Dean Lofthouse
-
Posts
17,816 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
4
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by Dean Lofthouse
-
Three headsets senario Two for stop go board men and one for the climber
-
£300 fine or £180 if paid within ten days.
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in General chat
Demolition waste is processed on site nowadays Arb waste is processed on site and if prosecution did take place, I dont think it would get to court stage let alone High court, so my house is safe. The guidelines are so unclear it would not get to court and even if it did I would only suffer a £300 fine and around the same in costs Does anyone know of any tree surgeon actually being taken to court ? I dont reckon there has been, they rely on scaring you into buying a license -
£300 fine or £180 if paid within ten days.
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in General chat
It needs someone with balls to stand up to the EA otherwise we will never get anywhere. I for one will not roll over and let them tickle my belly -
In that case is should have been Pine nearly gone
-
Ian....I'm intrigued as to how you came up with the title of this thread Pine gone ?????
-
Money bags !!!!!!!!!!!
-
£300 fine or £180 if paid within ten days.
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in General chat
Virgin timber consists of "primarily" woodchip What percentage of leaf to timber is "primarily" How, upon inspection of your load does the inspectee assertain the volume of leaf within the load. How would they measure leaf content if it did go to court If I take down a tree I might take away 4 loads, one of those loads may contain more leaf than the other three, but as a whole, it would be a minute percentage of leaf over the whole waste taken away. I reckon a good lawyer will pull holes in this legislation -
In the right situation they are invaluable Bob, they dont want using all the time. But when your up the tree, with chipper going, you dont have to look around, your groundy is controlling the situation telling you it's clear and which branch is sticking out that needs to come off. I was also explaining what I was doing as I was doing it and bits of deadwood I hadn't seen were easily pointed out. First class equipment but sadly over priced IMO If they brought the price down sales would rocket
-
Excellent quality Ian
-
The G4's can do 4 way and have a flip up antenna to extend the range to one mile. You could give one to the sandwich shop and pre order your lunch and brews http://www.cardosystems.com/scala-rider/scala-rider-g4-powerset
-
Full Duplex ( can both talk at the same time) Full noise cancelling 10 hours talk 1 week standby 3 hour charge 500m range can accept or reject phone calls £240 per PAIR Motorbike Intercom taking you further The technology has been out there for a while, I just think because they are sticking them in a pair of ear muffs instead of an helmet they are charging the earth
-
Judging by the size of that branch you did well to fit it in there, did you do one of those special folding falls ?
-
Ed, you forgot to chip the last branch mate
-
Nice one, hope it's a cheap fix for you. Oh....and nice one David....you were on the right track Except for the oil
-
£300 fine or £180 if paid within ten days.
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in General chat
They can fine you if you have a wcl because that is one of the stipulations of having one -
I'll have a look at them myself mate Bring em with you
-
Had a play with them all day today courtesy of Bob Awesome things and would love to buy some, I can see one day it being a standard piece of equipment that we all use, but first they need to bring them down to a more realistic price Very clear communications even with your head stuck inside the chipper hopper Saves loads of time, frustration and shout, you can almost whisper and still hear each other, the best part is taking the mick out of the customer whilst your groundy is talking to them and trying to keep a straight face
-
£300 fine or £180 if paid within ten days.
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in General chat
Rant rant rantity rant !!!!!!! There!!!!......got it off my chest now -
£300 fine or £180 if paid within ten days.
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in General chat
Wait till they start visiting yards and dictating how you store your chip or fine you for tipping somewhere other than your yard. My local golf course has had to have a sump put in where they power wash the mower down at a cost of £20K, because there may be some oil contamination from the mower. Have they been on farms and seen how much oil leaks from tractors the baffoons -
£300 fine or £180 if paid within ten days.
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in General chat
Which is why I will ask to go to court should I get pulled. People think just paying the money for the WCL is the end of it, we have enough paper work to do without any more What happens if the customer is at work ? So far we have Risk Assessment Method Statement Service Record Daily check on Climbing gear Daily check on vehicle Daily check on chipper Daily check on mewp Puwer check records Service record to fill in Training record Vibration records Job sheets Waste transfer daily record from and to Plus all the other paperwork you are supposed to carry Chemical sheets etc. Its a miracle we have time to actually do any work -
Some good feedback I read something about effluence the other day hence the reason I thought about a roof, no water on the chip, no runoff, plus it will be better quality if I get too much and sell it off
-
Do you know what the planning permission is for ? Something to do with run off ??
-
I am planning on putting palisade fencing on top at one side to secure my yard seperate to the chip, I prefer concrete as it is no maintainance and can build up off it if needed
-
I'll be concreteing floor yes. I think railway sleepers are quite dear at the mo Rupe Whats these a frame things Jim?
-
I'm building a new chip bay which will be huge, something like 30m long by 6m wide. One of the walls I have to build will be retaining a 4ft banking and I have spotted these panels Dale Crete - Concrete Products and Ready Mix. Supplying the whole of the UK from our head office in Leek, Staffordshire A 6m x 1m x 150mm panel is about £225 which I reckon will be cheaper and quicker than building a concrete block wall Has anyone ever used them, the only downside I reckon is I'll have to crane them into place, I'm planning on sinking in some RSJ's then slotting the panels between so the bay will be 5 panels long and 1 panel wide, if I'm savvy and put in long rsj's I could even stick a roof over the chip bay
