Vespasian

If he does as I tell him it will look right.. didn't I say make sure you do a good job... and if he does a good job no need to piss about informing anyone. do ya think all those trailer on ebay that are under 750kg and look partly self made have been subject to some insurance inspections.. Anyways, I've made my own trailer with a big winch attached to load my middling chipper on it.. its all its gonna be used for.. and I ain't tellin anyone I made it.. and it ain't gonna fall apart in transit.. I've welded the thing so much I swear theres more weld on it than you can shake a stick at.. when its done I'll take a pic and put it up for your approval.. if you wish..

visit scrap yard find a few pieces of metal to raise height of tow hook weld on... double or triple weld the joints if your worried.. the insurance company don't need to know shit.. you can say you bought it that way.. just make sure you do a good job.. I've made my own trailer for my small chipper, not finished it yet but I ain't doin nothing but building it and using it.. does anyone think I'm gonna be informing an insurance company that I built my own trailer when I can say I bought it off someone at a farm sale..

Hers another one.. I doubt anyone would fancy feeding stuff through that all day, suspect you'll soon lose the will to live waiting on that to shred wood..

hahaha good un..

So doctors and psychologists who're tasked with curing the mental illness of soldiers don't have any right to treat em as they didn't suffer the horrors of war.. Reminds me of those ex players who're now pundits.. someone phones in accuses current players of not being up to the job in some way or ain't fit to wear a shirt and the ex player brings out, The Caller Never Played. thus has no legitimate opinion... Just because I haven't been a soldier don't mean I can't read about their struggles and also read about related subjects over the years.. mental health issues fore instance.. amongst other things and come to a conclusion of my own.. I think whats really pissing some off is I wasn't there.. how dare he share in our grief.. opine on our suffering.. what a load of shite.. anyways I'm off for a few days.. I'll be doing what most of those suffering soldiers aught be doing, getting out and doing something instead of stewing on past events..

I dare say you have evidence that most men drank themselves into a stupor after the old wars.. I'd expect most would just get on with life as best they could.. put the war behind them.. I imagine they had children either before the war or shortly thereafter, forcing them to concentrate their minds on other pressing needs and not being so self indulgent as to spend their days ruminating on the horrors of war.. as to a solution to PTSD, how many times must I say it. I'm talking about young men who think they might have PTSD and not those who genuinely have it.. and if you want a cure for those who think they have some mental disorder then I suggest regular exercise and something useful to do.. the devil makes work for idle hands springs to mind.

Its commonly thought that psychological trauma might be treated by helping the patient revisit the root of their trauma.. not sure if its Fraud or Jung. there are others who suggest the best approach is to bury the events that brought on their condition.. not sure what research has been done but one might have better success than the other.. if the success rate is better by repressing those traumatic experience and moving on, then perhaps thats where the kick up the arse comes into play.. I don't need to be a soldier to understand treatments and stats.. or to know what I'm talking about..

You're right, I went to a secondary school.. didn't do shit worth bragging about.. If I took any exams I would of been as surprised as my teachers if I happened to have passed them.. so yea, definitely better educated than I am.. or at least you was.. by the way, if it was a run in, or attention I was seeking don't you think I'd be on the Europe thread winding half of those up.. you see, I think there are problems with people in the army.. more so the army than any other service.. its just that I believe one solution is to do what they did after the first and second world wars.. which was........... and, attempt to explain that the problem of PTSD might not be as clear cut as was first suggested.. Just to be clear, those who have suffered genuine psychological problems related to trauma in front line action I think should get all the help they need.. which is something that goes without saying..

Kids..... exactly my point..

See this is what I call a reasonable reply, not a rant that doesn't address any issues I raised.. The real problem isn't PTSD but the the army not filtering out those individuals who they must know ain't ever gonna be suitable to be sent out on active duty... would be better all round if they held those men back or didn't let em in in the first place... wouldn't be hard to thin the applicants down, what was your last job, how long did you do it for.. how many jobs have you had.. whats your level of education... why do you want to join the army. Does the army life excite you or is it something to do until you work out what you want to do in life.. Might not have as many volunteers, but it would raise the quality of the common soldiery.. Obviously in times of war the bar might be lowered..

I didn't say most ex soldiers weren't good guys.. I dare say most are.. thats not what I was addressing.. I'd like to see a profile of the ages of most men claiming PTSD.. their average ages.. I suspect most would be somewhere below their lower thirties.. I also expect that PTSD cases nosedive after that.. Which is to say most cases are reported as PTSD but in reality its just young men transitioning from teenagers to men and having some trouble getting there.. I wouldn't want to compare our soldiers to prisoners but its much the same thing, most people in prison are in of a certain age.. by the time young men get to their early thirties they decide they have to grow up.. as do, I suspect those struggling ex soldiers when they reach their early thirties.. my theory in a nutshell.. A spectrum of our youth are gonna struggle from their teenage years till they get into their late twenties, early thirties.. Some on this spectrum will end up in prison, some will leave the army and struggle, some will be mostly unemployed.. In time, all or most of them will realize they have to grow up and get on with life in the real world, come to terms with their own shortcomings.. this usually before their mid thirties... I do realize that some of our soldiers do genuinely suffer PTSD, but I suspect not half as many as claimed to be suffering.. I expect the majority to be just going through growing pains.. I don't think it helps anyone to give any of these lads a ready excuse as to why they find life hard or difficult, better to be truthful and tell em to look at themselves, all the better to force some serious introspection that they might realize all the sooner they have to grow up and get on with their lives.. stop pandering, kick em up the arse..

