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Posted by julie new in france (U3837878) on Wednesday, 20th October 2010
Thought you might like this tale,we have had to take down several trees and have managed on our own, however we had one tree that needed a professional so we called in the local"Forestier"He arrived this morning climbed a 20 ft ladder in shorts and flip flops, cigarette in one hand and chainsaw in another.Requested a second coffee and promptly dropped the tree to within 6inches of his original estimate. If I could have filmed it I would have.What can I say the French are a very special people and have not yet got sucked into H&S.
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Posted by lottiebeans (U12886223) on Wednesday, 20th October 2010
Sounds perfect! Can you send him over to me? got a couple of tall pine trees that are ruining my garden. He is obviously an expert!
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Posted by 4smilingcat6 (U14338727) on Wednesday, 20th October 2010
Send him here as well. This pile is Grade 2 listed and I had to get planning permission to trim a beech tree.
Next time I`ll hire `handy Jack`-no questions as long as you pay in cash
life in France can be amazing where common sense takes over from H and S.
As long as you are on your own property in the UK you can do what you want.
I am quite regularly up big trees with a chainsaw and am still here to tell the tale.
Sometime the safety equipment can get in the way of your reflexes.
Our local building firm owner regularly tells me off when I am building walls etc. that he would sack me if he saw me doing that. My response is that by the time I had followed all the H&S bull**** nothing would get built.
I accept that you can damage yourself but this country is over the top and full of blame and claim culture chavs.
julie, may I borrow him too please? Our tree surgeons are serious guys and not a lot of entertainment.
Nice to hear from you from France,
Summer
I find it very picturesque the way they nail the mains power supply across the façades of buildings from one end of the street to the other...
I had some willows pollarded and poplars trimmed a few years ago. Chappy went in the field in his tractor witha shovel attachment at teh front then lifted that high with his mate who stood in it and did the lopping. No hats, no gloves, no ropes. Job done.
We also have delicatessens which would give a British H&S apoplexy but the Belgians are not dieing from food poisoning. like the French, they eat raw minced steak and don't get E-coli.
Common sense and practicality all round.
However, do not get me started on local councils managing (not) local road works......
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