Mick Dempsey
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This was an unscheduled knot Stubs, I didn’t know it was there. Good tip though, one of those things I knew and did, then somehow forgot about.
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I have done that a few times, mallet and some choice words. I recently winched a knot so tight I gave up and bought a new rope!
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Well, I’ve often wondered how that happens. Every day is a school day!
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Someone under pressure to do a job beyond his (up to that point) abilities and experience. I've had a few guys exaggerate their capabilities, no big deal, I don’t blame them, I did the same. My job is to assess their real level and allocate what I feel they can do at that time. If, on the first job, there is a major incident, the fault would be mine not theirs.
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A newly qualified guy knows just enough to be able to learn the job.
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Because in order to get climbing work (in 95/6) one, after being newly qualified, either assumes or hopes you can take on challenging work, for the boss (at that time ) with a full diary and commercial and private clients nagging to get the work done, the temptation is to send these guys out and hope for the best. et voilà!
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Simply being on site for a bit to see the guy knows his stuff is a minimum. If a guy is turning up on site with my name on the van I’d want to be reasonably sure he knew a bit more than I did when I was newly qualified. Not knocking OWC, but rigging large pops over property is something I’d either do myself or leave to someone I knew and trusted.
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Honestly Dave over 20 years ago I made mistakes like that. Its the the responsibility of the boss to ensure the climber is up to the task.
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The climber is the boss, it’s not for the groundy to tell him how to do it.
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Do you rates go up as much as they should each year..
Mick Dempsey replied to benedmonds's topic in Business Management
As it should be, giving clients the best deal, not fixing the market like your rat catcher mate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collusion -
Great review, thanks. The transportation thing is a big deal, hadn’t thought of that.
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I’ve ordered my flail, should arrive end of the month. I opted for the simpler static front one. how do you like yours?
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Three years for a mid range saw in everyday use, I don’t think that’s bad.
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Many years ago we were subbing with another firm lifting some trees along a road. We had hired our own traffic lights and the road was pretty intense. The guy who worked with me at the time was flaky and was using loppers rather than a saw to process the stuff, before we loaded it onto a trailer (I said it was a long time ago!) So I noticed that a small branch was still laying near the traffic light cable where my groundy had just been working. Annoyed I went over to get it, lifted it up to see a neatly cut cable underneath! Cue panic as the traffic was everywhere, the main contractor dug out some insulation tape and we TMed with our hands until it was fixed. I said to the guy that clearly he had cut the cable and then hidden it with the branch (no other explanation) His instant reply ......”you can’t prove that”
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IMO no, as long as you’re not carrying too much weight.
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Yes I did, poor of me, called tautology, not meaning to be condescending of course (which means acting superior) Anyway I shouldn’t have said that so, apologies. I get the hump when my posts are altered, no excuse though.
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Do you rates go up as much as they should each year..
Mick Dempsey replied to benedmonds's topic in Business Management
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Overloading with holly/leylandii would be a neat trick.
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Thanks for posting, but 9 minutes? Got to 2 minutes then gave up.
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I bought a 066 in ‘00 for a £100 sold it this year for £350. I still think I made a mistake.
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Client “gave” me one of those. No great shakes, we all dream of finding an 090 in a shed.
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Fixed that for you.
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I suspect a lot of it has to do with the aging population.
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Crikey, no one is spared by KJMBE’s eye of Sauron
