Rowan the Bruce

Yep you're right, but it is true in Cornwall he is the assessor with the ability to assess more NPTC tickets than anyone else. I know what your thinking but I've known him for years and he helped me out on that one. By the way it was with Kensey not Lyner as i am in mid Cornwall

Oi! you should try being at the top of the bloody hill then, plenty of draw on my chimney tonight ha! ha!

I was working in Penzance if that helps

best to contact a local assessor who can assess you for AO1 and AO2, is it for the RFS cert arb?. when you find the right person get them to go through a provider(most are anyway) so that you can get the cert. Local agricultural colleges often can advise also. Hope that helps. I did it with the most experienced assessor here in cornwall. Good luck

[ATTACH]51293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]51294[/ATTACH] Now here's a pretty sight I saw the other day. We turned up to do some pruning on a TPO sycamore and down the road 50 yards were this crew. I watched amazed as the guy in his ancient harness from the seventies (rock harness) swung his blunt stihl 170 with consumate ease through the air one handed, dropping branches on the groundies below who also had no ppe on. After we had finished our work, I walked passed the site on the way to see my client, and in passing, said to a chap who was loading logs into the back of a pick up ' I've never seen anything like it' - the chap turned and said to me 'what! the speed at which he's taking the tree down' I simply had to laugh in his face and say 'No! the complete disregard for any health and safety' I continued the conversation and the words TPO, HSE, photos, PPE etc were mentioned. Then panick strikes - we're self employed, we've got helmets etc they just get in the way blah! blah! On the way back from my client I reassured them that I was only joking,(food for thought never hurts though). After all I'm not a complete bstard, however, I did pass my card on to the developer and asked him if he needed a professional to give us a bell.

Niether, get a husky 372xp Much better IMO

Yeah man that was cool! Nice one thanks for sharing. Where in Kernow are you I am up the road from Tommer in Redruth/:001_tt2:Lanner.

No I'm not, just spoken to my inspector and he said that they need to be certified / CE marked, I'll call nod on the morrow.

Thanks Old Snake, my LOLER inspector is sound and knows a bit about splicing so I'm going get it done in the mornin woop woop!

yeah! thanks High Scale. I have heard of a loler inspector who was probably ignorant of splices cutting the spliced eye off a new england rope because the inner core wasn't through the splice, done by a large reputable arb supplier. Now if the outer core is only spliced losing x amount of mbs, is it still stronger than a bowline, now I am confusing myself. You can tell I know f a about splicing ha! ha!

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Hi all been away for a while and I'm needing to get some splicing done - lanyard, footlock strop, climbing line and friction saver. I called a guy from the local chandlers in Falmouth and he said to bring the rope down and he'd see if he can do them. He's been splicing marine ropes for 20 years but says he ain't certified but can test them. For LOLER inspections would I need them to be done by someone who can sign a bit of paper? I'd love to go on one of Nods courses though, where are they held normally?

Thanks for getting me back on mate, nice one. Good looking wood that, make some nice tables. Glad to see that the site has dried up.

Glad you like my back yard folks.

If you walk down through the village of constantine, carry on down to the bottom of the hill, theres an old school on your left and a river running under the road. If you follow a path on the right near the river it will take you to part of the helford river called Ponjeravah the walk goes through some nice woods. Also half way down the village past the pub turn left and carry on walking theres a blue bell wood (bit early for flowers) nice woods too. Ask around theres loads of good places the Ferryboat pub is agood one near Trebah and Glendurgan gardens, and the beach at Durgan is also worth alook. have a good one.

If your going to have a chip box on the back with 1 - 1.5 tonnes of chip on the back, and tow a 2 ton chipper then its gonna seriously struggle on hills/hillstarts. My crewcab struggles and I tow a timberwolf (750Kg). Good luck don't fill it too full with beech lol!

Great vid that Pete. Nuts!

Nice story that Tom, life is a little easier in some ways/ harder in others in those places. Is that a quote from Blade Runner on your posts?

yeah - I missed the opportunity to photo some guys using jackhammers in flip flops/thongs, singlets and lungi's. The highway was between Mysore and Mangalore in Karnataka state.

Some highway work Indian style, had 5 weeks away recently and was lucky enough to stumble accross this! They had a chainsaw to cut the fig up on the ground and to fell the stems. They had done about 40 of them already, nutters!

I may know just the fellow DTC, lives near Truro what's the job / pay like, pm me your number. I noticed you know my mate Tommer then. I live up the road from him.

Shame to ruin a nice boot like that, do you have his number I could do with some boots myself. He must have a job lot or something , nice vid.

A lot depends on quality though Doug my wood is pretty crap mixed loads, not barn dried for two years, I live in one of the dampest places in England. If it was better i'd charge £150 a load.