jaime bray

not pedantic of you, point noted.... Would assist be more suited than the word ensure? i reread that post of mine many times before pressing send. Trying to 'ensure' that nothing got hauled over the coals. How naive i was. Haha I can not remember the cases where misc prov act was used on trees as such, but think theres been few in past where structires have posed risk to public safety, and the act was used, although this may have been to land in public/ local authority ownership as opposed to private ownership as is the case here...and remember having discussions about it when studying so mentioned.

i believe that its the miscellaneous provisions act that the local authority would use to ensure that owners of trees that are deemed dangerous get them removed at their cost. I think the owner of the tree has duty of care under occupiers liability act to ensure visitors to and around their property are kept safe from injury or death. (not exact wording) id say that depending on the condition of the tree, this would affect how soon the owner gets it down. if failure is imminent then they would be prudent to remove asap. in such circumstances, i find its often good to consider the mindset associated with TPO legislation pertaining to five day notices for tree removal. is the tree rocking in its rootplate, or completely dead, is the main fork where the fungal brackets are- flexing under breezy weather, would you climb it or insist on a crane because its failure is so imminent. The actual time by which a tree can still stand after being condemned in a report can be considerably long. its likely,(particulars depending) that your client has three choices, pay themselves for piece of mind, initiate proceedings under the miscellaneous provisions act, or leave it with the owner. The latter one being mindful in theknowledge that should anything happen then the tree owner will be in an indefensible position. i.e they were informed by a competent tree inspector,(whos competency will be questioned in court) of the need to make safe/remove, however failed to act accordingly. without a copy of the report, pictures of the tree, history of theconversation held its always difficult to comment in such instances. i find, that as a third party, and conversing with professional knowledge, face to face, with owners of trees in such circumstances, often educates them enough for them to realise the severity of the situation and act with prudence. never a nice one to get involved with, especially without consultancy case management fees being applied. good luck.

there is a little nodule thing inside the no stress box, grey in colour maybe? Inside that you can alter the amount of revs it kicks in at, as the revs drop low this kicks in, I have mine set higher than normal so it doesn't labour the engine to much, hearing the engine revs drop low as it kicks makes me wince, prefer it to kick in higher. Each to their own like.

I have an Entec 30dh, 1995 diesel chipper. Looking for a replacement, new or used, but in good condition ,flywheel. if anybody knows of a old machine breaking,or asupplier that may have this obsolete part in stock, please let me know. contact Jaime on 07970382301. many thanks in advance.

A true gentleman. Salt of the earth. Thought go out to his family.

Quote valid for three months. If ever asked why three months, I simply reply that this often allows for change of seasonal characteristics and/or weather and site conditions.

Have you had a look under help for arborists on arboricultural association website. There's a template in there you can utilise.

I've just bought for my daughter a Lenovo, cost£99.99 from amazon. It's not the most powerful processor but for emails and web searching it's not to bad. I'm on WiFi in house, not sure how it would work on 3g. Bit worth a look, small memory, but adequate save to cloud included in box.

My experience of claiming on insurance, when you have protected no claims bonus etc, is that whilst you still retain the same percentage discount built up over x amount of years, the renewal fee will be higher. You will have the discount on a higher premium/renewal cost, it's the discount that's protected not your claim history. Make a claim and your premiums will go up.

I had this exact problem on my entec 1995 diesel. Unfortunately, it did turn out to be the spline inside rollers. Need machining again. Whilst mine were out I had the roller blades resharpened. This has made a significant difference in machine performance. Well worth doing in my opinion.

One thing that I find when in such situations is that if I do not strip the tree on the way up, and work top down, the energy transfer/stem movement when removing the top is not as bad. Also, find the presence of branch/twig around lessens the twitchy feeling in the pants. Whilst it may be deemed problematic to lower with such branching around you, I find this outweighs the encroaching fear and the problems that fear/nerves going, can lead to whilst carrying out tree work. As others have said, get the groundsman to let the lowering ropes run and gradually ease up the nearer the floor gets with each branch. A good groundsman on such jobs is worth weight in gold. Just my experience of such things.

Does the goggle part push up into the helmet on this do you know? So it can be up or down whilst working?

I was asked to demo the Makita pole saw. It is superb. I struggle after two years to cause damage to it. Honestly and genuinely worth a look. Vibrations are low in my opinion. Fuel economy is great. Can not fault it in any capacity weight wise and reliability. Not to be sniffed at, love it.

