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Busy here too. Still got at least 9 weeks good work for 3 gangs in the books before I have to start on the minor crap.
Brits talkin about Brit stuff
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Mr_Brushcutter
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Doing my CS31 this week. Clearing loads of Hornbeam and Silver birch. Good fun been doing it too days, only felled 5 trees. Got 2 hung up, one good and proper.
iain
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just had one of my lads complete his basic ground saw stuff he's 
passed
passed
ROLLACOSTA
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Dos anyone know where i can buy a large 'site safe' or 'site box' call em what you like,i need one over 4'x2'x2' thanks
Thor's Hammer
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Ross Turner
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Rolla,There used to be a company called Cleveland site safe based up in the cleveland area,They have standard sizes along with made to measure ones.Im sure if you do a google it will turn something up.
timberwolf150
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Rolla
www.lincmaster.co.uk. 01522 544848 full catalogue on website.
www.lincmaster.co.uk. 01522 544848 full catalogue on website.
iain
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rolla ross is right cleveland site safe were based at park farm, dunsdale, nr redcar
At last found time to get on here! Had a great time at the Arb Show, put some faces to names, learned some new stuff that should come in handy sometime, and spent some cash to boot! Great! Poplar season seems to be over (for the time being) Thank God, now its conifer trim time again. on a down note my niece passed away this morning from kidney failure at the tender age of 20 so we've had a lot of heart-ache this week so reality check time next time I whinge about having a hard day!
Chris J.
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Cheers! Nice to see that this thread is thriving. We recently had some in-laws over from Sunderland, England, & Falkirk & Helensborough, Scotland. It was good to see them. Well, most of them .
I don't mean to derail the thread, but I had an interesting convesation with Phil, one of my B-I-Ls who is a site manager for a company that has a contract to refurbish/rebuild council housing. He told me about some of the guidelines & laws that they have to follow. I know that regulations in Britain, & elsewhere, had came up many times in this thread.
The company no longer allows the use of chainsaws, petrol or elec, because of the regulations involved. Also they can't (at least aren't supposed to) do any work from a ladder, must use a proper scaffold for any work being done off the ground. Hand-held power tool useage is regulated (can only use certain tools for certain lengths of time). Phil says they (I've forgotten the names of the regulatory agencies) measured the vibration of the tools, & calculated how long it could be used; seems they're concerned about white knuckle disease. He said the company employs people to go to the sites, & view them as though they were agency inspectors, & this' done at two levels.
My question to Phil was, with all of the rules & regulations
, how do you get any actual work done?
I've prattled on enough.
.I don't mean to derail the thread, but I had an interesting convesation with Phil, one of my B-I-Ls who is a site manager for a company that has a contract to refurbish/rebuild council housing. He told me about some of the guidelines & laws that they have to follow. I know that regulations in Britain, & elsewhere, had came up many times in this thread.
The company no longer allows the use of chainsaws, petrol or elec, because of the regulations involved. Also they can't (at least aren't supposed to) do any work from a ladder, must use a proper scaffold for any work being done off the ground. Hand-held power tool useage is regulated (can only use certain tools for certain lengths of time). Phil says they (I've forgotten the names of the regulatory agencies) measured the vibration of the tools, & calculated how long it could be used; seems they're concerned about white knuckle disease. He said the company employs people to go to the sites, & view them as though they were agency inspectors, & this' done at two levels.
My question to Phil was, with all of the rules & regulations
, how do you get any actual work done?I've prattled on enough.
timberwolf150
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Big A. Sorry to hear about niece. Your right we don't really have hard days. Sort of puts life into perspective something like that. Missed you at the show but we were fairly busy.
Ross Turner
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Big A,Condolences to your family & your nieces.As Timberwolf said it puts your own life into perspective.
ROLLACOSTA
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Sorry to hear the sad news Andy,news like this should make us all think how insignificant our silly work problems are
ROLLACOSTA
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Knot whole ,the trouble is most employers spend more time with health and safety regulations than actual work ,the agency you are talking about is called the HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE..regulations overhere have gone too far IMO..the disease you mention caused by excessive vibration is called 'white finger'
Thor's Hammer
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my sympathies Big A, thinking of ya
MasterBlaster
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20 years old is a crying shame.
teressa green
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condolences mate,
Caledonian
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Big A,
very sorry to read of your loss.
teressa green,
Thanks for the correction.
I come out '93, memory was of a lot of media attention around 1995, two Lts. back to back courses. I did confirm with both establishments prior to writing this, I have now edited my original post, did not intend to confuse.
Cheers.
very sorry to read of your loss.
teressa green,
Thanks for the correction.
I come out '93, memory was of a lot of media attention around 1995, two Lts. back to back courses. I did confirm with both establishments prior to writing this, I have now edited my original post, did not intend to confuse.
Cheers.
Mr_Brushcutter
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Anybody here doing anything about the control of vibration at work regs? I'm not quite sure how to go about it. You take a chainsaw for example it has different vibration levels for the front and back handle. Do you average the levels or use the highest vibration level?
Does anybody have any vibration related injuries? HAVS, White finger, the wrist one?
Does anybody have any vibration related injuries? HAVS, White finger, the wrist one?
iain
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Big A sorry for your familys loss, a real shame M8
work stuff
has anyone got any thoughts on the AA and membership
personally i see them as been too up themselves for my liking, however i may be missing something , they are tryng very hard to become an integeral part of all our business's, i hate being told what too do at the best of time's
, now the Isa(uk) and AA they are merging i can see trouble brewing, i understand from one of their staff, that they are trying to encourage local authoritys to adopt a AA app'd contractor only, stance for there contract work (smacks of jobs for the boys)
as well as being totally wrong ( best value and all )
Who made them the boss
work stuff
has anyone got any thoughts on the AA and membership
personally i see them as been too up themselves for my liking, however i may be missing something , they are tryng very hard to become an integeral part of all our business's, i hate being told what too do at the best of time's
, now the Isa(uk) and AA they are merging i can see trouble brewing, i understand from one of their staff, that they are trying to encourage local authoritys to adopt a AA app'd contractor only, stance for there contract work (smacks of jobs for the boys)
as well as being totally wrong ( best value and all )
Who made them the boss
