likeitorlumpit

The "habit" is not always drink/drugs, some are career criminals for whom stealing is like us going to work with its own set of risks. Let's face it, if you can steal a chipper and get a few grand for a couple of hours work, it's going to worth the risk isn't it? The company you steal from is insured, the insurer pays out, and the dealer sells a new chipper. The "victim" has a new machine, he's happy, the insurer get higher premiums, he's happy, the thief gets a few £££s for nowt, he's happy, and the dealer gets his sale, he's happy too. Whose lost out?

Me

I don't want a new chipper as the one I have is a good one and the disruption to my business has lost us money.

Plus, if the insurance companies have increased theft then I have increasing premiums which is a cost to me.

Plus- they cause hundreds of pounds in damage when they break in.

Plus, the dealer would get a new sale anyway because the buyer of my nicked chipper would have to buy new if he wanted a chipper or as I intimated, buy second hand though at a higher price as there would be more demand as there would be fewer stolen stuff on the market.

Dealers need to get a grip here.

A local hire shop here had success with a chipper that was nicked- the police decided as it was tracked, they would prioritise it.

They found it with all stickers removed under metal sheeting under HV powerlines. They obviously thought the electric would disturb the signal.#

Chipper recovered.

Just started using them- prices seem good

E mails came through- so we await receipt of the goods. I'm expecting a bit of a wait as it's Xmas season

I think you will probably find the type of people who end up with the stolen kit would be the type that would not be prepared to go buy new anyway.

OK

Think this through

They need the kit

They can't knick it because security and tracking has improved by dealer involvement and insurers reducing premiums for firms that fit trackers etc etc.

They have to buy if they want kit or buy on e bay second hand.

Well that puts up the price of second hand and encourages pros. to buy more regularly as they can sell their used kit for better money.

I'm sorry but using the excuse that it encourages sales is not as valid as you think.

Dodgey traders charging dodgy prices will still make their profit even if they have to buy new kit.

When I retailed power tools at least 50% of my sales were replacements for stolen equipment, both manufacturers and retailers would suffer quite a big reduction in sales if theft were zero.

 

I certainly would have struggled to sell enough new power tools to make a decent profit

That just doesn't make sense Dean

If there was no theft then those who thieve would have to buy (assuming they needed the items) and so you would have sold the same. But would have a scummier class of customers:001_rolleyes:

For some reason, I thought I'd bought 4 tickets but

a. I never got a ticket number in e mail( never got e mail)

b. I haven't seen £20 deducted from my debit card.

Hodge had an issue earlier- is this the same ?

I thought I'd done everything right.

Are there others out there who don't understand that they haven't bought a ticket though they thought they had?

Would be a shame

Plus earlier today I was trying to rectify the situation and buying more tickets but I couldn't find anywhere on the site to do so.

Can you make a permanent ad.?

I too have recently bought a Jet boil from FRJones

One splosh of gas does 20-30 cups at £2.99

Thats better than McDonalds.

Even get a coffee plunger.

Bigger gas bombs give better savings but you lose the compactness.

Can't really understand why you would want a stove that needs wood and all that associated soot. (although it sounded like a good thing)

If you are in the woods just set a fire and boil a kettle.

Am I getting lazy

Just to get my defence in writing and on the internet.

It is my intention that if I was ever burgled and discovered the chap/chapesses then I would make them all a cup of tea, maybe some cake and help them carry my stuff to their car so they didn't hurt their backs. I can't stand violence and can't believe I could ever wish harm on another human being.

Funnily, as has been said many times on here. Those who make a big deal about their intended actions often turn out to be the ones doing nothing and per se the opposite often applies. That may indeed be a defence

They're rubbish- drop it round mine and I'll get rid of it for you:001_smile:

LOLER - what a pain in the bum. The most important part of it is checking your own kit daily before you go up a tree...I've been doing that for 20 years...I don't know anybody around here who actually does the weekly record..but a few that have mass form filling in sessions before a LOLER test etc. Also know a few LOLER inspectors who climb on kit/let their blokes climb on kit I wouldn't touch with a barge pole...hey ho....

