Gray git

A camel back style battery, slim and streamline would be better than round your waste on top of the harness and in the way of other stuff.

That's a good thing as stops it pissing off back to the top all way up to the pully, better it stays put or go's down as it's easier to grab it again and pull up rather than having to climb unnecessarily.

You too bud, really looking forward to looking at possible new chippers, shiny things and catching up with old friends and making new one's.

Ow yes I'll be there for both days. Think might be a few of us from up here travelling in convoy.

Turfalburger tachyon for me, better than BT as a bit stiffer so self tends better. Imo.

Found somewhere to fly tip off jon ;-)

Old school loading big logs winching them up ramps, old school jeans and bare head cutting the stump off or was that staged for orthantisaty ;-) :-P

Think my wife has got.of.lightly this year and ordered it as my birthday present, she had better get some hot lava java to go with it!!

Looks more like thousands of pounds worth in that pile!

That's no way for anyone to go, such sad news for the family and friends he's left behind. Sortoff one of my fears after having my colleagues bone broken in a similar situation and also having hitg someone I didn't see all my lads have orange polo shirts and sweatshirt to try and help with spotting them.

Good you got some kids involved which will make them protective of them and help stop them being vandalised, good project.

Will it have to be as not primary life support and more an assister which if it fails your not going to fall. Fancy trying 1 for ddrt climbing or srt access. Looks good.

Recognised might have been easier to spell ;-)

Depends what you expected to get out of it. For me yes, even as a basic member I get information from them the arb magazine updates on training, discount on training which I've taken advantage of and of course entry into the arb show. Financially iv covered my membership fee in savings. Also shows some commitment to the industry being a member of an official organisation, although you can't use there emblem unless an approved contractor you can state in words your a member on your website which can be an added comfort to clients.

I now know what my boy can get me for my birthday, cheers stan.

Ah so that was the answer we needed take the h & s bloke out to lunch. Get him pisked and he'll pas anyting ;-)

New owners since then, only been in about a year, totally redoing the place. Half the trees had been cleared by another contractor leaving the hardest 1ns on the steep slopes over the buildings. Didn't find out who so hope it weren't you bud.....

Yeh, did you price them as well lol

That's what mine did to, sent it into local dealer and let them deal with it and replace bearings at same time as had tiny bit of play as heard it was a testing job and I'd loose blood doing it.

Even quicker with a backbone instead of a crab, love mine as no gates to open/close or cross load, have a look at 1 of vids I did, backbone tree rigging. Sorry phone a bit broken so can't do links as crack om screen is rite where bit for doing so is.

This is the point I am trying to make, Thankyou.

Clearly never heard of id cards and on site site specific risk assessment which supplement and often supersede pre prepared method statement and generic assessments but refer back to them. Both of which are easily provided and discussed on site and even amended as the job progress because remember tree work is dynamic and risks can present themselves part way through a job and also be removed part way through and should be recorded thus.

1, good then that's no longer an issue 2, communication by its vary nature is 2 way and by that I mean not being dictated to but listend to when explaining why thing are done within this industry in certain ways. 3, problem is you asked me to come play and need my mates to play aswell or you don't get to play the next round with the next team when you're employer tells you too and then wants to know why. These things should be sorted long before anyone ever sets foot on site and not at 9am on day 1 like is so often the case. So pray tell what your link to this industry is to qualify this lofty position you have given yourself?

Dialogue between client and contractors is the way forward and compromise and amendments are the result but when you ask why they require a certain amendment which wouldn't actually change the outcome and the reason is simply 'because I think so' with no back up sometimes you have to stand your ground but in a positive calm way, no shouting stamping feet or toys out the pram but providing evidence to support your assessment. To the op ask the client what further information they require and if it's a reasonable request fine.

What you misunderstood is that the disc contained all the staff certs, 5staff x about 20 each, cosh assessment prob 20pages, generic risk assessment 30+ pages maintenance records 30+ pages so over 200pages to be printed off for them to not look at. Offered to provide these pre start but no informed them I'd be abiding by there own policy of not printing documents but providing stuff electronically, but he forgot his laptop...... What is important to have available in paper format and we have is ssra and Ss method statement which forms part of the pre start briefing. It's no bluff about charging for being stood down with no notice and I have done it and got payed. I prefer to work in sink with clients but when a little Hitler out to make his mark with the first contractors on site saying we must fit guards to the exposed cutting blade's on chainsaw and can't use chippers because it throws debris with out dust suppression obviously doesn't understand what he's talking about. We frequently specify that our working area is under our control and out of bounds to anyone ells on site which actually go's down well with most sites we work on.