Jcarbor
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Top-handled chainsaws: appropriate use and management
Jcarbor replied to JackArbAssociation's topic in Training & education
Conor even as a sole trader you should have Eli. -
Top-handled chainsaws: appropriate use and management
Jcarbor replied to JackArbAssociation's topic in Training & education
? I’m not quite understanding your question,The person who employed him is. If you employ someone to work directly under your companies supervision then you are liable for their safety and well being. At the lowest base level its the correct thing to do and provide. We have youngsters from college working for us regularly its only right that you provide for all staffs needs and well being. -
Top-handled chainsaws: appropriate use and management
Jcarbor replied to JackArbAssociation's topic in Training & education
Paul if this lad was providing labour only then it as plain as day, the idiot employing him should have the appropriate ELI in place.Its shocking that irresponsible employers like this get away with this behaviour. (Jim Jc trees.) -
Top-handled chainsaws: appropriate use and management
Jcarbor replied to JackArbAssociation's topic in Training & education
To f@$king right! -
Top-handled chainsaws: appropriate use and management
Jcarbor replied to JackArbAssociation's topic in Training & education
My thoughts exactly, were you labour only or a bona fidi contractor ( proving your own gear ie kit vehicles and doing the job for him etc) if you are labour only then he should be liable for you, not having ELI IS ILLEGAL! The client should also have some input into this event if you were doing utility works and he was uninsured, were you qualified in utility? -
Top-handled chainsaws: appropriate use and management
Jcarbor replied to JackArbAssociation's topic in Training & education
Bloody hell thats an awful incident and I hope you carry on improving from it. Whats truly awful is you were working for a mate with no ELI, thats bloody criminal of him, it pisses me off that certain individuals in this game get away with doing the job with the minimal of cost such as insurance and no training, its pure greed and totally dishonest, it make my blood boil. -
Top-handled chainsaws: appropriate use and management
Jcarbor replied to JackArbAssociation's topic in Training & education
Also add in one of these to your personal fist aid kits they ain’t expensive. Top handled saws are a great bit of kit used up in the canopy, they are far less intrusive in a confined space. The issue is often poor work position, it needs to be rock steady, never work above the height of your chest or cut below your legs a kick back or chain run over in these positions will be devastating. Slow down and think before the cut is made. -
Ive got one they’re a really hand bit of kit, also runs my small splitter
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Shed a blade before , i remember watching the fins fly out the chute into the chip bin, its an awful feeling. Cost me £1,500 to get it repaired, that prompted me to learn how to rebuild timber wolf chippers, now repair them in my barn, its not too difficult if you invest in the correct tools.
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Ah understood, yep no probs with that, you can also put a current through it if needed.
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Correct your wife does know best, never use stock wire for horses, they can get their hooves caught in it and end up with a very serious life threatening injury, i know because it happened to on of our horses.
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Has anyone got one of these,yes it looks like a narrow boat but don’t be fooled,apparently its some sort of chipper.?
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Best strimmer for general grass strimming and weeds round a carpark
Jcarbor replied to mitchel's topic in Landscaping
I’ve always used stihl strimmers but purchased a top of the range echo420 its great and nowhere near as costly as a stihl. -
Piece of low tensile fencing wire weld it to form a ring and slot it in, or buy a shim from spectrum plant, about £15 I think.
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I was set to buy a 572 xpg , got fed up waiting for one so we picked up 390 due to them not being produced anymore, they’re a fantastically powerful saw a tad on the heavy side.
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Husky
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Ryan, as stated before get your site specfic risk assessment off the arb associations web site. The method statement is pretty self explanatory its the method of working on that site, taking in to account how the detail is going to be carried out and the methodology of the kit being used.I think some people on this forum are maybe concerned that if you don’t already understand or have these in place then maybe its a risk you doing them, whilst others are just not helpful. Wind blown is potentially very hazardous, there’s a specific training course for it, its no where like a simply felling ticket. A must if you are going to do it a tirfor winch or similar, be aware of the terrain especially slopes never work downside. Always have a first aid kit and rescue plan with you, never work alone. Good luck buddy. Work safe!
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Gas mains telecommunications and old water feed. raft and fleece barrier for pavement rebuild.
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Sorbus Aria Lutescens, arbor raft tree pit kits.
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A fair sum, that paving is 85mm deep natural quarried York stone slabs from a West Yorkshire quarry @ about £500 per square metre including the labour and sundries, then you’ve got the trees on top.
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Nope because the walls of the pit go down below the services.the roots will carry on past them.
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FFS I leave my Jcb loader over night and I often can’t start it?
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Nuneaton Born and in breed ?my neck of the woods, you couldnt get a more different sort of location to be in. excellent [emoji106]
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Ive found old cast iron tree guards buried in estate tree stumps on several occasions, new teeth required
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Hi Gary, the client is doing a refurb on a few main tourist streets in York, the spec includes some urban street planting, it involved excavating 2x2 metre pits, these pits were full of assorted services so tree pits and raft structures needed to be installed. The pits make the trees grow downwards and remove the risk of the pavement being disrupted in the future. A bit of a steep learning curve for us and in one of the busiest tourist streets in York.