Perhaps the army attracts a higher percentage of young men who would never easily fit into civilian life to begin with.. its why these men join up in the first place.. when they leave the services, its the easiest thing in the world to say they're suffering from PTSD.. When in fact they might be better served to tell em to pull their boots up and man up to the job of getting on in the real world.. clean your room, make your bed and get out the door, look for a job.... and by the way, if you leave a job, get sacked from a job, you don't expect your ex employer to keep an eye on you do you.. Don't get me wrong I'm all for the army helping out genuine cases of psychologically damaged individuals who've fought on the front lines.. but I think every man and his dog is using PTSD as cover for the shortcomings that they had previous to being in the army to begin with..

In fifty years if you're still with us, you'll think you lived like a king..

Barring the occasional volcanic eruption, I'd suggest all climate change is down to us... and seeing as no one wants to live in 19th century and have the working and living conditions now that they had back then, then its obvious we can only mitigate any consequences going forward.. which might not be enough.. in fact I'm sure of it.. like lemming over the cliff.. but hey, even I would rather eat my cake now and be damned with those that come after us... so what can you say.. I think natural resource depletion is in a race with climate change as to why we're gonna be up sh'ts creek, climate change or otherwise though.. fifty years at most before the sh't really hits the fan.. In a word, its only a mater of time before we all have to get used to having less..

You should know Mr Bullman, though I'm mostly right, I'm never wrong.....

I was twelve myself in 76, can't remember much of it to be honest.. apart from some people goin on about the weather.. This time round its a bit different, I understand why it was so hot for so long.. the jet stream migrating North.. were'as the summer of 76 was just an anomaly, this summers weather has more sinister implications.. thats what I've taken from this years hot summer.. That climate change isn't an academic theory, but a real and present danger...

mind you, even I wouldn't of attempted to bring that tree down like they did.. I'd of chopped it down a ft at a time... and if I did bring it down in one go, I'd of assumed the worse and made provisions for it... which is to say, just because someone says they're a tree surgeon don't mean they know what they're doing.... I've seen a tree surgeon fully kitted up only to see him tackle a fifteen ft conifer, what a tit.. I could of brought it down with a single cut, and yet here he was clambering all over it getting tangled with ropes and gear.. it was about that time I realized I must be as good as anyone else... ?

err not much different than your own opinion to be honest.. apart from mentioning the signs an such.. which I didn't want to mention as I don't have signs of my own.. just wait for people to pass and get chopping furiously to get a branch down why no ones there... Thats as far as my health and safety code goes... no ones been hurt yet and no ones ever called the police on me..

Oh, yea, sounds about right.. only omitted the use of wedges that I suspect had somethin to do with it falling over.. then again maybe not.. I don't suppose I have to have had to much experience cutting tree's as well to make a judgement on how the tree failed.. doesn't take a genius to imagine the mechanics of unbalanced weight and the effects of gravity on it..

Enlighten me then...

I've just gone back and watched the vid you posted, its good quality footage.. of the few I came across on news sites the quality was crap by comparison.. I couldn't even see no rope being pulled but do remember seeing it on your vid first time I saw it.. anyways I was more interested in why it fell over and think I have the answer.. the fella didn't use any wedges to stabilize the stump before knocking it over.. yes there was a rope being pulled then slackened just before it fell.. what we don't know is if the rope was being pulled by two lads across the road or by a van or truck.. I've looked online for evidence of who subs for Lewisham council but there ain't any I can find.. I could phone the council up and find out but its an internet thread and I ain't wasting time just to find out.. not to mention even if I did find out I doubt I'd post it up, not being one to shame companies or their workers unnecessarily. I hope I catch a report on the matter later on mind, hear what they had to say about what they did wrong and why... I like a bit of a mystery and I like to find out the answer as well after mulling on it...

I've only recently subbed to the fella, Andrew Caramata Utube.. he buries or he shifts, depends on the job.. what he don't need to do is change the head on his excavator to get tree's down and stumps out.. Which is all I'd be thinking about.. who wants to faff about changing them when you don't need to..

Or you could try this method, seems to have good results...

The incident took place in Adelaide Avenue Lewisham.. from what I can gather it was one of the councils tree contractors... Looking on Google Earth on Adelaide Ave I found the tree in question, leaning into the road as are most others that side of the road.. My guess would be he cut to far into the hinge causing it to fail.. I expect he was gonna wedge it over or pull it.. evidence suggests he was pulling the thing.. Anyways, I don't suppose they'll be working for Lewisham Council any time soon.. dropped a right bollock..

I like to use my silky more than the chainsaw.. I like quiet, I ain't gonna cut my hand off with it.. When I do a tree job I have all day to get it done, so time pressure don't come into play.. The one I have is a sughoi or something.. curved..