Cheers for the info. Trucks looked tidy. Was tempted to swap my 1996 Brava in for one. Well saved. Thanks

Website called bm range seem to have some cracking motors under your price range

I will email the planning team every hour tomorrow to get an idea about the tracker system. Should help reduce their workload, maybe not this side of Christmas but certainly over the next twenty years it will with my applications No dramas regarding typing to fast, it doesn't come across as abrupt. No need to explain, don't get pally haha

It's saturated around here with tree firms. Only enough for half a days work for most companies. You would hate it Gary. Stay where you are

Hi was trying to respond to your questions and answers within my post, but don't know how to do the writing within that you did. Being pally wasn't the relationship I was trying to convey. All of what you refer to in my opinion would constitute a good relationship. Was unaware of the tracker aspect you highlight. Will look into that. Cheers. Regarding the no tpo served aspect and this creating circumstance to carry on with the work. It is due to my grey understanding of what constitutes the six week period that I always check to see if tpo is to be served.

When I submit through planning portal i get an email informing me that the local authority will validate the notification within their work flows, it also states that I'm not to accept the pp email as a validated notification. Upon receipt of the notification, the local authority planning department, assess the notification to ensure that everything that should be contained within it is present. I then get an email stating that the notification is either adequate or not. Until I receive that email I do not begin to count six weeks. The local authority has to give twenty one days minimum to allow general public to view and make comment etc. Through regular contact I am made aware of when the public consultation period begins and ends. After this period I contact the local tree officer or planning department to discuss any developments arising. This then aids me in keeping my client informed whilst allowing me to manage workloads to satisfy clients timeframe of work being completed. If I submit a notification to carryout work,I would never carryout that work without having written confirmation from the local authority that there is no objection and/or an intention to apply a tpo. This approach seems to work for me. The local authority workload is huge. I empathise and try to assist where I can. If you've ever waited around on site on the day a job is to be done, because you were just that bit uncertain as to whether notice period has passed etc, then you will know of the undue stress. The job is hard enough without worrying about prosecution and a bad reputation. If you are planning to go into consultancy,a good relationship with your local tree officers will be a lot more valuable than a bad one.

Unfortunately bad news travels faster than good news. I'd imagine that there will be a few people reading this thread who will avoid which ever dealer this is you're dealing with from now on. If the dealer has read this thread they will unlikely get involved in a public discussion. But I'm guessing that damage limitation will be their highest priority, hopefully along with you receiving your machine. If I was the md of the company you are dealing with I'd be putting things in place to ensure that upon the receipt of your machine,a multitude of apologies would be made that actually made you think "ok, that's a nice touch". For me, merely getting some discount on the machine would not be enough. Spare blades,two free services, free spare filters, a spare set of bearings for when they need replacing, the list of apologetic gestures is endless. Regardless of the fact that you have waited so long and been more than patient, I'd want the breach of health and safety you have had to create on the loan machine due to them not being able to repair within suitable timeframe and subsequent risk you are running, and the time taken and stress you have endured dealing with this over a prolonged period of time, to be recognised with a sympathetic mindset. Not a commercial business mindset. One that is in keeping with the professional arboricultural industry. An example of how bad news travels fast on social media has been highlighted to me here. I hope to hear that you get this resolved soon. And that you report of being made to feel a highly valued customer through a thoroughly conscientious package of apologies. Good luck with it. My character and personality would have resulted in this issue consuming me 24/7. I would imagine that the dealer is stressed by this entire transaction and wants it dealing with asap too. Takes a long time to build a good name, especially in a small industry.

Pfanner, I'm getting about 2 -3 years out of mine, still use older ones, just a bit baggy where fabric has finally stretched, they're five years old now. Been through hawthorn hedges, snagged on conifer etc. You know that moment when you walk past something and catch it and don't want to look down incase you've torn the trousers? It's never as bad as it feels in pfanner. They just seem to take the abuse very well. Needless to say, I've never tried the other trouser you mention, so its a biased reply

The picture of the mog in the woodland looks top draw. Very very nice looking set up. Looks mint.

Reg, I wouldn't be too self reflective of how the whole saga unfolded. One thing in particular I've noticed in the last 24 hours at least is the amount of sarcastic comments on Arbtalk between friends about two handed use, one handed use. So whilst you say the manner in which it was brought to the stage wasn't deemed the most appropriate one, it has highlighted the need for us all to continue to address how we work and how safely we do it to return home to family etc after a days shift. The whole thing has raised our conscience when it comes to how many hands we have on the chainsaw whilst working in the tree. It has likely made many readers probably think that tiny bit extra, to make them question whether the times when they are using the saw one handed, are they being "lazy", or in that particular circumstance making them question their best positioning to do the required cuts with the saw with safety at the fore as opposed to complacency. Good luck with whatever is in the pipeline.

I had similar problems. Wheel bearing had little play but nothing excessive, wasn't that. On the back of wheel hub is the little flicker switchy thing. This alters the brakes, however for some reason, you have to have draw bar connected to the tow bar, something to do with engaging the breaking system before adjusting. The side getting hot will need the arrow to go backwards iirc, as following direction of arrow adjusts the brakes up. Also consider that it could be the long screw bolt thingy on draw bar.