Mesterh

I've always used one, wouldn't fancy dropping a saw,especially as there are usually people on the ground it could land on! It's mainly been an 020 so the d ring would rip out before it even attempted to take you out of the bucket. Besides, you would be attached to the bucket by a strop anyway. Easy enough to just strop it to the bucket though. Actually has anyone ever been pulled out of a mewp or tree when there saw has been jammed? I've had the odd big limb trap the saw and take it out of my hand but it has never yanked me that much that I though it would snap my anchor point out, in fact aren't the tool attachments on harnesses designed with this in mind?

Excellent bit of info and thankls for that. I thought cost wasnt a factor, it would factor out a MEWP in probably 99.999999% of all my work. A MEWP is I think a great piece of kit as mentioned by others just like a crane, ie in the right circumstances. I have only used a MEWP on a handful of occasions in my work (loads of times when subbing to others) the main reason being the job spec. I have costed in a MEWP when ime I think the work couldnt be carried out by the standard rope,harness day to day tree climbing op. The main reason for not using a MEWP is cost to me,I would rather the job took longer and more of the money went into my business than a hire company. Obviously this would change if I had more work than I could handle and speed of job completion would increase. Why pay someone £500 for the hire of a crane/mewp then have your men twiddling their thumbs and not earning the next day. I dont see the argument that mewps are more dangerous if by definition tree work isnt dangerous.

Youre probably right, I took that for an impulse hose(not sure if they have them on huskies). I have no other ideas. Does get depressing when you replace that many parts and nothing makes a difference! Hope you can get it sorted though.

The video of the tsunami was awesome, in a scary way. Thoughts go out to those having to deal with the aftermath.

Cut straight through loads when on the power lines. Not snapped any on a domestic. Yet....

I'll raise the above by a split in the carb boot.

I reckon you will find 99.9% of accidents are due to human error. It is a terrible story and something we should all be made aware of from time to time I think. I, like no doubt many other idiots have in the past had my hands way too close to the feed rollers pushing in stupid bits of twigs!!! You do sometimes have to look at what you are doing and mentally slap yourself around the face. We now have a £2 piece of B&Q's finest 4x2 to use instead. One of the best bits of kit to use with a chipper imo.

Didn't you get one of those repair patches when you bought the pants?

Looks good. Small trees can sometimes be more of a pita than big ones to reduce ime.

I would gob it up in the direction you want it to hopefully go but pull it at a bigger angle ie more to the direction against the lean. Big heavy leaners really need a good bit of winching power and big gobs and hinges.Or they just snap and go sideways. Well they do with me. Although if it goes straight why not spike up a few feet and gob it out there?

Yes but WHY? What purpose do they serve???? All i can see what they do is manually pump fuel from the tank to the saw. Carbs have done this on their own for years.

Cant your missus handle a big chopper?

I always wondered what they are for? Not being funny but you usually dont see them on pro saws just the semi-pro or hedge trimmers. Even then a never need to use them!

Tbh I have never seen that! And I have witnessed plenty of neighbour cutting back jobs. I would just trim it as normal and see if anything else gets said by the council before I even thought of ripping it out.

No offense but dont you have a work plan? Ie I'm getting qualified so I can....

Whether its more to do if they have an accident doing something that they shouldnt ie goes against work rules,RA,MS etc I'm not sure. I suppose all you can do is have EL then leave it up to the insurance if a claim is made against you. I would hope that if someone got injured through my negligence they would be duly compensated.

I'm no expert and havent had any dealings with the above,but, I remember the insurance guy telling me yonks ago that employers liability was just that, liability insurance, it isnt accident insurance. His words not mine though. Seems right though, although no doubt the RA should cover every possible foreseen accident.

Legally you dont need any insurance, although I dont agree with that personally. But, if there is a possibility of damaging or injuring a third party you should really get public liability. Its only when you are employing someone you need by law employers liability. Cant remember about professional indemnity but that wont apply to what your asking about anyway.

Will make an interesting addition to the gallery of your web sites and the services you provide. "Trees pruned,felled and planted" "Aquatic mammals sliced and diced" Great job carried out there.

Could you really get just under £500 for that job?

Your quite right there. They probably have a lot more time to worry about stuff, and obvioulsy complain too! Has indeed been an interesting thread. I would have no probs in removing a tree like that, Ive removed far healthier and possibly 'better' trees in the name of construction. Not saying it isnt a shame and would also be good if a nice bit of furniture could be made from it or a carving. I have probably seen big beech fail and drop big limbs more than any other species. I wonder though if the reactions would be the same if it was a scabby old poplar?

Looks brilliant.

I always put it on choke after a refuel and it fires fine. May need a bit of tweeking on the h/l screws

Im always right, but I always nit pick.

IMO you need the certs. People will say experience is everything but its not, tickets dont mean an awful lot either. Old people have experience, depends if its a good one though! Most pros will have the certs.