Arbre
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Thanks Monkey-D, most usefull. As my boss will say this is just an Adivsory Group, so I wondered does anyone have any powers to enforce these things or is it just a case of if something goes wrong my boss might be in trouble for refusing to follow the advice?
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Good points, my trouble is although I say to him there should be a Cs38 bloke on the ground, firstly he has very limited knowledge of these terms so he says "who says so", then if I stop there's no pay and not much chance of future work. I was hoping for something I could print and show him tomorrow (we're working again - not hard, just taking some secondary braches back from an industrial unit). No chipping or clearing for me - that's one of the plus points on working for him, him or his lads do all the clearing 90% of the time - amd he pays well.
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Strange one today, my boss told me he'd be my groundworker today (cut costs, times are hard, etc...) which I wasn't too happy with as he's not a climber but it was him or no work. Then before the works finished he says he's off and I'm to carry on. As much as I'd like to stop there would be no income stopping working so I carried on just using the Silky. So my problem is what are the rules regarding climber and somone on the ground? I want to say something to the boss that I can base on some clear guidelines or directorate or even specific rules that he can't argue with. I ask as although I hear much talk of what's needed I want to read what the undeniable rules are that must be adheared to. By the way I'm just a freelance climber working for this guy probably 3 days a week. He's a general grounds maintenance company and doesn't do much tree work.
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Thanks - I'll try and contact him over the weekend. As an aside, is £60 about the going rate for checking 1 standard climbing kit?
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Anyone recomend a Loler tester in Dorset area? Mine's now due and unfortunatley missed the recent visit by traveling Loler inspector! Thanks in advance.....
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Local paper says chap was 45 and was pronounced dead on site from the fall from multiple injuries. HSE are investigating.
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Very close to me, been texting local climbers but no info back yet, waiting to hear and wondering how and why. I've been having a fun day up in the trees myself, nice weather and some challenging yet enjoyable deadwooding, then all emotions change when I got home and hear someone within a few miles has fallen - makes it all seem not worthwhile.
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It's an Ash tree......
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Got a tree about 40ft tall that the has all it's bark removed by rabbits (I guess) from base to about 12 inches up. No damage to the core wood, just the bark thats gone. The customer is keen to have the tree felled but it looks healthy and is already in full bud. Do you think the lack of bark is serious enough to fell or will the tree live normally?
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Anyone recomend a durable mobile phone that can take the bashes and constant dusty environment of tree surgery? I've had too many over the years with few lasting more than half a year, from Samsung, Nokia, Sony Ericcson. I used a Samsung D500 for ages as could buy them for about £10 off eBay when they died but after 5 of them it might be time to change. Any recomendations?