It's not what you do, it's how you record it. For better or worse, thats how it is.

I'd rather have the check sheet all nicely filled in so that if there ever was an accident (please don't), I'm able to worry about the climber rather than worry about making sure the forms are retrospectively/fraudulently filled in. Especially as one of them is my son.

I agree though the daily check is more important as a climber but at the moment this doesn't need recording. It's a funny old world.

LOLER - what a pain in the bum. The most important part of it is checking your own kit daily before you go up a tree...I've been doing that for 20 years...I don't know anybody around here who actually does the weekly record..but a few that have mass form filling in sessions before a LOLER test etc. Also know a few LOLER inspectors who climb on kit/let their blokes climb on kit I wouldn't touch with a barge pole...hey ho....

It's not what you do, it's how you record it. For better or worse, thats how it is.

I'd rather have the check sheet all nicely filled in so that if there ever was an accident (please don't), I'm able to worry about the climber rather than worry about making sure the forms are retrospectively/fraudulently filled in. Especially as one of them is my son.

I agree though the daily check is more important as a climber but at the moment this doesn't need recording. It's a funny old world.

It's so easy for basic kit- does it really need to take 20-40 mins. Unless you've used loads of gear.

Surely you can do this simply especially as you will have been climbing with it during the days and know if things are becoming an issue.

The write down stuff is really only to satisfy insurers that you're not some gung ho idiot who uses damaged gear.

Quick go through, either a P or an F in the correct collumn. A U for unused.

Any that fail taken out of service and someone informed.

Even if you are gung ho then you pass everything and when it fails you are covered by the paperwork unless of course the long standing nature of the defect is apparent.

I'd be interested in an insurers take on this though.

I guess an employee who didn't do the weekly report would be covered by employee insurance anyway (employee would be covered as he would say in court that his boss didn't enforce the issue) though the insurers would no doubt make the employer getting any future insurance damn hard. That may affect others on the firm- scenario that the firm can't get insurance and has to close-I'd like to know if this has ever happened. To conclude, it's probably in your interest to make sure you all do whats required and don't moan about it.

I'd just like to say thanks for the link to earth porn- theres some fantastic photos on there.

Get over there- it's better than moaning on arbtalk:001_tt2:

Has anyone got a good fix for the D ring on the saw that you clip into. Jake has dropped his saw 4 times so far as a result of this failing. Anyone else had any issues and how did you fix it. Thanks.

my climbers have to do weekly checks- £20 fine if they don't

It's expected and I'm not going to take the risk of insurance saying no.

Personally, I would welcome a firm expecting me to check kit. It's my life.

if you base your business on cash price- you'll fail

Personally I can't stand it

they always want you to collect= expense

they want a discount

they often in jobs earning over 50K so it's no respect to us.

Don't do it

most times you get the job anyway. Think.... clever.

Not wanting to sound like a do gooder but if no one pay tax then the situation don't work. Your roads fail, you get bitchy about potholes. etc etc,

Don't allow the rich to avoid tax. It's just not worth it.

I've never used one but I've seen people using them and they look oh so awkward/bad back issues/noisy/useless at getting leaves from under cars- the list goes on.

Just get the best blower you can afford and put up with people saying 'why don't you just use a vacuum'

They've never used one.

awful thing to use in the canopy. Heavy/cumbersome and getting the angle right is a pita. otherwise, I don't see any reason not to use it:biggrin:

Personally, I think almost any branch that needs a chainsaw to remove could be reached by climbing. The Wolf pole snippers though, they are often useful for that oh so delicate twig removal.

We've used resin bonded gravel around trees.

It has to be 50mm thick and as it's quite expensive, some contractors use less thick and this is when it fails especially when cars drive over it.

I would recommend keeping an eye on any fitted as over time the tree will grow and could like you say be ring barked. This is a problem with most tree surrounds though.

It is porus which is a good thing. You can tip a bucket of water over it once installed and it goes through (the water test). The issue is it's recommended 10degrees C installation temperature though I guess it could be colder, just take longer to set.

Laying it is easy if you have some trowel experience.

