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How not to cut a hedge

Posted by Anthony Toop on August 15, 2012 at 6:14pm in Groundscare

Picked up a catalogue today from a well known builders merchant and while thumbing through came across the image posted below.

Cutting a hedge, albeit just a posed photo, but using a grass strimmer while standing on a platform and no ear defenders or eye protection to be seen! Not exactly best practice is it!

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  • Jez Young August 15, 2012 at 6:24pm

    Should the offending builders merchants be fined £000`s for breach of HSE rules?

    surely such a large company should pay a proportionate sum

  • Chris Auld August 15, 2012 at 6:37pm

    how does he expect to cut through those thick branches with strimmer line?, he could at least be using a blade.

  • steve Yarrow August 15, 2012 at 6:38pm

    Wow! if only hedge trimming was that simple.!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anthony Toop August 15, 2012 at 7:05pm

    To be fair, he is wearing gloves for a good grip on the cow horns!

    Bet he's only wearing trainers though!

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    Brian www.mibservices.co.uk August 15, 2012 at 8:13pm
    Come on guys, cut him a bit of slack ............... he is after all wearing a hi- viz and baseball cap. Standard PPE for people who should never be let near a strimmer, never mind trimming a hedge with it. Or am I missing something.... lmao ;-)
  • Sarah Russell August 15, 2012 at 9:03pm
    That's the funniest thing I have seen for a while! Surely it must be a joke....!
  • Anthony Toop August 15, 2012 at 9:34pm

    Sadly no joke, its in a 2012/13 catalogue fresh off the sales desk! its under the "Towers" section if anyone wants to look for it among their various catalogues.

    Sarah Russell said:

    That's the funniest thing I have seen for a while! Surely it must be a joke....!
  • James Macleod August 15, 2012 at 9:37pm

    haha i love it :)

  • James Dixon August 15, 2012 at 9:38pm

    Fawlty Towers surely?


     
    Anthony @ JDC Maintenance said:

    Sadly no joke, its in a 2012/13 catalogue fresh off the sales desk! its under the "Towers" section if anyone wants to look for it among their various catalogues.

    Sarah Russell said:

    That's the funniest thing I have seen for a while! Surely it must be a joke....!
  • Mark August 15, 2012 at 9:38pm

    I bet the image was sourced online (ie stolen) by some web designer chappie/ess !! like who would use that tower to cut a hedge ? I'm not going to delve into the H&S bit or the tool used etc etc because that is complete knobsville ! 

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