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  1. treequip
    Anything attached at the side "D"'s cant be classed as primary attachment because the side "D"'s don't distribute forces in the same way that a primary attachment point would and therefore aren't rated for a fall, they are for work positioning only.
  2. treequip
    There is no reason a fall arrest (mewp) harness cant be assessed under an arb specific loler inspection, its an assessment of the equipment's condition not suitability. Mewps are used in arb so your argument that isn't not arb kit isn't valid A double lock cant fail a loler inspection simply because its a double lock, there is no criteria under loler to fail it on those grounds. As I have said before, the entire triple lock thing is a HSE thing and has nothing whatever to do with the loler legislation.
  3. treequip
    You are wrong and I will explain to you why you and the inspector was wrong The inspection under LOLER is to ascertain that the equipment is fit for purpose. As long as it is it cant fail the inspection, what use the kit is put to is entirely beyond the scope of the inspection. What the inspector did is akin to a MOT tester failing your car because you might speed in it. The entire 3 way action thing is nothing whatever to do with LOLER, it is a recommendation from the HSE. That being the case the kit cant fail a LOLER inspection on those grounds because they are nothing to do with LOLER The flip line (or WP lanyard) would normally be attached to the side "D" rings and as such should not be used as a primary attachment unless it is attached to the bridge, in which case it wouldn't be much good as a flip line
  4. treequip
    In the circumstance you describe he was wrong to fail it, the purpose of the inspection is to assess the condition of the item with regard to its serviceability. The inspector can offer advice on the use of equipment but should not fail an item unless it is unserviceable.
  5. treequip
    It is, but its entertaining
  6. treequip
    Nope they stopped selling of fuel into cans for that The quantity sold into cans and the colour of the cans come from the petroleum regulations which govern how fuel is stored and sold. So it would seem that the jobsworth is following statute and if the likes of Stihl made cans in green we wouldn't be having this conversation:001_rolleyes:
  7. treequip
    Cool but don't underestimate the ability of neighbours to complain no matter what the range
  8. treequip
    If you change the use of the land you need change of use, if its an agricultural field and you make it into a yard they will be after you sooner or later. You can run a business from a domestic address but operating a business there isn't allowed and is going to cause you problems. Keeping a transit and a chipper on the drive is something may get away with but if you start making noise the neighbours are probably going to be on the barricades.
  9. treequip
    Not really bothered about where it came from, the point is people moan, they don't like change and they don't like it when they perceive something foisted upon them. Some moan more than others but by and large, moaning achieves nothing. Its difficult to see what could be done in this case, the men dishing out the work have set a condition, comply or die.
  10. treequip
    Well on that theme of driving if you bring this into the remit of the HSE which is commercial drivers there is a requirement for CPD. Its called driver CPC and I am sure there are driver forums full of people bemoaning that.
  11. treequip
    Get an industrial leaf blower Mighty Mac LB8-EZ EX Leaf Blower (Special Offer)
  12. treequip
    Thank you for your opinion. I will weight it with your past performance, going as you have from the bones of your buttocks to earning several grand a day over the space of a couple of months. Having done that I will then chuck your opinion in the round file where it clearly belongs.
  13. treequip
    Yes. ........
  14. treequip
    Well done that man, I rescued a shrew today, it took cover in the last cut on a huuuuuge stump, little bugger nipped me for my trouble, still! it's not as if I had been handling a toad and was going to grow warts:laugh1: Gotta go now, jogging off to the back of the truck to get unloaded
  15. treequip
    Quite right too, and there are plenty of people who thought the same and still got hurt
  16. treequip
    They are working to the petroleum regulations often as modified by company policy. When you have finished beating the jobsworth up, ask yourself this Why don't the manufacturers of combi cans simply make them comply with the regulations because at the moment they aren't compliant.
  17. treequip
    Felix you are wasted on manual work, move over guys there is a new analyst in town:thumbup1:
  18. treequip
    Fixed that for ya:laugh1:
  19. treequip
    We went through this a while back, this only works for forestry where the HSE has the big players by the reproductives, I already said this model wont work in arb
  20. treequip
    Not give you any work
  21. treequip
    A dozen free range eggs, omelettetastic:biggrin:
  22. treequip
    I am not a member so I don't expect them to do anything for me, are you a member?
  23. treequip
    Nope...
  24. treequip
    Its a refresher not a re take, as an example, the first aid FAW is a 3/4 day course and the refresher is 3 hours. Seems you boys may have been labouring under a false assumption
  25. treequip
    Groan.... Once again you seem to think the training providers invent courses. They don't, there wouldn't be a blower course because there wouldn't be demand and thus no need for it. And there is bugger all logical about the way you have thought that through

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