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I have a customer who's woodland runs adjacent to a public footpath/road with a BT line and poles right on the boundary. BT have pressurized the land owner into them having the trees cut for a rebuild of the poles and lines. Surely that isn't the right way to go about things unless I'm missing something?

They have their own cutting teams, are they being hoodwinked here? 

Cheers lads n lasses 

Husky battery T540ixp or T542ixp? Anyone experience of them both? 

Recommendations for diesel jump packs? The best bang for ya buck?

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many thanks 

Does anyone have a link to section 198 Town and Country planning act 1990 covering public amenity value of trees?

Many thanks

Whats everyones opinion on the brands available on uk market? whats best? 

How big of a bar do you think ya can get away with on a 661 without it loosing too much power? 

Hi boys and gals, I have just bought a tipper and chipper. I am not going at this full speed at the moment. It’s going to be a slow burner for a while so I can’t jump in the deep end yet with public liability etc ‘arbor risk’. Who can I insure the chipper and tipper with for now? 
many thanks 

Thanks for the advice and ideas, titan bulldog clamps look great. Not with the chipper at present, got conflicting wheel sizes of a TW 280 TDHB? Anyone know? Cheers

Whats a good wheel clamp on the market that would actually work if someone was trying to nick your chipper? Any other economical deterrents welcome.

Cheers

notch jet step of camp turbo evo?

what is douglas fir worth a tonne? And whats mixed hardwood per tonne? Stems on a wagon.

cheers

On 02/02/2023 at 11:57, Tommy_B said:

Training requires you to meet the standard and obviously you need to be well versed in the assessment schemes to be able to get your candidates to the required level needed to pass. You wouldn't need formal qualifications to train someone, as long as you were showing the correct steps. Best bet would be to find a local training centre and see if you could get some support.

To become an assessor you need to be technically evaluated by a technical verifier from City and Guilds. As stated, you need to get 4 or 5's out of 5 in a number of different categories. You then need to complete a standardisation event and complete an assessor course. 

 

PM if you need more info

Do you not need a teaching qual to train in a college?

what is good rates of pay? What does a 'can do anything' tree climber get?

Has anyone had any success finding a telescopic mini tool of some sort that when do big deadwoods can help with snapping stuff just out of reach.

cheers

Found it just not in the UK 

Arbsession caraLINK Tether

ARBSESSION.COM

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The Arbsession caraLINK Rope Wrench Tether was developed with the goal of providing the shortest tether possible but incorporating a way to quickly connect it into a climbing...

Through our lines of work when working on construction sites can you apply for more than a green labourers CSCS card?

45 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

The camp gyro swivel is the best solution I've found. Keeps everything oriented nicely with no twisting.

do you have you bridge threaded through one of the holes or carabiner to bridge?

How are people mananging two ropes on the bridge? what gadgets are making it easier?

thanks

Is anyone making short tethers for rope wrench in the UK?

what does the best pair of arbortec type A's compare like with a pair of pfanner arborists?

anyone have both?

assuming breathflex pros are arbortec best pair

1 minute ago, Stubby said:

The thing is the potential subbie is unlikely not to already have all the required PPE I would have thought ?

Well of course, but renewing your boots, trousers etc multiple times a year can be a sting

I heard on the grapevine today that in recent time legislation around PPE and sub contractors has changed. As in if a sub contractor works mon-fri for a company, that said company has the duty to supply the subbie with PPE. Does anyone know anymore about this? Thanks

great stuff thanks for that

On 28/04/2022 at 17:41, Joe Newton said:

No there's another bloke on the Arbtalk website pushing a podcast about how his company failed and he rebuilt it again. He's also offering a consortium of an industry leaders to help further the arb sector. All very inspiring stuff and all but that's not the same guy.

 

I'd hazard a guess that the rotund northern dough ball did a bit in college and maybe a bit of ground work before ducking out and starting a podcast instead.

 

If I seem grumpy I've had a hard couple of days. 

Apologies for confusing the two, I cant believe there's not a thread on him alone I am utterly bewildered.