Leyburn Lad

Originally Posted by Sambo I finished college this summer and have been climbing for my new boss about a month. Since then i've been battling with dehydration during work and wondered if anyone else had similar troubles and if people have any ideas, strategies or gadgets for keeping watered down whilst climbing. Also, I thought it would be good to hear people's symptoms of dehydration/exhaustion so others know what to look out for?? What are you training Sambo ?

I will post some results on Monday next week, as the new rep is calling, they do this every 6 months at least.

There about the best to deal with, Used them years ago because they were one of the only ones who would entertain my hobby navigating rally cars, the rest used to either bang the premium through the roof or ignore you:thumbup1: Started to use them again because new company don't have a sick pay scheme only stat sick, think two policies costs around £40 per month may be a bit steep to sum but I am the bread winner in the house so if Igo down were F#'.ed

The wife was totally against dogs when we first met even though I had my first Boxer dog, he passed on so I prerswaded her to look at some new pups. This boy is now her baby, the git gets more attention than me. Dogs trained and treat properly are an asset to the family home this guy will be sorely missed when he goes (just turned 14)

£150 a day or for a night shift, sometimes goes to £180 if it is abig job or like last nite when it poured down from midnight to 8 in the morning on a rail job. I am employed through the week and freelance on weekends, always work under which ever companies PL insurance etc but have to find my own personal insurance from this. I have over 15 years experiance and still wouldn't expect £200 per day in the north east for just turning up with my climbing/rigging gear and saws, unless there was a prior arangement regarding the job.

having the wife pamper to my every need after i have done yet another shift on the railways through saturday nite in the p'#/ing rain, more tea dear, oh if you must.

done; hope chris is on the mend, my father was in a similar situation when we were kids, thank goodness for the internet and forums like this were we can help each other with simple questions and answers as well as help in troubled times.

Thanks for that Silvafox, I feel I can now tell my story but firstly if there are an any old boy scouts touching thirty who used to camp in the yorkshire dales I apolagise if your still traumatised. Saturday morning on a second thinnings site, 18year old an still full of last nites hangover, theakstons was desperate to reappear from the rear end so I told the other man on site I was for a cr@p, he replied remember the golden rule never on your work site, so I wondered back into an area were we had already extrackted the timber. Pants down gipped tree infront and hung on for the motion to proceed (those of you that are real ale drinkers will know the relief I was feeling) unfortunatly even though I had checked every were for signs of life, I could hear the whistling first then came into the veiw the hairy legs, eyes going up to reveal a very embarresed scout leader and his troops behind. Full flow there was no way of stopping I just said morning went red and hoped they had all passed when I reopened My eyes.

I was perched for a charute moment(roll up) always keep the old amber leaf in my side pocket in the saw pants, unfortunatly i need to undo the leg loop to open the pocket bandit:

i have not had disco leg for a while, but a crept back when climbing this baby in inverness the last two photos are from the last 10ft of the top, which was a sitka approx 130ft. if i can remember i will post the name of the gardens .

i cut the knuckle on my index finger on right hand, took months to heal, when it did it hardly left a scar but boy did it bleed. always happen on a nice cold day aswell when the bloods nice and thin

A Certain Contractor friend near myself was in similar situaion, went to a job to remove a tree, gets a phone call following morning asking when he is going to get there. Turns out they were at the wrong address totally. Can't laugh to much, I felled two scots pine in a church yard years ago, only problem wrng bloody church:scared1:

Komatsu Zenoah, we used them in the mid to late eighties, very advanced saw for there time really, father was a komatsu saw dealer at the sawmill at the time. The other saws used were Alpina who if i remember right bought out Mcolloch Europe. Shut up now starting to show my age

did you not find the rubber on the builders gloves gets stuck in your climbing hitch. Like you say some like the timberland and some dont, but I have a goosed right hand from yonks ago and gloves just give it that helping hand in the cold and these seem the best so far.

You great big nancy:001_tongue: only joking I started using timberland gloves after years of saying gloves in a tree was for the gay. Plenty Of grip and brilliant for fidily karabiners etc, would'nt climb with out them now.

You old git:001_tongue:

Advice! take it or leave it mate, but take your time on site and beaware of your safety when moving around or climbing on or off vans. I have worked with plenty newbies to the industry especialy in the Utilities Sector and rule is steady away wins the day, try and operate straight away at the same pace as an experinced person and incident will occur, been there myself and seen plenty of others go the same way. If you've got the interest and enthusiasum you will soon match the pace of the rest:thumbup1:

I have always found it easier with two in the bucket so long as the operator on the controls is competent, you can be looking ahead to where you want the bucket whilst the man on the controls is positioning it. Chain brake used at all times whilst the saw is in the bucket, method agreed by both operators of work in bucket before starting work, ballistic trousers and jackets at all times.

used the 242 for climbing brilliant saw, had a 254 for the ground work again could not fault it:001_smile: have two 357 husqies BAG OF CRAP

Have a look at York Machinery auctions, there is a big sale next wednsday inc chippers and various other forestry/arb kit for sale. Before anybody gets the wrong end of the stick, I am not saying auctions are for fences but I have been stung with gear before bought at auction, good luck on the return of the chipper.

I shoudn't post so late then i could get it all out of my head what I was going to say. My Next Gripe with NPTC is the 4 to 1 set up, surely taking 4 people and starting from scratch say on cs 30,31 is a task to far and would be better in my opinion if either 3 to 1 or better still 2 to 1. nothing to do with the course you were running for us Bob, but 4 guys from a certain REC nearby were on there basic felling cs31 and the feed back was that two were as thick as two short planks so the other two suffered in not getting as much put across to them, this resulted in one of them failing the assesment.

16years and never ever once caught your pants or nicked the boot end, come on i thought this was cards on the table honesty time. it may just be me but i don't believe any of us long termers can say we have never nicked our pants or boots.

cut my watch of with 020, slipped on a p##s wet through sycamore whilst been badly positioned in tree,knew i had done it by the cut through my waterproof but didn't realise how close it had been until i got home and the wife made me get all my wet clothing of in the kitchen, watch fell on the floor because the saw had cut the face and strap. still keep the watch as a momento

:congrats: a very senisible option all 4 disciplines together over say 10 days, but would the NPTC be happy with this I doubt it after all they could'nt screw you for the 4 weeks it usally takes:mad1: