Spruce Pirate

Call yourself a woodcutter? Just get if felled! 😂

Drew Graham used to do big stumps with a big mulcher on the back of the tractor and used to go all over. Not sure if they still do or not but could be worth a try.

Bless you! But how do you say Saoirse?

Our kids have always come to work for us. They don't always like the work, but they mostly like the money. Different rates for different jobs depending on circumstances - how much is in the job, how hard they actually work, etc - which has always been explained to them. I think it does them the world of good.

Probably a lot of habit in this but when climbing, which I very rarely do these days, I normally use the chinstrap as it's on the climbing helmet and I'm used to it. When on the ground I never use one as it's not on the ground helmet, I never have had one on a ground helmet and don't see the need. I don't really find them comfortable, but they're not mega uncomfortable. Never had a problem with helmet falling off my head. Occasionally they're a bit faffy, but mostly I've got bigger problems than adjusting a chinstrap. All that said, I wouldn't want one on a ground helmet as I just don't see the need.

😂🤣😂 While I don't disagree with the advice to buy proper stuff, to say it isn't expensive........ 😂🤣😂

Is there a difference? When I did the ticket it was one ticket covers all manually fed chippers. That was NPTC and did two training courses but only one ticket back in 2014.

Are you trying to say the log bullet is less glamorous than a helicopter???? I think not!

When I worked for them as a student back in 98/99 it was the same definition of a quarter as above.

He's not been on here in ages - probably living in a caravan in Argyll and not had any phone signal for a year! 😂

Lynch pins! I don't know how many times I've snapped one on my finger or how many more times it will take before I learn! Tonight's stupid, easily avoidable headache was smashing one of the kids Easter chocolate bunnys over my forehead to break it for them. Chocolate rabbits are surprisingly hard!

Depending on who you're working for you'll need to do it. Forestry wise there's very few folk who accept you working for them or on their ground without a valid refresher or upskill. A few smaller contractors working on smaller estates and on the fringes maybe, but all the big players insist on it. Tree surgery is, I think a very different animal. As far as it being a recommendation, I think as far as HSE is concerned a "recommendation" is a little more like an instruction and you would have to do some pretty slick talking to explain why you haven't followed their "recommendation". @slack ma girdle I've never met anyone who wanted to do a refresher. I've never learnt anything on a refresher, nor has anyone I know. This is only my personal experience. They are a box ticking exercise, another overhead, albeit when you look at it on a cost per day basis it is pretty minimal. I wouldn't employ anyone who didn't have one, but that's because almost everyone we work for insists on them. I don't think refreshers really serve any valid purpose, I don't believe they've had any real impact on reducing accidents which is why we're now getting hit with logbooks and such like. On the other hand, I wouldn't employ anyone who I considered actually dangerous. I'd imagine most of us have come across a few characters over the years who would fit into this category, and most of them could easily pass a refresher course with a five year ticket! Overall I think its a waste of time, unless perhaps you've had a ten or fifteen year break from using the saw, in which case it might come in handy. If you're cutting all, or most of, the time you know what you're doing and it won't do you any good other than being allowed to work for the big firms.

DNO may not give a shutdown unless you've got a Permit to Work, or they might send out their own crew with a Permit. The latter is rare in my experience. Yes, I was simply taking the piss.

I'm guessing electric ones! 😂

I did a bit when I first got them, but they stay tight and secure. They've lasted as well, can't remember when I got them, but its a number of years ago and they still seem in good shape.