Doug Blease

OR you could do it and charge him to keep LOLER records for him? Plus other firms too? I did it, simply to keep my own records in the future, but with a less than 50% pass rate, its not an easy one to get. I am still waiting for a resit on the practical exam. Only one guy on our course passed, and I think he had done it before years ago. Surely, from a business perspective, it would benefit your boss to do the LOLER course himself? Dont want to sound negative, but its gonna cost him a lot to put you through it, plus your time off every six months to test all ten kits, plus, you might leave one day and take your qualification with you. It is an excellent course though.

That would have been a hilarious Police Camera Action tape, chasing down a landy stuck in low ratio! Hope you get the door sorted. Infuriating I am sure.

Interesting thread. We regularly get folk on here saying " I am just out of the forces/retired fireman etc etc. I have done my ticket and wanted to know how much I can earn. I need £400 a week just to pay the bills" The replies are always, you need experience but you should be on £60, £70, £80 a day. Now we have an educated and qualified guy. Who will have to struggle on less than £40, just for the greater good. I agree that a student placement should just cover costs really. But I can also see why this guy cannot figure out the pay scale and attitude to new guys. Good luck mate. If you have 240 hrs to do, make sure your sh%t hot, mega hard working super example of an employee. Prove the guy that you were worth twice the wage, you never know where that might take you. Or, he might take advantage of your good nature. In which case, do the hours with good grace and walk away having learnt another good lesson.

How do you get the smooth finish? Obviously a sander, but what type?

Also makes it very easy to put tension on. Obviously not as good as RC's designs, but cheap and cheerful! Groundsman says its easier on him, less rope management, less twists and no jerk/snatch. My little portawrap, part of my freelance lowering kit is rated for a tonne. Rope, with knots in is reduced I think to about 500kg. So plenty scope to lower manageable sized bits on a simple lowering system.

I use a split tail, or a two tonne sling, then I pull the portawrap up the trunk and ratchet strap it in place on the trunk. This takes out all floppyness. Just replicates those more expensive, fixed unit designs that we would all love!

Cant wait to see the rig in action mate. Thanks for the video!

I have heard that its because, despite all the training, people are still using there hands and feet to get that annoying little bit into the rollers!

Wow. Sounds painful mate. Get better soon buddy.

Great, will look out for you! Whats the logo?

Terrible news.

I think myself and Jojam are planning to come down for the two days.

The publications are good. The discount on insurance/products is better than nothing. The training is good, if you live in England. Not so good up here. The staff are good, the AAAC isnt for everyone, but it is a positive thing in our industry. Membership advertising is very strict though. Normal membership wont win you any work/contracts. But the added benefits/publications may give you the knowledge required to improve your service. I want to do ISA cert or RFS cert later this year. John Dawson, why is the ISA membership not as good?

I also run scream, run away, rip my clothes off, find the customers garden hose and start crying....

Great looking job!

Nice reduction. Should look great in a few months when the leaves appear.

Thats a little thing called gravity. Must admit, I laughed. But then realised it could have been much worse.

Same here, Hamadryad. Biggest apologies. I misread your posts on this subject. No I have never used the term phototropic to describe the structure of elongated limbs. I would consider the whole tree to be phototropic. Thanks

Hamadryad, I also do not think that you are using the word Phototrophic in the right context. Limbs do not "go phototrophic". I have only come across the word phototrophic when considering bacteria. Where are you referencing that phrase from? This is not an attack on your manner or work or knowledge. I am interested. You sound like an intelligent man, and I think you are reading too much into some of the replies. I dont see anyone actually attacking you, just holding you to account what you say in a public forum. Remain professional in your replies. We all accept your job spec, we all have different ideas on what could have been done. But you are confusing people with your very defensive tone and possibly mis-referenced biological language. Thanks

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No. As long as you are clear with your conversions there is no need to lose the traditional and accurate methods of measuring standing timber.

Whether or not its relevant, but I just paid £70 for two cord for Beech and Elm. Mostly butts but some pulp lengths. It is at roadside waiting for me to buy a tractor and take it home.

LOLER and PUWER both arise from European directives. Your kit should have EN numbers or BS numbers, so I consider a LOLER inspection to be compliant in continental Europe. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks Monkeyboy, I am not used to people agreeing with me. Usually head against a brick wall on a day to day basis!

Yeah. I thought it might be fun! Meet some old trees, see what they are up too these days.