Another 40 year old just starting

[forestboy1978]

6 hours ago, tree-fancier123 said:

I find stretching before a days climbing helps, like runners do

Thank you Tree-fancier

 

Please accept my apologies for telling your to slurp on my nutsack ?

[Mick Dempsey]

I dunno, it gave the lads a laugh when I read it out to them yesterday morning!

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, forestboy1978 said:

Thank you Tree-fancier

 

Please accept my apologies for telling your to slurp on my nutsack ?

Don't knock it till you 'v tried it ! ?

[tree-fancier123]

1 hour ago, forestboy1978 said:

Thank you Tree-fancier

 

Please accept my apologies for telling your to slurp on my nutsack ?

I cant accept - you said when you posted the picture of the battered remains of that birch

" flame on" so I thought it was an open invitation.

Could have shaped it better with a tractor and flail

[forestboy1978]

20 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

I cant accept - you said when you posted the picture of the battered remains of that birch

" flame on" so I thought it was an open invitation.

Could have shaped it better with a tractor and flail

In that case, slurp away! 

 

Do try to get into the nooks and crannies. Can't abide a half hearted slurping!

[forestboy1978]

11 hours ago, tree-fancier123 said:

I cant accept - you said when you posted the picture of the battered remains of that birch

" flame on" so I thought it was an open invitation.

Could have shaped it better with a tractor and flail

No you nob jockey. One of the main branches had been lopped 5 ft below the rest of the crown height. 

 

Next year it will look nice and be an easier pole prune to keep it's shape.I spent 12 years training bonzais, not real ones, but small trees. I know how to encourage their growth down the line. 

[Khriss]

21 hours ago, tree-fancier123 said:

I find stretching before a days climbing helps, like runners do

.....or a stretcher, end of day k

[Jcarbor]

I started up at 40 plus, i have a successful arb contracting company, we have been arb association approved contractors.
Some things you need to be aware of-:
A.if you climb you must have a trained aerial rescuer with you,its a must.
B. You need to learn to prune properly, its not all about just taking trees down. The reductions in your pics are very poor.
C. Get use to doing risk assessments for every job you do.
D. Make sure you carry the right insurance.
E. Doing landscaping in bad weather maybe pants, climbing can be an absolute nightmare.
F. Be prepared to wreck your body physically.
Good luck.

[Mick Dempsey]

5 minutes ago, Jcarbor said:

I started up at 40 plus, i have a successful arb contracting company, we have been arb association approved contractors.
Some things you need to be aware of-:
A.if you climb you must have a trained aerial rescuer with you,its a must.
B. You need to learn to prune properly, its not all about just taking trees down. The reductions in your pics are very poor.
C. Get use to doing risk assessments for every job you do.
D. Make sure you carry the right insurance.
E. Doing landscaping in bad weather maybe pants, climbing can be an absolute nightmare.
F. Be prepared to wreck your body physically.
Good luck.

Re. F.

 

Why are you wrecking your body? Most older guys who climb are in much better physical shape than their contemporaries who have sedentary work.

[tree-fancier123]

re point A - if you don't have this you're more likely to die than a soldier in a military conflict. Fact