The avantgardener
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The report this morning had taken the rise in population into account, the numbers leaving the profession where higher than ever before and the numbers coming in where not catching up at an alarming rate, but your OPINION overrides these FACTS, like I say, an easy target for the Brexit brigade.
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How long does it take to become a GP compared with how long it takes to write a resignation letter, this is the reason for for the shortage as explained in the news this morning. Your post has got to be the biggest pile of horeshit I have ever read on Arbtalk.
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News out this morning that there are less GP’s per population than ever before. This is due to far more leaving/ retiring than becoming new ones , won’t stop lying shitbags from the Brexit brigade blaming it on immigrants though, easy target Mr Farage?
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You did large trees and wind blown in 45 minutes, nonsense.
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From what I understand it is 5 years for professional users and three for occasional users such as machine drivers who jump out of the cab and cut occasionally? Who did your refresher and what reasons where you you given for only three years, did you ask?
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Just how much could you realistically cover properly in a one day refresher though? CS31/32 with winch assisting and wind blown, don’t think so. Your refresher is done for 5 years so you probably won’t need another one.
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HGV divers pulling chemicals have had to do a medical/refresher every five years already, can’t see any problem with that or making refreshers in driving cars also, would probably save a lot of lives. Just because refreshers aren’t compulsory in other sectors doesn’t mean we shouldn’t in ours, FISA brought the compulsory refreshers in, If you don’t like it don’t be a member and don’t cut in FC land.
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I think your missing the point altogether though. You don’t have to do a refresher in every unit you hold. If you do CS31 stuff all day everyday and only occasionally do CS32 or CS38, you do a refresher in those units as those are the ones that you are most likely to be less competent in as you practise them the least. If you only do CS31 stuff, then you refresh that, like I say, one day once every five years, hardly that costly.
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So what was your point? Your post states the you never get to practice CS38 but the company you contract for insists you practice it, which is it? Refreshers are there to prove that a chainsaw operator is still ‘competent ‘ to use it safely, one day every five years, hardly a money spinner.
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Because people get sloppy and pick up bad habits and do it day in day out until someone gets hurt, that’s why you need refreshers. Why don’t you arrange a practice day in CS38 for all employees who hold the unit? It doesn’t have to be done through a company or organisation, keep a record of what you covered, this is assuming that the person doing the recording is competent themselves.
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Digging / pulling out large rhododendrons?
The avantgardener replied to TerryH's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
The only way to apply herbicide on Rhododendron that size is by mist blower or cut it down burn it and knapsack treat it when it is waist height in about 18 months. As Doobin said, get a mini digger with grapple or rake and burn it all up, spot treat the self seeded and layered shoots next year. -
I’ve felled some pretty impressive Rowan growing on the edge of Sweet Chestnut coppice, gun barrel straight. It does have an odour when felled, not sure if this fades in the stack, it is hard and heavy, burns pretty good.
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It looks to me like it may be Rowan.
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Flange expander as felling wedge
The avantgardener replied to N1ck's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
You could buy a treemans jack, designed for the job. The ratchet wedges are not all that great, they still require quite a bit of effort, I ended up going back to skinny plastics to get the tree moving then backed them up with the highlifts, not used an hydraulic wedge, they are in a different league cost wise. -
I have taken down and felled quite large Robinia many times and can’t remember any of them being sound at the butt, these where all individual garden trees that had grown too large for their surrounding and in the North of England so I would be dubious about the long term for saw log. I think a coppice rotation similar to SC would work best, maybe leave the odd maiden in to see the result. For saw log I would go for Douglas Fir or Western Red Cedar, Corsican suffers from RBNB and I hate Sitka although it probably gives you the most yield, It all depends on location, soil type etc
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And a 100 less seats for UKIP
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I have seen Robinia growing well in the south of France , the young plots attract the boar, it coppices really well, grows fast and makes useful timber, my friend has a mix of Robinia and Sweet Chestnut in the same stand. Its worth having a go with Robinia as Sweet Chestnut is being hammered all over with Phytophthora.
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But it’s all special and black and old! A bit like the one that an old boy I worked with in Bolton pulled out of Chat Moss near Manchester 20 years back, only his was shorter but far larger in diameter. Planked it on his Forestor and dry stored it in his tractor shed, dried straight with very little splitting or movement, cost him nowt, sold it to turners and cabinet makers nationwide.
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What the hell is this nonsense supposed to mean?
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It is, 562 is same gauge also, just runs 3/8 not .325 pitch chain.
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You could get a 545xp mk2 and run a smaller bar and chain, fantastic power to weight.
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You ever been to Bolton?
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30 degrees top plate filing angle, no 10 degree lift. 5.5mm file
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basic Cross cutting training
The avantgardener replied to Woodlandmilluk's topic in Training & education
The NPTC/City and Guilds and LANTRA courses are both two days. One day, Health & Safety, SSRA, stripping down and maintaining the saw etc, day two cross cutting. They will both be recognised by Insurance in the event of an accident, Micky Mouse Training Provider LTD’s certificate won’t. If you have a workshop and cutting material you could get a LANTRA Instructor to come to you or download the NPTC assessment schedule and arrange an NPTC Assessor to come when you know the schedule requirements. -
How much do the FC pay for cutting work?
The avantgardener replied to Larch Dark's topic in General chat
That’s why the FC hasn’t made a profit in three decades.
