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Some of you may have noticed my absence from arbtalk lately. Well having a heart attack and stroke does kind of put you off your.game for a week or two but 5 weeks in hospital and I'm about as cured as I'm going to be. So look out guys I'm back.
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Come under marine use? By what measure? Who has the authority to say what they come under? The x rings are a US product anyhow so where does that leave us in the UK with what comes under what Antal sell them and I do with them as I see fit. The badge makes no odds as far as I can see
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Antal rings do come under tree work, I use them for tree work therefore.... They have been re labelled for marketing purposes Antal make them and the single difference is the lettering My insurance company aren't going to give a monkeys that mine say Antal and your say X
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Is it TPO'd NO Is it in a CA NO Have at it
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With you on that but sometimes box ticking is sometimes required
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With you on that
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Best system is to have a rescue line in the tree, or the climbers line on a lower able anchor.
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Don't care much, it was meant to be funny. The plate on my tipper is buried under the flat to "keep it safe off road", bloody camera would need to be buried in the tarmac:laugh1:
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Most of the time, and lets be honest, a chainsaw injury (probably the most likely scenario) is going to give you a good arterial bleed. If you wait for a rescue climber, chances are you will be in a piss poor state before he gets his harness on, then you have to hope he doesn't fall apart when he gets covered in your claret. All in all a rescue climber is a good idea on a risk assessment but in the real world?????
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A bit of bedtime reading for you NPTC
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Well lets forget the climbing because you have to learn maintenance, cross cut and small felling (if memory serves) BEFORE you go on to getting your feet off the ground. The first three units will take a week (give or take) with the assessment
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If you got me in to climb and did what I do on a test, you would fail and fail big, you need to show the assessor what's on the assessment schedule, not what goes on in the real world
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Before you fit a winch tell your insurer because they are included in the "has the vehicle been modified an any way" question. Don't make it easy for the slippery buggers to get out of paying
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Better you cant see it, the plate is illegal anyhow:laugh1:
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For most people the route is to do the training to learn the methods and techniques the assessor will need to see, followed by test or practice under supervision then test If you just hire a contract cutter in and have him teach you there is a risk of picking up short cuts and bad habbits. If I went for a test working at commercial pace I would fail and I have over 30 years experience. Cutting is one thing, passing the test, quite another. Don't forget that there will also be a couple of H&S questions on site prep, risk assessment and the like
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Regard it as a driving test, did you learn to drive or learn to pass the test?
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You can buy the rings from chandlers in the UK, they are made by Antal, just google antal rings and buy your single braid from Nod at treeworker. It worked for me
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Couldn't agree more, just some brain doner showboating for the camera
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An arb wouldn't do that but a complete tit would:laugh1:
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:laugh1:Use someone else's saw:lol:
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Nice chevron markings Now that's what I call built in right of way:thumbup1:
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You get a bit of variety, that one looks pretty quick grown, lacking the deeper bark fissuring you get with older material The acid test is the buds, get a picture of those for the definitive answer
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That's an image I could have done without:laugh1:
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Yes mate rubbish willow, I will take it off your hands for a few quid:laugh1: Its Ash BTW
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Or when you have to use the posh customers downstairs facility and leave sawdust all over the place:lol:
