Use of ladders in tree work

[Dog Tag]

use a skirting ladder, to paint the walls...

[skyhuck]

Yeah, WHATEVER! I'll send you a fiver if you can provide a vid of yourself getting everything sorted and 8 metres up into the tree in less time that it takes to get a ladder up

 

But thats not a fair comparison, you have to take into account the time taken loading and securing the ladders at the yard and taking them home at the end of the day.

 

Personally I really don't see the point of ladders, unless your doing dozens of trees in the day, where they are just being pruned and there are no branches within reach.

 

Its OK not wanting to climb the first 25ft, but surely that 25ft is part of what keeps you fit and able to climb the rest of the tree with ease.

 

Its funny how the advocates of ladders are also those who post about going to the gym or what exercises are best for keeping fit for tree work

 

I'll keep climbing all the tree and keep not needing to train

[Treemoose]

Its funny how the advocates of ladders are also those who post about going to the gym or what exercises are best for keeping fit for tree work

 

Sounds like a "loaded" statement there huck :lol:

[Ewan Murray]

I just hate getting the ladders off the top of the truck, and what happens when you can't use a ladder and you have to spend ages attempting to get a line in a tree, just blame stupid throwlines? no its not the throwlines fault you dont use it and arent good at it. With all the advances in rope access and working straight of access lines etc it makes sense to climb to the first limbs then work straight away e.g off a footlocking prussic on an access line.

[Mark Bolam]

Ewan, using a throwline AND a ladder is not illegal.

 

Huck, your fitness argument is total bollocks.

 

You have a crane to load your timber, I load all mine by hand. Fatty.

 

I am anti-ladder when it comes to working off them or using them as an excuse not to learn other access techniques like bagging, footlocking, efficiently climbing with spikes etc.

 

They are a tool. For me they are a good tool in certain situations. Not all, by any means. My ladders make me money though, and avoid making me looking like a cock by body-thrutching 20' up a 26' tree.

 

Ewan, I have found a 200' set of hexoquadrotriple ladders for you, which I will ship over to Oz. You'll thank me for them one day bro.

[Le Sanglier]

Ewan, using a throwline AND a ladder is not illegal.

You have a crane to load your timber, I load all mine by hand. Fatty.

Huck, your fitness argument is total bollocks.

 

 

 

I am anti-ladder when it comes to working off them or using them as an excuse not to learn other access techniques like bagging, footlocking, efficiently climbing with spikes etc.

 

They are a tool. For me they are a good tool in certain situations. Not all, by any means. My ladders make me money though, and avoid making me looking like a cock by body-thrutching 20' up a 26' tree.

 

Ewan, I have found a 200' set of hexoquadrotriple ladders for you, which I will ship over to Oz. You'll thank me for them one day bro.

 

Firm but fair!

[skyhuck]

Ewan, using a throwline AND a ladder is not illegal.

 

Huck, your fitness argument is total bollocks.

 

You have a crane to load your timber, I load all mine by hand. Fatty.

 

I am anti-ladder when it comes to working off them or using them as an excuse not to learn other access techniques like bagging, footlocking, efficiently climbing with spikes etc.

 

They are a tool. For me they are a good tool in certain situations. Not all, by any means. My ladders make me money though, and avoid making me looking like a cock by body-thrutching 20' up a 26' tree.

 

Ewan, I have found a 200' set of hexoquadrotriple ladders for you, which I will ship over to Oz. You'll thank me for them one day bro.

 

Humping timber is bad on your back and joints, not good for you:thumbdown:

 

Climbing is mostly cardio, very good for you

 

Plus you use a 3.5 tonne truck, so you only load a half dozen logs before your full I have a 10tonne payload, so loading by hand for us would be a bit much

[felixthelogchopper]

Humping timber is bad on your back and joints, not good for you:thumbdown:

 

Climbing is mostly cardio, very good for you

 

Plus you use a 3.5 tonne truck, so you only load a half dozen logs before your full I have a 10tonne payload, so loading by hand for us would be a bit much

 

Cop out :001_tt2:You still have to load all the logs from the tree, no matter how truckloads it makes.

[skyhuck]

Cop out :001_tt2:You still have to load all the logs from the tree, no matter how truckloads it makes.

 

Yes but if its spread over many trips, you get plenty of rest

[Mark Bolam]

Humping timber is bad on your back and joints, not good for you:thumbdown:

 

Climbing is mostly cardio, very good for you

 

Plus you use a 3.5 tonne truck, so you only load a half dozen logs before your full I have a 10tonne payload, so loading by hand for us would be a bit much

 

Could you not roll them up a ladder?