MEWP or Climb

[skyhuck]

Phone-lines?

 

Limb walk?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Limb walk?

 

Skyhuck, if you have never used a mewp how can you possibly comment or compare

[skyhuck]

Skyhuck, if you have never used a mewp how can you possibly comment or compare

 

I have never tried "being gay", but I know its not for me

[Johny Walker]

I have never tried "being gay", but I know its not for me

 

like dean says if youve never used 1,you wont now the advantages they offer

[Mark Bolam]

Both.

 

No buzz using a MEWP, but they are great for certain jobs. BT lines are a pain, but with a MEWP you can clear them in seconds.

 

Totally agree that becoming reliant on them dulls climbing skills, and Hucks comments about reduced drop zone.

 

I think we all enjoy climbing, but MEWPs have their place because we all like making money (and staying alive on trees like Dean's).

 

This is turning into a bit of a Stihl vs. Husky thread is it not?

[Dean Lofthouse]

I have never tried "being gay", but I know its not for me

 

 

Are you sure about that

[Rod]

power shut off for around seven of the trees overhanging meter or two above the lines,

a 38 meter mewp can be a good 20 m away from its own base which dosent restrict the drop zone

 

it reached at least three trees without moving and allowed branches to be brought back from down a bank and over the river etc. etc. etc.

 

no one could have climbed them and done it quicker or safer physicaly impossible

[skyhuck]

 

no one could have climbed them and done it quicker or safer physicaly impossible

 

IYO.

[Rod]

with the same amount of staff and all the rigging there is NO WAY believe me

 

a five meter strip landing zone with a three meter slope to a six foot drop into the river with nothing alowed in the river and traffic + pedestrians on the other

 

NO WAY

 

the rigging involved would have been emence

 

NO WAY

[skyhuck]

with the same amount of staff and all the rigging there is NO WAY believe me

 

a five meter strip landing zone with a three meter slope to a six foot drop into the river with nothing alowed in the river and traffic + pedestrians on the other

 

NO WAY

 

the rigging involved would have been emence

 

NO WAY

 

IYO.