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Do it now before the winter
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The people that use it are the LA but I have been involved as a contractor in 2 instances where it has been used.
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Loler Thorough Inspection, advice wanted
treequip replied to Keithrturner's topic in Training & education
I have had a non arb LOLER inspector bring kit for identification. He had been given an load of arb kit to inspect and didn't have a clue what most of it was Ask yourself this, if I were to be handed a piece of kit would I know what it was for and be able to assess its suitability for continued use? -
Feel for ya mate:laugh1:
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No I made that distinction because LA's are often unwilling to get involved unless there is an imminent danger, they will however often make a conspicuous site visit to assess the situation where Misc.Prov. might just come up in conversation. Either way with a decay pathogen in the mix it might just get to the point where enforcement is the way to go so an early heads up cant hurt
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Ian is a good bloke but that's his advice and not any kind of rule. The government advice is that the inspector should be sufficiently independent. (Or something along those lines) A good audit trail is as important as anything else. The external examination won't demonstrate that your in house inspections (it's not testing) are thorough and impartial, your audit trail will do that for you. But a cyclical external inspection is a good idea
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Ask the LA to act under miscellaneous provisions.
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Well the question is, if it was to fail. What makes you think it's likely to fail? If it is morbidly dangerous the LA has powers to have the owner make safe Other than that all you can do is remind the owner of their duty of care to others.
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Ther are splicing corsets provided by the rope manufacturers but each only covers you for that splice on that brand of rope. There is no "overall" splicing course You can't do your own sewn eyes because you need the machine and I believe a licence from the patent holder and they are horribly expensive. LOLERing your own kit is OK provided you can demonstrate that your decisions are sufficiently independent. There is no 4th tackle rule that I know of, where did you get that from?
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I would wager the meaning was, for the eye to be passed under LOLER it needs to be a factory fit.
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Yeah, crawling through connie hedges isn't something that just any old joe can master.
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Brits have been going there since the seventies, I did a stint in the 80's / 90's
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Washing machine is the way to go, if you are bothered about the weight don't put it all in at once
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It is full of suppliers and shoppers. Its unlikely they will be looking for staff but you never know, there are a couple of agencies that might be there
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I think you have answered your own question
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Have done in the past but burning in situ smogs the neighbourhood out and you get complaints
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I don't think he does, but you may want to:laugh1:
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Yup, that's the kind of risk they are keen to avoid
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Don't tell him that, he will cut his bloody head off:laugh1:
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What approval though????
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Well you have the word of the bloke selling it that the insurance was cheap, and there are a lot of unknowns. You don't know how long he held the policy on renewals, and you don't know his circumstances or what he told the insurers he was using the vehicle for.
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See, there's where the perception thing comes in, its not a sting, that would be an operation to trick people, the joint checks are there to ensure compliance with the law. HMCE do there own prosecutions as do VOSA but the fact is that a tank full of white wont have any influence on the other authorities and cant be used in any form in a prosecution by other authorities
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Its not about how the vehicle is registered, its about what you are doing with it. The mog isn't that agricultural in the eyes of the underwriters, most farms use a tractor, telehandler etc, not many pick a mog and the underwriters know that. They are risk mechanics with a spread sheet and have access to all sorts of statistics. Your use is predominantly commercial tree surgery which is NOT agricultural so they wont give you the nice cheap (low risk) insurance because you are the same risk as anyone doing that job with a conventional set up If you insure a tractor one of the things they ask is if you are going to haul timber on the road and if you say yes they load the policy accordingly
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iTunes uploaded it, U2 made it free for anyone on iTunes.
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They are the same thing aren't they?, what approval do the X rings carry?
