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Whizzing upwards past your face
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I would avoid negatives and caveats, interpretation makes it difficult to arrive at a clear cut yes or no in that situation. I'm sure the pro manual writers Kevin has on board will know how to phrase it given the feedback he has for them
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Yeah, I should say just leave him to it!
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Whoa! Imagine what would happen if you tried to explain that to a stoner!
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He knows what he's doing then, let him at it, good to keep active doing what you enjoy into retirement anyway I reckon. To be honest, stopping him will probably be more likely to hurt him than continued chainsaw use.
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Funny isn't it, how we're conditioned to think that a wire core is the only safe way to do it, but they must have only been introduced during the working life of more than a few on here....? I don't always use mine chogging down....
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Might be an idea for Kevin to specifically ask that the manual be written to ensure home made tethers are acceptable, I think he already has it in hand though....
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I don't think they have proportionally low clearance, they're shorter and narrower than a full size machine but still have decent clearance.... And they're not a compact like a kubota or iseki...
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But even under puwer, if it is not PPE, which it is not, it doesn't need to be CE marked or LOLER tested. It just needs to be suitable for work, which, if the manufacturer's instructions say it is, then under puwer it is ok. So if the wrench instructions say 'a tether as specified by the user should used' then a tether specified by the user (and made by Adam) is ok....
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You're welcome. I agree that the use of PPE is good practice and I always use mine, but so far as your dad is concerned, it's new fangled softy crap, he was probably safely using saws LONG before we decided death was inevitable without a helmet. I wouldn't push it, just let him keep doing it however he always has.....
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Low CoG, high power, small size, often articulated or 4ws, multiple linkages and pto's, designed for work in mountainous areas...
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Oh! Same time!
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Here you go, from the HSE website....
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I BELIEVE, and you should check this, that this scenario is actually exempt. I think that farm workers can use a chainsaw in certain situations directly related to the business of farming without any tickets, and possibly even PPE as that comes under the same rules as tickets. Not sure what the score is with regards grandfather rights these days but certainly when I started it still meant something. A lot changed since the labour government took over. Like I say, double check it but I have it in my head from somewhere that this is right....
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Adam, seriously, we got this bro! Kevin said he's going to remove that clause from the manual, chill!
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I'd disagree John. The general consensus is that the wrench is a climbing aid rather than PPE, hence no LOLER and no CE mark required. By extension, the tether is the same. However, if the manufacturer's instructions tell you not to use a home made tether, which the first draft did, then in using one, as virtually all of us are, you are in direct contravention of the directions for use.
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Unusual place to post that question You're best off starting at the places on the right and doing the legwork. The alternative is make your own, http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/54713-poor-mans-pulley-saver-cambium-saver.html
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No mate, you're fine, Kevin said he's going to omit that bit from the manual, essentially for this very reason
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Future proofing my friend, it's what I do!
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Sounds like someone forgot how it all works....
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Under current puwer then it doesn't need to be tested, but forgetting about common sense deployed by logical people for a minute, think worse case, imagine the bloke who thinks ddrt is safer is reading the manual.... He would see that any tether without sterling or abr printed on it is unacceptable and not allowed to be used in work.
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CIS (in it's first incarnation) was a Gordon Brown invention, the robbing basket decided that too many people working in construction must be getting paid cash in hand and avoiding tax and he needed the money for Prescott's Jags. So he passed responsibility for ensuring individuals pay their tax from HMRC to ordinary building contractors. HMRC find it easier to go after someone with a registered office, and it would be a shame for them to have to work for their money..... It was simplified a little in late 2010, but not much! And CSCS is no better, it's another tax on work, this time paid to the CITB, but dressed up by giving you a card!
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Quite right Dave, it is bizarre the efforts they will go to for a few quid down the pub. quite often their 'ingenuity' and 'effort', irrespective of how misplaced it may be, could see them forge quite lucrative careers if they weren't such 'orrible ****s.....
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Rec climb West Worcestershire / Hfds / Shropshire border 20th April
WorcsWuss replied to WorcsWuss's topic in Climbers talk
Send me your email address Allister and I'll send you all the details then a bit nearer the time. Only a half hour drive for you. In fact, if everyone who wants in pm's me with their email I can do one hit. -
Look smart Doobin, and not expensive! I have one from machine mart. Doesn't get heavy use so should be fine for me, it's a fairly big Clark hunter I think....
