Dean Lofthouse
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Council claim - does this tree suffer decay?
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mike Herts's topic in General chat
The branch has simply fallen due to the extremely bad weather that we had on this day. This is the statement I was referring to BTW -
Council claim - does this tree suffer decay?
Dean Lofthouse replied to Mike Herts's topic in General chat
Whoever wrote that statement, did so from a nice warm office without visiting site. If someone did visit site, they were either blind, drunk, drugged up, incompetent, lacking any experience whatsoever of trees, looking at the wrong tree or just a complete and utter idiot -
They pass on owner details to people enquiring if they hire (which they don't) they get a lot of people asking and as a good after sales service, they pass on potential work
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If you give these guys a ring, they will put you onto someone in or around Sheffield, there will be someone very local to you Access Platforms, Powered Access & Platform Equipment - Promax Access
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Have you got any links or pics to show what you mean
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Sometimes I anchor in, sometimes I anchor to the tree sometimes not at all. If I'm going to the edge of the working envelope or i dont trust the ground conditions, I tend to temporarily anchor to the tree, the mewp can fall over if it likes then. If I'm doing connies and they are relatively low I don't bother I tend to exit the basket a lot, on higher stuff so always have my climbing line to hand. If you look at the op, the basket trashed some scaffolding on the way down which may have caused ejection from the basket of one of the occupants. It's a bit like the seatbelt argument, you are much more likely to survive if you are anchored in. However, I disagree with anchoring whilst tracking or driving the mewp from a to b with a fall arrest harness on
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Hahaha...... and you've never tipped a mewp over (-:
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I always take an abseil kit (-:
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For those interested, another mewp failure, same machine as mine, same position and same senario. Chris, the guy involved in this case, also survived as did his passenger. I did speak to him but not recently, he was badly injured the full thread and pictures halfway through http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/22796-tree-surgery-accident-dorset-involving-mewp.html
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It never did anything, a mate ask me if I would use it to let him point a tiny bit of this gable end as he had been quoted £600 to scaffold it to do five minutes pointing. It was a favour, coming back down we had to negotiate several phone lines, when all of a sudden it went into free fall . After a lot of investigation it was narrowed down to an hydraulic fault which stopped the sensors detecting the pressures which fooled the machine into letting us go outside the working envelope with two men up. Hence I never work with two men in the basket and never will again. One man and a saw will be half the capacity of the basket an stay well within the operating safety margins
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No it's the guy wire that has a lump of wood attached to it so the "no win no fee" brigade see it and dont walk into the wire
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Your MEWP is the wrong way up for this thread
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Lol, I like your analogies Dave (-:
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Mewps definately have their place. I survived a 45 ft fall from a mewp and still use them, even after hearing of another climber surviving exactly the same fall from exactly the same machine. He was badly injured, but both he and his passenger survived, I came away with serious whiplash across the chest but my passenger was seriously injured I really feel for the guys in this incident, the point of failure was around the 4th storey or 50ft mark so they came down a long way in a pendulum motion, which could have ejected them from the basket even of they had been anchored in I hear of a lot more accidents in tree work not involving mewps
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I'll have a look in the next couple of days and take a soil sample from the grassed area away from the drip line What would be the best treatment if the tests are confirmed, would a good old shite spreading help in the short term then lime back end
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Sorry james, just seen this, the field is just grassed and mown every other week, cuttings are not collected
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I did 3 tests one either end and one in the middle. There is a grassed field at the other side, but I reckon none of it will have ever been limed or fertilised
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Did a soil test yesterday Ph= 5.5 N = 0 depleted P = 0 depleted K = 4 surplus
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I have PDF files for the gt45 / gt50 if you pm me your email
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I,ve just put a new alternator on the landy....I could have got one for £50 I chose to pay £170 The price I choose to pay reflects A. The quality of the goods B. The quality of the service To me, both are very important, I,d rather pay £40 over the odds for a £500 saw from a dealer providing an outstanding service and backup than one you can't contact or get repairs and spare in a hurry from and doesn't want know when things go wrong
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Climb
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Do you know....there's too much whinging goes on about saving a few quid on this that an the other. Exhibitors need to make money otherwise you wouldn't have anywhere to go with all the gear in one place to see and try. Get a grip lads, shows are not just about being the cheapest, it an opportunity to see big gear, trucks, mewps, grinders and all the latest small gear in one area to save you money instead of having to travel the country to view different suppliers If price is your primary driving force then stay at home you miserable sods (-:
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If the tree cutter was a pro then he needs his head seeing to.... Unless you are absolutely desperate for work, why would you... A. Carry out such a spec B. get involved in such a dispute I personally would not and never will cut a tree without the owners permission and have refused to do so many many times I think the tree cutter should bear the biggest brunt of any legal action, he should know better and should also know the consequences
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If you plant a tree in your garden, you should plant it "in" your garden, not on the boundary to share with your neighbour when it matures. More thoughtful planting would prevent this happening
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I think I would pack the job in if I had to do those distances. If the jobs more than 5 mile I pass it on to another tree surgeon. There's enough trees round about to work on without doing 70 mile (-: I very rarely work more than 2 mile from the yard
