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Mine took a lot longer to type:laugh1:

Lets not get confused here, we need to keep in mind that this prosecution is about what the employer didn't do, rather than what the employee did do. You cant have system that physically prevents injury, that would be called a guard. In this case a system would consist of training, procedures and supervision. If the employer had been able to demonstrate that the employee had received appropriate training and updates as needed and was properly supervised (documentation is important) the prosecution of the employer probably wouldn't have got any further than the HSE investigation. In simple terms this fine has been levied because the courts decided there were failings on the part or the employer. In a nutshell, no one sat the Darwinistic down and said, "don't do this, its dangerous and you might get hurt or die" That level of duty can be cumbersome and reduce productivity, but given the ever more inventive ways people find of "doing a Darwin"..........

The employer has a duty of care to their employees, the employee should not have been in a position to hurt himself. The authority got fined for failing in that duty

That would be a separate prosecution and report

Well at least they didn't describe him as a tree surgeon

This...... But definitely not this

This is a complete non story, its about how one force area is categorising something. Apart from "which pigeon hole" its put in, nothing has changed nor is it likely to.

If you cook a cork use a fork

Nice, helpful that:thumbdown:

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Not easy when you live a few miles from a weighbridge

My thoughts exactly :thumbup1:

You might have to go for the Helium and a set of alloy wheels option:laugh1:

Looks better painted

Well any overload is an offence. Fines run about a pound per kilo IIRC and it will probably get you a prohibition notice. An offence with a sub 750 (un braked) trailer is likely to be considered serious because the combination relies entirely on the braking capacity of the towing vehicle.

At a guess its going to benefit the client. Its not at all unusual, back in the day I did a lot of subsidence work and in order to get what they wanted the underwriter would often pay for tree works on third party land.

That just looks like you cant remember left from right:laugh1:

I don't understand why the nay sayers here are so cautious of what seems to be a well informed third party. Many companies now have websites containing customer endorsements, I have even seen some with PDF's of insurance certs. You don't get much tangible for your insurance premium so why not provide the paperwork, you are proposing to work as a third party on this persons land after all. Providing this information changes nothing, it wont affect any liability or duty if care owed to the client or third party and since it seems you aren't getting the job without it you should be happy to provide it. In answer to the question, I have had insurance and references checked in the past and on rare occasions the odd client has even asked if the insurance was paid annually or monthly and called the broker to check it was all pukka.

But it might just save your life, well that's what the bloke from aspen recons

It would look good on you:biggrin:

Nope, you have that all wrong way round. The reason the mills wont take it is that the market doesn't want it and the reason for that is, its a pretty useless timber with many alternatives readily available. Its a simple demand lead supply equation. I have dealt with many tons of "Pop" and if there were a The other uses you cite are either very low demand or obsolete

Its not what you call durable, last common use was pit props, the miners liked it because it gave a bit of warning before it gave up. some one is going to pop up (no pun intended) saying its used for wagon beds but I have yet to see it. I recon its pallet wood at best

It was simplicity itself and way quicker than a lot of regular saws, its also harvester chain so beefier with plenty of chrome. The company had many chains and would to bring them in for sharpening, which I did on a grinder. The chain never saw anything but timber so the only time they had problems was the occasional inclusion or if someone had dropped a bundle in the mud.

I have only ever seen 2, both cutting bundles of boards to length in a pallet works

Kind of, the electric motor runs the chain and the hydraulics operate the stroke and positioning