No HNC in the North East???

[silky fox]

I was there in 93 with dave and Mr Parker[i love shigo] then it turned to a community college and went down hill and churns out studentswith tickets they should not have as they have to pass them to gain there goverment cash

 

Mr "i love shigo" Parker...funny as...ha ha ......Houghal was the place to be back in the day!.....i LOVED it!!!!!!! Trees,trees and more trees with a load of climbing and chainsaws thrown in for good measure...it was an intensive course then but when you left you knew you were an Arborist that,s for sure....do you remember Paul "Dr Chainsaw" Turnbull?...he was a character......

[arc]

Stop reminiscing about the good old days 'Sven'! although 95 - 96 was one of the best years of my life and a bit of turning point for me.

 

I wonder what most of the people that were on our course are doing now?

 

regards,

 

Steve

[silky fox]

Stevie me old marra!....or should i say "curtains"...great to see you,re still on here...i havent heared "SVEN" for 17 years!!!!!!....a great blast from the past..yep you are correct in your statement...it was a turning point for me also...we were a bunch of Misfits,formed and tuned into Elite Northern Tree Monkeys! you have done very well and i check out your website every now and then,,,well proud of what you,ve achieved....giving Mr Oliver a run for his money eh?.... Remember that monster Beech you Craned down at Darlington Cemetary?...it had a forest of Merupilus at the base...little Lee was fast as with them chains...big bits....done by tea time...Class work as always mate.....no doubt our paths will sross in the future...you know me...i have a built in Radar for the Screem of a chainsaw and i hunt it down....have to know what,s occuring.....its what i do.

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Areet Silky!

Just to let you know I tried the H/T and loved it mate, firstly I clipped my beaner on so the pully was facing left which was a bit awkward but then sorted it!!

 

Cheers pal!

[silky fox]

keep it up Chris.....if you get the chamce with a Spiderjack try it.....Big open tree with a nice central anchor point and you,ll be enjoying state of the Art multidirectional clambering! no more tending slack...Cruise control bro!

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

I use an ART posisioner on my strop, HATED it at first as for 8 years ive used a wire core strop, but ive put up with it and now i love it!

 

A lad who climbs for me on a thursday and friday has a spiderjack so ill try his next week!

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Oh............. neary forgot!

 

LOVE THE DMM KRAB!

 

IMO best krabs ever!

[silky fox]

ART are great innovators that,s for sure as are Treemagineers. i,m picking up a 2010 ropeguide with cocoon next week....it,s all coming together nicely. DMM Krabs are cruisey bro! i trust em.

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Stevie me old marra!....or should i say "curtains"...great to see you,re still on here...i havent heared "SVEN" for 17 years!!!!!!....a great blast from the past..yep you are correct in your statement...it was a turning point for me also...we were a bunch of Misfits,formed and tuned into Elite Northern Tree Monkeys! you have done very well and i check out your website every now and then,,,well proud of what you,ve achieved....giving Mr Oliver a run for his money eh?.... Remember that monster Beech you Craned down at Darlington Cemetary?...it had a forest of Merupilus at the base...little Lee was fast as with them chains...big bits....done by tea time...Class work as always mate.....no doubt our paths will sross in the future...you know me...i have a built in Radar for the Screem of a chainsaw and i hunt it down....have to know what,s occuring.....its what i do.

 

 

It's a crying shame about Houghall, and that I didn't stop to take any pics of the 3 big beeches in Darlington. 2 big crane jobs and one BIG MEWP one. You can't really take any chances with Meripilus as bad as those.

 

Speaking of misfits, we ground a stump for Mr. Blench the other week, he's in fine fettle as you would expect!

Keep up the good work and discussing climbing systems I have no idea what your taking about.

WTF is an SRT / spiderjack, on the rare occasion I climb I have to dig out the old 3 strand and tie my knots like in the bad old days.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

[penfold]

Graham Blench taught me for idents.