Best workers?

[Spruce Pirate]

I should be doing something more productive, but having just read another thread on here, there seems to be an idea that NZ / Ozzie / US climbers and cutters are better than the Brits.

 

I've never worked with any, so don't know if this is true or not?

 

Anyway, I was wondering why? Is it different training? Different techniques? Start on the saw younger? Must be something.

 

Just curious.

[Ewan Murray]

In my opinion with Australian arborists, the good ones as there are some awful loppers out there, I find that there climbing ablitity is very good due to the trees they have to deal with usually large eucs with long extended lion tailed limbs and dependant on species will have a very low anchor point, most access is done using throwlines, footlocking and srt, concepts that when i was in the uk was brushed off as a waste of time. The knowledge of tree pruning i believe is higher than that i have experienced in the uk. I have met tree officers at councils that dont like Pommies as they say our pruning standards are utter poo.

 

However Brits i believe are better at cutting and felling as many arborists have been taught using large chippers with winches so snedding and limbing are pretty bad, leaving stubs everywhere but when the chipper is 18" who cares! i feel some of the felling is pretty basic and some techniques dont seem to be taught or arent used.

 

Im only speaking from my experience but there are good and bad arbs in every country bare in mind that different equipment, laws and standards are used in each so you could be excellent in one place but rubbish in the other.

[Joe Loggs]

This thread is going to get silly lol. The way I see it is your as good as who taught you nothing todo with nationality. Where all human! A better climber is not necessarily someone who can climb big trees but it's someone who does a decent job safety and anyone is capable with the correct training and ambition.

[Craig Johnson]

best in what sence, only the better climbers travel, poor work ethic/workmanship is out there in every country.

we have the safest workers in the world to my mind that makes us the best!

[breffni]

I thinks it's obvious the Irish are the best;)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

ha ha ha ha a new V's thread to argue over! lol, britons rule the arboreal kingdom, it is a simple fact, this is where its done and done well and British climbers are desired all over the world, so there!

 

aussies,NZ bring it on!

[hiluxstihl]

  breffni said:

I thinks it's obvious the Irish are the best;)

here here

[s o c]

irish, of course !!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[breffni]

Yes my comrades from the west are joining me, I think Tony knows it's true!