bob

this was my qualifications up to 2003 will update soon Abrasives and Grinding Wheel Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance Chainsaw Operation Basic Chainsaw Techniques Advanced Tree Climbing Advanced Tree Climbing and Rescue HIAB Maintenance and Operation Tree Climbing Procedures and Safety Updates Aerial Rescue Safe Working and Tree Pruning from Hydraulic Platforms Tree Pruning from a Hydraulic Platform CS 30 Maintain the Chain Saw Operation of Vehicle Winch CS 31 Fell Small Trees Stump Grinder CS 32 Fell Medium Trees Operation of Woodchippers CS 33 Fell Large Trees CS 34 Clear Individual Windblown Trees CS 36 Cross Cut and Stack Produce CS 37 Breakdown Medium Sized Broadleaf Crowns CS 39 Operate the Saw from a Rope and Harness CS 40 Carry out Pruning Operations CS 41 Carry out Dismantling Operations Personal Protective Equipment Regs and Equipment inspection Driver Improvement Certificate MEWPS Niftylift 120 Operation Of Lorry Loaders HIAB Hitching and Unhitching Trailers Certificate of Competence in Thorough Examination of Arboricultural Equipment Electrical Hazard Awareness Computer awareness C.A.T and Genny + Locator Certificate of Competence in the use of Pesticides Advanced Tree Climbing Techniques and Equipment update Arboricultural Dismantling Techniques and Equipment update First Aid at Work level 1 Certificate for IT users CLAIT Entry Level in Image Editing Level 1 in Image Editing Level 1 Rope Access Technician

i give in

independant assessors are much more imparcial and thats why thy changed it too many people went on crap courses and the trainer passed them standards are much higher these days

one simple point nptc do not do training nptc do assessing only

you can all have a copy of my avatar or have loads more have been sat here smiling at all the avatar changes and thinking could i be bothered variety is the spice of life p.s should we have a competition choosing a avatar for telhol i think he would appreciate it

and i will give the bollard ago and yes taking the slack and then letting it run is an art but relatively easy as long as tou dont put too many wraps on

all main dealers have been there went to a stihl repair course about 7 years ago and stihl had one there but i believe it was all down to reducing emmissions and they seem to have done it with new petrol tather than the saws i believe

there is a first feel truly honored

i took a bit of chipper to car paint store and got 1/2 litre of a close match

sounds like a buckingham one to me i have 1 like in kit pic and used twice then used the buckingham one and now converted

we always use the winch rather than the bollard removes the slack so much better and always trying to keep the slack out of the system so as to reduce the forces exerted when first dropping loads onto the rope the lads i work with took some persuading to get one but it has proven itself time and time again

supprised at that telhol round my way big companies set the standards all the way apart from 1 and no decent guys would work for them which is why his gear gets trashed

first saw i would recomend would be a stihl 260 or a husky 357 depending on local dealers any bigger should not really be advised for a first saw imo keep under 15inch

i love vermeer stump grinders have never let us down even though we do mainly street trees and hit granit concrete stone and in fact everything you can imagine it still eats everything 630 b if you wondered

or should it be only a tit would use it

stihl actually sell a bar straightener i believe

me too

i had one for rock climbing but still wear my vertex vent

i prefere the buckingham capstan and as for rope have used the new england 16mm and double esterlon both good would use same rope for split tails for fastening capstan on till you get whoopies which are an expensive luxury and an 16mm isc pulley which needs a stronger rope to tie it on as the load is double at the pulley hope this makes sense

i have done several simular to that one and have just taken the tree down as far as reasonably practical and one they actually use as a table for flowers and when it starts to rot plan to plant up beware those vault tops are very easily broken i would doubt that grave is attended or the tree would have probably been removed before now

send me an application form please

guess who

owt better than nowt but by how them tickets are going should have most prizes between me and al

where h&s recomend anything then it,s as close to law as you get we have a practice day every 6 months ish and play with new ideas and kit and evryone gets lots out of the day even experienced guys

i always quote for doing a proper job and quote for example prune £100 Fell £100 lop or top £200 or just walk away seems to work