If you were just starting out....

[Dbikeguy]

find a friendly rec climber and have a go, attend an arb show, most have tree setups you can try.
i also come from a climbing back ground, so thought the transition to trees would be easy and it’s similar ( find a decent anchor point) trusting hanging in space on a rope and ability to tie sound knots. After that it’s different in every way. Super fun, hopefully doing my courses soon but recclimbing as often as possible.
to practice you want a rope, 3 way locking biners ( spinning gate locks we use for climbing are not allowed..)
use your rock harness until you are actually working in a tree, it’s a good stand in just not as comfy.
some friction cord, and i would add in a hitch climber pulley, foot ascender, no point in doing everything the super old way with modern kit now available. prob £150/175 there in kit. wear a helmet. start low and don’t climb alone.
see if you enjoy being up there. Personally i love it and have slowly gathered kit this year and skills to transition over.
Also leaving a stable reasonable paying industry as its soulless and i miss being outdoors.
3 years of living in the Alps for winters means i am happy in freezing/wet/sunburn/windy conditions.

Good luck and if your ever midlands way give me a shout and we can go climb some trees. When you try SRT for the first time it’s addictive!

[Ratman]

find a friendly rec climber and have a go, attend an arb show, most have tree setups you can try.
i also come from a climbing back ground, so thought the transition to trees would be easy and it’s similar ( find a decent anchor point) trusting hanging in space on a rope and ability to tie sound knots. After that it’s different in every way. Super fun, hopefully doing my courses soon but recclimbing as often as possible.
to practice you want a rope, 3 way locking biners ( spinning gate locks we use for climbing are not allowed..)
use your rock harness until you are actually working in a tree, it’s a good stand in just not as comfy.
some friction cord, and i would add in a hitch climber pulley, foot ascender, no point in doing everything the super old way with modern kit now available. prob £150/175 there in kit. wear a helmet. start low and don’t climb alone.
see if you enjoy being up there. Personally i love it and have slowly gathered kit this year and skills to transition over.
Also leaving a stable reasonable paying industry as its soulless and i miss being outdoors.
3 years of living in the Alps for winters means i am happy in freezing/wet/sunburn/windy conditions.

Good luck and if your ever midlands way give me a shout and we can go climb some trees. When you try SRT for the first time it’s addictive!

Wow....[emoji15][emoji15][emoji15] what an essay! Nice read tho [emoji106][emoji106]?

[Mark Wileman]

Everyone is saying tree climbing is totally different to rock climbing, I do agree, everyone is missing the part where tree climbing is a lot easier than rock climbing, though

[stihlmadasever]

1 hour ago, Mark Wileman said:

Everyone is saying tree climbing is totally different to rock climbing, I do agree, everyone is missing the part where tree climbing is a lot easier than rock climbing, though

Why is this relevant?

This is an arb forum,i could care less about rock climbing,difficult or not.

Some rock climbing equipment crosses over into arb but the similarities end there.

 

[Mark Wileman]

Not sure why that offended you?

 

[carlos]

id say buy a decent set of PPE ( dont go cheap as they can be uncomfortable and crap)

then get on a cs 30/31 basic small felling course, i think these courses are a good intruduction to what to do with a saw and not.

then if you have change go for a 50cc pro saw.

once you have this then you will be employable and that should get the ball rolling for you.

hope it works out for you.

carl

[Vespasian]

11 hours ago, Ratman said:

Yeah still going! Been there as long as i can remember from being a kid, was brought up on a farm less than half a mile away from there. New houses popping up all around us and starting to feel drowned by it, but end of day ta never forget ya roots!!!
I’m still attached purely because i work down road, 2 miles bang on to work from home. Work at Castle Cement just down road from auction, i’m incharge of garage down there (hgv’s) split between my colleague and myself on a week about shift, 20yrs now! Chainsaws and mullering trees are purely my hobby

Same as me when it comes to tree's purely a hobby..   

 

keep lookin at getting a bigger chipper so I can do more of it, but not sure its a good idea as every time I do one I can hardly walk for a day or two due to back trouble...  perhaps I'll stick to the odd one and reading about a tree mans life on here....  and Utube....     

 

[stihlmadasever]

2 hours ago, Mark Wileman said:

Not sure why that offended you?

 

Rereading my post it does come across as a bit aggressive,no offence intended.

Im not offended either thanks.?

 

[LynherTraining]

On a general note to all those starting out or employers of low wage employees; if you are switching careers and sign up for jobseekers/universal credit/esa then you can get funding packages for some of these Level 2 courses (chainsaw, climbing etc) either through the job centre or through a training provider with access to funding (like us). There is also a new trial for low wage candidates this year. If you earn less then £15,736.50 annually and have the evidence to prove it (employment contract or 3 months of wage slips or tax return) then you can also access this funding.

(So if you found a local training provider with access to funding and gained employment in the industry with an unskilled wage of below this threshold then you could get a lot of training through this government training scheme aimed at helping those in low wage jobs progress their career.) Beware that some of the funding available doesn't cover the real-life costs of running the course so not everything will be offered by all providers and you may need to pay for some elements but overall it can help you progress in an economical way. You can also access part funding of Level 2 courses whatever your circumstances as long as you meet the basic criteria. Just a thought/heads up.