the secret to getting a good groundy...

[RobArb]

Second that, if not only for his ability to pick stuff up no human should be able to .

He's the oxman!!

 

Thirded:thumbup:

 

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[Lyncombe-climber]

Me!! Willing to travel. No tickets but lots of experience with saws from 12 - 24. Love the ground work! Good at driving 4x4 with or without trailer on and off road. Cheap labour rates.

[will.morris]

There is definately a difference between a proper groundsman and a labourer. The rigging element comes with experience/tuition obviously but a lot of it is good iniative, I'm sure many will agree with me how frustrating it is when a bad groundy sends you up a blunt saw with little fuel or gets your line caught up on the ground etc. All avoidable situations with just the smallest amount of thinking applied.

 

A climber can be extremely annoying when your grounding as well though by doing stuff that creates more work on the ground like not cutting back to a union so branch won't go through a chipper without being cut up more or not thinking about where they drop stuff.

 

My point being both climbers and groundsman need to have common sense and be able to work together logically and methodically

 

How this is at all relevant to the thread title I'm really not too sure sorry

[Paul Cleaver]

Im a climber but because of my experience ive been asked to help on the ground sometimes - big jobs usually making sure things go smoothly - keeping my eye on less experienced climbers - and im the one felling the big stump with the backwards lean

[Sciadopitys]

There is definately a difference between a proper groundsman and a labourer. The rigging element comes with experience/tuition obviously but a lot of it is good iniative, I'm sure many will agree with me how frustrating it is when a bad groundy sends you up a blunt saw with little fuel or gets your line caught up on the ground etc. All avoidable situations with just the smallest amount of thinking applied.

 

A climber can be extremely annoying when your grounding as well though by doing stuff that creates more work on the ground like not cutting back to a union so branch won't go through a chipper without being cut up more or not thinking about where they drop stuff.

 

My point being both climbers and groundsman need to have common sense and be able to work together logically and methodically

 

How this is at all relevant to the thread title I'm really not too sure sorry

 

Well said mate!