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The problem with involving the insurers for such a small claim is that the OP's father will most likely lose some of his no-claims-discount and have a fault claim on his record.

 

Next year, when it's renewal time, the insurers ramp up the premium, and for the next four years too. Remember the question - 'have you had any claims or accidents in the last five years?'

 

The increase in premiums will far outweigh the cost of settling directly.

 

I know this from bitter experience - some t**t insisted he went through my insurers for knocking off his number plate (stuck on) in a car park. Result - £783 claim against me! And my insurer thought that was a reasonable claim for the damage done.

But it's already gone beyond a sum that the OP would be happy to pay from thier own pocket

Increased premiums is are unfortunate but let's not forget that the liability exists and while the other party hasn't followed insurance company "rules" in getting multiple quotes, it's what the beak decides that counts.

Litigation is risky and can be costly. You venture it at your risk

Im thinking,if it wasnt reported to any insurers at the time,then surely it didnt officially happen.

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You would be wrong in thinking that

I doubt my dads insurance firm would want to deal with it as they were not notified immediately after the event. Its just a bit of a shock as this happened in what is considered one of the most respected areas of the local town, you need to be very well off to live in this area, you don't need to fleece retired widows crippled with arthritis, it makes me sick!

Have you spoken to the insurerers?

Clearly the situation is soured and is going to be problematic so why not just bat it off to the insurers and save yourself the stress.

That is after all, what you pay the insurerers for and its what they are good at.

Why isn't your dads insurance dealing with this?

huh? .

dnftt

Thanks for best guess better than nothing. No broken drains due to distance away from house plus it being raised above the road no drains would be in the vicinity. Ground was not boggy even though have had good amount of rain.

Thanks again.

Well that points at a biological agent,,,,,or something sinister from the Monsanto line up, anyone shaded out, new conservatory nearby perhaps, probably just my suspicious mind

File the hook into the shape below, then find something it fits and pull the tree over,

 

Bob

 

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Bob, there are a lot of "youth" who wouldn't know where it begin with plant that uses a "Lucas" key, haven't you got anything with a Kubota in it :laugh1::laugh1:

Time was, evryone has a Lucas key about them:001_rolleyes:

In the absence of ground disturbance or waterloging (broken drains and suchlike), my initial suspect would be phytopthora but that's just a guess based on scant info, either way it's not a good outlook

It's probably a goner but don't worry, a wood turner will soon be along to say "can I have the wood"

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is it a solenoid or something I need to replace? A relay? And if so, which one?

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It's unusual for sure.

The most common speed control is done with manual control over a flow divider.

In order to fix it you will need to sort out whats supposed to be happening.

Follow the switch wire to whatever its controlling. Chances are its a solenoid opperated valve. (It kind of has to be).

Check the valve has a (hopefully switched) live and a decent earth. Once you have the live check the solenoid coil. It should make a soft click when you opperate the switch or you can use a test lamp/meter. Check the wiring for bad connections and breaks.

Chances are that will sort the job but it could be an arter market mod, in which case, all bets are off:laugh1:

 

How much work time is lost due to sharpening time on site compared to swapping it time

How many spare chains are you going to carry and how much time is lost when you run out of spare chains

when an arborist does it , it's actually good for the tree.

In the words of the great

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm".......

"Industrial athlete" is one of my trigger phrases, utter nonsense!

Don't, you will burst the bubble for all those HND wannabe types:001_rolleyes:

Simple and effective

It's not simple, you need a power tool or it won't work, it's also not how the file is supposed to work a file is a linear rather than rotary tool, there are however plenty of cheap battery grinders on the market that work just fine

He claims it saves money and assuming you can still find the broken off bit, if you are lucky, the method may just save a percentage point on a quids worth of file. You might get your investment returned in a decade or so

He is wrong, plain and simple.

Sharpening is the default option for nearly all professionals. I have known a few that have struggled with it but even those who are pants at it have a go or let someone who can do it

The special chain is probably carbide which is all well and good but field sharpening needs power tools.

