Alex
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copareing like for like... not wanting to diss any mag they have all become advertoirals... it is god see what some forward look peple see as old stuff, the stuff we all take for granted is some what little under stood.... Andy has cover what he knows well and done that well, Nick has just done some good basic stuff on throw lines and friction savers and Ian has done a good basic revision on saw... All good stuff, you may not take it all away as new i have found that more and more. but a nuget of infomation is gold when it give a polish or turned in the light so you can see it a differnt way. I feel we need to consolidate and spread better baisc knowelge to give the industry a better foundation to stand up on to face the bigger chanages.
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give both positioner and rope guid a thumbs up. splice not esential but makes life easer... cord for blaze ... depending on hitch... beline oceacn or leross 8mm
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how offten are you giving them a once over?
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If you are going up to 18" don't expect any speed and it will be slower on pick up. Make sure you get .325" pitch chain, as it is lighter would also recomend you use a semi or micro chisle chain this will also help with performance. And keep it sharp... thats proper shape, right angles etc... very clever people spent alot of time figuring those out to get the max out of your chain for you. Think of this as a short fix, only use the bar when need, drop back to your normal bar for day to day... most ms260 come with 16" so 2" more to their max should be cool. Good luck.... when your ready look for a saw bigenogh to pull at the stump, but light and blanced enough to use in the tree. Don't just by the bigest one.
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This is more the angle I think we can run with here, it is also more along the lines of best practice, in the desription of correct one handed use. We do need to protect the muppets, we also need to improve contiuned education on these sort of matters. NPTC units measure a safe standered LANTRA, indapents and colleges train to only meet these standers. We are becoming more and more spoon feed and as such it is harder for people to practice and experance. The theif of time, seems to be our gratest nemises in improving standers.... it cost to much.
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Mr Ed Many people have and have very well out of the setlement, not just in arb. I disagree we should be doing every job to the custumers specification. Of topic bake to the chain saw thing please.
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cool all read take note... well done. We move on.
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Not the HSE job to educate the customer, it's yours, mine or to put it another way the industry. The HSE are doeing alot to fund education in the indusrty, making Tree officer more awear, reduceing the chance of cheap and cheerfull council tree work by unquatifed firms. As for the duty of the customer, they have one you need to tell them that if they have mr dogey do the work and he has an acsedent, they are a fault as they are the empolyer. Ask them again if they are happy to take that risk.
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not our industry not our bag... they are a big indusrty with money to throw are those prombles, so let them. Any of you had to do some work on a devolmpent site resently, you can't breack wind with out a ticket.
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Sure this is all about understanding what you are useing and how to use it, thats why thought danger when I mentioned the lock jack steve is it not? A vt is a constant hobby but a rewarding one if you are dedicated to it cear and nurture, but not for a novice who is still learning to move around a tree. Want to try a new knote or kit put it on your lanyard first, oh except the lock jack will have to be the posioner there.
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You pull on a sunt it can lock open even when realsed, Under load it is hard to move when it dose move is hard to regulate the speed with the device alown. If you get crap in the top twig leaf saw dust you will have problems you might not have bargined for. ask Petzl they will say not for that aplication.
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Lockjack has be desiged for DdRT with a CE for that system, like all kit you need to learn how to use it but is a VT as safe as a lockjack?
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Fair point, but it has shown flaws that make it less compatable with our DdRT systems. we still use the prussic the way it was designed to be used and cofiered but these belay devices we are not.
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an error any one can make mind. would you say go bye one and use it straight off to some one? The systeum set up has flaws with no fail to saftey.
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Both rokker and shunt are fall arest belay devices not designed or made for arb DdRT. I would recomend you think twice about useing them in DdRT. in SRT sure.
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You are 1000% right. That's not what I'm driving at, Useing the saw one handed just to get the job done in a time frame to win the job on price is no excuse. The whole custmer spotting a rouge (ps cowboys are highly skill guys doing as tuff a job as we do) is a whole new ball park we can have a game in, in a few weeks time.
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Got some great floors the sunt, their was a fall last year because of one. If you are used to it cool, but look out for debrey getting in to it, even saw dust in the top. Make sure your groundy or who ever might be coming to reascue know how it works, it hard to releae wait of of it fully loaded. If you like the shunt and mecanical rather than a knote give the Lockjake sport ago. Where are you based bob?
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Yea we have all had these, was why I gave up subbing, you never know who you have got on the gound. Your life is in thier hands. To snap the dead eye thou.. how big was the section? Ps looks like a neat job half way through good work.
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never say never stev, we can get closer thou you agree, we can reduce the rouges, we can educate the custumers. Differnt thread in a week or so bud?
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Industry speed is somthing that takes time, we as anindusrty never seem to alow for that time. The more you do something one way the quicker you become. As for the pricing thing, you need to price to do a job and to do it right. The more every one dose this the more we educate the publice the more chance we have of competive quoting with other firms. If some one want to do a job for a pitence let them, they won't be around long term because it won't pay. It a bitch and one point well raised and one we need to more clearly address as an industry for sure. So shout about it...
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Whatch the shakels on some of the komet briges as you put the screw in it can pull the webbing. some odd ones also have burres that state the wear on the sheath. Keep us post Tony.
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Bob sure pruning saw bite to but which would you rather have bite you in truth. So you made 150 cuts at full strech with two ancorse in one sycamoore to reduce it? Please justify or give ore detail... good to see you all thinking about this and looking at what you are doing cheers for the input, it sould realy help me out.
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Great post... DdRT sure is mecanica advangeage it is all so nothing more than an adjustable loop. Friction is the bigest key, reduce that in you system it becomes more eficiant. You soon can add extrat pulleys in the system to give more advantage but unless its a long hall the system just gets clumsy in use and may be SRT of DdRT foot locking etitehr the leg of the rope or both ropes is the answer.
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A presonal Holy Grail, what might work for one might not work for others, the same with all clothes and PPE. Every ones head is a differnt shape... My bug bear are speacks that put preasure on the bone behine your ear when your muff are down giving you a bad head... Best advice try as many as you can find one you like bye 3 or 4 pair before they stop making them or teawk the design. A saftey work wear shop in a city trading asseate usale stock a good range. Good luck "Brave sir robing ran away, bravely ran away he did< bra......"
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Hi all just catching up with your post's Spider cheers good to see some considered actions, great feed bake will mull your points over, but I do feal on first couple of reads, that a hand saw to finsh cuts in nearly all your situations or breack cuts would aliminate the need to use the saw one handed. Time is no reasone for unsafe, I could not agree more. Better use of rigging might be somthing you could consider to reduce your fequence of one handed use, the less you do somthing the chance is reduced. Look at a game of russain rulett. As for those how seem to just want to hasle the guy who is pointing somthing out that you do that you know is dangurose, oh is only trying to help you out and make your job and life easer and safer, very big... we are all impressed. Ps rentachimp, thought you might be chopping more leeks in practice for the move?
