Rentachimp
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I have one and it's bloody great. Had a husqy topper and that both in the tree a few weeks back as needed the speed on a few cuts. Hung them onto the tree when I wasn't using them; well it was Christmas time... Sent from my SM-N910F using Arbtalk mobile app
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Customers who hang around. I had one today on a Leylandii takedown who I swear just kept popping out of the ground like a mole to watch, take videos, ask that everything over 6in gets cut into lengths for firewood, ask about every phase of the job. Do you think we were offered a cuppa? Kettle must have broken, I think. Sent from my SM-N910F using Arbtalk mobile app
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Countryfile - the new front line in pollution
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I'm guessing the Hi-viz was orange. Against grass it would be positively camo! Sent from my SM-N910F using Arbtalk mobile app -
I worked for Conifers From Hell, and yes; lots of Leylandii.
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Thanks guys, and nice to see the forum is going so well after all these years, Steve!
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Hi all, I'm an arb of 5 years eperience, and former regular to arbtalk.com but have been out of the game for a few years due to a shift to a different industry. I'm missing the work, and was wondering if there is any scope to get back into it part-time. A few ideas I'm toying with are: Becoming a gun for hire (although I'm a bit rusty); Getting work with an arb firm on weekends and when I can get leave from my day job; Setting up as a sole trader (Have Saws, PPE, Tickets, Climbing kit, but no van or chipper) and doing smaller domestic work, including some gardening if neccessary. Can anyone offer some advice, and whether setting up a business just to do 0-20 hours work a week is viable. Thanks in advance, Gareth
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I am reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and very good it is, too.
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Some cracking responses, particularly about the fat trousers: so comfy! I do also remember pulling Leylandii woodchip out of my belly button about 4 hours later. I'm thinking about striking out on my own, too, although this probably isn't the best time of year to do it. What are people's experiences of going self employed? What do you need to keep the law off your back?
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UPDATE I can categorically say I am sick to the back teeth of my job, and am thinking of taking up the tools again. Money is the only thing holding me back, truthfully - my needs have expanded to match my earnings. What's the average rate for a climber in South Wales these days? I'm still regularly in the woods, but usually on my mountain bike these days. I have kept my hand in on the tools, too. Guess you can never leave the arb once you've started.
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OK, gents.
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I don't know 100%. It looks like an overgrown hedgerow, as it is a thin strip behind the house with a field on the other side. Sycamore and Willow, if that counts for anything...
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Hello, Blanket TPO on land with unidentified ownership. Small trees (none more than 20ft). Branches encroaching on gardens. Can they be chopped back to fenceline (obeying CODIT, naturally) without permission?
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I understand where you're coming from, my man. Am I right in thinking that the guy on the ground was older and more 'experienced' than you?
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Undoing tight side nuts so that your palm slips off straight into the bottom of the returning chain. Cipping your landyard into your Petzl Caritool instead of your side D's
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By the way, The spring being in backwards meant that the plastic bit that pivots out to engage the flywheel when the cord is pulled was pivoting out on the recoil, so, effectively, the recoil was pushing the flywheel. Just in case it happens to another puny mortal in future
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It sure is. I bought some engine cleaner and gave the metal parts a wipe down with it. I think I'll be getting a few free pints tonight!
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Sorted it out. I put the spring back in upside-down. Bit of methodological thinking saved the day.
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Hello, poplar pickers. I just got a saw off my landlord friend that I said I'd spruce up for him, as he had a problem with it stalling. There was a lot of chain-oil resin and sawdust build-up in the chainbrake casing, so I cleaned that off and fired her up and she was running fine. Rather than give it back, I decided to do a service and notice that the starter wasn't returning properly. I pulled the flywheel off and the spring casing to check the spring was ok, but when I put it all together and tried to start it, the cord wouldn't return at all. I took it apart again and noticed that the outer part of the spring had slipped out of its holding bracket, so I took the spring out, wound it back up and popped it back in. Now it will turn back, but it's much worse than it was when I had it off him and won't turn the flywheel at all. Any suggestions what I might have done wrong or overlooked?
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do you mean because you think i meant you SHOULD clip into the yosemite loop instead of the bowline's main loop? Explain it better if you can, by all means, rather than just saying it's wrong - that doesn't help anyone and is just plain rude, in my eyes.
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If you look at the attachment, the yosemite part (the lower of the top two turns) gets clipped into instead of the working part of the bowline. This is more likely if your working part is small, because they then look the same, at a glance.
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Has this gone a little off-thread?
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I use bowline, but be aware that if you use the yosemite tie-off and you have a tight little bow, you could accidentally clip into the wrong loop. I have done this and was only just saved from a drop by the shrink wrap on the end.
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Why smoke or why rollups? Personally, I used to smoke when I was on the trees because it took the edge off the aches and pains and sharpened my senses; bit like a very slow splash of water in your face. Plus smoking helps me stay awake. I also used to smoke because it gave you 5 minutes to stop working without the boss busting your ass. I also smoked rollups when on the trees, but haven't since. Perhaps it's all part of the nature vibe and the tobacco is meant to be better for you. Looking back, it's mainly the poverty, I think, as rollups are way cheaper and if you can get duty-free, then they're half the price!
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I don't think I've ever taken home more than a grand a month after tax without doing cash-in-hand on weekends. My last treework position, bearing in mind I had 4 years experience, Full first aid, mewp, felling and top handle and all below it, was £220 a week. I earn 17 1/2k now though. Working behind a desk for the National Assembly for Wales. I would like to say I regret the decision, but it's made me realise how ludicrously hard I worked as an arbo. This is a piece of cake!
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Will this be stickied, then?
