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Not really suitable, it would be too brittle for that application and welding a high carbon steel to a mild steel base will give problems of its own. Boron steels like hardox are designed for jobs like this.

Its probably a rumour started by UKIP to recruit every tree surgeon in the land :laugh1:

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How is it more government? Its anything but more government. It is the HSE saying regulate this yourselves or there will have to be more government. What you believe about any government isn't relevant, you certainly seem to have a bee in your bonnet about your government or at least the current administration and your sphincter You assertion of tyranny is ridiculous, its an elected government, if you don't like it vote them out, you can do that, its only tyranny if you don't have representation. What is relevant is that under UK law the HSE has a DUTY to act if workers are getting injured or killed, they have identified forestry as a place where that happens and are fulfilling that duty. Would you be happier if it were a free for all and never mind if little Billy's dad gets a trip to the ER and a permanent disability or comes home in a box?

What kind of change the subject twaddle is that? Of course the HSE is funded by government and thus by taxes but the HSE already exists, if this move takes HSE man hours its costing the government and it most certainly isn't going to The government wont earn a penny from this, the HSE wont earn a penny from this, its a cost item. Now you mention the government providing this for free, interesting that, because if you took a moment to study this you would see that they are doing as close to that as they can. The HSE have said to the industry "regulate yourself or we will", the HSE can only regulate with primary legislation and an enforcement team, drafting a bill and getting it through parliament is monumentally expensive and maintaining an enforcement team is worse. The way they are doing this avoids that expense and so comes at a minimum cost to the public and at the same time supports the market economy that's so sacred to you. So its not a "layer of government control" its industry self regulation in an effort to stop people getting maimed and killed. There is good history of that being successful in the UK. The HSE did exactly this to the gas industry in the UK because they were killing people. Now gas installers have to be licenced, by a self regulatory body. Search this archive for the posts where UK arborist have said that a similar scheme would be a good thing to regulate the rouges in our industry, then consider that this could be the first step on a road that. I to can remember when people would look after themselves and I an remember a time when employers could send any old clown out with a chainsaw and no idea. So how's Obamas second term going, I know nowt about US politics but I recon he is doing sterling work in all sectors..........

And this is of course your opinion of one mans work, it could be you your opinion is wrong, it could also be that the man you saw wasn't up to scratch, either way its hardly going to condemn the system is it?

You clearly know nothing of this The government earns nothing from NPTC. The part of the government that is behind this is the Health and Safety Executive (think OSHA) who also don't get a penny from it but are mandated to protect people.

All men are not equal, all fellers are not equal, I have seen some with diabolical bad habits that should not be passed on.

Well that's one way to go but why would the machine be retired and would you want a gearbox from a machine that's got enough hours on it to get to the moon and back?

Now that's just the wrong thing to say, it can be repaired its just a question of cost. A gearbox is cogs and bearings, bearings are off the shelf and cogs can be sourced or made.

In order to get heave you need to have built a house on a desiccated soil where existing vegetation is the cause of the desiccation. Staged removal it bunk. Lets say if you removed it in one hit the soil will recover by 50% So you bosh it out in stages, the soil will still recover by the same amount, over a longer period, but it will still have the same amount of movement.

Is the box beyond economical repair?

Ummmmm Perhaps, more pictures please

That's for a mobile crane, the protocols fro a mewp are different, most mewps aren't designed for "lifting" anything other than what's in the basket. The ALLMI training for mewps specifically prohibits using it as a crane

I thought that at first glance but it is consistent with the bleeding canker we see such a lot of on HC, the lumpiness is just the gnarly bark.

Yes......... but not if its a nail ridden lump of back garden filth

And I have looked at it but its a diesel, you said yours is petrol and you said you would get some pictures, now who is the goldfish?

Like I said, what parts????

The point I was addressing was and smoking old wrecks don't last long when put to serious work like this so I doubt your "probably"

?????what parts

The over ride switch cuts the engine sentinel out till the oil pressure builds, if you have a new oil pressure switch I would check the wiring for that switch There is always the possibility that the oil pressure is low, that could be low level a knackered pump or general wear in the engine

I had kinda guessed that but the point is the language thing causing confusion

What area?

Your first post here concerned how the language had left you behind but you keep saying stuff I don't understand Whats a lower 48 and, don't say your waist measurement:laugh1:

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