Furniss
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Ditto ...its utter madness.
Must of been similar age if not younger and was sent off in afternoon chain harrowing and would be rounded back up with the cows at milking !
Must of been similar age if not younger and was sent off in afternoon chain harrowing and would be rounded back up with the cows at milking !
Quattromike
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When I started driving tracors I wasn't big enough to push the clutch in and push the brake pedal enough to stop it so was told if anything happens make sure it's in a low gear pull the strangler and wait for it to stop before jumping off.
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bobthebuilder
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is it against the law to film other peoples children ? without permission ?
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DaveDCB
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I’d be counter sueing the prick, take videos of my kid through a telescope and he’d have the book/bricks thrown at him!
Lancs Lad
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The whole thing sums up modern Britain.
They'll be pricks horrified by this....sat sipping their kale shake from a hemp mug shocked that people still actually farm in this country and that the tractor isn't electric as for the hse do gooders who actually took this as far as prosecution...
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
only once have I ever been happy/grateful to see HSE/factory inspector turn up on a site ..
cranes were HSE magnets - boom in the air - they'd be guaranteed to turn up, then spend an hour going through all your paperwork (which every one of my cranes carried in an A4 lever arch folder - 'specially for the ba**ards)
and then the customer'd not want to pay for the time on site with the w
s
anyway ...
turned up at a site in an 8 leg Grove 30 tonner, Biggish site, pulled in the entrance and I'm faced with a sea of sh1t up to the wheel studs - put my front axle into it and stopped, blocking the entrance.
Agent appears and asks what the problem is --
" I am NOT venturing into that sea of slurry - **** knows what's in there and how the hell am I gonna get my pads down to rig, even if i can find anything solid to set up on ?? "
" It'll be fine - get on in there "
so while we're 'remonstrating' this figure appears behind me and is listening intently
agent turns to him and says " what the ****'re you listening to ? "
without a word, the guy produces his 'card' .. agent goes white
" this operator is absolutely right in what he's saying and in refusing to enter this bloody disgrace of a site .. this site is closed until further notice, lock the gates when he's moved back onto the road .. you will clear the entire site of slurry and then stone it to my satisfaction and what is more you will sign his time sheets for his wasted day, as will I and you make damned sure his company is paid for your incompetence in failing to control your site in the manner it should be and that i expect it to be " ...
made my bloody day ...
and I got paid pretty promptly ..
never got asked back there though
cranes were HSE magnets - boom in the air - they'd be guaranteed to turn up, then spend an hour going through all your paperwork (which every one of my cranes carried in an A4 lever arch folder - 'specially for the ba**ards)
and then the customer'd not want to pay for the time on site with the wsanyway ...
turned up at a site in an 8 leg Grove 30 tonner, Biggish site, pulled in the entrance and I'm faced with a sea of sh1t up to the wheel studs - put my front axle into it and stopped, blocking the entrance.
Agent appears and asks what the problem is --
" I am NOT venturing into that sea of slurry - **** knows what's in there and how the hell am I gonna get my pads down to rig, even if i can find anything solid to set up on ?? "
" It'll be fine - get on in there "
so while we're 'remonstrating' this figure appears behind me and is listening intently
agent turns to him and says " what the ****'re you listening to ? "
without a word, the guy produces his 'card' .. agent goes white
" this operator is absolutely right in what he's saying and in refusing to enter this bloody disgrace of a site .. this site is closed until further notice, lock the gates when he's moved back onto the road .. you will clear the entire site of slurry and then stone it to my satisfaction and what is more you will sign his time sheets for his wasted day, as will I and you make damned sure his company is paid for your incompetence in failing to control your site in the manner it should be and that i expect it to be "
...made my bloody day ...
and I got paid pretty promptly ..
never got asked back there though
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
was 'Punchers' fault by all accounts
The industry should be grateful John Prescott stepped up on health and safety. Because somebody had to
The former deputy prime minister, whose death was announced this morning, forced construction to realise that things couldn't go on as they were
www.building.co.uk
" In 2001, Prescott, then the second most powerful man in the country, summoned the industry to a conference centre in the middle of London to sort out its safety record.
The fact he was deputy prime minister gave the safety summit at the QEII venue in February that year real weight. No one of such a rank before or since had personally – and so publicly – intervened on this issue in this way. "
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Smiffy
Well-known member
was 'Punchers' fault by all accounts
The industry should be grateful John Prescott stepped up on health and safety. Because somebody had to
The former deputy prime minister, whose death was announced this morning, forced construction to realise that things couldn't go on as they were
" In 2001, Prescott, then the second most powerful man in the country, summoned the industry to a conference centre in the middle of London to sort out its safety record.
The fact he was deputy prime minister gave the safety summit at the QEII venue in February that year real weight. No one of such a rank before or since had personally – and so publicly – intervened on this issue in this way. "
I think it needed sorting but likewise it should be remembered that we are just animals balancing along at a game we really have no right to be in. And to completely remove risk whilst remaining profitable is not going to happen until we enter the matrix. As we are literally a bunch of monkeys.
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6feetdown
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DaveDCB
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Working of crap like that day in day out is just sloppy and cheapskate! I shall comment no more!
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6feetdown
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Yeah s**t scaffold.
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
Quality outfit
45k for effectively killing a bloke ?
One less car for the directors this year....
JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
I've seen scaffolding similar to that on this forum 
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Russell
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So obviously a proper tower scaffold with edge restraint and toe boards for a job like that.
What is a practical solution for cutting the top of a 8 foot high hedge?
I've used a tressle but what is safer and practical or to use h and s speak, practicable?
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
Tracked scissor or mewp
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Smiffy
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Tracked scissor or mewp
If you go properly through HSE's hierarchy system the first step would be to remove working at height. So a long arm hedge cutter or something tractor or digger mounted.
Reality is there are some very good tripod ladders with podium available now and one of those in condition and properly used should appease them for the majority of hedges
doobin
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Multione and mancrate works for me. Great with the 4 in 1 bucket or grab for clearing up the majority of the mess too.Tracked scissor or mewp
For taller stuff my MEWP is a godsend, and you can make pretty good money as no other firm wants to do it.
And for massive jobs in posh gardens, you can't beat the cut and collect flail for leaving a near spotless finish. Well worth taking the time to nip back to the yard for it.
Canal Navvy
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Practical and practicable are rather different and often separated by a considerable sum of money....
..... either in the planning or in the enquiry
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Smiffy
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Seeing as this is the HSE thread it should be pointed out that they have banned man apart from emergency unplanned works. And even then you are supposed to have a lockout on the crowd control.
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6feetdown
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