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  1. arbogrunt
    My swede likes to be in a Petzl Ecrin Roc..nice and cool in the summer and tough as old boots
  2. arbogrunt
    that settles it then...when the EU army come thru the tunnel to seize our MT's, we'll just march to Dover and form a square...Huzzah!
  3. arbogrunt
    lovely looking wagon, but I bet the fuel bill would be bigger than the national debt!
  4. arbogrunt
    sounds like there's plenty of scope for 'biting off more than you can chew' here. As Andy said, you can end up losing money on a big 'un like this. Personally, I would either a. not do it, or b. go in with 1 or 2 more firms and do it mob handed. As we all know, some of these big jobs are worth less in the bank than several, smaller manageable jobs....and at the end of the day, its what goes in the bank that is the over-riding factor here!
  5. arbogrunt
    Its an EU law, just ignore it like everybody else does in Europe, the sooner were out of this meddling socialist experiment that turned into frankensteins monster the better!!
  6. arbogrunt
    good luck mate, but don't work for nothing...the right people will pay you something until your experience matches your quals..in the meantime, get in touch with your local wildlife trust, they will snap you up!
  7. arbogrunt
    some interesting replies on this thread!...I agree with a lot of them. You get what you are worth if you work for the right firm. Some firms expect a lot for peanuts...don't work for them..simples. If I got rid of my landie, rigging kit, ladders, fuel, insurance and pride in my job and got a old banger to drive to the yard, £100 a day would do me fine...no rigging, British standard optional and sorry about that fence panel...blimey, sounds like most of the firms I price my jobs up against!
  8. arbogrunt
    over the years, I've tried various makes of gear bag. They all seem to fall to bits after a year, some even quicker. I've been soldiering on with a Stein bag which I have totally worn out and need to replace before I start losing bits of expensive climb gear. I've been looking at one of these; SNUGPAK KIT MONSTER 120 LITRE CARGO TRAVEL BAG/HOLDALL | eBay 120L would take all my gear, anyone tried one? I've also had a shufti at Gelert and Ortlieb bags, both good makes I've had experience with before. It doesn't have to have 'Husky, Stihl or Stein' written on it after all!
  9. arbogrunt
    do it!..you've got to earn money anyway you can these days..its arb-survival time!
  10. arbogrunt
    A friend of mine is into reenactment and needs 10 6' archers stakes, I would knock them up myself but I've just been quoted £105 to ship them!. Anybody up for the job in the OX14 area of Oxfordshire?.....The stakes need to be about 6 to 8 inch diameter, pointed each end. A quick, easy job for a few quid to help our boys out at Agincourt
  11. arbogrunt
    too right pedroski!...you should be paid what your worth...a new climber £100 to £120 a day is fair. Once you know the ropes and earn your boss some money £130 to £150 is a fair rate. Lets face it, after tax, fuel, insurance, ppe, training etc etc..its hardly worth it..Arb is poorly paid unless your the Guvnor. Work 6 days a week and don't go down the pub!
  12. arbogrunt
    ..but I didn't order fish n' chips!
  13. arbogrunt
    ok, birthdays over two-men, back on the log heap fella!
  14. arbogrunt
    The Olympics is an awesome event, sadly though, I don't think this country...and in particular London is up to the standard of hosting it anymore. I hope things start looking a bit better next week, because I'm finding the proceedings quite humiliating at the moment
  15. arbogrunt
    dragging brash, using a rake and a blower!..I've got 3 boys and they've all done stuff (under close supervision) on site since they were about 12 or 13. My twins are now 16 and did CS38 the other week.
  16. arbogrunt
    agree with above comments...both ends of the rope is fine if there's enough rope to get you down if things go Pete Tong. Also, if you cut yourself, your going to have a job getting yourself out...even if the rope is long enough. A mate of mine used to prussik both ends of his rope, one day he cut a big chog off and it landed in the loop of the line...6'7" to 4' 6" in one swell foop!
  17. arbogrunt
    RWF...be prepared to bite the bullet mukka, things are quite rough in the industry at the moment....you'll be earning the same or less than you earnt in the mob, except you'll find yourself paying out for PPE, tools, diesel etc. You can look at it as a future investment however, what you learn now will pay dividends in the future when things pick again...good luck mate!
  18. arbogrunt
    another foul throw in progress...
  19. arbogrunt
    Mark in action...rain did not stop play
  20. arbogrunt
    I was training some lads last week and spent some time on prussiks and blakes hitches, talk about making life hard!...pulled a muscle in my back on day 2. More than happy to get back onto my lockjack and rope guide this week...its worth going back now and again so you appreciate just how good it is!
  21. arbogrunt
    been running fine on low smoke today, must be my 201T, everybody elses saws are running lovely!
  22. arbogrunt
    ...I like chogging down with a 200, use it more on the ground now I've got a grunty 201T with a 14" bar. Its a cracking little saw for coppicing and roadside work, much better than lugging a bigger ground saw about. The other plus for me was 90% commonality in parts with the climb saw, if something broke on one, I could just swap parts with the other. To this end, i've put a 200T chainbrake/front handguard on mine.
  23. arbogrunt
    thats what I mean, I never had to retune last time I used it, this time it felt like it was running way too rich and kept cutting out. I wonder if there has been a change in the make up of the fuel?....
  24. arbogrunt
    fantastic bit of work! (my little girl thought it was real!)
  25. arbogrunt
    back on the lockjack clutch subject...what size do you fella's use on what ropes?...I've been using 12/13 on Yale XTC for a while, today I tried it on Marlow Gecko and it was terrible. I then climbed on Yale scorch and it was better than sex, although a bit quick (no prem. ejac. jokes please chaps!).

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