Spruce Pirate
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Killearn Kirk isn't it?
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So no-one knows of any reason that only elm or beech should be used. It seemed strange to me at the time, but as I had a bit of elm in I didn't question it too much and just took his money. What the customer wants, after all, is what you should sell them (within reason obviously).
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Is that due to scarcity of clean stuff?
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Are you getting good money for infected stuff or only clean stuff? Is there any clean stuff down your way?
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The oven was brick built, by my father-in-law as it happens, to a traditional Italian design (apparently), so there was no supplier as such. However, someone must have come up with the idea of how the oven was designed and they could well have said to use elm or beech. I have been to Italy, but don't remember noticing a lot of beech or elm, so not sure how "traditional" they are in this sense.
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Could be. I think I asked him about that at the time, but didn't get much other than, "it has to be elm or beech" out of him. I wasn't sure if they burned particularly pure, ie almost complete combustion with very little emissions? Are there any species preferred for cooking charcoal?
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I always assumed there was some basis for it but was never sure what that basis was. Personally I would assume that if you get it hot enough it doesn't matter what species it is, but perhaps I'm wrong.
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I was reading another thread a few minutes ago about wood species which reminded me of this. I was asked by a local pub, a few years ago now, to supply either beech or elm for their Italian style wood burning pizza oven. They were very specific about it being elm or beech, I asked at the time why it had to be one of these species, but never got an answer over, "because it does". I had a bit of low quality elm at the time so it wasn't a problem to do it, but I always wondered why the species was so specific. Does anyone know the answer?
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In addition to payment terms etc, make sure you put on how long the quote is valid for. 90 days is standard I think. You don't want someone coming back to you three years later when all your costs have trebled and saying they'd like to accept your quote.
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Is this really a problem on here? For everything that is posted up showing something not being carried out to industry best practice there always seems to be somebody posting up a reply saying, "that looks a bit dodgy, why don't you do it this way?". I'm paraphrasing, obviously.
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Other than almost any semi-mature onward tree may have some bat potential I don't see anything specific in the photos. Is there something I've missed or are you generalising here?
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Climbing in thunder and lightning storms
Spruce Pirate replied to Jack Price's topic in General chat
Don't like thunder and lightning. If it starts its home time for me. I know a couple of people who've been struck, both on the ground, doesn't sound pleasant. -
For those of you who sit on the side line
Spruce Pirate replied to eggsarascal's topic in General chat
Purely out of curiosity, why did you join an arb forum if you've nothing to do with the industry? I'm not saying you shouldn't join, the forum wouldn't be as interesting if it was only tree types on it, just wondering. -
I think they're separate tickets. PA1 is the foundation ticket, you need it to do any subsequent tickets, but all the others are stand alone units.
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Have to renew all NPTC units every 5 years
Spruce Pirate replied to lloyd g's topic in Training & education
The problem with this is that it is supposed to be about improving health and safety. Unfortunately we don't yet have the full details of exactly which hoops we will need to jump through. My worry is that it's going to be time consuming; expensive; contractors will not be able to fully recoup the costs and in reality it will do very little to actually improve health and safety. I hope I'm proved wrong on all these points. I do not think that refresher training is a totally bad thing, I'm on record on here several times saying so. However it should be meaningful, and be based more on an individuals skills and abilities rather than a box ticking exercise. Of course log books can be fabricated, but I'd like to think if it were a viable alternative to endless re-testing that most folk would take a couple of minutes each day to complete it? Maybe I have too much faith in human nature... -
Have to renew all NPTC units every 5 years
Spruce Pirate replied to lloyd g's topic in Training & education
You are, of course, quite right on this. I did think of that after I wrote that post. Yes, I agree, perhaps best not to tempt fate. My point being I think I am in more danger driving to work than I am while at work, and yet it is the less risky part of the operation that I am required to refresh/recertify in. Logging hours, apart from the long paper trail involved, does seem a good idea to me. Unfortunately this whole process smacks of lip service to Health & Safety to me. I don't see how being refreshed is going to make a dangerous operator safer. If anything we need good, and I mean really good, assessors to come on site and assess our abilities on the job and then make any recommendations to us how to do anything better, if required. In my opinion FISA should be paying for this. Getting guys who have been cutting for 20+ years, even 10 or 5 years, to refresh their 30/31 is pointless. -
Have to renew all NPTC units every 5 years
Spruce Pirate replied to lloyd g's topic in Training & education
Yes, but most wood cutters aren't professional drivers. -
Have to renew all NPTC units every 5 years
Spruce Pirate replied to lloyd g's topic in Training & education
Very valid point. I still say that driving to work is the riskiest part of my, or anyone's, day. No mention of compulsory refresher for driving though, is there? -
I'm sure I remember someone telling me there is a way of keeping a tree on the stump. Back cut below the hinge??? I'm not sure of this, it might need a winch to compensate for the back cut being low? Like I say, not sure of it.
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Have to renew all NPTC units every 5 years
Spruce Pirate replied to lloyd g's topic in Training & education
Don't think this is right. FC policy is that full time users must REFRESH every 5 years, not re-sit. BUT, doing a ticket refreshes you. So, it may be cheaper to do the assessment than to do the refresher. That is do the assessment only, not the training. See other threads on this, but it appears the powers that be have decided that we are too dangerous and that refresher training will make us safer. -
Work based diploma through Nptc credits ?
Spruce Pirate replied to bear_macgregor205's topic in Training & education
The last ticket I did the instructor toted up all my units and reckoned I could get some sort of diploma thing by doing only another unit, re-pollarding was what he suggested I think. It was the first I'd heard of it, and I'm still not sure exactly what the "qualification" you get is. But, to answer your question, yes, I've heard of it. I'd be interested to hear any further information anyone's got. -
For what it's worth, I think series 3 doors will fit a defender. You could fit series 3 doors to a 90/110, and you can fit defender doors to a 90/110, therefore the series 3 doors should fit a defender. I might be wrong on this, but I think they're interchangeable.
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Did you get 2p cash-back on the chip?
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Just because you can't prove there is a benefit does not mean that the benefit isn't there.
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I would agree. Don't give the guy a tenner if you want to make any money. I think the best result for both of you would be you filling your time and getting a foot in the door of a business which you may be able to grow into something worthwhile and he gets rid of the wood for nothing.
