Taupotreeman
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Does the Rolls Royce Merlin count? Nothing like the sound of the Lancaster warming up for taxiing and then the noise as that and the spitfire and hurricane approached. Also like the Blower Bentley and most V8s of older vintage. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Be interesting to know what the knot was and how he tied it incorrectly. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I don't think that's entirely true, at least not here. If you provide the safety gear, the training etc. and then the employee fails to follow the correct procedures or use the safety gear provided then it's pretty much the employees fault. If, however, correct PPE isn't provided or procedures aren't set out correctly or taught or correct training isn't in place then it's on the employer. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Level 3 qualified but hasn't done any real big work, rigging etc. mainly smaller trees up to about 10-15m. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Ok guys and girls, you have a trainee on staff with minimal experience, keen to learn, all round good guy. How do you approach the training? Fit him in with a fully qualified guy as a two man crew or insert him as part of a three man team? How do you teach him in the tree? What jobs do you let him do and what jobs do you take on? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I'm way past climbing on my own. I value going home to the wife too much to put my neck on the block these days. Plus, the way it's worked in NZ is, if you are working for a client and have an accident they, as the person conducting a business undertaking, are liable and can be prosecuted. Personally, I just like to have the back up should something go tits up. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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That would tie in David. A couple of the trees either side have heavy decay in the base and are coming out in the near future. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Spent a lot of time working on my own in NZ but since new laws were introduced, once you're above 3m you must have a qualified and competent rescue climber on site. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Not for me. Glasses and visor works awesome. Closer fit of the glasses gives better protection and double as shades. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Growing at the base of several Lombardy Pops, a couple of which have heavy decay at the base. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Bolle safety glasses. Anti fog coating on them so they take a bit to steam up. I wear these under a normal visor as my main eye protection. I have a set of clear and polarised for full days and a pair of smoke for sunny days. Reasonably cheap considering and I wash them under water to save wiping the coating off with bits of sawdust. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I've tried Kask - stinks to high heaven no matter how much you wash it (plus I use a sweathawg), Protos - comfy helmet and great in trees but not enough ear protection for my liking, and the vertex vent which I find the best of the lot so far (for the money) and you can pick which ear defenders. I also use Bolle safety glasses along with the visor. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I was the same but they're incredibly comfortable despite looking like a power ranger. They also tend not to snag up like other helmets. The ear muffs is/was an issue though and if it were my own money I'd buy the petzl. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Fit nice, feel well protected but as TheHungrySquirrel said; the earmuffs are crap. Don't seal properly even when cranked right up. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Experienced Arborist looking for work NZ
Taupotreeman replied to pendleton8471's topic in International Arborist Forum
Check out http://www.trademe.co.nz under jobs/arborist. Also, Taupo district council is looking for an arborist. Personally though, I'd go with a proper tree company. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk -
Stitches to a toe isn't a near miss it's an incident. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Took the words right out of my mouth. Drag the butt onto the tray with the winch and then reposition the hook further along to lift the chunk up and into the feed rollers. Saves a lot grunt work. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Compared to the BC1000 another outfit has, out Bandit beats it hands down. I don't think you can mount a winch (as standard) on the Vermeer, the bottom nudge bar is a pain as every time you lift something up in to the tray and it hits the bar it stops the rollers. Just find the Bandit is a much nicer machine all round, easy to work on, fuel efficient and chews everything we throw at it pretty much. If it was my own money I'd have one in a heart beat and the 990 seems to be the perfect size for pretty much every job we do. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Bandit 990 with a winch. Suitable for most occasions and so much better than the Vermeer. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Same. For the first couple of years it looks pretty ugly but then, as the wounds heal it's hard to tell the difference between minor insect damage, bark fissures etc. topped and spiked tree after tree after tree in Oz for Pacific Power (transmission line clearance and under orders) and you could see that the trees had the same treatment year after year with apparently no ill effect. Not that I use spikes for pruning but you get my drift. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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The worst thing you can hit with a saw
Taupotreeman replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
Had concrete in a limb before about 20 feet up but not from people. Termites at the base of the tree had chewed up the concrete footpath and used it to make a nest in the limb cavity. For about 6 feet along the limb was a network of tunnels all made from concrete. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk -
http://i.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/89265113/mass-whale-stranding-at-farewell-spit Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Nah, it just seems to happen. They had heaps of them, refloated them (for want of a better term) and they beached themselves again. Many were buried, others towed back out to sea. It seems to be becoming a more regular occurrence. Heaps of theories but they are just theories. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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And he'd have been busy recently if he was still wielding the saw; been heaps of strandings here of late. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Where abouts is he Mark and doing what? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
