Nick Connell

It will probably be in an area prone to subsidence. Insurers are asking more and more nowadays about the vegetation around properties before agreeing insurance. They obviously do not want to insure properties that are considered high risk. But I think someone at the insurance company has got their knickers in a twist here and misunderstood the arb report. Either that or the arb consultant's haven't made it clear enough to the insurer what works is purely good management and what works constitute a reduction in risk.

Do you have the whole report Nick? If so does it make any distinction in the wider context of the report?

I read the whole report which is strange in itself to record small trees in the neighbours garden which are out of range of the boundary even if they fell over. It seems to be the insurance company which is making the biggest misunderstanding of the report by with holding insurance until all works on the report are completed. It would have been better to have an independent consultant rather than the insurance company one I think.

The customer owns the house without a mortgage so no bank involved. I can't believe you need a £480 tree survey to get your house insured after already taking down the willows!

I know. How can they ask you to cut someone else's tree!

One of my customers has been having trouble from her insurance company in a way I never heard.

She moved house and told her insurance company they insisted she cut down a 15ft weeping willow about 30ft from the house and a 25ft goat willow around 12ft from the house. They told her that she would not be covered until they were cut down. She sent them before and after photos but they said this wasn't sufficient. She then paid £480 for a tree survey by the insurance company that now says she needs to cut down a small dead apple tree in the neighbours garden and dead wood a tall ash which is in the neighbours garden but slightly overhangs her garden 300ft from the house. All this before she is covered. I've never heard anything like it!

How much is a loler on a hiab? More than a set of climbing kit I guess?

We have one that we attach to a tractor.. at full reach 5.1m it can lift the tractors wheels off the ground if you are not careful.

How much does this one weigh?

This ones looks good

I've got to plant a few Km of traditional native hedge. When's best time to plant bare root. Sooner so the roots bed in before spring but endures the whole winter or perhaps nearer the end of the planting season. March ish?

I thought the nose weight of trailer with a heavy crane on would not be nice to drive with out a load to balance it out so thought on the defender would be better. Is the total vehicle weight allowed to be up to 3.5t including driver passenger sandwiches etc?

If a defender pick up weighed under 2 ton surely that would give you enough capacity for everything?

Was it this one? Seems to only weigh around 750kg and lift around a ton just under 6m

Just wondered what the largest hiab some one had mounted on a defender. I would like to make a dedicated hiab defender which would be capable of lifting my 1 ton predator over walls and fence at 6m min and lifting my Splitta 400 off my trailer and running it off the hydraulic pto. Any thoughts?

I remember someone saying the law changed a few years ago and you no longer had to have the usual first aid at work etc if you had proof of training for example like the Arb aid course. Does anyone know if that's true?

Excellent footage, was it your drone or did you get some one in?

Where in the country are you?

Mine are all the same. Start ok but soon went crap and leak everywhere!

Is it as much as a big crane?

I ordered one of the Splitta 400 at the show for Arb waste. Looks perfect!

I would give kim a ring at Danequip uk

+44 1420 476248

Do you think Meripilus Giganteus?

50ton crane normally around £650+vat for the day

I know Petzel recommend a max life span of 10 years from date of manufacture. I've just bought a brand new one for one of my men and it was made in 2009. Which seems limiting as its less than 2 and half years of possible use. Is there a minimum lifespan a shop should sell you with a new helmet?

The foot bridge was slightly lower than others but the Lorry only came on at the previous junction

The Digger was being moved to the works at junction, hence why driving on hard shoulder. The Digger was over height due to driver loading error and contacted the bridge. The bridge was not under any current works but had been fitted with a parapet upgrade. (Blue netting and barriers). Due to the poor design of the bridge it had no lateral strength to withstand a side impact.