Mixing it is easy if you don't try and do too much at once and use a clean shovel

Cost is high. weeds will grow in it as it collects dust over time. Usually kept small by the hostile environment though.

It's not perfect but looks good. I'm not sure theres a perfect answer to this.

Bark mulch just doesn't work in urban environment.

Metal grids- hmmm... nickable/costly/still have weed and ringing issues.

Gravel- dogshit etc and it travels

Just soil- weeds/****

tarmac- really- I don't think so.

we have replaced an old hedge = probably 50 years old with a new fence as one of the neighbours (who have moved subsequently) into a new (30 years old) development complained to the housing association that the hedge kept growing over their land. Long term should save money for the leaseholders. I resisted this as the hedge and trees were obviously a wildlife haven and it really seemed a shame. But I was over ruled and asked to rip out and fence.

We've done half the job and now the neighbours (a close)want a fence extension to go behind their garages which are 3feet (from deeds) from the old hedge boundary.

My thoughts are that the land behind the garages has built up soil / leaf litter over 30-40 years at least.

The garage owners are suggesting we will find damage to their property caused by the hedge.

I'm expecting trouble when we remove the old hedge/ hedge trees+soil/leaf litter. I think the garage owners will claim against the housing association for damage caused by the hedge.

My question is- Is the hedge owner liable? because it was their hedge that was growing over the neighbours land... or should the garage owners have kept their 3 ft 'maintenance ' strip clear.

Who's to blame- the hedge owner or the 'relatively new' neighbours.

It feels like neighbouring residents are 'bullying' the housing association who as usual don't want negative publicity (a policy doomed to failure in my opinion)

It feels complicated but surely their is a legal precedent. Does anyone know the legal side.

Sorry- just read this again and it's too complicated so please ignore this thread.

Thanks and sorry for wasting your time folks

The drains are the biggest cause of injury. Not seeing them under the water.

 

If anyone has to walk in floods, please use a stick or broom handle and use it like a blind persons white stick. Feel you way.

 

I was talking to someone not that long ago while fund raising and he was saying that even tho he would never need the rnli he has always donated.

I asked why and his reply was that he has never and will never go on a ship in the sea.

 

But it's not just the sea anymore, it's the floods that the rnli flood rescue team work in aswell as most normal stations.

 

So if you ever think you will never need us, think about how much of a flood risk you are in.

There were containers in folkestone harbour Rich. Will we see photos?

Was it the inner harbour?

we have replaced an old hedge = probably 50 years old with a new fence as one of the neighbours (who have moved subsequently) into a new (30 years old) development complained to the housing association that the hedge kept growing over their land. Long term should save money for the leaseholders. I resisted this as the hedge and trees were obviously a wildlife haven and it really seemed a shame. But I was over ruled and asked to rip out and fence.

We've done half the job and now the neighbours (a close)want a fence extension to go behind their garages which are 3feet (from deeds) from the old hedge boundary.

My thoughts are that the land behind the garages has built up soil / leaf litter over 30-40 years at least.

The garage owners are suggesting we will find damage to their property caused by the hedge.

I'm expecting trouble when we remove the old hedge/ hedge trees+soil/leaf litter. I think the garage owners will claim against the housing association for damage caused by the hedge.

My question is- Is the hedge owner liable? because it was their hedge that was growing over the neighbours land... or should the garage owners have kept their 3 ft 'maintenance ' strip clear.

Who's to blame- the hedge owner or the 'relatively new' neighbours.

It feels like neighbouring residents are 'bullying' the housing association who as usual don't want negative publicity (a policy doomed to failure in my opinion)

It feels complicated but surely their is a legal precedent. Does anyone know the legal side.

Unfortunately the flat rate scheme only applies to small businesses with a turnover less than 150K. That will suit you for a newly VAT registered business but may not last too long. Depends how you grow. Sounds like it's worth considering though.

I've called them toppers before but there how has to be a distinction between 200/201 and 150's on this firm so probably best we get more specific.

Send up the topper may get you the wrong one.

did i detect an irish accent there

wood:biggrin:

Honestly don't have a preference. I like the variety.