Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[iain]

here`s another kick in the ass for the pro`s
i posted the other day about the ease with which the untrained masses can buy a chainsaw !!!
well now ALDI of all people are flogging a petrol chainsaw for £89.99

who`s next the news agent or local chippy

this country is a farce

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

yep selling saws and not selling ppe pissers me off..............PS who lost a day today due to the 3 hour's or so of very heavey snow ????

 

[SteveBullman]

me!! in fact so far this week for one reason or another ive managed to do a total of 2 days work!

 

[iain]

no snow today but lost wednesday

 

[Big A]

We did a large lime in Colchester today, bit slippy but prefer that to the rain any day. By the way, dont Essex C.C. have any standards re: tree work. Some of the work about there is atrocious. Saw a large Douglas fir that was left with a couple of limbs on one side, top hacked out! A Beech that looked as if it was brought home from the Somme in WW1. Ooh and my personal favourite was a reduced cherry completely painted BRIGHT IN YER F
ACE PINK!!! ALDI is opening in Stowmarket soon if you need a cheap saw
Oh and all those companies with employees who dont want to work in crappy weather, it was the subbies who brought home the bacon this week while the employees whinge and moan and want to go home, then moan cos they're not getting paid!!

 

[jockie]

anyone out there been using a Timberwolf 190? Had a demo today and its the muttsnuts. Gotta Premier 220 and the Timberwolf knocked spots off it!

grateful to see all the comments. from those who were fairly down on them steve/big a
look like cld now be pretty impressed with the machines now. timberwolf must have put in loads of work to bring them on. i'm trying to see if i can get hold of s/h 190 but they seem to be as rare as rocking horse sh!t! i'd def rather buy british with timberwolf than take the hardsell jensen been trying on what i think are inferior imports. just cos its german doesnt make it a bmw or a merc fellas! i agree with big a that constructive opinion is worth loads

 

[Big A]

Jockie, imo I would avoid the Jensen. We've had so many irritating problems with our tracked model it makes you wanna scream. Frequently snapping drive cables, a failed hydraulic pump, drive shaft gear slipping off and snafu-ing other parts. At first the back-up service was ok but now they are a pain in the butt! German quality that one aint, get a premier for pure German excellence, or spend the money on that 190, it did seem rather good.

 

[jockie]

yr the 3rd person that i've heard this week alone thats had trouble with their jensen, especially with backup. seems they really hipe it up when selling then disappear quick! no use when the poor guy thats bought it is losing money. one guy told me they play real hardball over warranty too. timberwolf have dealers all over the country so backup shld be good?? spoke to a manchester bloke whose got a 190 tracked machine that had a hydraulic pump go down and they collected his machine within 2 hours, left him a loan chipper to get on with and brought his own back to him next morning, all sorted and all in warranty, no hassle. i'm fairly sold on the timberwolf and i'm going to call them on monday to see whats about from the factory. tks for the views and input big a/rolla/steve. i'll post how i get on when i speak to them. do i get fiver if i spot timberwolf150??!!

 

[jamie]

snow

we have only lost 2 days to the snow, had to drag the pickup round the yard with the mog, to knock up a load of firewood. the roads were fine but the folk on the roads are another topic altogether.

jamie

 

[SteveBullman]

Oh and all those companies with employees who dont want to work in crappy weather, it was the subbies who brought home the bacon this week while the employees whinge and moan and want to go home, then moan cos they're not getting paid!!

the particular employees you are referring to big A would be whinging and moaning whatever the weather

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

NO EXCUSE'S ! NO EXCUSE'S!
Well the weather forcast look's ok for next week ,i have a ton of work to do,my truck has it's body finnished [though she has to go back to isuzu due to feul/power problem] ,i have a new work amigo,the baby has arrived,spring is in the air so i'ts go go go do$h all the way finger's crossed

i think it's time boy's me included for us all to get stuck in regardless of the weather !! let's take a leaf out of the BIGA handbook and get err done

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

how is work around the country ?? busy? quiet?...east anglia is moderate to steady so i havebeen told...where's old TERRESSA GREEN ????

blue your joke's get worse

 

[blue]

rolla,
didn't mean to send you the joke just hit the wrong name and sent it to quick to change it.if you liked it i've got loads more mate

 

[jamie]

unrelenting

work around the country. its unrelenting as usual up here, pulling the second full week of cutting, contracts that need to be gotten out of the way. hopefully we will be production cutting and crow poking next week.

jamie

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

rolla,
didn't mean to send you the joke just hit the wrong name and sent it to quick to change it.if you liked it i've got loads more mate

Bring umm on !!!

 

[teressa green]

still alive rolla ,whats all the whinging about weather ,i climb in all weathers ,or have done these last two weeks,got a weeks work near gatwick starting tuesday,,lack of southern lads to do it ,well over the odds on the price but thats life ,congrats on the new kid rolla ,whats the prob with the truck ? and hows the makitas holding up ?

 

[Big A]

Dont Know how many of you Brits read the EssentialArb mag, but read article where man was injured working for the Environmental Agency, cutting back the trees on the river bank. The E/A were fined £16000 and the HSE said "we will not tolerate employers exposing their employees to unacceptable risks at work" !!!! Where does this leave a company when the weather turns foul? I've always work in the worst our weather can throw at me, actually enjoying the challenge of getting it done, showing that even when its rough the job can still be carried out in a safe and professional manner. BUT!! What if turns pear-shaped one day and one of the crew pick up at least a severe injury or get killed? Should you have (with hindsight) pulled off the job? Lose money and credibility when you've done similar jobs a hundred times before incident-free. We all tick the boxes on the risk assessments, and surely only proceed if deemed safe to do so. I now have a nagging doubt going through mhy mind of the What If syndrome.
As an experienced operative I always like to talk through the job with my colleagues as to the safest way to proceed so we all know what is happening.
Is "unacceptable risk" climbing in the snow/rain/hot sunshine? It is a high risk trade by nature of the work, as reflected in our insurance premiums that we pay year on year and I accept those risks as and when they arise, but WHAT IF?!!!

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

still alive rolla ,whats all the whinging about weather ,i climb in all weathers ,or have done these last two weeks,got a weeks work near gatwick starting tuesday,,lack of southern lads to do it ,well over the odds on the price but thats life ,congrats on the new kid rolla ,whats the prob with the truck ? and hows the makitas holding up ?

Truck problem ,lack of power in 1st,2nd,3rd..then big power surge in 4th-5th..might be me just imagineing it ,she's only done 2,000 miles..still she'sback of to ISUZU just to be sure,apart from that she's a good truck ,i would love the 7.5 ton version with a little crane..Now the makita the little i have used it has worked/cut very well a dam good buy imo

come on BIGA it's all weather's from now on,you cant back track now ?? what if indeed

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

humm..just been to see who's online and noticed we have 4 lurker's [Guests] veiwing :Eye: :Eye: this thread...come out ,join up we won't bite

 

[Acer]

BUT!! What if turns pear-shaped one day and one of the crew pick up at least a severe injury or get killed? Should you have (with hindsight) pulled off the job?

I think, in Britain, you're in the sh1t if the worst happens, whatever way you look at it. If you haven't done a risk assessment you get done. If you have done a RA and the risk's not on there, you haven't done the RA properly..you get done. If you have done the RA and the risk is on there, then you haven't got the proper control measures in place..you get done! As if the experience of being involved in a serious accident or fatality wouldn't be enough. Some things don't bear thinking about..