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3 hours ago, peds said:

 

Ah, I think you'll find, actually, that jokes concerning the mortality of the Royal Family are not well received in the jokes thread. Fingers start wagging. 

 

Not convinced that statement actually passes fact checking.

11 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Nope, climbed in one of those although just a trial. Treehog still the worst, instantly you wonder how they managed to make something so uncomfortable.

I found that every climb in a T22 was, in effect, a trial.

3 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Treehog harness was the most uncomfortable thing I ever put on.

I doubt it is as ‘memorable’ as a Willans T22.

2 hours ago, pleasant said:

As long as it's capable of being ridden on a public footpath at great speed weaving between pedestrians,  without the trivialities of having a bell, or the foresight to actually operate one, I am sure any current bicycle should fit the agenda.😇

Seems a little harsh,  not all cyclists are so selfish that they just ride on the pavement.  
 

There are plenty that stick to riding on the road.

When I was younger and foolisher I would probably have stuck it in a vice and tried to straighten it with pliers and hammer.

Now, I would just replace it in a heartbeat.

By the time that bit of bent metal has seen forced back, it will be so stressed and weakened, you will effectively have nothing more secure than a plain gate karabiner.

If whatever happened to bend it whilst new reoccurred in the future, I can’t see it putting up much of a fight!

The gate damage looks like what I would imagine if force had been applied to open it whilst the collar wasn’t fully rotated.

Did you use anything to ensure the karabiner stayed properly orientated?

Zigzag or zigzag plus?

5 hours ago, Big J said:

 

I am rather glad that I was no longer there to suffer that. 
 

 

Definitely.

25 minutes ago, Logdaft said:

Wouldn’t that be  premature ‘treejacyuleation’?

11 hours ago, Beardie said:

Pity it had to come down; you had the makings of a topiary sheep right there!

 

That would make it a ewe hedge.

16 hours ago, judastreefairy said:

 

Childish…. And inaccurate, as you have clearly only drawn two of his three nuts.

3 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Anyone with any sense! This is actually one thing I dislike about the battery saws, it being theoretically possible to knock off the chainbrake and rev the motor with the saw at your side. I suppose the husky model at least had an off off button*

*that, and that the battery has probably  just fallen out.

12 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Can’t see them going down in price.

Seen the new models? Very smart!

Old Renault, and a couple of tins of gloss…. Bargain of the century.

Is it an actual tree, or more like a shurb?

I run a collection of 70s and 80s Homelites for a number of years on premixed Aspen, without a single problem so far.

Charities are crap payers, because their staff will work for below normal wages.

This applies to their catering staff, cleaning staff, office staff, shop staff, maintenance staff.

It has always been thus.  It is nothing new, the current cohort are in no way disadvantaged over previous generations.

13 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

I'm not having a go at ANY charities in fairness-AND I note with interest I've had a few FIERCE responses from (presumably private employers),Who are ENGRAGED at the idea of paying their staff decent money for a bloody hard job-but they would be angry of course-cheap labour is their lifeblood.... 

Too many people are available to willingly work for a pittance.  They are the issue here, not employers.

Surely employers pay the amount of money necessary to fill their vacancies. 

2 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

Its nice to see the Employers union of 'the lazy fekkers' should all be happy to work for a bowl of rice plus a new pair of boots once a year are alive and well on the forum 

I don’t work for charities any more.

This is not a coincidence.

I don’t think you can compare the NT to ‘normal’ employers by any stretch of the imagination.

1 hour ago, spudulike said:

 

Strange way of using the mower, my wife suggests that he has piles!!

 

Low tree branches.

11 minutes ago, Haironyourchest said:

 

The first day of the course is all the industrial legal stuff, PUWER, environmental, H&S reports, how to do risk assessments etc.

 

You can download the current NTPC course material for your course (don't know where but should be easy enough to find). You can't really fail the theory part, it's like the Safe Pass test, they hold your hand through it.

 

The felling part can be challenging though. Pie cut, danish cut, bore cut etc, cuts that most people don't know or use. You have to be able to remember them for the assessment and execute them well. I'd been messing around with saws for years before but never learned these cuts, it wasn't super hard but the muscle memory wasn't there. Moderately challenging.

 

Situational awareness is taught. Always look around for co-workers standing too close, look up for widowmakers, snap the chain break when repositioning, etc. All good practice and worth taking on board.

 

You won't have to strip a saw in the field (more likely a forestry plantation). Maybe change a chain.

 

Those courses are damn expensive, and have the potential to be quite enjoyable. You should do the course, just for kicks, and write up a report here for our edification.

 

 

 

 

‘CS30’ is chainsaw maintenance (and a touch of cross cutting).  Most providers generally organise this in a workshop with decent lighting, a roof, work benches, tools and possibly even a compressor.

It is most unlikely there will be any tree felling.

3 hours ago, Doug Tait said:

 

Just realised that's why I failed mine, I felled the actual crayon rather than drawing with it.

Easy mistake to make.

 

Last time I did a chainsaw assessment I noticed that the covers to all the electrical sockets in the training room been scribbled all over with what appears to be crayons. "So what's up with all the crayon scribbles on these sockets?” I asked the assessor. "Oh, I did that," he replied "My psychiatrist told me I needed some creative outlets."