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Chainsaw trousers for a lady!
5thelement replied to organic guy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Ive had several pairs of Technical Extremes, they fit me like a pair of jeans, best fit of any trousers that I have had. On the off chance, I bought a pair of Husqvarna Technical Robust as they where going cheap, they don’t fit as well as they don’t have the Velcro adjustment on the waist, but unbelievable in their durability, the protective outer is made with Kryptonite. -
Like you Matty, most people in this industry have no desire to deliberately destroy wildlife habitat, the Ecologists main role in our situation is to prevent us breaking the law. Sometimes it costs us time and money and can be frustrating, I have had some ridiculous situations over the years, which is my main point, you have experience in these matters so I respect your opinion. I have an Ecologist story that I would not dream of repeating on an open forum, I will PM it to you if you like?
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The OP came on looking for advice about his career choices in Arb, as you have zero experience in Arb, Forestry or the Ecology sector, I question the value of your opinion, problem with that?
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That’s a tree safety issue where the risk to human life overrides ecology issues, you don’t need me to explain that one to you Matty. I have worked alongside Ecologist who really know their stuff and get the bigger picture, I’ve also worked with wet behind the ears imbeciles who haven’t got a clue, same with most trades.
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So what’s your experience in Arb, Forestry and working alongside Ecologists which make your opinions valid?
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Unfortunately his comments are made with zero experience in Arb, Forestry or Ecology, so worth what exactly?
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Chainsaw trousers for a lady!
5thelement replied to organic guy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Arbortec do trousers in ladies sizes, but I have worked with a few ladies who preferred the mens option, depends on body shape I suppose, quite pricey too. Cheap option would be chaps, Francital and Solidor are French brands that do cheap trousers, eBay usually has them listed as well as Husqvarna functional and Oregon. Chainsaw wellies are awful to wear, hot in Summer, cold in Winter and usually two sizes bigger than the number states. Oregon and Lovarro do cheap boots with decent tread and ankle support. -
There are dealers all over the country with these in stock, there are loads about now. Haynes Agricultural in Framfield had 5 in stock when I enquired last month, it is battery and chargers that they are struggling with, not two stroke.
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These are one day courses to teach you how how to maintain and operate basic machinery efficiently, brush cutters/ chippers etc. I only know one person who is licensed to inspect for Bats, it took him years to gain this credential.
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Are Lantra and City and Guilds interchangeable?
5thelement replied to William Clifford's topic in Training & education
LANTRA qualifications can be prerequisites for NPTC if they have been assessed as well as trained by LANTRA, these certificates would carry a QAN number. -
Are Lantra and City and Guilds interchangeable?
5thelement replied to William Clifford's topic in Training & education
If you book a LANTRA training course with assessment this is exactly the same as doing the LANTRA training then being assessed by an NPTC assessor, both result in a certificate of competence, the certificates would just come from different awarding bodies. Both these awarding bodies are externally verified by OFQUAL and recognised by HSE. In house training on level 2/3 chainsaw courses are not regulated or verified so could not be worth the paper they are printed on in the eyes of HSE. -
Are Lantra and City and Guilds interchangeable?
5thelement replied to William Clifford's topic in Training & education
No thanks. I never liked the CS32 format run as an ITA either, so I didn’t instruct them. -
Are Lantra and City and Guilds interchangeable?
5thelement replied to William Clifford's topic in Training & education
Yeah, but hardly anyone books LANTRA assessments in reality, no one has asked me to do one in the last 8 years. -
Has anyone climbed with two lines and that’s saved there bacon
5thelement replied to Newtons's topic in General chat
I’ve not heard of any yet, but people would be reluctant to admit they cut through a rope on an Internet forum surely? I have heard of many incidences where climbers where injured falling from height when another rope would have prevented it though. Hence we are now in this position. -
Are Lantra and City and Guilds interchangeable?
5thelement replied to William Clifford's topic in Training & education
I pretty much train all my courses using the LANTRA workbooks/guidance then the candidates are assessed by an NPTC assessor. The training is the training, they could complete the week and still be crap. The NPTC assessment is ‘independent’ of the training and is a certificate of competence, not a certificate of training. -
Willow or Poplar.
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Neither.
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It’s never too late, you just need your luck to change and it won’t if you retreat, I’ve trained climbers in their sixties to do bat survey work. If you go on the LANTRA website it will come up with all the training providers running courses in your area, dodge the colleges, they are limited on timescales for courses and in my experience are quite often mediocre.
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So they never change or clean the bearings, just keep adding grease, there’s the problem then.
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I mostly only use Husqvarna, all my modern saws have a grease point in the stub. Maybe they need to grease them more regularly then to prevent problems occurring?
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That’s a shame. I don’t know anyone up that end of the country sadly. Loads of work in Kent, you could be in a course in weeks and working the next day in Chestnut coppice. There are several competition hedge layers that I trained in that area too who might be able to offer or know of hedge work. PM me if you want any details.
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I grease mine on all my saws once a week, never had any failures or issues in decades.
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Stinking wet Poplar.
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2 rope climbing are we sticking to the rules
5thelement replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Climbers talk
I am talking about employers/companies allowing climbers to work on one rope and leaving themselves in the firing line for court action in the event of a serious accident. Out of interest, since the HSE implemented the changes, how many serious accidents have you heard of where the two rope working was proven to be the cause? -
2 rope climbing are we sticking to the rules
5thelement replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Climbers talk
I am pretty sure these two where involved in demonstrating to the HSE just how safe and effective climbing on one rope is, but to no avail, the HSE had already made up their minds. No one, including trainers and assessors pushed for, or welcomed mandatory two rope working. The end of the day, climb on two ropes or one, it’s up to you, and up to you to explain in court why you made those decisions in the event of a catastrophic injury or accident.
