Rich Rule

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Steve, Giorgio Fiori (Climber Georgio) did it a while back he had something on the top of his spikes instead of a HAAS type setup. I will see if I can dig out the clip.

Nice work mate. You mostly doing conifers over there then Adam?

The Cougars? The Cougar blue is pretty old now and looks a lot fatter than the Orange. I haven't done that much on the orange as it is 60M length so a bit overkill for most trees. It does feel great to climb on though but feels quite different to the Blue. Cougar ropes IME fluff up quite a bit when used. Where as the Orange is brand spammer and comparing them the difference looks quite a lot. The Orange being new is a lot cleaner and looks a lot thinner. But it climbs the same, just feels the same in the hand. The Blue is like wire when you have been climbing on it. The Orange feels that way to date, although as I said I need to have more time on the Orange to form a full opinion on it. I am swapping on of my 50M of tachyon for a length of Kern, so I will be trying that out this week.

Tachyon is a great rope. I have 2*50m, 45m 35m and 20m lengths. Three of them are in Norway with my kit out there but I still climb occasionally on the 50m in the UK and the 20 for connies and smaller trees. The main reason I don't use the tachyon more in the UK is I have lengths of cougar blue and orange.

I use them all the time. I only asked as it isn't to my knowledge, part of the teaching content or the climbing and felling tickets. Some trainers may mention it in passing. I started using it for the reasons stated in the clip. Saying that though a narrow (traditional) face cut can make the butt jump forward and clear obstacles and land flat. My choice depends on where exactly I am in the tree and the size and what saw I have at the time.

So did you get taught to do a Humbolt cut in your basic felling and climbing tickets? I know I didn't.

Found it hard to forget today. Bikers with poppies, flags flying, red tee shirts and police escorts were doing a run on the clockwise carriageway of the m25 today. I reckon easily, 300+ bikes went past us.

I don't think I have ever climbed on anything that works as well in the wet as the dry. Just persevere. The BDB is fine in the wet once you get used to it. Then go about using it on a similar task in the dry, it makes it feel like the best tool in the world. That last statement could be said about most things in this industry though.

I think if she wanted to be on the calendar AW would do it herself. She seems pretty good at self promotion.

Good stuff Sean. You will go from strength to strength mate.

I remember that. It was in Eltham about 2 miles from my house. The amount of redicoulous call out we had after that for things like a 3 foot high holly bush etc. Very sad news for the gentleman and lady involved. Very good for business. It is a terrible shame that it takes someone death for people to realise that an accident with a saw could have such serious consequences. On another note, I can't wait till someone comes out with a top handle 660.

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Chestnut removal in Thursday last week. Single stemmed tree which was nice for a change. So long extended laterals so we decided to rig it down to save the walls and garden. Unfortunately didn't get any off the tree or the rigging of brash as we were a man down. The boss man managed to get a couple during the process of rigging the stem. We left it at the height in the last pic and a Hiab is due there next week.

Pretty much mate yes. Also following on from Dan's comment about rope type. Too much natural crotch riggin on a double braid rope isn't going to do it any favours.

I use Natural crotch rigging a fair bit. The main decider is if there is any wood/branches that could need lifting... it is a lot easier to lift with a pulley over NC. If it is a big job then I plan it in my head and use pulleys and friction bollards etc. As for letting it run... I would say it is common sense to get the piece away from the climber, not to shock load a compromised tree and it is easier on the kit. The ground workers job is to slow the piece down before it touches the floor as opposed to stopping it. I think the letting it run is the biggest factor for me. Yes, sometimes you can just lock it off and hold it there, and if needs be then I will instruct the ground staff to do that. BUT and it is a big BUT, if the groundie doesn't let it run in all situations where possible, would you really want them controlling the friction when you are in a critical situation? In other words if you cannot do it when it deemed a safe situation, then you certainly aint doing it when I am topping out a dead tree...

These days I definitely pay for a lot less fence panels. Probably due to a bit more thought going into the job and of course learning from the experiences when it didn't go to plan. As for climbing style, I have progressed or kept with the times due to injury. First was a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder. My locking arm when I climbed on a blakes or klemheist. I changed then to a VT system. That must have been about 10 years ago. I then tore the rotator cuff in my left shoulder about 3 years ago. Either that or it became a problem through RSI. I started to dabble with SRT at that point to try and use my shoulder less. On and off with SRT for a couple of years and have been on it pretty much full-time SRT since January this year.

John, I worked for a guy last week who had waited 8 weeks for a reply and still would be waiting now. He figured he would test the water by making record of all the times he had contacted and emailed them. We went ahead and removed a declining mature Beech tree and deadwood the others on the grounds of safety. We almost had a sweepstake to see how quickly someone would turn up once the saws started and complaints went in. It went well, the job got done and no one turned up.

Attack Craig Joubert for the difficult decisions he made against Scotland, and you are attacking the spirit of rugby - Telegraph

12 inch all the way. Full chisel chain and ported saw. That setup flies through the wooden stuff.

Nowt wrong with the Stihl caps. They are childproof you know?

Crew neck. Base layers are just that, they keep the base warm IMO. I add anything to that to keep out the elements. i.e. Buff, fleece, waterproof etc.

I hear on the grapevine that if you engine goes don't get a recon engine that is the same as the previous. The one to go for is the 2.7 out of the Nissan Terrano. Only heard good things about this engine and apparently not too difficult to fit by someone who knows what they are doing.

Try Nod at Treeworker. I bought my 50 metres of Cougar blue from him about a year and a half ago. I also got 60m of cougar orange of him about 4 months ago.

Awesome work mate. Looks fantastic!