Spike Kickout!

[skyhuck]

If you've got good boots and strong legs you'll be fine.

 

 

You will still wreck your knee's with the best boots in the world, I never stamp my spikes in.

 

I think the most dangerous part of YOUR job is carrying that huge CHIP on your shoulder.

[Arborlord]

That does look like a proper drop ya knickers moment hahaha. I have not slipped yet but im sure i will i must admit i do stomp my spikes in hard.

 

The perills of our jobs

[Ian150482]

and here's another thought. what if that was the first time it had ever happened to him?

what Im also not saying, is that you were wrong to highlight a possible cause of injury that the arborist faces, but you do seem to see everything as very black and white. One little slip condemns a person indefinitely, but accidents by their very nature, cannot be eradicated.

 

 

 

Very well said Jim.

[Mr Ed]

Never happened to me.

Tip - If you have to stomp your spikes in, they're not sharp enough.

Its also less likely to happen with long spikes.

 

I like to keep my spikes razor sharp, that way they sink in securely with just your body weight on them. also makes them easier to pull out than stomped in blunt gaffs.

[Ian150482]

Your time will come, Ed

[Mr Ed]

20 years and counting:closedeyes:

 

 

Just re read what steve wrote. Interestingly, when I was growing up, a huge portion of my fathers work was dead (very dead) elms.

Spiking those things teaches you to be very carefull, and have very sharp gaffs.

I probably had dozens of slips in those early days

[MasterBlaster]

but isnt it why we double wrap our strops?

 

 

Who does that?

[skyhuck]

Who does that?

 

Not I

[Pete Mctree]

I think the most dangerous part of YOUR job is carrying that huge CHIP on your shoulder.

 

 

He is a balanced individual Huck- the chip on each shoulder balances his personality well:001_cool:

[Mani]

He is a balanced individual Huck- the chip on each shoulder balances his personality well:001_cool:

 

Its not that I have a chip on either shoulder its just that when i go to work to as a tree surgeon, especially on big removals, i try to follow this simple motto -

 

'Yesterday I dared to struggle. today I dare to win'