skyhuck

Yes but a great many of the people on benefits are not on JSA, when the government put a cap on combined benefits of £500 per week!!! there was out cry. I know people try to pretend that people don't chose to be on befits and all really want to work, but thats unfortunately not true. Only yesterday I was talking to a guy who works at a job centre in a very deprived part of the country, he really struggles as his most of his clients are only interest in maintaing their current benefits and have no interest in finding work. What really surprised me was he said people actually move into deprived areas as its easier to stay on benefits in those areas:thumbdown:

You think importing or porting a saw is illegal and akin to taking drugs?:confused1:

I hear what people are saying about them becoming unsafe and of cause caution should always be used, just as with any tree being climbed, dead or alive, but IME DED killed trees are very different to your average dead tree. The tree cuts off its own water supply and actually seasons stud up. The OP is asking about trees that have only been dead for 3 years, not long at all for DED killed trees.

I'm a big fan of lifting gear, I have a 14M Palfinger crane, IMO, the back breaking humping of timber will wear you out, whereas climbing keeps you fit

When people talk about the time saving, on crown lifting street trees etc, they do need to consider that the cost of the MEWP would pay for additional climbers, so even then in reality any time save (if there is any:sneaky2: ) is minimal, IMO. I'm very much with Stevie on the cost saving thing, I have 4 children and a none earning wife, so the income I generate it all we have. I want to squeeze every penny of profit out of each job, as the climber and team leader, I'm the the most expense guy on site, which is just how I like it, I would very much resent shelling out on a machine than only does something my rope already has covered. The way people talk about the speed and efficiency of MEWP's I really can't understand why the Co's that use them have not taken over the industry, under cutting us dinosaur climbers at ever turn???:sneaky2:

What and had months without it??? NO way!!

People are saying I'm hate MEWP's and I'm anti MEWP's, but if you read my posts in this thread I have not made a single detrimental comment about them. I simple don't wish to use them, I'm a climber, thats what I do, so I choose to climb and have always found I've been able to safely (IMO) deal every tree that I've be asked to work without using a MEWP. My post's have only been to say that I disagree with some of the comment stating that some jobs need a MEWP, or "things were different back then" we need them today. I think I work very differently to many of you, I almost never rig, every thing is cut-n-chuck, so I'm not shock loading knackered trees. I do believe that having the MEWP as an option can mean climber maybe do not push themselves that bit further where they may discover their preconceptions were wrong. But hey its a free world and every one is different and free to to do as they wish, you can use MEWP's on every job for me, I really don't mind I can only speak from my own experience and others will differ, but I find it very difficult to sit here and read people stating as fact things I feel are actually only opinion, so I put my alternative opinion, no offence intended

Did you see the ( and ) it was very much tonge in cheek:biggrin: You say your now too fat, thats what happens when you start using MEWP's:sneaky2:

If your post below was not suggesting that, I'm not sure what you were saying? I have no chip on my shoulder, I simple hold a different opinion to you

Your post was removed because of your use of foul language, plain and simple, don't be taken in by our resident conspiracy theorists

Sounds very much like the shut downs I was used to, we often had 20 climbers on site to ensure the tasks were completed within the very tight time constraints allowed. I find it very amusing that the modern generation feel their lot is so much harder than the generation before maybe we just moaned less and just got on

I never brought down a conductor or even came close to and I can assure you it was never "almost accepted" on any shut down or live line work I was involved in. You could also argue that if work was only carried out when needed, instead of regular maintenance, that we were dealing with worse trees then than now.

Indeed

Utility work was all I did when I first started.

Its has hard as iron and very strong, IME.

Can't say thats a problem I've ever encountered in my 20 years experience.

Surely the dangerous bit had been done??

Nothing wrong with trying

Surely they will be keen to get all their defective products out of circulation

Looks identical to the mark1 except for the spacer between the plates that make up the attachment point that failed. I'm still using my mark one and love it, do you think Petzl will let me swap????

I would calculate the cost of the timber, then wait and confront them giving them option to pay for the timber plus the cost of your time apprehending them or facing the police.

Is there a reason you have gone and confronted these thieves??

I never use a MEWP.