Alex O

MEWPs make great conductors

I think if materials are involved with fencing, etc then taking deposits is fair enough but for Tree work I don’t see why anyone would take a deposit. You already have the kit to do the job. There are a couple of firms down errr that will take cash deposit. Wrong IMO .

He can probably afford it anyway, just an inconvenience for him and his busy work schedule. He must of got a contractor in to do the work? If so what’s happening to them? But still glad to see a result as the public still don’t take TPO/Conservation areas serious enough what’s a few more weeks of waiting for permission. It’s the I want in done yesterday attitude for morons like him.

Arborisk are great I’ve been with them for years. Sorry to hear about all this Mark , fk ing nightmare mate , hope it all gets sorted ASAP bud.

It could all be very innocent, might be just updating his POF app

Ahh no worries wasn’t sure if you already had a couple of guys, he would be will to travel and stay up there in his camper. Cheers for getting back to us.

Have a friend that could be interested, have you go a number I can pass to him, cheers

Good point khriss, I’ve always thought that you should every so many years re-do your chainsaw from rope and harness, seeing what is out there is scary. But if truth is told I think that most of us are a bit guilty of the odd hold and cut, I know I am[emoji17]

Sip canopy air, mine have been great, light , comfortable and pretty durable so far, I’ve been wearing mine for about 5 months now. The only nit pick about sip trousers over the years is the stitching always used to fall apart but have been much better last few years. This is just my personal experience.

It’s the worst saw I’ve ever owned, mine didn’t even make it to 18months old all the same issues. Had to go to a main dealer as it needs plugging into a bloody laptop, they estimated me just over £400 [emoji43]. But could cost more(obviously). Never had problems with the 341 or 361 .

I had a personal injury insurance as needed to have this to get a mortgage back then , but I was employed at the time, after a few years went self employed then had my accident. I’d been paying the same premium for around 9yrs , BUT because I didn’t notify the insurance company if me going to self employed I was entitled to the monthly pay out I was supposed to get , as on the books I was earning more than being self employed. It was just another kick in the nuts while I was out of action. Also another lesson learned, the hard way of course.

Personally I’ve never seen it as a grey area and have always been told even when I used to be a subby I was always covered by there insurance. But I never new my mate never had it, maybe I should of asked hence I might of been in a different position, possibly.

Hi mick , I’ve always been told that anyone working on someone else’s site is covered by the main contractor. What would your position be if a subby had an accident on one of your sites , who is liable, this always seems to be a grey area. A local company to me have just put in place insurance for there workers, they pay the monthly cost but if an accident happens then they have to pay the excess and then there accident is reviewed by the insurance company to see how much they are entitled to either way the company get out of paying and accident or sick pay. To me it sounds crap that they are almost washing there hand of there staff and unwilling to pay anything out. (IMO)

Sure is buddy, he said when I go back to help him I don’t need to climb everyday, I said if you have the insurance in place then yes but I can’t afford another 3 months off, that’s when he got funny with me and then tried to convince me to use my insurance to claim on. I only had it as I was doing the odd jobs at weekends and had other guys working for me. But I did honestly think he would come good as I didn’t want to drag him , his wife and kids through it all. But believe it or not 2012 was a good year, Chelsea won the champions league, my first boy was born and I’m still alive [emoji6].

May 1st 2012, I got bitten. Had a shut down on the edge of a village, went up the back of the tree to put my main line in and cut a route for the rigging gear. Power company turned off the lines and was good to go, clearing a couple more branches before installing the block,so on my main line and using my strop cutting one handed at full extension and with my left arm bracing myself also full extension. With in a blink I found my saw in the side of my neck but took a few seconds to realise what had happened, saw my arm looked pretty bad but couldn’t actually feel anything, pulled the saw from my neck which was literally one tooth caught under my skin and then got my self to the ground where my mate thought it was my neck but then showed him the claret that was p*****g out of my arm. Before I new it the paramedics were there and I was getting smashed with morphine , and still couldn’t feel any, a mixture of shock and adrenaline probably. Was in hospital for just over a week, and managed to cut through 60% of muscle and a tendon. Was off work for 3 months and my other half was heavily pregnant with our first so really bad timing. I still have no feeling from my scare to my thumb and can’t fully bend my wrist right back. At the end of the day I was bloody lucky that my arm to the impact rather than my neck so feel really lucky. It was an absolute freak accident me hitting a knot in the limb I was cutting and getting that kick back. As a subby of many years I’ve caught myself probably like many others holding and cutting and it always sends a shiver down my spine. Unfortunately my mate who I had known for years didn’t have employers liability but I thought he would come good and help me out but didn’t get a penny out of him and I’ve never heard from him since. I still climb as it’s all I know and climb the same then as I do now, a good working position in tree is not only safe but can be more productive.

CJJC-CV.pdf Charlie- Tree Surgery Ref.pdf Where in Cornwall

How’s the new toy running Mick ,would love see that beast in action at some point if you get a chance.

What was wrong with your Forst Mick? Or just time to change.

Did it melt any of the tyres badly?

Sorry to hear this stubby, best wishes to you all, will be thinking of you both

Had a FSR comp for years but changed over to a maxilite frame but only used it a handful of times. It’s just been in my farther in laws garage [emoji22]

Had more alerts flash up today asking people not to go up and all roads were closed, think we have rain now most of the week. Back to what we know

Unfortunately not, to many injuries, work, family taken over. You wanna buy another bike [emoji6]

Thought so. I first got that route out of an old MBR magazine which picks up the old line out of Princetown and skirts above burrator. Used to head out of plymouth up the valley way and link in that loop. Haven’t seen one of those Marin’s in a longtime.