I think there's a wooden substrata inside Jon

 

 

 

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It's not uncommon. It occurs often on old GRP van bodies

 

 

(You know who you are:001_smile:)

And then CBA collecting when it's offered for free

Starting to think that too. Crusher works ok. The valve block I replaced originally came out the machine, it too had a splt which a local ally welder fixed.

my only other thought is if tnere was something inside it when I connected it up, thats now found its way into the valves for the tracks

If I am following this, you have replaced a busted valve with a repaired valve and now it wont work????

Buy a new valve, it will be better than the alternative which is wasting time messing with a busted valve. Welding valves back together is a new one on me.

Hes Rockin' all over heaven now , bless him .

They are going to bury him down down, deeper and down

I asked if adding a carabiner would be considered a modification.

Of course it wouldn't, FTR a biner isn't a modification its simply a biner.

In addition how would a LOLER inspector establish what load I or anyone else was going to put on an accessory attachment point, it could be anything from a webbing sling to a chainsaw.

I don't think you have grasped how this LOLER thing works, a LOLER inspection is to establish the condition of the item. How you use it is up to you.

On the 2 harness I referred to the gear loops are configured by the user using either 7mm accessory cord, cord that's listed on the Stein website with no indication of what if any standard it meets, or shockcord in the case of the Treemotion that again doesn't appear to be rated to any standard.

The all components will have a conformity in their own right but as stated, the harness is certified as a unit and is inspected as a single item.

In an inspection, most exercise discretion where they can, if an item presented were heading for a fail, say it had an unauthorised mod, the mod can be removed for the inspection. As an example biners are often presented with sticky gates but a quick clean and lube brings them back to a pass.

As far as non original parts issue goes, most inspectors know what an assembly looks like, and if they don't, a couple of minutes on google will give the answer so if a part has been changed or substituted, its usually obvious.

If an inspector were so minded, they could pass a modified item but it would be at their and possibly their insurers risk. Insurance providers are naturally risk adverse and a policy is likely to have caveats designed to minimise the insurers exposure.

The cost of individual items in tree work tends to be relatively low and the mandatory retirement interval for many items is low enough that its often easier to replace them.

So the 7mm accessory cord supplied for use with a Stein Vega and the shockcord supplied with a Treemotion is rated? Both appear to be supplied as a length which is cut as required by the user so there's no marking.

 

How would a LOLER inspector establish whether the accessory cord on a Stein Vega or shockcord on a Treemotion was rated or not?

No need, if its supplied with (or as a replacement part for) the harness its covered under the harness CE so its not a modification

Would adding a carabiner to your harness be classed as a modification? for example what if you add a Caritool to your harness, is your harness then going to fail LOLER due to being modified?

Again, no need, a biner or similar would have its own CE

You are missing the point, you said they don't need to be to be "rated" and the simple fact is they do need to be rated, the attachment points on the harness need to be "rated" to their load same as anything that suspends a load at height.

You could remove them but say for the sake of argument you left them on, on what basis would they fail, the gear loops on a Stein Vega are to all intents and purposes double braid

The point is you said

I figure as they're only gear loops and not life support they don't need to be rated,

But under LOLER they do need to be rated and the harness needs to be free from modifications.

Fair point although I figure as they're only gear loops and not life support they don't need to be rated,...................

They need to pass a LOLER inspection though

Talking about a similar scenario the other day & couldn't come to a conclusion. But what if a new & inexperienced employee got given instructions but got it wrong & did the wrong tree.

Who gets the blame & potentially a fine?

He is a directly supervised worker, if he makes a mistake the problem lies with the level of supervision, particularly given that he was new

The way the shafts are put on the floor is where they will be clipped on to both ends, part of the problem is big ends from clicker on 1 and shear bolt on other.

Think I'm going to end up extending the bottom links on chipper out a bit to push it out more and give more room.

 

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You can get a combination overload and overload clutch, would that make enough difference ?