Gary Prentice

Jeez you set your own personal bar high if that's a 'bit of progress' Brilliant!

Most of the US users on youtube seem to be wearing chainsaw shorts and flipflops:biggrin:

It's quite telling that the US injuries picture is from as far back as 1994. A percentage of these injuries would include injuries caused by the absence of chain breaks/guards and the users hand slipping off of the handle.

As a matter of interest, does anyone know how many countries actually have any legislation, regulations etc regarding single-handed saw use?

Veteranisation?

Remember using a homelite top handled saw, as a newbie climber I wasn't allowed a stihl twenty:001_smile: Think the stihls were 020's, they didn't like getting wet. You could run one in the rain, but leave it stopped for too long and they wouldn't start again. If you took shelter in the truck you chucked them underneath to stay dry - a lot got run over!

:confused1: I hate computers. Turned firewall off - no change Did get into the program files, then come out and can't find them again. The error message I got was something like 1618, looked that up and i'd managed to try to run more than 1 exe. file at the time (3x actually).

You're lucky if you only lose drills from a set. In our place, you can't even find the set.

Thanks Stubby, that's really helpful:biggrin: Being teetotal, sort of, for nearly twelve months now, I've no sympathy:001_tongue:

Google earth pro has stopped working on my new laptop. It won't open at all. Uninstalled it, re-installed it - no joy. Installed Google earth - the same. Tried the troubleshooter compatibility program - won't run in Windows 7, 8, Vista or XP mode. I have it on the PC at work, running windows 10, and never had any issues. Help:confused1:

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachments/picture-forum/118799d1364240106-climber-big-tree-tree-climber.jpg

i only have respect and awe of the early climbers.

Dormer mostly

Is it a female heron? Superb. Never fail to be amazed at the talent and skill involved in the carvings on here.

I take it all back! http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/skyland-equipment/104347-boring-predictable-service.html We ordered a zig-zag on 'Black Friday' afternoon, received an email this morning to say "Your F R Jones and Son order will be delivered today between 12:56-13:56 " and thought it was something else. What are you guys on and what the hell are the delivery guys driving. Going to have a happy climber monday morning! Just exceptional, but we now expect our next order to arrive the same day:biggrin:

:thumbup1: Just reading some other posts, it seems like most of the forum are in a 'silly saturday' mode. I expect you'll get more input over the weekend, normally everyone is willing to help with advice and suggestions.

Where did you start from?

Do you find that while discussing trees with the client, they seem distracted by the suicide vest?

I don't know how others feel, but if someone is keen enough to be knocking on the door, they want to work. Emails are okay, but like I said - we get a lot. First impressions count and if a lad is up front enough to be stood there, it's hard to say no if you're in a position to help. I think you're going to have to be prepared to accept rejections, but keep trying. Might be worth buying some cheap business cards with your details on, asking everyone you get to talk to, to pin it on their wall so if they need you for a day or two your numbers there. Vistaprint do a 100 for around twenty pounds. Remember though, that tickets aren't everything. A lot of us older folk did a lot of treework before getting tickets because we wanted to do tree work. Be enthusiastic, keen to learn and useful. Get to learn what needs doing, prep saws for the climber and if short of something to do, ask what needs doing. Wish you luck

It may be that the company you worked for just needed an extra pair of hands on a job at the time, so don't take it personally. I'd give them a call to find out. If they're honest they should tell you, if there were other reasons why they wouldn't want to employ you hopefully they'll tell you and you can rectify the issues. A month before Christmas isn't the busiest time of year for a lot of tree firms. Domestic work is quiet, site work needs staff with CSCS cards and other tickets, you may struggle. I'd offer a day voluntary, no more, as a trial and anyone worth their salt should give you something if you've earned it. Be wary if you're not offered at least your expenses. We get emails practically weekly from people trying to get their foot in the door in the industry. The ones we've taken on have turned up at the door to ask. Don't turn up at 7.30 in the morning, everyone is too busy trying to get out to site to spare you the time of day - end of the day is usually better. Lack of experience shouldn't be an issue, we all started out the same. If you've been honest, no-one should hold that against you. What helps is if you drive, have a clean licence and can tow. If you don't, be prepared and willing to learn. The job ain't rocket science, just show common sense, respect people and equipment, listen and take heed of what you are told. One last thing - leave your phone at home or in the vehicle. Bet ya wished you'd never asked Good luck!

Hornbeam! Or maybe Alder.

I believe you are correct, I misinterpreted and thought you couldn't use the maps as part of a service to a third party - which would make any plan useless because they're always for a third party. I'm voting for the 'Plain English in Legal Language' party next election, unless there's a 'Shoot all the Politicians and Lawyers' party:biggrin:

The subbie may be paid double, but he don't get sick pay, holiday pay, has to supply his own equipment and PPE. Then out of the double he also has to pay income tax and NI payments. Things aren't always as simple as they seem. Back to your original question. I assume that the boss is reasonable and approachable? Have you actually discussed why you're not getting the opportunities? I'm sure that he has his reasons, find out what they are and see what can be done to address them. From an employers point of view, the more that can be done with the staff you have the better, so theoretically it would be a bonus for everyone if you learnt more. Good luck!

Any news?

I think I'm misunderstanding the legalese of the conditions. Pauls site includes this (the one I used may be the same) Your use of the Ordnance Survey Data for Limited External Use under paragraph a.i of this Annex 1 is subject to the following conditions: i. any map generated in accordance with paragraph a.i of this Annexe 1 shall not comprise: i. a service or product in itself; or ii. a significant part of any product or service offered by you; or iii. a service or product provided on behalf of a third party; So I'm assuming that the use of the plan to identify the location of a tree wouldn't be considered a 'significant part' of the service provided? That the assessment/reporting and recommendations would be that? THink I'm clear now