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  1. MattyF
    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.
  8. MattyF
    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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    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.
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    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.
  14. MattyF
    Very good point mr Bolam.
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    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.
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    Yeah but personally I think they did the right thing talking him down as it was the quickest way after evaluating the situation he would of got out the tree and his harness off and he was still conscious ... by the time he was down it would of taken longer to get your rescue kit and put your harness on.. getting the casualty out the tree, I’ve seen quite a few in tree accidents now and every one has got them selves out damn quick, there is way to much emphasis on Ariel rescue IMO. Maybe he didn’t wanna come down as he was scared they would of all called him a &:&;: for messing it up so bad... I’ve had that happen when guys have hurt them selves bad. Sorry lads this is all I have of it but try and get a grasp of the last few paragraphs and there recommendations for safer tree work.
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    I’m betting you found the company through a leaflet in the door and they are of no fixed abode.
  18. MattyF
    The accident report is unbelievable! Now it recommends that it’s arborists use battery chainsaws and have three anchor points...... three anchors would of held the guy so ridgid it would of probably killed him. So now there climbers will have an even harder time trying to bail out if it goes tits up and double the likely happening of barbers chairs with a slower cutting saw .... what tits make up these rules???
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    These are good.
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    I will look out next time I’m due a pair then pete.
  21. MattyF
    The ideal pair would be pfanner arborists without the price. Just because they are the best I’ve found on the market for movement and the least hot along with leg vents and tick guards. Last sipps I brought les where still to warm, no tick guards or vents.
  22. MattyF
    Does any one know if this was the amey incident?
  23. MattyF
    That bank didn’t help matters but there are so many things wrong with the whole thing where do you start? I really hope the guy came out of that .. was kind of hoping that would not come up on here as it’s the sort of thing that haunts you after watching it.
  24. MattyF
    Aye it seems a shame the big two don’t give a shit really who sells and repairs there saws and offers warranty . My local husky dealer ... I’ve tried to stop using as it was just a joke really but a few weeks back desperate for 15liters of XP oil we go in , they inform us we don’t want that it’s too expensive to run in saws and they didn’t have it any way ... I’m not putting anything else in my 550’s and 560’s so head for the door and there walking out by the door was a 15litre container of XP oil ... begrudgingly I took it back to the counter to be charged full on whack for it... and that is the last time I set foot in there. Then there is the stihl / husky dealer not far from you spud who could not even change a topend on a 3120.
  25. MattyF
    Did he give it back ?

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