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  1. Thesnarlingbadger
    Tis a no win situation it seems. I would offer to do the job at a price and make everyone's lives easier and safer. And if they don't want my help leave them to it. I wouldn't do anything else unless other people were in danger. If Something gets damaged let them sort it out. People do stupid things all the time and the likelihood that these Cowboys will listen to you is slim at best. And you don't want to end up being chased off with a pissed off ***** with a chainsaw. Just my opinion.
  2. Thesnarlingbadger
    You can always use slings around the trunk and avoid spiking up it. I always carry a hand full of slings whenever I have big poles I can't spike up. Just a thought
  3. Thesnarlingbadger
    I wouldn't put myself in that situation and judging by the sound of it the guy was not being to careful. No PPE including a lid with a saw up a tree, can't help but think maybe the recession hit this poor soul a little harder than the rest (anything to earn a penny). However the busy body neighbour is exactly the sort of person who gets on my tits. It's the kind of person who is always looking to moan and drop other people in it, I'm sure they would have taken pictures even if it was a qualified arborist and waited for an accident. The kind that come out and watch every move you make putting you on edge.
  4. Thesnarlingbadger
    Cherry has got a nice glow and heat to it IMO
  5. Thesnarlingbadger
    That's a nice reduction there mate. If it hasn't been said in previously, always get every single bit you can from where you are stood (even if it means reaching right over) because you don't want to get to another bit and find you can't reach something and have to go back to a section you have already been to. Especially on a big bigger.
  6. Thesnarlingbadger
    A free climbing as another one I think about, we all do it (I think) but I doubt we do it 60ft up a big open ash. I do often think we'll I did this as a kid and I used to get bloody high up those trees back then.
  7. Thesnarlingbadger
    Like people have said. I'd book a lesson. I had no idea how many bad habits I had picked up until they were pointed out. But they were straightened out and I passed first time. Also like has been said before if you do it in an instructors car it will be up to spec. Reversing cameras are aloud, but I'm not sure about low range, but I can't imagine needing it as its basic road driving. I think the trailer needs to be around 2 tonne or something like that, so I think it would need to be checked before (another reason to use an instructors).
  8. Thesnarlingbadger
    Climbing without aerial rescue is something I do on occasions and have done for a while. I have mentioned it to bosses before and 9 times out of ten it's, do it or don't get paid. It's something that I am aware of and I'm sure am maybe a little more careful when I know I have to get my self out of the tree.
  9. Thesnarlingbadger
    I'd say I'd let people make their own decisions, if they feel conformable doing something then crack on (unless they are putting themselves or anyone else in danger). I have got annoyed with people in the past telling me I am doing my job wrong when they are fresh out of collage. But there is a difference between "your doing it wrong" and "why are you doing it like that"? I am happy to help and give my opinion and advise where people want it but not when it's a cocky git trying to piss people off and always go against the grain.
  10. Thesnarlingbadger
    That's why I reckon teaching cutting and holding in a safe manor is the way forward. And I agree there are times when not having a strop on is a hell of a lot safer.
  11. Thesnarlingbadger
    Windows down air conditioning on and take the nobs off the dash so they can't turn them back up. Works a treat when they are only in a t-shirt.
  12. Thesnarlingbadger
    If people start looking for the smallest log I start finding the rake, and when they start moaning about me not carrying logs I simply explain to them I will carry once they start playing ball. Big logs first every time. After that they tend to play fair.
  13. Thesnarlingbadger
    Wow that's a good one :-/. I often think maybe leave these idiots to it and let them learn the hard way, but I don't fancy having to drive them tithe hospital with out having the "I told you so" card under my belt.
  14. Thesnarlingbadger
    On the whole cutting and holding issue I would like to put forward that I have probably come closer to having a mishap when I have put a step cut in something and gone to grab it because it has snapped out earlier than expected. Where as if I had just cut and held I would have probably been safer, as I know what the branch is going to do if I cut and hold. Anyone else feel like maybe cutting and holding should be told in a safe way I.e not cutting inches from your hand etc.
  15. Thesnarlingbadger
    That's one to try and avoid :-/.
  16. Thesnarlingbadger
    Yeah the app makes it all the more easy as well.
  17. Thesnarlingbadger
    It was stared out
  18. Thesnarlingbadger
    Lol, I try and take some of it on board unless they are trying to be cocky
  19. Thesnarlingbadger
    Yeah it seems to be happening more and more, the thing I have an issue with is if someone gets hit and knocked out or worse then the climber will get stick for it when there's only so many times you can say "put that f*****g lid back on you t**t" before you've had enough.
  20. Thesnarlingbadger
    Yeah but was wasn't going to get arsey. He was just trying to understand why I was doing something the way I was. I was more of a "why do you not have your side strop on"?
  21. Thesnarlingbadger
    What if they piss while working? Soggy trousers but no loss in wages..
  22. Thesnarlingbadger
    The PPE has never been an issue for me as I had to wear it or get a bollockin when I started out, but I have noticed some people not wearing lids on a regular basis and I keep telling them that its stupid not to were a lid when you have people climbing above you in a fast paced work place. Ok I'll let it slide if people are just pruning fruit trees or something. But still accidents happen bloody quickly.
  23. Thesnarlingbadger
    That's what I thought, the fact it runs for an hour before it starts playing up had me thinking it was on overheating issue. I will check the coil flywheel gap and clean through the carb as well. Hopefully something will just click. It's a pain because you can't just test it straight away.
  24. Thesnarlingbadger
    Yeah I will take a look at the fuel filter and the carb settings on it, see if I can figure anything out. Thanks
  25. Thesnarlingbadger
    It's a constant problem piss on the leg, at least you are looking at it in a silver-lining kind of way

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