shabz1978
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Thanks, i'll have a look at the petzl site, it's always good to know as much as you can before you do these things! 5 years ago? time for a refresher maybe? need to fill the course!!!
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hey all, i'm planning on doing this course at sac on may 11th. the only thing is, the course needs to be full to run. so i thought some of you guys might be interested. see http://www.sac.ac.uk/learning/training/courses/arboriculture/loler for details. they emailed me back and said they weren't sure how much it would cost but last year i think it was about 300 quid. also any advice on the course might be good? do we just sniff ropes for two and a half days?:ohmy:
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is it meripilus? looks like it but old fruiting bodies. i'd leave it six months, there doesn't seem to be a lot of deadwood/dieback in it and i'd want to see the condition in full leaf. then i'd maybe reduce after that.
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the scam was on the real hustle, on bbc. but the bloke dressed up as a policeman and went into a shop. the next call i had after seeing it, i called him up on it and he went mental swearing at me! i seemed to get them from yell.com cos that was the only place i advertised.
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the way i see it, if you plan your work properly and stick to your risk assessment/method statement, have banksmen if you need them etc etc. then you shouldn't cause too much damage anyway. and if you do, are you gonna claim on your insurance anyway? a few years ago, i wouldn't be buying it, BUT it has got far cheaper nowadays, so you might as well get it.
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just spike it all. inside the boundary anyway, you'll be back in six months to clear it back to boundary anyway! are they a new company, ljx? any goodtowork for?
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the first i bought was MC hammers album!! so embarrassing that i tell people i bought incesticide by nirvana. the last i bought would be one of the led zep ones. must've bought all ofthem 3 or 4 times now. long live the ipod!!!
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just heard on the radio that a woman died in northern ireland when a tree fell onto her car.
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we've had it bad today in cork, ireland, the electric's off and everything!! no calls yet though. i'm using my 30minute battery on the laptop for arbtalk!!!
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Lantra Professional Tree Inspection course.
shabz1978 replied to Tim Williams's topic in Training & education
to be honest i did the course more than a year ago, and they seem to have changed it since, at least they have changed the way it is marketed, i don't have a level 3 qualification and wasn't told i needed it. now they are reccomending it. a good thing methinks. it was very interesting and informative though, if only from a pre climb inspection point of view. i think parts of it could be incorperated into cs 41. it would make sense. -
Lantra Professional Tree Inspection course.
shabz1978 replied to Tim Williams's topic in Training & education
that was my sentiment exactly. the fungi id part of the assessment i did wasn't open book at all. you needed to know it. all of it. you could use the book whilst doing the vta part of the assessment. luckily i had been practising my reading skills for that part. -
i'm thinking of getting one of these too, i used to drive a ranger for work and it was pretty good. i wouldn't worry too much about off road ability, they'll go were you need them to. plus they are cheap as chips.
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i used to work for amey in cumbria, we had a couple of strimmers stolen from the yard. it was all caught on cctv, they climbed over the fence, walked across the yard, picked up the strimmers, threw them over the fence and into thier van. all on camera. the police said they couldn't do anything cos the strimmers would be long gone. not even a phone call for inquires. couldn't believe it.
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i was thinking of buying one of those logosol mills, probably an m7? are they complicated to use? i wouldn't have a clue about them so would be starting from scratch. sorry to hi-jack your thread, didn't think it worth starting a new one.
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arbtalk.co.uk at least it's not porn!!
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Lantra Professional Tree Inspection course.
shabz1978 replied to Tim Williams's topic in Training & education
for the fungi, you need to know what it is, host species, what type rot it creates soft/brown/white. that was the bit i fell down on. other than that, it's pretty straight forward. diagnosis or ill health in trees is a good book to read before you go too. -
thou shalt not tell naive young groundie that anusol will clear up his massive coldsore, then take him to chemist to ask for it.
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i used to drive an 05 ranger, it wasn't bad on fuel, probably 35+ on the motorways. it was garbage off road though. it was like driving a speed boat on forest tracks if you put your toe down, but saying that, i'd still reccomend one. you would get a topper for seven and a half grand. i think the mazdas are an even better buy and supposedly just as bullet-proof.
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could you not just stipulate, say 3% over the rate of inflation? summat like that. saying that, we might be deflating soon!
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i wish i had had the opportunity to do a 10 week course, mainly for the theory side of trees, i must have just about every ticket going, but all i know about trees i have taught myself. i could never have afforded 10 weeks off work either.
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maybe an electrician course!
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i read somewhere that the ones without side impact have a lower breaking strain on the chinstrap. for groundsmen apparently? dunno why you even need one? only climbers should be allowed to look like bugs!!
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i'll try one then! i don't like the look of the wire bits that hold on the ear muffs though. i prefer the husky type ones to them stihl looking ones.
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does anyone have one of these? they look kinda cool. i'd love to look like a bug up a tree!! might encourage me to use the visor a bit more too! are they full of foam though? like a cycle helmet? i've seen them like that before but not sure if they were stein ones.
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it is a shame that economic restraints prohibit the use of alternative methods of weed control. i'd love to go back to hooking weeds, you could make a fortune from 15 or 20 lads with sickles!! fos com do some good research work with nemetodes and net tree guards to tackle the problems the beetle brings, i wonder if they do much with the weed control? personally i think the ground preparation seems to have a lot to do with the amount of weeds on sites. the different methods tend to have different results. quality discussion by the way.
