Taupotreeman

Sounds like a fantastic opportunity. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Just echoing the posts of others. Fantastic thread and some beautiful photos. The older photos show a pace of life we could only maybe dream of today? I also agree that the places look much better, for the main, in the older pictures. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Got to say, that's pretty good of Virgin. Didn't realise airlines still did that. Not sure where I'd go, maybe somewhere I'd never thought of like Argentina. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Should also mention that if you can afford to go out on a proper Dive boat for a week or so some outfits will do the advanced diver course cheap as chips as part of the dive holiday. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Did the open water PADI in Port Douglas, Queensland and then spent a week out on the Rum Runner on the barrier reef. Try and do the PADI course as part of a holiday and somewhere warm. The Maldives are supposed to be one of the best places to dive. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Interesting. Never even thought of Arb jobs in Hong Kong. Would definitely be different. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

My sensei told me practice makes permanent not perfect. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

There's a fine line between getting away with it and having serious accident. You might only get the one chance. Just found this in my OSH fatalities list. Employee fell on chainsaw; cut jugular. An employee was using a chainsaw to trim a tree that he had cut down earlier. After cutting the first limb he walked toward the next limb and stepped into a hole. The saw sped up as his hand gripped the trigger and the chain started to move. The employee fell forward on to the bar severing his jugular vein. He died of massive blood loss. Findings: Put the chain brake on when moving. Take your finger off the trigger. Direct the saw behind you to the left with the saw against your hip. Check your footing as you move. Ensure all other workers are at least 3m away at all times.

I'm with you there. I won't even go camping anymore because I want a decent bed and a proper toilet and hot shower. Maybe I'm a snob but I like my home comforts ta. If I could bring my lazy boy then head home with it at the end of the day, well, then maybe. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

To be honest Mark, I reckon I only go through one spring in a blue moon. The chain brake goes on when the saw is idling rather than going flat knacker. In fact, come to think if it, the last spring I replaced was about two years ago on an old husky. I also seem to remember reading somewhere (not sure if it was on AT) some guy actually falling on top of the saw while it was running. I don't see the difficulty in knocking it on if you're moving about I've also seen that action of slamming on of the chain brake with the palm of the hand, mainly with trainees or older bushmen. For some reason thay cant seem to get the nack of flicking the wrist or it's something they've done for years and is now just a habit. Makes me shiver everytime I see it.

Taupo beef for us. Grass fed, local and just won some awards for something or other. Angus Charolais cross. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I don't think I've seen any subject on AT divide the community so much as this one. Some of the comments sound like it would be a fist fight out in the street. And this after 30 years. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

That's why I get it. It's free and I'm tight

Wow, that's a beast. Reminds me of some at Bradgate Park but they aren't that big. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Haha, I'm sure I've seen similar set ups on youtube fail videos 😄 Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Just posted in the other MT thread but, reading the Daily Mail online today and obviously the headlines were all about Mrs Thatch, the death celebration parties, violence and thuggery in the streets, Barnados getting smashed over etc but nearly everyone I saw in the photos looked way WAY too young to have known anything of her policies even at the end of her career. Band wagon jumpers with yet just another excuse to smash windows, get slaughtered and generally cause chaos? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I have no thoughts on Thatch as I can't really remember her policies but only saw what was on the news but just read something in the paper that struck a cord. A 58 year old man who was made redundant in 1984 was celebrating the death of the witch and intended to have a drink for every year he had spent unemployed (almost 30). To me this tells me everything that is wrong with Britain, that a man is able to stay on the benefit for almost 30 years without a job. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

No bee in my bonnet Alistair and I don't mean to cause offence, just the way I see it. For the record; I do still sub out to many companies as well as working for council so I do know the H&S side of things. Before going self employed in 2007 I was senior project manager for northern utilities at Treescape so again, had an awful lot of involvement with H&S. even now at council I am expected to sort out most of the H&S myself as I have a better working knowledge of the Arb side of it than does our safety officer. Hope that clarifies it a little. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Just had to go back and read the Op again. Was this an accident or could it have been avoided? Most crash scene investigators or incident scene investigators will tell you there's no such thing as an accident. I don't want to plough up old ground but I'm going to anyway (at the risk of igniting an argument); Who made the decision to carry out what sounds like at best a plain stupid task and at worst, illegal (felling trees with a certain distance of a State Highway without proper road control is illegal in NZ I believe and a recent case I was involved in justifies that thought). Who was the observer with regard to any dislodged or broken branches? Was a hazard ID carried out and all the hazards identified? Why was someone working under the tree if there was the posibility of getting cleaned out? How close to the saw operator were you? I'm not sure if I've missed something here but we have H&S policies and hazard ID's in place to avoid this kind of thing.

Same as the others. tripped over a couple of times in thick brash with the saw running and landed on top of the thing. It's then you're glad you snapped the brake on.

Two days in one today. Perfect morning on the way to work. Big black clouds looming on the way home but made for some nice photos, well, at least I thought so.

I believe that the supervisor should be giving direction on site as long as health and safety is not compromised but in this case it's clear that it was compromised from start to finish so the OP has to take his portion of blame. If the OP has the background he indicates then surely he knew the whole job was dodgy an should have pulled out. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Take the emotional side out of the argument for a minute. Ignore the fact that an AT member was injured and has lost earnings etc. replace that member with one of our travelling brethren and ask yourselves what you'd be saying about them if it was they that had dropped the tree over the road in exactly the same circumstances. On top of that; Pretty sure OSH requires that everyone on site be responsible for each others safety even though the principal is the main point of contact. Again, I apologise for the insensitivity but if you look at the facts then this whole job sounds dodgy as. Injuries aside. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Well, we know it was daylight but a quick job. In and out, so quite possibly. They cut almost right through the hinge but left just enough to stop the tree going down hill and through the conductors but yeah, it was someone who had a clue. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

First frost of the year for us Stephen. Great working conditions for sure. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App