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thanks for looking! It's basically to spread knowledge of worldly matters to secondary school kids (you'll notice references to school syllabuses) but I think its something which we could all benefit from! He picks the stories well IMO. Looks like he's travelling a little further afield for the content now which is good, I like the guardian but it was starting to look a bit like their website. a love supreme is in reference to the black cats supporters group btw:thumbdown:

just been looking through my old boys geography blog, it makes for some interesting reading, quite lefty i guess as most of the articles are out of the guardian but some good points. Anyway thought i'd plug it as he's done a sterling job i recklon!! Geogr@phy | A love supreme - Geography blog

Is there any standard for calculating daily HAVS saw usage?

ahhh, ic. making more sense now, cheers conkers

I do think there does have to be some visible benefits to the owners as well as the employees as they are the guys who are going to be spending their time putting it all in place, especially where there will be no benefits to employees with small firms where the boss is often out with the lads "suffering" the same.

sorry havent got the hang of this quoting lark

" If AAC is mainly to keep insurance claim payments down I'm not in..... I'm now less interested in becoming AAC, sell it to me, I want to be part of it but I think I need the benefits spelling out!

I appreciate the difference between the two industries, just trying to find a comparison from another which has the public's acknowledgement enough to actually carry a punch. At least I know I'm thinking from the right angle:001_smile: So the problem really is that no one (or very few) will take much notice of a AAC stamp in domestic business, and smaller companies don't really get a look in when it comes to LA work (already AAC savvy anyway) so for a small company the main gain in work would be from the commercial sector? this is where it would also be easiest to promote the existence of AAC's, which would eventually filter down to joe public, albeit a few years down the line. So maybe a few AA reps travel round building companies, water companies, land management companies etc etc spreading the word of smaller AAC's in their area, does this happen already? is it viable?

I think the HSE need to step in like they did with CORGI in the 1990's for us to have a industry standard which can be upheld in any sort of legal way. The problems faced with policing the unqualified in our industry cannot be that different from trades like plumbing?(we make so much noise for starters!) Only then will we not have to compete with flytipping pikyes, who'll do the job for the wood, leaving us with time to not rush our work, complete risk assessments, pre-climb inspection forms, maintain our equipment to a higher standard reducing costs and therefore pressure leading to less accidents etc.... Also lobbying for tax discounts on chip production (instead of paying for waste licences), climbing equipment and chainsaw protection ( both PPE!) might go a little way to show support of us on the ground and make that little more cash available to spend the time to become an AAC. Doing things like making hse and afag downloads available on places like here are definitely a step in the right direction!!

whats a poplar I can only start to appreciate the wedged (scaffold:confused1:) props and other strokes of genius involved in making it what it is from these pictures. love it

Frank, that's awsome!!

I just broke the knife I use to cut me spuds....

Who is this climber and how do I hire him?!!

Mine got nicked one night, made a wood one for the timebeing, they're not an easy find

ms200 backhandle, you'll have days out without your chipper!

I send ITV a pound every time I tune i tune in and as for google..... Doing a great job steve!

It did wobble a bit. that was all good, the worrying bit was my(switched off) saw doing a 360 loop past my head, I had borrowed a treemotion that day to try and couldn't find my shortening carabiner for the saw.

Some nice pics there guys, gotta love rigging!! Here's my entry, I had a cold and it started raining.......

its few and far between too, so very expensive!!

I've seen a few reports by accountants who sound like they will be recommending their more well off clients to buy woodland to avoid paying inheritance tax, costing the government a quid or two........but not for a few years!

I would also be worried about the heat generated by that much decomposing wood chip, dont think many species would like being exposed to that

my money will be on this: Armillaria mellea - Honey fungus - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

Always got it at my side to make things easier, ease comes before speed in my book, a snap hook makes for easier clipping too!

I think it's pretty valuable as timber and strainer posts

Really?! sounds like it's the way up there then fair enough. If i got a lad in on a free days trial and he worked hard with initiative i would pay him anyway. i would then offer a weeks trial but paid......he's earning me money after all. It just doesn't sound like the best way to begin a working relationship to me. I also wouldn't wait for him to ask for a pay rise before putting his money up, as my earnings increase due to him being better i'd share it out, he'd always graft for me but i'd be earning more from him and he'd be getting better at his job, and earning me more and be getting paid more, if he thought i was just taking advantage of his hard work ethic and telling him i was making him a man i wouldn't expect to have him stay for long. As for self esteem etc if they work hard, do well, are happy where they are and where they are going then all that will come without me needing them to make me a martyr. maybe my business will never make it....