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Let me put this another way. Does anyone else think that a green man (new to business) should be wrapped in bulletproof chainsaw chain anti penetrating duct tape with a full helmet, neck protector, kevlar/chainlink protective arm covers and gloves and chaps and boots and vest, and then.........

Over time and job capable tested increments be allowed to remove more and more of this gear/covering (to a point) as they pass and are able to function as a top level arborist? The same goes for climbing gear and technique restrictions/permissions.

Why do safety laws have to be one size fits all?

Does anyone (like me) feel that a top of the food chain arborist that is self employed and fully insured and experienced beyond comparison, should be able to stand on one foot on a chair that is balanced on one leg on a 70 foot spar and juggle chainsaws that the throttle is taped open ......if they so choose?

Why is the safety gestapo so zeroed into us and is all this gear that is being legislated mandatory really safe or does it become unsafe as mentioned in heat or awkwardness of movement? When/how does it stop. Welfare/foodstamps were a good idea, but the momentum just takes it beyond a good state to a negative one by nature.