing idea was to imitate wind / storm damage.
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I dont think Matty would have died doing it, but the phone wires would have been trashed. I've actually done that kind of tree before over phone wires. the limb I roped off was pushed hard by the wind, and caught the cables, snapping them. stupid of me to attempt it. Also dresses are for wearing around the house at the weekend, not climbing in
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Why not? sounds like a good plan nick.
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Personally, I feel you are a pussy Matty, and should start climbing in a dress Just kidding As I understand it, Matty did'nt bottle the tree - he just felt under the weather conditions, it would have been counterproductive to continue.
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Not sure, But I sure would'nt like to drop the kind of pieces I do onto ally... I've seen a steel Kong crab straightened like a piece of wire under an impact load.
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Nice one JG, good story. I can imagine EXACTLY what all the other Brits reading this will think
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You werent beaten. You made a safety call. I know what steve means though - when your paid to be the best...
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eh? quad?! you want a proper machine to pull your chipper...
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nice. now do the wheels!
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The Site manager on a big developement site in Manchester ended up kicking his heels in the cells for a night because he ordered an excavator driver to knock over some scrub that had pigeons nesting in it. Company got a big fine for it. They had to get an enviromental / wildlife expert up from London to watch over the rest of the felling works we did. Btw, he was costing the company £120 per hour plus expenses!
