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Ha Ha, thats my technique. Forget the proper way, just bodge till it seems to work right.

alas, I thought this thread was about someones new wee chipper.

Is Mr Ian Mobbs still on the WPD audit scene? He used to live slap bang in the middle of our managed unit. That made for plenty of unscheduled audits (not that we didn't deserve it back then!)

Or you could just work with WPD on your back No need to worry about slipping into slack ways then

worked for me. he he he (just kidding)

I rekon nothing would hit the fan at all. He would probably just stop being down your way and scuttle up my way and set up once more.

I have got my mums old homelite somwhere. It hasn't got an ounce of plastic on it, its all cast metal. Proudly down the side is written "the worlds lightest direct drive chainsaw". It weighs about the same as an 088!

......OK...... How about "work on your own and keep both feet on the ground"

You may well get a tap on your shoulder from HSE if you are working at height without adequate rescue provision, accident or not. Poss one of the only things they will spot check.

Ditto the above. don't want one, but just might get one anyway in respect of the last paragraph!

....or you could sellotape an inflatable owl / buzzard up there. Although, to be honest, my neighbour once had a plactic heron in the pond to deter the real herons and that did a lousy job

Have you considered a Céline Dion cd? I once had a very nice rimfire rifle. .22 Sako, moderator on the end. Very stealthy and more effective than microsoft anytime Also worked on them pesky squirrels. Anyway, off to cuddle a bunny.

FACT. :lol:Yeh, but you can be sure someone will disagree!

At all depends on how many mobile phone cells (masts) you phone is able to contact. Your location is calculated by the relative signal strength recieved at each cell, as this allows your lovation to be triangulated. If your phone is in contact with 3 or more cells (such as along a main road or in an urban area), the accuracy can be very good (<100sq metres-ish). If your phone has a scratchy signal from just one cell, then I guess the helichopter will be performing a number of large circles. I think I will put my faith in a six figure grid ref!

I think it goes somthing like YOU.. "help, help, you've got to save me, all the blood is coming out". NICE LADY ON 112 CALL DESK.. "Don't worry sir, I have you exact location here on the screen (then under her breath) plus or minus about 2 square miles that is" Best if you injure yourself in town (or near a main road) I think!

remember this?? Unfortunately the same "advice" is being given on this forum to experts and novices alike. Yes, if you cut along powerlines week in and week out, you can get away with some stupid stuff, but DON'T be proud of it, and DON'T offer it up as advice to others . If you don't know much about powerlines and you just want facts, here they are... FACT. If you are felling a tree more than 2x their height from an overhead line (regardless of voltage) you are in no electrical danger- work normally, no need to inform the electric company of your intentions. FACT. If you are pruning a tree more than 9 metres (measured from closest twig of tree to nearest conductor) from a line suspended from wooden poles, and if you can maintain that 9m clearance throughout the job, you are in no electrical danger- work normally, no need to inform the electric company of your intentions (regardless of voltage). FACT. If you are pruning a tree more than 15 metres (measured from closest twig of tree to nearest conductor) from a line suspended from metal towers, and if you can maintain that 15m clearance throughout the job, you are in no electrical danger- work normally, no need to inform the electric company of your intentions (regardless of voltage). FACT. The above distances are called PROXIMITY ZONES. FACT. If your tree is in the proximity zone, you should... • Have NPTC “UA” utility arb qualifications. • Written authorisation by the electric company that owns the lines. • Have informed your insurance company • Informed the electric company of the location of your cutting work FACT. If you haven't got NPTC "UA" qualifications, you don't need to worry about... voltages live zones vicinity zones damp weather vegitation touching! bouncing?!? clashing!?! .... because you won't be that close will you? FACT. We are all grown ups, if we wish to go closer, bully for us, but the original question was for facts in order to "do things right and get up to date".

Wether splasy or soak Brit summer's still a joke I will just settle for longer days. Dark mornings / evenings make me dooooown. (do you think swallows use the long-range met office forcast, or are the african forcasts better?)

yes, recon its fake and silly (we will become even more semi skilled if that idea takes off). The rope coils on desent, and the anchor strop shows no sign of loading / unloading

The Story telling chair is an amazing design, with amazing carving. Superb. Also like your blend of art and heavy machinery in the photos...... .....something for everyone I think.

I got a timberwolf from Tavistock chainsaws in errrrr, Tavistock Devon. Good price and machine, and when I needed to sell it on, he managed to sell it on my behalf for mor than I paid for it... Nice!

Then there are those little slugs you find up the very top of trees. Must take them days to get all the way up there. sometimes feel a little guilty when the log they are sat on goes south.....

I am rather confused by "Ethical", as I don't consider my actions unethical. Most of my career (20 odd years) has been spent doing powerline work. Some may consider my work as butchery, and they are welcome to their opinion. I aim to cut my stumps low, I don't damage fences, I make sure the chips arn't fired down badgers sets, or bunnies holes, I don't block streams with my arisings. I treat whoever I meet with politeness and respect. I try not to make my groundy cry (or knock him out with falling branches) and I try to swear quite quietly. If I break somones property, I tell them, and if I have a Pee around the back of the garden shed, I don't aim for the sun lounger or the BBQ. Despite not leaving pegs... or rips... or spiking up the back of trees, I TAKE PRIDE in the fact that you can see that I have been, because, as I see it, I don't want the powerlines and trees to blend in, because I WANT people to notice powerlines. Its not noticing powelines (or underestimating their danger) that causes injuries that ruin lives, and fatailities than end them. As I say, others may well call it butchery. Could somone clarify wether or not I AM UNETHICAL??

as long as you, your equipment and the bits you cut stay out of the proximity zone, you don't need to infrom the network operator (and your insurance will be valid) if you are FELLING, the proximity zone is 2x tree height. If however, you are pruning / dismantling, the proximity zone is 9 metres (for a line on wooden poles, regardless of voltage). If the tree is at 10m (which you reckon it is) go-you-ahead (as they say).

Just give it a go James, youv'e already done the hard bit (i.e. get together the bits you need) Its a great way of understanding better how somthing works. My golden nugget of advice would be to take photos as to take it apart (pictures are cheep, so take loads as you go from all angles) This makes putting stuff back together sooooo much easier. As long as you don't need the saw desperately, you can give it as long as it takes.

Nice "street view". hope you got written permission from every car you rode past, otherwise I may feel the need to sit at my desk during my lunch and steal all their identities. Har Har Har, by this time tomorrow I shall rule the earth