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37 minutes ago, dumper said:

If you are in the doctors cartel and you **************** up they kick you out, if your in the AA they take tell you your a “naughty boy” and then take your money. 

Can anyone tell me if a AA member has been refused renewal due to poor quality work 

If my memory serves me right, I can remember an AA response to a post on twitter, when a rather large contractor working on an infamous contract was seen lowering off an access platform, went along the lines of they're following safe working practices and even have secured the felled timber to the platform for additional safety!  

Can anyone tell me if an AA member has had their approval removed for unsafe working practices, or has anyone ever had a response from the AA, apart from the standard deflect a dickhead "we'll look into it", when an AAAC has been caught in the act and they've sent shown the videos?? 

Looks like Lincolnshire Tree Services machine 

3 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Errrr, because it’s fit for purpose?

 

Back in the day, Armour Pruss cord wasn’t CE marked, but exceeded every CE requirement by some margin.

How couldn’t it be fit for purpose, knowing that?

Design and use reg's in the UK say no and the man who knows sweet fa about climbing kit, who's also the man who'll prosecute you when someone gets hurts, doesn't know that without being able to read the CE certificate.

7 hours ago, Tomthetree said:

Kit doesnt need to have a CE mark to pass loler. If your loler person knows the law in detail they will know they can pass kit without a CE mark if its 'fit for purpose' which the RRP is.

 

Any non CE kit needs to be lolered straight away instead of after 6 months from new

 

I have a non CE RRP and non CE ropes that have loler certificates

 

This was all told to me by the loler guy

How can kit without a CE mark be deemed fit for purpose? The only way that can happen is if it's presented for certification and Loler is only one part of the certification process.

Also bearing in mind it fits into both ppe and lifting kit and the HSE guidance is pretty clear on what should be CE and what doesn't need it, I'd be looking for a new loler inspector 

Chuffed with my 25. There not pricey, just worth the money and it's tax deductible so who cares 

14 hours ago, Johny Walker said:

Were you based

I'm in Peterborough

£2.10 per tooth plus postage. 

7 hours ago, Watercourse management said:

My chipper is has a 20 meter exclusion zone around it because it is so dangerous just got to work out how to start it and get it on a boat to Africa a new market for used chippers.

global used to import and refurbish used bandit chippers from the USA to sell did they have a Ce mark or did they modify them to comply with current hse legislation?

Modified to comply with legislation or built for for this market, same as every other distributor of US chippers and grinders. 

1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

Airspade and this stuff.
Can drive plant across it.
Really easy to install.

That's pretty much exactly what I've proposed, but he won't accept it. 

I was starting to think I'd missed a trick but from what's coming up on here and a little email chat with Dr Glynn it's nice to see I'm right in my thinking. 

I’ve already raised concerns over his assumption that compaction levels have been increased to a

level that would effect root growth and transpiration without having a base

line figure or even testing! 
The proposed plan is to remove the recently installed hard surface and its membrane and then Re-install with permeable membrane cellweb and type one before capping with a permeable surface. It’s not been excavated just laid so it’s been a lash up from the start and now someone’s got to fix it from a tree perspective. 
 

Rootzone intrusion is less than 25% working off the bs5837 guidelines for the area so I’m not unduly worried about reinstalling the road properly. 

3 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

As you say though, you don't know how compacted the soil is.

That’s one of wednesdays little jobs. 

Thanks

Normally I'd look to do mulch where possible, although the we use fresh pure chip mulch from willow or fruit species. Biochar I've found helps if you can get it in but its a waste on top so I'll work it in with the airspade or vertical mulch with the auger and chuck some worms in the hole as well and soil drench with simple sugars, but it's not feasible for this job and the Tree officer won't accept it. He's adamant on compressed gas injection.  

It's probably been asked to death on here, but, what are people using for rootzone decompaction work? I've got a job that I'm working on where the tree officer is pushing for terravent or similar to alleviate the as yet undetermined level of compaction that may have occurred. 

Every paper I've read points to it not being effective and coupled with the fact the machines no longer made means I'm stuck with either the VOgt injector, that I can't find a single paper that confirms its ability to decompact, hours in the shed building something that again might not even work or hoping someone on here might have an old terravent they'd part with that he's convinced works.

I did say about using my Airspade but he's ruled that one out already because it will return to the previous levels of compaction if the access road that's caused the problem is replaced. 

Thanks

5 hours ago, stewmo said:

I was thinking about this blade sharpening every 20 hours or so..... Isn't it possible you could clock that up in a busy week? Or am I missing something about 'hours'?

And therefore 300 hours could make a machine, even at 10 hours a week, just 6 months old? 

Thanks

Depends on the machine, but twenty hours of chipping over a week of domestic work takes some doing. Some jobs you'll do well if you clock up an hour a day. 

I can do them. 

Built a machine with dust extraction and the right grade, width and diameter of diamond wheel to cut the profile. 

1 hour ago, Leicester Tree Care said:

Forst want £242 for a pair of blades. I thought that was a bit excessive so posted here to see if anyone has any.

If not I will have some made.

As bad an idea as it may be to have a set of blades made, £242 is daylight robbery. Bandit blades are huge compared to forst and there no where near that price.