Sketchy job!

[Arran Turner]

Hang the branches up in the phone lines, stops them hitting the cars underneath!

 

 

Have done that before on lime pollards there is a fine art to it :-)

[Marc Lewis]

Cheers for the advise, managed to finish the job today with a bit of funky rigging. Couldn't let the tree defeat me!

 

Fair play to you fella

[peatff]

What's wrong with blue 3 ply poly rope ? (other colours are available) it's cheap and does the job. Wrap it round a branch for a bit of friction and you can lower offcuts quite reasonably. I know it's frowned upon but I can't see why (me not being a pro or climber of any description)

[Hobbsurf]

So it's ok to enter into a commercial agreement as a advertised professional outfit with full insurance la da la WITHOUT A BACKUP CLIMBER & PROPER GEAR............?

 

White transit tipper, with no livery & jeans as PPE spring to mind.

 

Come on fellas?

 

Russ

[doobin]

So it's ok to enter into a commercial agreement as a advertised professional outfit with full insurance la da la WITHOUT A BACKUP CLIMBER & PROPER GEAR............?

 

White transit tipper, with no livery & jeans as PPE spring to mind.

 

Come on fellas?

 

Russ

 

This.

 

It's all very well saying you managed this time. What about next?

 

It'll be your reputation on the line if it goes wrong. It won't be 'A. Tree Company ballsed that job up, dropped a branch on a car'. It'll be 'that idiot climber didn't know what he was doing'.

[Mark Bolam]

+1 Doobin.

 

Well done for manning through it mate, but I'd be asking serious questions before going back.

 

 

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[TTP]

Am I seriously the only person who has never needed to lower on his climbing line!? Hand hold, use a strap to hold if it's heavy, or use a rigging line. You should know if you'll need to lower before you go up the tree!

 

Lowering from your climbing line is lazy and points to bad practice IMO.

 

Open to correction.

 

 

I'm with you on this I've never and will never need to, I rarely need to lower just cut and chuck, it's faster and you can keep the groundy moving instead of being tied to a line! I have a few slings for the bigger stuff I cut and chuck, it benefits by having a better grip but most of all doesn't twist your wrist off!

[Mark Bolam]

Cut and chuck is king, when you can.

Plenty of jobs are over rigged for sure.

 

To say that you never or rarely need rigging, however, speaks volumes about the jobs you are doing.

 

 

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[Marc Lewis]

Being expected to do the job without a rescuer is very off. But there is no suggestion the lad winged it and it was luck that it all went well.

[Mountain man]

This.

 

It's all very well saying you managed this time. What about next?

 

It'll be your reputation on the line if it goes wrong. It won't be 'A. Tree Company ballsed that job up, dropped a branch on a car'. It'll be 'that idiot climber didn't know what he was doing'.

 

Actually it will always be "that tree company" that ballsed it up.

As for reputation, his reputation as a guy who can get a job done is enhanced. Sure next time he can be prepared better.

If people hear you walk when you see a tree rather than figure out a way of doing it the phone will stay quiet.

Ps if you rarely rig preferring to cut and chuck. Well depends on the tree I guess.

Edited September 25, 2014 by Mountain man