the 'todays job' thread

[Mark Bolam]

Amazing work, but what the utter fuck has it achieved?

 

Roaster customers like that are top of my ‘no’ list.

 

Utter cretins.

[AHPP]

Came here to post just about exactly what Mark did. Good skills floating right out there on nothing and doing an aesthetically pleasing job but I can't do that sort of thing because it just shoves it in your face how much of a dancing monkey you are to a client with more money than sense. Don't get me wrong, I'm a free marketeer and if someone wants to pay and you want to do it, great. But I'm too mentally tripped up for it. I can't do things I know achieve nothing except make me tired. Not until the money becomes unreasonably good anyway.

[tree-fancier123]

It's the owner's taste - same as trimming the bushes

[Mark Bolam]

4 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Sorry to be boring @Mark Bolam but that’s a GRCS n’est pas@?

How do you rate it?

 

Thanks in advance, a fan.

 

Fortunately Mick it’s not mine.

My mate made the huge investment a few years back.

 

It is a bit of a game changer on the right jobs.

Not suitable for a casual groundie, the man on the bollard needs to know his stuff.

@John Shutler and @Rich Rule have way more experience than me, but I doubt either would have negative comments.

 

£3.5k now, a lot of Euros.

 

There are £2k jobs we couldn’t have done without it though.

 

AHHP is a convert as well, but I can’t tag him for some reason.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

6 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

Fortunately Mick it’s not mine.

My mate made the huge investment a few years back.

 

It is a bit of a game changer on the right jobs.

Not suitable for a casual groundie, the man on the bollard needs to know his stuff.

@John Shutler and @Rich Rule have way more experience than me, but I doubt either would have negative comments.

 

£3.5k now, a lot of Euros.

 

There are £2k jobs we couldn’t have done without it though.

 

AHHP is a convert as well, but I can’t tag him for some reason.

 

Yes, it’s a lot of moolah, but it looks inevitable that I’ll get one. 
I suppose they do fetch good money second hand, so when I retire in a few years there will be some money coming back on it. 
Thanks. 
 

 

[Dan Maynard]

9 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

£3.5k now, a lot of Euros.

 

Blimey that makes my capstan winch look cheap, and that has an engine on to make it go round.

[AHPP]

My way into lifting rigging was a petrol capstan with no clutch. Got some lifts done but was a pain for groundsmen. Can't easily restart under load, had to slip on the drum etc. Too much to think about. With a clutch would be better but still loud and not on the tree.

 

Went on to a Hobbs because it's indestructible and easy for groundsmen to understand. 

 

Just gone to a GRCS. Looks more complicated but is only actually a tiny bit more to remember. Will come apart into more pieces, more expensively if abused. But it makes a nice clicking sound, self-tails, lifts more and I have it set up to be easier to move around than a Hobbs or a standard GRCS. 

Edited April 13 by AHPP

[Will C]

The grcs is worth every penny. Mine paid for its self on first couple of jobs, one of which would have ideally needed a crane with out it! Combined with a loader you can get some seriously big lumps out 

[mtt.tr]

15 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Amazing work, but what the utter **************** has it achieved?

 

Roaster customers like that are top of my ‘no’ list.

 

Utter cretins.

 

I entirely agree, it's why I only sub climb I can deal with the nonsense when it's personal 

[Dan Maynard]

I went for PCW4000 winch with clutch and locking cleat so overcomes some of those problems, but agreed I've not really lifted with it.  It has been brilliant pulling things over, pulling lumps up out of the brook or out of undergrowth. GRCS I guess can do those things but you're winding by hand, slower but more controlled so it's better for lifting  rigging.