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I'm not implying that these are immitation chains or anything like that, but if they are, what would happen if there was an accident caued by chain failure - I take it if you use chinese chain or sub standard chain, imitation or otherwise they would have no EN conformity or CE regulation, and could lead to invalid insurance in the event of an accident and could not be proven by an EN number, BS, Ansi etc???
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If mine is getting in the way I put it through the karitool on the side of my harness which is nice and big for pulling slack through or pulling the whole thing through when adjusting/moving etc.
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Good skill there Dean... I wonder how quick you can get at splicing.. whenever I buy a rope I get charged around £20 extra for a spliced eye.. somebody somewhere must do several a day to make a wage.
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We normally wear self inflating boyancy aids and if it's a steep bank use a harness/safety line, and if it's accessible we can use the chipper to winch stuff up from the waters edge rather than risking wet feet!!
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Anti kickback chains, legal requirment?
Highland Forestry replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
I believe it is a 'recommendation' and not actual legislation... If it was no longer legal to use them, they would be withdraw from sale, which they are not. Sounds like your bosses are over-reacting to recommendations. The new stihl anti-kick chains re not too bad, but you're right, the normal chains are miles better. -
Depends what sort of climbing you're doing.. Done a few dismantles and a bit of cutting clearance along embankments. Deffinatley get yourself a good head torch... if you're working with flood lights it takes a while gettng used to one side of the tree being dark and one light but it's generally quite enjoyable IMO.
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You'll also have to consent to take a drugs and alcohol test with your medical.
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Had considered it...but it's a nice shiny 09 plate truck... dont want to ruin the look of her. It was my own fault anyway... typical Friday afternoon... 5PM - right, let's get the hell out of here and get home, reversed back, BANG. ahhhh fir f&*^ sake, f&*^$£%^%^^$, ******^%$£, &***^$££$^%$ bas^&*d!!!!
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Cheers Matt. Managed to track down the main UK importers thisafternoon. Nearly £300 for a new bit of glass.... wowsers they're expensive.. Note to self, do not reverse into trees.
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Anybody know of anyone who can supply spare parts for ARB hartops?? Managed to smash the flip up glass door on my ranger yeserday
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Not sure about structural integrity of fire damaged trees, but all I do know is that if you are cutting trees which have been reasonably recently scorched or partially burnt, they blunt your chain very quickly! Not sure why or how, might possibly be to do with the carbon from charcoal type deposits caused by fire??? They don't look too bad, but deffinatley would fell rather than climb unless absolutley necessary. I'd think a big hinge is in order and a good winch
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I can thoroughly recommend Trust Insurance... I now have my Public, Employers, Indemnity, Machinery and Hired in plant with them, and they are fantastic value for money! Soon to have the truck insured with them too!! Give Cameron a ring at Trust 01604 492644 option 3
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Get some certs then!!!!!!
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They are a motley crew ey?? Right to left.... yep first up is my younger brother.. the boots actually come from YOUR brother stevie!! hehe Next is one of the newer additions to the crew, good worker, good craic, in jeans as we were getting ready to leave site and he had got changed. Next up is another new addition to the force, very hard working, wondering why the hell I wanted a lunge shot.. Next up is my contracts manager... and yes, I think he is trying to tell me something. No climbing on this job, just pure vegetation clearance.
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I had a feeling it was nothing to do with tree climbing Nasty all the same
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I don't believe it for a second mate. Sorry. That was not produced by the HSE. Since when did they start spelling 'through' as 'thru' ???
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errr, yes.... An invisible rake... that's what it is
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Just for you Stevie!! The lads after a hard day today, still in high spirits!
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Who produced that safety buletin??? It's not typed very well, dosent read fluently and has spelling and grammar issues... Is it bonafide??
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Naturally Formed Coronets & Fractures
Highland Forestry replied to John Hancock's topic in Picture Forum
Plenty of Firewood though!!! hehehe -
Starting to get a bit scared to be honest... if it's a 120k machine, what on earth are they going to charge me for daily hire!! Ahh i know the LA is not an endless pot of money, but I have to say the LA tree teams seem to have all the kit they need (and quite rightly so) ! I look at this game, sorry, industry, as a big ladder, and all the companies on it, be they one man band's, larger companies and even bigger companies have to work thier way up the ladder step by step.. That's how I've got to where we are now, taking small steps, mostly with kit etc and taking on extra clients. My last step was to purchase a chipper, the next one is the valmet and botex.... a few steps up and I may have a Teupen on the list
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Ohh don't I know it.... we've hammered a fair few of them! lol But it is true, they need maintenance, and it's the greasing and daily maintenance that keep em going strong..
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Would it not have been easier to deck the tree, carry on dismantling and just replace the sheets, tell the customer you will replace them with corrugated steel sheets?? We've been on jobs before where there has been rotten fences and trellis fencing underneath and it was far cheaper just to drop stuff on the fence and replace it afterwards than try to work around it.. as long as the customer knows what's going on before you start then there's no problem. Another example is an oak tree next to a main road we are taking down in a couple of months time, it has a brand new fence on the other side of it but rather than us messing about dismantling and rigging under traffic management, i'm just going to winch it over the fence, clear up and replace the fence afterwards.
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Now that is cool!!!
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That's the reason I bought it.... more for clearance and production jobs than anything else. She's heading out for a month on a cut and chip contract tomorrow morning.. should be an awesome machine on birch scrub!!
