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Yes I think to suggest we are some kind of echo hero's is something of a joke. We work for people not trees. Yes we may do as little damage to the tree as we can while trying to get what the customer wants, but most of the time we do the tree no good. If I fell a tree, take it home and burn it instead of gas, thats about as green as I get.

Not a clue??

I believe 98% of the worlds oxygen is produced by algae in the sea. Many forests fix little or no carbon, as the carbon being fixed by the trees is the same or less than that being produced by the organisms digesting dead and dying matter on the forest floor. Planting young trees, harvesting them in early maturity and using the timber in a way that keeps the carbon locked up for years or burning it instead of fossil fuel, is the greenest way to use trees.

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If you cut the bolts to the correct length, they will not stick though the nut.

I hope they are easier to read than that

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I'm so glad it went well Justin, sorry did not make it. It looks like every one who attended had a great time!!!! I think the APF being so soon after yours will have had an impact. I will defiantly be coming to next year, instead of doing the AA show. The fact that you had 600 is very impressive, the AA do under 2000 and has been going for years. I reckon next year (with no APF) you will see a real jump in numbers.

That link works fine for me.

The bolts need to go in from above, IE facing down. That way if the nuts rattle off the bolt is still in the hole and may still stop the box sliding off. I worked with some rope access guys who worked on the "Big One" at Blackpool. When it was built many of the bolts had be put in upside down, it was there job to unfasten the bolts put them back in facing down and then paint them. There were two reasons for those bolts to face down, the first being the one I mentioned above, that a bolt without a nut may still help hold things in place. The other was that a bolt falling 100ft will do a lot more damage than a nut falling 100ft.

I did the AA RA workshop and got there pack of RA's. It contains generic RA's for all our day to day operations, and then you just fill in a SSRA that lists the generic RA's that relate to this site and you then add any additional risks specific to this site and put down details required to get any emergency services to site swiftly and the most likely rescue method that would be used in the event of the climber needing it, but as many of us on the course pointed out, this changes as the job progresses, it could be a rescue from the crown in the morning and a pole rescue in the afternoon. I think the AA have produced a very workable and convenient system, that help you comply with the legislation without wasting half your day.

Is there no video???

I though the article was a pile of pooh. He talks rubbish in my view. Speed cameras do not reduce speeding, they just let tossers know where not to speed and let them know they are unlikely to get caught any where else. As for his comment about there not being a "war on motorists", what planet is he on???? We are taxed more than 50% on the fuel we use!! We pay a road fund license, but most of it is not used for road maintenance or improvement. Yes motoring is cheaper than many other forms of transport, but that because of the economy of scale, most of us use cars, making it cheap. We pay a price for its popularity, in road congestion. As for most public transport, its subsidized, those using it don't pay the full cost, but motorists pay way more than the real costs. And air travel is a joke, they pay no were near the tax of some poor person just trying get to work in their car. Staying at exactly 30mp is not that easy, if you go to slow people come right up your bumper or attempt dangerous overtaking maneuvers, so to penalize people for a momentary laps which makes them go 2 or 3 MPH over the limit is harsh, IMV. And they often sight them on hills, so even with your foot of the gas you can get caught:thumbdown:

I started by mixing subby climbing in with my own private work, so always worked full time. I just cut back on the subbing as I got more of my own work, until I was no longer doing any subbing. The very best advertising is a job well done and a happy customer, most weeks I get 2 or 3 inquires from old customers or people they have recommended me too.

A link box, is a box that fits on the three point linkage of a tractor, for carrying feed, animals or anything else a farmer may need. It has the advantage of tipping, so once back at the yard you just remove the rear panel, lift the linkage high and tip out the contents.

I say this about every tree I ever look at.

We have a fair idea how much brash we can chip before it starts to get full, but we also watch for chip bouncing out the top, look at the crack where the side doors fit the body, too see how full its getting and climb up the side ladder to check and kick the chip about. I have a link box that we take when we don't take a trailer, it will carry logs, raking up, road signs and even the small Carlton stump grinder.

And hers is with the Royal College Of Nursing, by no means a fly by night firm.

Your anchor point is not LOLER'ed, so the whole thing is joke. I get my kit done to tick the box, we are not asked to get wedges done, so no box to tick.

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I have no great desire to retire, I just intend to cut back. My plan is be working 4 days a week by 45, (although I'm doing close to that now at 40), 3 days by 55, and 2 days by 65. I enjoy my work and its a big part of my life, so I don't want to ever hang up my harness.

:001_rolleyes:So long as its worth something when the time comes, my mother, who is a nurse, will not get back the money she paid into her private pension, she would have been better of putting it under the bed!!!

Love the "rat" chipper!!!

The dangers of white asbestos are some what exaggerated, IMO. If its in the ground it will be damp and much dust is unlikely. In the the 60's my father cut up 1000's of sheets of asbestos on a circular saw, with no mask, he would be white by the end of the day. He is now 68 and in rude health. The blue stuff found in old brake shoes was the worst and fortunately is very uncommon.