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Those chippers they have are so big they would pull in a child or small wife just like that!

They have the rated becket, so are more usable than the petzl fixe, even though we know that the fixe is plenty strond enough on the becket. Tying directly on is a nice feature though!

Soundsa about right, I heard it was a lake but same same. Maybe they then forensiced the chipper and found hamas bit of scalp? Then we are all right for a change!! Except it wasn't A plant it was MB hire services. OOOOps!!

Great! More legislation to prevent us from making any profit!!

I do humour, its best to start with something funny...... Didn't mean to be impolite though, sorry, that was my attempt at humour.

Is that how it went? I heard it was a tooth or part of, and that was all that was ever found.

Give me your list of courses that you think I would benefit from?? I could do a yoga course to learn how to be more subtle for starters!!

Are you really as dumb as you make yourself out to be? Partsfinder does all makes, I only posted a link to the LDV section just to be helpful for our northern friend.

Unfortunatly those numbers may inlcude some children helping out Dad in the holidays! They have some brutal chippers over there!! It will also include one well documented disposal of a frozen corpse into a lake. The first case of prosecuted murder without a body in the US I believe?

Yeah, not sure how I got roped into that!! I used it for a while and told them what I thought but Mark Bridge had already one a comp or two in one so my input was minimal. Did you cut out the picture and keep it in a special place?

Way to go america!!

Plenty of fungi there!!!!!!!!!!!

I take it you don't mean me!!

Thats it Dean, its just a job, no point getting excited about it. Its good on good days and bad on others, same as any other job but with better views! I wouldn't change it for the world, but I can think of better non working things to do!

The originals are 13Mb each as Jpegs. Awesome detail, shame not enough colour on that day.

I had some extra pictures taken on this job by a photographer. Unfortunatly the sun didn't come out so they weren't as good as I had hoped.

Training I would go along with. Big gay yellow box, look at us we need special kit cos we are so brave and dangerous and generally special, is not a good idea IMO. Remember I only post opinions, its all good that others think differently, that the whole point of a discussion. But if I find that in a years time I am "required" to own a big yellow box of tat, just to satisfy some pen pushers, I'll know who to send the bill to! And I don't think I'm complacent, I'm scared of heights and I don't like chainsaws much so I have that on my mind the whole time.

I think everyone should be doing whatever extra they feel they ought to. I just think the big yellow box is shouting too loudly "look at us, we are dangerous!" and its expensive. Get some extra kit, shove it under the seat, and keep on like its not really a difficult job, get paid, be happy and ignore what everyone thinks of us loppers.

If anything upgrading ourselves will earn thier admiration, after all how many industries are self policing and motivated with regards to H&S? HSE sets a standard, a minimum standard, why shouldnt we aspire iether as an industry or as individuals to elevate ourselves to an even better standard? You do seem keen on earning admiration/recognition etc recently. I think you'll find that thsi industry is extremley good at self policing, the HSE standards are set after massive amounts of advice and research from companies and individuals without whom the standards would be a lot higher. Chainsaw gloves in the tree, full body harnesses, no top handles, no climbing etc. could all be in place if it wasn't for our self policing wereby we have proved what is genuinly necessary and what isn't.

Its probably because I don't think we are special or unique. We are trained to do a job within the limits of risk that make it accpetable to do so. If we work outside of those limits then the HSE would bring out further enforcements to bring us back within the limits. Instead of saying "look, we are special, we do a really dangerous job, we need a big yellow first aid kit cos we are so dangerous" I think we should be saying, "no, we are not secial we just do a job and conform to first aid regs like everyone else" I suppose it depends on weather you think the job is dangerous or not?

Ok, as a direct answer, no I would prefer to have this particular first aid kit, partly because the cost doesn't justify it and partly because I believe first aid is more to do with the person administering it than the actual kit. If I was the injuered party then there are some workers who I know that would be useless and others that would be brilliant, I don't the kit would have much to do with it. Thats just my opinion. I do think extra bits of kit can't hurt, as has been mentioned before on this thread.

It would be worth knowing how accurate it is, and how well that information gets passed onto the emergency crews?

If you can get to just below the stumps is it then possible to use the grinder to make a ledge that you can then put the grinder on to continue grinding? I had similar problems last week though and no where near 45 degrees, so I guesss it would be difficult!

Because that is what is required from us, having a high spec first aid kit is not required. You could drive your car at 120mph everywhere and its ok cos you have a high spec first aid kit for when you crash, or reduce your speed and drive safely and carry a normal first aid kit just in case.

No Tim, I don't think its a positive move to seperate our industry from all others. That is a backward step IMO. We are just a trade industry, no different from any other, builders carpenters etc. all use power tools and have exposure to potential accidents. If we think that we should be moved to a special catogory, where we think paramedics are not good enough for us because we are so dangerouse and at such high risk then the HSE will take extra steps to bring us back in line with everybody else. Which is what has happened already and we don't need any more restrictions. They wanted to ban top handles a while back, but extensive re writting of best practices along wth improved training for work positioning has shown the HSE that we are capable of reducing the risk to an acceptable amount and therefore remian under the same headign as other trades and work places. An insistance that we are special and need extra protection from the very serious dangers we face everyday and the near death experinces of being a bloke up a tree will only hold us back IMO. First aid at work regualations include us, and we shoudl keep it that way.