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A decent rigging photo from last week.
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Yup, i agree with you mate! I am sure he will not be there long. But, they must turnover staff fast as hell.... Who would put up with doing that week in - week out!!? He just said some days he is doing 12 hours for 8 hours pay! It is wrong!! Should not be allowed! They are taking advantage. If they advertise C1+E driving licence in the job advert, and you getting the job depends on having it, how the hell can driving their truck to site not be classed as "work"? Wankers!
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He does report to a base, which they claim is not 'work'.
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That article says 48 hours is the EU Directive working week, before overtime is paid. Fair enough, he is still doing 48 hours on standard wage, and 2 hours overtime for a Mon-Fri week? Anyone else got anymore info?
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I am seeking advice on UK employment law for a friend. He recently became employed by a company. This company expects him to pick up the work truck at their yard and drive an hour down the road to site. Work 8 hours. Then drive the truck back to the yard. They are only paying him for the 8 hours worked. Surely this is against the law? Driving their work truck to and from site must be paid in my opinion. And over 40 hours a week at overtime rate. I have been a subby for many years so no longer up to date with employment law. Any info, facts or links from you guys much appreciated.
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I would definitely have had a go at that!! Not a lot of room for error though! That trunk is literally an inch from the shed roof! Fair play to the bloke! Turned a nightmare of a job into an easy mornings work! It would have been a tricky dismantle with that power line and pole right under the tree!
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What's the best small ground saw? Fancy a Husky
Sciadopitys replied to njc110381's topic in Chainsaws
I just got a 560XPG, very happy with it! I never thought I'd buy anything but Stihl, until they started messing around with postal delivery rules! I won't buy a Stihl again! They've lost my custom! Husky all the way! I've got friends who own the 550, only heard good things!! -
Trailer brakeaway cable not attached... 3 points and £100 fine
Sciadopitys replied to Sciadopitys's topic in General chat
No part of the vehicle or chipper were "defective" so how can I get three points for having defective brakes??? -
Trailer brakeaway cable not attached... 3 points and £100 fine
Sciadopitys replied to Sciadopitys's topic in General chat
Traffic copper in an unmarked car! -
Trailer brakeaway cable not attached... 3 points and £100 fine
Sciadopitys replied to Sciadopitys's topic in General chat
I thought it was bloody harsh too! It has to be the first time I've ever not clipped it on, and I have no idea why I didn't. Damn unlucky he saw it as well.... I've had a squeaky clean licence for 15 years, so it's annoyed me A LOT!! -
Got stopped by the old bill today, and to my amazement he said the brake away cable on my chipper was not attached. And sure enough, it wasn't! I am usually very strict and check the cable, the number plate matches the vehicle and the lights and working. Dunno how it happened, but anyway, I failed to clip the break away cable on! He gave me a ticket, and said I will get three points and £100 fine! His exact wording on the ticket says "defective trailer brakes" which is not strictly true! The brakes were fine! Is it worth going to court to argue the point, or do I just pay up and take thE points like a man?! Please share your thoughts!! Cheers, Ed
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Did this one last year! Nowhere near as tight, but the tree had the crown on so I had to aim to the left of the birch tree in the foreground so it would fit. Made it bloody close to the building on the left as she went through.
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If they go through, your a legend! If it doesn't your a tosser! No in between!
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I tried a Washingtonia Palm fell in Portugal a few years ago, the gate way was a lot further away though, and just as tight. The trunk made it through, but one of the lower fronds pulled over a poorly build ten metre block wall. I did the two day job in half a day! Then spent the next three days rebuilding the wall. Funny now, at the time it wasn't!!
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It might be straight, but it still takes a good pair of bollocks to actually do it! Fair play to the man!
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I do it regularly with Ryanair and Norwegian! Never had an issue! TAP in Lisbon pulled me off a plane just before take off once though.. missed the flight because they found the chainsaw in my luggage! I flew in with them, it was fine until I wanted to fly my saw home! Arseholes! Never flown with them since! I posted the saw home, it arrived in two days, obviously went by plane!!
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My H screw is turned as far anti clockwise as it can go! (With the limiter still on). Saw runs well and plug looks normal brown colour! The saw is definitely running cooler, it used to get red hot after heavy use, not anymore! I am presuming this is a good thing!?
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Well here it is! Definitely more power and throttle response!
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I just looked again, my exhaust is definitely different to the exhaust the American guy has on his 201t as standard. Anyone know why they yanks have a different one? Can they be drilled just the same?
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15-20% increase i will be happy with!
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If 40% power increase is possible from the other simple mods, then I am not bothered about porting the thing! I am sure it will cut like a beast when I am finished with it! I am gonna do the exhaust and carb tomorrow, and re-tune it, see how she behaves after that. Mine is a 2012 model, always ran sweet, but always lacked power! I am just hoping the carb and exhaust are the same as the USA saw that this guy was talking about, and I get the power increase he claims!
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I read about drilling the exhaust, remove the limiter on the Carb H screw and advancing the timing of the saw on this site last night. I am gonna give it all a go! My exhaust is definitely different to the pics I have seen online! Is there different exhausts in Europe to USA models? Mine looks smaller! And are the carbs the same? The 201t in the video looks to pick up way quicker then mine, and the guy claims something like a 40% power increase after the few simple mods he talks about! Has anyone done these mods? And got any results to share? Spudulike??
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Bio oil is £100 for 20 litres in Sweden, £80 for Stihl, £65 cheaper brands. Over winter it was below minus twenty and I have been using rapeseed oil since January, straight out of the supermarket. Cheap as chips and worked well when it's cold, but now it's warmed up a bit, it's just too thin! Just had to buy an expensive barrel! :-( Anyone know if there can be negatives to using the cheaper rapeseed oil? I found no more wear on bars ect. And had no problems at all that I am aware of! As I said, it is on the thin side, but between minus 25 and plus 15 I found it worked a treat!
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Cheers for the clarification Jo! Ha, ha!! I'm too busy to sit on here every night like you Mr. Blair!
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Just been on the NPTC website for the first time in about 3 years, to print a UA2.3 refresher schedule! What the hell is going on? It's full of strange numbers and certificates for all sorts of nonsence - took me about 40 mins to actually find the schedule i needed! Are these numbers the future of Arb training? Very confusing!!!
