John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
I skimmed the thread so pardon any repeats.
The biggest problem with rigging off the bucket is "cycles to failure". Even though the max loading is higher then the working load (it won't snap off with 25# more weight) repeated shock loads, even small ones, will wear the life of the boom out.
It's designed to lift a man up to a working position, with some tools.
On handing a saw is bad not just because of the kick back, but because of the potential for carpel tunle syndrome later on in life. No matter how mannly you are, your wrist is not made to work with that weight day in day out.
As for solutions, ask the forman what he expects if you cannot do it the way you were trained before. If you were writen up for it, then you state in the in your written rebuttle that your actions were prior exceptable behavior, and expected for the level of production needed.
One can use multiple small branch rig points if rigging out over the edge of the canopy is needed.
The biggest problem with rigging off the bucket is "cycles to failure". Even though the max loading is higher then the working load (it won't snap off with 25# more weight) repeated shock loads, even small ones, will wear the life of the boom out.
It's designed to lift a man up to a working position, with some tools.
On handing a saw is bad not just because of the kick back, but because of the potential for carpel tunle syndrome later on in life. No matter how mannly you are, your wrist is not made to work with that weight day in day out.
As for solutions, ask the forman what he expects if you cannot do it the way you were trained before. If you were writen up for it, then you state in the in your written rebuttle that your actions were prior exceptable behavior, and expected for the level of production needed.
One can use multiple small branch rig points if rigging out over the edge of the canopy is needed.
