Gray git
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Fine as long as they are a student on work based experience from a collage and I provided a young persons working risk assessment. 16 was a no, 17 ok as long as associated with a collage, 18 fine as a apprentice. What difference it really makes I don't know as I've met 19 year olds I wouldn't trust to have a go at feeding a chipper and 16 year olds I'd trust to fell a tree in a tight garden. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Ha ha Yeh, think she was going for the top gun look that day Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Apprentice having 1st go with hb20 last week. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Didn't someone on here find what are basically gray pfanner gloves without the name tag at a much better price? The red 1ns are about the best I've used and the thicker cold weather 1ns are brilliant when I'm in the mewp over winter as can get cold quite in the bucket, got petzl leather gloves in the rigging bag for lads on ground to pull on nd help avoid rope burn or wearing out softer gloves when running the roped and cheep black assembly gloves for general stuff. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Don't think you'll regret that decision! Especially having a smaller machine when you don't need to drag a beastly machine around Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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How did you get on with the 200 Ian, on paper looks like it should be good....... but in real life??? Think I'm going to hold on to the st8 for now but take some of the strain off it on bigger jobs by getting a large pto machine. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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What do you guys pay apprentices Got 1 starting next week working towards the required 300hrs work based aspect of a level 3 arb course. Do you consider the experience and some real world training pay enough, put them on books at a student rate whatever that is, min wage, or buy them bits of kit to keep as they earn them. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Take it you haven't been in hospital from a silky kiss then! Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Think it's about 10years too late if I'm perfectly honest! Awkward one as ground conditions didn't really allow for us to get in till now as that whole end of the arboretum is very wet so I think that had some bairing on timing as did the council dragging heals on permissioning the works wanting far end of a fart details I got the impression. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Need this! If the gait ain't big enough not a problem it'll make it bigger. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3uJZVC_P_Fc/Sol4xUAJzuI/AAAAAAAANmQ/slE6UtBTR-g/s896/Grinder%2520%25287%2529.jpg Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Reducing the Catherine parr oak at thorp perrow arboretum today. Had strict instructions from curator and a consultant as to where to cut as they had decided to significantly reduced the sail of the Crown in an exempt to save the tree. Before During After It truly is a massive tree at over 400year old, shame it's so badly decayed. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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http://www.northernpowergrid.com/ Somewhere in the contact section or services you can request a site visit to confirm what is needed, you will end up dealing with amey who for the dozen or so times I've needed it over last few years have been very good and efficient. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Wrong questions you should be asking how expensive is it if I mess up, especially since its free to do it properly Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Anyone seen this idea before turning your digger into a shovel loader and back again. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Ow Yeh 😳 Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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What you replacing that with then Stephen Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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I d always put him as an extra man on site rather than the 2nd man so no reason for a job not getting finished and he can be more closely supervised and taught as the jobs progress. As his skills and compatancy increase give him more responsibility but on simple/safer jobs that have slacker time constraints therfore helping improve confidence. Ask him to suggest solutions to problems then explain the good and bad points of hus view and possibly how it could be attacked in a different way, it's all about getting them engaged and thinking not just saying this is how we do it and that's that. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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I like the way the top guard folds down to give better visibility as I find when I have the farmi winche on front of valtra it can be a bit of a pain looking through it. Think you should be very proud of that unit now and let's hope the cost is paid back with reliable service for many more years. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Looking really good now Andy, did you have to use longer front arms to make the pto angle a little shallower or is that standard? Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Yeh it's a little more involved repairing a powerline than a BT line that's for sure! Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Just put a request in for shrouding and when they come back and say no need your covered but as you will be working about a live powerline I'm fairly sure you have a obligation to notify them. It's free and unless they require isolation normally very quick. Also I've had lads turn up to isolated lines for me and persuade them to disconnect the section and drop it which has made our job so much easier and quicker so they get the line back up and on faster. Fines for damaging the lines are eye watering apparently so go carefully Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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That's brilliant Worth a fortune if all brittool 😉 Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Best excavator grinder I used as a old 5ton kabota that had a 150hp engine instead of its original with 2 sets of hydraulic systems fitted and the dipper boom removed with a grinding head off a 100hp Carlton in its place. Was immensely powerful machine and could track, grind, slew all simultaneously without killing the engine too much. Biggest problems were it's physical size restricted where it could be used and it was unbelievably noisy in the cab so plugs under defenders were a must. Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Good sun rises bud. 49eh only a year to go to the big 50 and we will all expect a invite to the party 😉🍻 Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Looking good,nicely laid out but no Deal of the day which is very disappointing 😜 Sent from my D5803 using Arbtalk mobile app
