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Conkers, All I know is that it was a guy from a well known landscaping/ amenity grass cutting firm (Continental I think). Cutting from a ladder, ladder shifted and hey presto, cut arm. How bad I don't know but he was air lifted out, nothing in the local paper (gazette). Hope all is as well as can be expected.
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Jamesw, try looking at the myercough site, if online study will work for you, http://www.myerscough.ac.uk/?page=courseinfo-online-arboriculture
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I'd bee surprised if Bryant Kesek didn't do PI as well, but I've not looked closely.
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Yep transits go, have a look below, http://www.dieselveg.com/
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If you need a light Pete, I've got one here.
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Yep you can cut through them, but you've got to try!. I've just replaced mine cos I had a lapse on an Ivy covered stem and clipped my steel strop with a 200T. If it had been a rope lanyard I'd have had a short drop and a nasty shock, as it was I had a blunt saw, a big bill and gave myself a right talking to!. I've been told that the front attachment point is THE place to have the strop, if there is any chance of a rip or split. Put them on the side D's and it does rip, it could flatten your harness (like a sling under load) with consequences for your pelvis!
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Desperate Dan complexes all around, you know the one, Cow pie and feats of "real" man heroics!
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You should try working in the Lakes in the summer, the white line is to be straddled at all times (just in case those nasty walls jump out and grab you!), and it's fine to stop the car in the middle of the road and point out of the window (or even get out, doors open to take photos of the view). That guy behind you is only trying to earn a living, never mind But on the flip side they do pay a lot of peoples wages, if not mine.
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Have a good one Steve, thanks for the knife, now has pride of place in the pick up.
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I'm with JH on this full sus for 700 will be heavy and over complicated and you probably wont use it for what full sus is designed for. I'm on an 2nd hand cannondale with hyd disks and front shock, (from a mate upgrading to a full sus orange 5). Being of a "larger" nature I've swapped the 1.8 front tyre up to a downhill spec 2.0. Saves me bottoming out the sus when I give it Wigan downhill. Try going 2nd hand to get the disks (hydraulic if you can, they stop you like something else!) and front sus.
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Had friends that moved to Canmore, Alberta (nr Banff). Hot dry summers, cold dry winters with a pile of snow, but v cold. Have been out in most seasons, nearest to heaven I've been yet!
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Fuelwood are doing Lucas at a reduced price(£7995 +Vat) at the moment.
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That's how my mate started - the racing, not the sleeping with them!. He's got two males and a bitch at the moment, but talking of importing another from the US. Treemonkey if you want to meet him / them I'll get in touch, but he's doing weird shifts on an ambulance at the moment. He has not got any pups at the moment, but may be worth a trip to meet dogs and talk realities of ownership etc.
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Are they the husky / wolf hybrid? - if so, not with a borrowed barge pole!. Some people have had them and found to their cost that they revert to the more dominant wilder side! I've heard of the Greenland bear dog and the bigger west coat Malamute type husky, but not exactly the one you named. I've a mate that breeds Malamutes, I can quiz him if it helps?
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JP good to hear that there are some going back in round here! How did you get on with the sitka reductions, hawes must've tit cold!
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Ok, I want to plant more, but everyone calls me to take them down, fun most of the time but feel like a prize sh1t when it's a nice big oak that's "spoiling the view from my new conservatory". Any tips on getting people to plant them more, will be welcome.
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I'm with edenarb on this, but I'd talk to them about managing the targets as well ie the bench round the base could go for starters and possibly an excluding fence, if the benefit out ways the cost?. Tough call either way.
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Kevwrenn's right get as cheap as you can, I buy bulk and stack them till I need them and no I don't pay that much for them. I prefer Bob's idea on a shortish standard sling and shorten it. At least it has other uses when not rescuing some unfortunate. A standard 120 sling will do the same with a knot to shorten it, just doesn't look as good. On my assessment I was criticised for not using the casualties kit to aid the rescue, he was carrying a sling I could have used to help him sit upright, but every day is a school day!
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They are the type, colour tends to depend on make, some last better than others, blue ones being good I believe. I tend to go for the economy ones, see below. Flip line - I like the thinner wire core type, which lend themselves to mechanical grippers (don't forget the soft link!), as I use it for more than straight pole/ spike work and the flexibility helps. Personal choice, if you can try 1st then buy the one that you prefer. Hope this helps, and good luck for your assessment
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I've had the timberlands both the grips and the PPE and I wont be buying any more, through the finger seams and inside the thumb in no time. I use the sticky builders gloves now £3-5 a pair. Don't last long, but cheaper and a good fit every time.
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Have you thought about webbing instead of rope, rolls up nice and tight, and an end of your choice fixed at the end. Lifting tackle guy near me makes them up for offshore work and has webbing up to 6-8" wide on the roll and all the hardware to match.
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what and where from High scale, might invest in some comfort....
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No worries Bob, I've just run into it in the adventure sports / corporate entertainment world and quizzed a mountain guide that I know. If it gets to be common knowledge, it might save my ass one day!
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I'm thinking of treating myself to a pair of the above trousers, mainly for climbing. The questions are, how do the sizes come up? big, long in the leg or just right? Do I go standard or are the extreme worth the extra?
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Don't want to put your nose out Bob but i've heard of a different treatment. Get them down / out of the suspended situation, sit down - legs flat and body up, then if practical get EMT. Some paramedics don't get trained in this condition, the problems with the toxins are the same as with crush injuries. If you want more info try, http://www.suspensiontrauma.info
