Rupe
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Do you love him? Its a dogs dinner!
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Thats a good point, and I don't know the answer. I would lie and say there were no trees, once the engineer is there he has to repair the fault. But, I can see that you can't go round telling people that they need to lie!! The general answer is BT won't clear round lines just to prevent possibel damage. That will never happen. If folk want to ensure there is no damage then they can pay to have tree pruned back, but the best advice is to not worry about and if it stops working then report a fault.
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You don't need clearance for bt lines, so its no ones responsiblity. If the lines wear out or get damages by trees then its BT's responsibility to repair or replace them but no one needs to ensure that the damage doesn't occur in the first place. Its BT's policy to repair within 24 hours so its its no big deal.
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I wouldn't be posing next to that dogs dinner of a felling cut!
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Good point! Chances are someone else will do it without lights!
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Depends on what your insurance company require. The C&G is usefull if you have to mess with the lights at all but generally they should be ok once going but you will be responsible for them once the bloke that set it up has gone, even if you are up the tree, someone has to be in charge/responsible. Of course it would need to be both ways, they don't do one way lights!
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200+ for a day I think, all set up for you to full chapter 8 standards. The City & Guilds certification is for road works, not just traffic lights. You need it just for setting up basic signs and cones and insurance companies would require it if working on or near highways. And that includes parking in a road outside someones house and feeding the chipper there.
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What do your insurance company require you to do in order to stay insured? City and guilds certificate in road works would be a good start, it allows you to operate traffic lights. If you get a company in to set them up thats fine but someone on site needs to be qualified. Yes, you should tell highways dept. mostly just in case there is something else planned in the same area.
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Saddos!!!!!! I'm off to the LDV forum now!
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Oh ok, so just a comfort thing really.
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I'm not involved in that process but they told me they had chosen a Tulip tree as a replacement. It will be planted at the other end of the shrub bed in February.
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Whats the difference between a "county" model and normal one?? (this is not in reference to anything in this thread but I had been wondering)
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Isn't it just the dark heartwood that has some value? Usually about 10% of the cost of moving it in large pieces.
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Just got the permission through for the next big one, nearly twice the size of this one, but not sure I can start it this year now, may have to wait till January and hope the weather is ok.
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And the final Pic!
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Thermals are the most important layer IMO. After that any old stuff will do. I use Helly hansen, they have been makign thermals forever. The newer ones are not so smelly helly anymore, you can wear them for a week no worries and wash them at the weekend wehter they need it or not! Cotswold are doing helly hansen thermals, tops and Long johns together for 30quid I think, no further discount available for that product but for anything else don't forget the discount code for ISA members which anyone can use for on line ordering isa member or not. Discount code is AF-ISOA-T3 Please wait...
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I got a vermeer 252, so yours is just a bit bigger, would have been good for that stump, but I don't do much that size.
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Yep, its good. Not used it that much since I got it but when its needed it is good.
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Lowered as much as possible, then rings pushed off with block driver, then felled the least 6 foot or so. Split it all on site into manageables (using logsplitter) and it all dissapeared on its own. I took one LDV full of logs for myself, that was all. I had so many people wanting wood and some I owed wood to for favours etc. so they all came and took waht they wanted and left me with sawdust! Still got 100's of pics to come!!
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We took some away, half a truck full, or the pile would have been too big. Left it a bit raised so it will level out in time. Was quite soft in the middle, but still took 3+ hours to grind! (had 6 cups of tea brough out in that time though and cake/jaffa cakes/chocalate brownies etc etc. Also took a truck load of sawdust as expected.
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Done it!! Too dark to take finished photo though. Might pop back over the weekend.
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I was just thinking that! Its about 8foot longways and 4-5 accross??
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Yep, the truck is great thanks. Its great to have all the kit in the dry! We used to put kit in the back, or for larger jobs we would take my car as well with roofbox on, saws in roofbox and climbing/rigging kit in the back. Now we take the car much less often (only on 3 man days, or if we need stump grinder as well) and I've got rid of the roof box for now. Anyways heres the final stump pic. I wetted it first to bring out the patterns....
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Never tried swapping saws Pete. What if one is cutting bendier than the other?? Learning to sharpen better might be a good start I guess!! I was tempted to go bigger and each time I did I got a look of death from the guys tryign to shift them! There was only space for one or two rings on the ground so couldn't just do it all and come down. We removed one shrub and that was the drop zone, then another got squished so the DZ got a bit larger so we ended up felling the last 6 feet into our new space!
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Its all about design! Plus shaprening on the floor is bad for your back!! (and knees)
