MattyF
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You can flip the metal lever that jams the drum for skidding but fiddly! Have found you need decent tractor electrics on the modern electro hydraulics or they can be a pita but as you say are good.
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Any 8 tonne winch would be my choice , you will flip a 100hp tractor though so be careful if wondering out of eye sight with a remote.. but will pull most things. I’ve worked with Krpan , igland ,uniforest ,igland and tajfun all are good as long as they are looked after but are pretty simple to maintain and rebuild. I would try and buy new or very low hours ex demo as a lot are abused.
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You too Steve , I’ve been meaning to send you some more saws and have a chat with martin about turning some pop ups for 560’s and 50’s .. hopefully catch up soon
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Does any one know where the term gorga comes from then?
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Any ideas of price ?
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Use it loads myself , crank up the lowering device and pull stuff up and over and around on a cradle .. great over roofs. Also won’t load a rigging anchor point anything like tip and butt rigging.
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Aye the Chester or Stein ... if he likes tying his hitch loose then a neck tether, personally I prefer a neck tether.
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Standards at what though ? There is obviously something missing as this and the Bartlett’s video demonstrate. I think Craig hit the nail on the head with his post , they just sat back and watched !.. Unfortunately you can come in to this industry and just because you have passed Cs units under the risk assessment you can do what you like.. it’s ticked boxes but have no experience and there are consequences as it obviously shows and I’ve seen and heard time and time again. Apprenticeships , keeping staff on with fair wages who have experience and can share knowledge on site are what’s needed and the only thing that will change this are better conditions,terms and pay for employees otherwise they just bugger off and become the freelancers who do the assessments on approval day.
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I didn’t say it was masses ? It’s still the paper trail that would not hold the company accountable, that’s all that seems to matter .. I’m actually in awe of some one who has taken the time to become a contractor and if I had the inclination to do so would too... in the mean while I will skim over workshops and bulletins which they do a great job of putting out but...I feel there are a few things wrong as you do too in the route to being an approved contractor. I could go on and write a massive essay on what I think is wrong with the industry on a whole but it would bore the hell out of every one and no one has it right all the time anyway....and I’m not having a go at you as you seem to have it right if you have happy staff and can provide a great service.
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By all accounts as long as you leave a paper trail of bollocks you can treat your workers how you please. I have seen AA contractors send there workers out with damaged winches , no one in that crew had a fmc for a PTO winch or any previous experience in using one so had no idea of forces or where to stand or carry out the operation, they where paid absolute peanuts for doing a whole dangerous job unqualified or with any experience to do so.. this is why accidents happen but because they probably had a paper trail and are paying the office admin more than there supposed skilled workers it’s ok if anything had gone tits up it all would of been good. Come assessment day you can hire in some subbys to do it all for you anyway whilst keeping your staff at minimum wage.
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Some of the worse work I’ve seen by contractors has been by AA approved ones ... the bartletts video was another classic , being AA approved didn’t help them. There are many schemes run that the AA use to improve paper work and health and safety and you don’t have to be an approved contractor to do or use them. Saying that becoming an AA approved contactor and you will have the answer on every thread you see with an issue is crap ... sorry.
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Mmmm Not every tree presents it self with the perfect rigging and anchor point.. some times you have to make the best out of a mess and that may involve a rigging line being too close for comfort.. as long as it’s not wrapped around your neck or getting caught on you or your gear there should be no bother.
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Second vid cries mewp for me , totally agree on the first vid pete
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I think the trio brake is a bit no go on a top handle saw though Andrew.
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I have the gate removed bill and it makes a great saw hook , proper quick draw with the saw [emoji38] Occasionally it gets caught but If you know it’s there and expecting it it no bother. If it gets seriously caught like what rough experienced it just snaps.
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Can I ask a few questions ? How long do your staff average staying on in your firm? What would you say they averaged in terms of experience is before you take them on ?
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Good point rough ...Why I have said I won’t have any thing other than plastic petzl caritool amongst my climbing krabs [emoji1303] .. although thinking about it I have a few mini DMMs for ascenders I don’t think they are capable of picking up a rigging rope especially where they are stored too.
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Mine only get hot .. like red hot when flat out ... usually unless I’m hand balling frozen branches out the way I’ll turn it off after 5 minutes!
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I’d love heated handles on a topper... stuck up a tree with chilblains in snow and ice whilst watching your ground guys warming there hands over the chipper exhaust ! Only thing is if they are the same as the ones I’ve had on my 50’s and 60’s you have to rev them hard to get the temps up.
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Many factors though stubby , and I’m not gonna day more as I wasn’t there.
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Aye and he has a decent anchor point as well that can clearly be seen in the longer vid and he spends ages putting a gob in ... now that is maybe the clue .... dull saw +lean = barbers chair
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How many people have ever broken a double braid rigging rope?
MattyF replied to Treerover's topic in Rigging and roping
To be fair it was the groundys first day doing proper big negative rigging I can only say it was my fault for not taking on what he was doing and talking him through it better. So we both learnt some thing, I am glad he took on the reasons why you never stand under a negative rigged stem though. -
How many people have ever broken a double braid rigging rope?
MattyF replied to Treerover's topic in Rigging and roping
The one that sticks in my mind joe was about 5ft long and about 3-4ft”across , was probably one of the tightest grained ash I’ve felled as I estimated it around 120 before felling ,the final ring count really surprised me as it was around 230! That’s all I remember of the job and my groundy putting 5 wraps off for this lump so it would not run and snapped the rope on the snatch. -
Very good point mr Bolam.
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How many people have ever broken a double braid rigging rope?
MattyF replied to Treerover's topic in Rigging and roping
I have broken a few hanks of Yale polydyn neg rigging hard wood years ago... bits where far too big and the groundy not experienced too many wraps.
