John Shutler

rest of the pics from the job

got some more pics from the job which i will post soon

it almost looks like hes slipped

i was just trying to work that one out

everybody has the basic guidelines of what needs to be earnt, or what they want to earn in the day.theres so many factors to consider.its all about getting a feel for it

i climb on marlow chameleon with the herkules (from proclimber)10 mm hitchcord with 4 wraps and 2 braids.it self tends after about 30 ft

interesting stuff

im coming over in two weeks, for a look around with a view to moving over in a year or so with my girlfriend

once agian a cracking vid reg

yeah i was bricking it,first to admit it.the reason the tree was coming down was that it was sheding limbs.parts of it were unclimbable and unfortunately all of these sections needed to be rigged down to avoid demolishing the shed ,fence, pristine hedge and garage underneath it

i hate to think the extra weight added by ivy sometimes,last ivy removeal job was nearly a full truck load of chippings.not good

max has hit the nail right on the head,from the ground the structural problems of this tree of this tree could not be seen,ok there was a bit if dead wood, but no more than would be expected from a tree that had been previously cut so badly.

its a beast about 3 and a half foot at the base

all the stems bar part of1 were very soft,also 95% needed to be rigged down to avoid the garage fence shed and hedge below

there was lots of disscussion about how to deal with it,i wasnt convinced about the safety of it and thought we should get a platform in.rob came up after lunchtime and decided to take it on minuss platform

horrible rotten ivy coverd oak tree that me and rob d started the other day,we are back to fell he stem friday so il get some more pics then

am i right in thinking that this is the same tree posted in an earlier thread?

if so i think this was the right thing to do.these methods need to be tried and experimented with.good move in my opinion

ah i thought the date rang a bell,i shall be entering that then

whats the day at sparsholt ?

im starting the foundation arb degree at sparsholt in september

skinny windy conifer takedown

reg isc sent us severall things to try out including that krab swivell combo you have on your lanyard,id be intressed to here your opinions on it. also does yours not have any ratings on it

cheers

john

good work all the sponsers, everyone who bought a ticket and thanks steve for all your hard work setting up a site that seems to be going places

deadwooding a big oak so a group could build a massive tree house in it for the local kiddies,only thing is they built the thing before realising there was three 15 to 20 ft peices of solid dead wood in it

ivenever used a wire core before.maybe i should do.im always very carefull of where my rope is,would using a wire core make you more complacent