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They messed up not you. Is this in the UK? Under G55/2, they should have done a risk assessment, they should have assessed the tree, they should have categorised the tree as A, B, C or D, and they should have selected the most appropriate work technique. They should also be trained (NPTC UA2.2 covers how to do this work) authorised by the NO and they should be competent (although you can't make people competent only through training, you need experiance to become competent). Decision making isn't upto the surveyor, its up to the team on the day. They know how good they are, they know what the weather conditions are, they know what the current state of the tree is. One final thought, How would you having unit 5 have helped? If you couldn't gain access, you couldn't gain access. Having UA5 dosen't give you wings, have you considered red bull? I wouldn't worry about it. It may help push you boss towards getting your unit 5 though, best of luck.

I think the point is that you need to check your insurance small print to see if you are covered for 'off roading' as it's considered off roading if you a on FC tracks that aren't public access. Your insurance will cover you for access roads and car parks. It may not for tracks. No insurance...... expect the laws long arm..... maybe it would be best if they sell 'em all off, then my trusty FC key will be of no use (and the temptation will be gone.

Sod the wench / winch. I was intersted in a chainsaw with a wrench attached.

Just watch how you cross the main road

Trainer. If your assessor starts felling trees you have got real problems

sums it all up. when-I-were-a-lad we used a map, a compass, and our eyes. young-kids-these-days have to be told where to go by some stupid electric gadget so they don't have to think for themselves. you would never catch me sitting infront of a pile of silicon chips all evening staring dumbly at at screen!

Or a wine glass (a nice full one).

Fear not, odd bird, First, don't worry what the others are doing. You are not in a race, or competing with them in any way. Second, Its not doing good cuts on your training course that matters. Make all your mistakes now (and learn how to get out them / not repeat them). Third, make your mistakes early in the course, so as you get better, your confidence builds. Fouth (as toprotter said) "enjoy it". When its not going 100%, stop for a moment. take a step back from the tree, think how much you want it, and how much hassle its been to get this far, and ENJOY IT. The only reason to do tree work is that its fun. Fifthly, be glad that you are not "using up all your good cuts on the training". This would appear to ge a genuine problem on training courses. I have had candidates on training who were model pupils all the way way through training, but on the assessment, the assessor has contacted me wondering why I put such a hopeless case forward for assessor. I have also had candidates who were above average for the start of the course, and seemed to go down hill on the last few days, not leaving you enough time to correct the multitude of "day1 week1" errors they are making. I have has candidates who were nothing but, errrr "not good" through out the training, and never seemed to "get it", but for the assessment, they sailed through - so much so you wonder if its a different person (ooops, did I say that out loud) being assessed. Finally Your assessment is the only day it matters. Listen hard to your trainer, and get as much experiance as you can on your course (I guess you are only a few days in). :-)

Have Husky put emissions before performance? I reckon they have..... I also reckon we will all be sticking with the 200T.

The point of shooting pheasants? 1) Clays taste pretty lousey, regardless of how you cook them. 2) Pheasants fly really really high (sometimes) which makes missing them much more entertaining. 3) A well trained and excited spaniel is not required for clays. 4) I find clay shooters far too 'clicky' (but then they look down on me as I am rubbish at clays anyway). 5) Don't like the outfits clay shooters wear.... hmmmm, the list goes on.....

Great, simply stop the chain by waving your gloved hand at it oooops, right upto the day it stopped working. now my fingers are all gone And thats the problem with PPE. most safety equipment 'fails to safe' but PPE always increases the danger when it fails. All that aside, nice idea! Trying to work out why I didn't think of it.

Words of wisdom mate, words of wisdom!!!!!!

There, there, there. You did just the right thing. If you had helped him, he would probably carried on, not taking responsibility for his actions, and careered off the road at the next sharp corner. rekon you saved his life, and just before christmas. you may sleep the sleep of the just tonight.

...... or snowdrift......... or jacknifed Stobart truck.

60mph forward speed..... 750kg of chipper..... relased from truck...... Brakes fully applied...... And thats going to lead to a controlled stop? who makes this rubbish up. Even Clarkson and that hampster chap wouldn't try it. Short breakaway cable, slightly longer chain, sorted! Plod need not apply (of couse, if you did get stopped, you could just assure the old bill that you were nicking the chipper, in which case they would let you go on your way so they could victimise proper law abiding citizens )

Not legal to secure your trailer to the back of your truck? Where on earth does it say that. I thought it was illegal NOT to secure a trailer to the back of a vehicle :confused1:

Well, not a whole one. Over at the Inlaws this year in Belgium. My good lady informs me that they are quite into all that out there (this was following a conversation where I ranted "what good are horses for..... you can't eat a horse - can you!). Turns out she knew better.

Horse this year I think. Never had horse before, really looking forward to it.

RE "lantra card". Training is simply 'them' telling and showing you stuff. Assessment is you telling and showing 'them' stuff. You want an NPTC assessment if you want to progress in this industry. Training can be given to you by anyone. (your mum, your boss, a college or a national organisation line 'LANTRA'). If lantra do your training, you get a discount for your NPTC assessment, but to get the discount you need the training course ID number (called a HO number). Lantra issue you with an dedit card sized card, which have the details printed on them, but you wont have that card yet because you havent been trained yet - have you! They may simply be asking if you have already got a lantra card (from woodchipper or brushcutter training for instance) in order to streamline the registration part of the course (i.e. please bring your lantra card if you have one, no worries of you don't) Does that make things clearer??? all the best :-)

FRET WORK! I knew there was a proper word for it. Finger work is something quite different........... ...............that involves the yellow pages .

And on the subject of being sharp, that was supposed to be a 'play on words'............. tuned......sharp.......yeah?...........i'll get my coat. Oh, by the way, nice finger work (or whatever its called )

I do like to see a properly tuned saw. That one clearly wasn't sharp.

I believe this one does a bit. :-) http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/members/slack-ma-girdle.html Maybe give him a PM....

Or whatever the randomly numbered Stihl equivalent is