Is "Ladder" swearing?

[skyhuck]

not when the ladder only reaches 1/4 of the way up the tree,

 

also most people would do there own tree work the only thing that stops them not doing it is the fact they cant get rid of the waste,

 

I think there a little more to it than that.

[testcricket01]

I think there a little more to it than that.

 

alot of people dont think about what is under trees etc it looks small on the tree they would just go for it if they could get rid of it. thats main reason if you ask me.

[RPA]

alot of people dont think about what is under trees etc it looks small on the tree they would just go for it if they could get rid of it. thats main reason if you ask me.

 

 

No offence, but how many 'trees' do you actually do?

 

When we are on a dismantle most customers, neighbours, etc comment on the level of knowledge and skill needed to do the job. Never known anyone say they could have done it themselves.

[skyhuck]

 

No offence, but how many 'trees' do you actually do?

 

When we are on a dismantle most customers, neighbours, etc comment on the level of knowledge and skill needed to do the job. Never known anyone say they could have done it themselves.

 

This has been my experience too.

 

I get people who just want us to get it down and they will burn/process it themselves.

[Steve_C]

IMO Ladders great for hedges and coni's. Also use them to gain access to crown when feeling lazy! Don't like cutting from a ladder buthave done but only when ladder fixed into the tree and/or footed and I am roped in.

[Mark Bolam]

Don't bother James, everyone who does any real graft on here uses them apart from Huck.

[Mark Bolam]

He gets a lift a lift from his 60' crane with a bit of bailer twine twisted through the back belt loops of his Levi's.....

[alex_m]

We were doing work on some 80ft beech today. After break and lunch, the ladder was a very welcome bit of kit!!

 

You just can't beat the combination ladder, set up as an A frame, fully extended + a polesaw, also fully extended

[Mark Bolam]

BTW I only condone ladders as a quick and easy means of access into larger trees, often after installing a rope first, and having a groundie 'tail' me as I ascend.

 

'Working' from ladders is a different thing altogether, and is something I undertake occasionally after stropping in.

 

I see ladders as a tool.

 

Useful in the right hands, potentially lethal in the wrong.

Edited November 30, 2011 by Mark Bolam
Olde Englishe type spelling.

[Matthew Arnold]

Where i work we have a 2 tier ladder for the normal tree work, a 3 tier for the higher trees (crown lifted ones) and we borrow a 135 ladder from the tree team that are next to our container. A 135 is what the fire service normally use and will happily reach into the crowns of 80ft Ash.