Paul Smith
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What region is the work in?
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Apart from your daily checks do you mean on the official bi-annual check and certification?
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Well said Peter! So as a LOLER inspector do you also inspect a pantin?
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I think these limes have certainly had there day and are over mature. The amount of dead in them is very worrying, very large pieces and limbs!
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It's not rated for ppe and even says it on the side.
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This was at least 20 foot from the ground, smelly as well!
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Thanks Hama! Do you think it's honey or a combination?
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There doesn't appear to be any fruiting bodies or boot laces.
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There is a fair amount of basal epicormic growth and a fair amount of growth around the 15 foot point with some large clips of mistletoe in the crown.
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Thanks guys, the home owner had said she has had a cherry in the garden that had honey fungus now gone.
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Sorry for the poor picture! On a lime 25 foot in the air where an old rotten stub was. Large amounts of die back in the tree with some limbs 6-8" in diameter. Any ideas?
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Cool!
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Give Richard a ring, he can sort you out.
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Alternative rigging pulleys
Paul Smith replied to Salix Tree & Countryside's topic in Rigging and roping
I wouldn't use the light swing check pulleys for negative rigging, only for re-directs and light or small bits. -
Not too sure what your asking Carlos. You can't tie off at the base and isolate at the TIP. Have a looooong read through this thread and do a quick search there are plenty of ideas here.
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Don't discount the klima Tirol fighters
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No, it's designed to belay. I personally would not use it as a primary life support, especially when you can get a RW for very little investment or a unicender.
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What was your set up to lower 1800kg? I think you may well have exceeded the SWL somewhat! Why on earth would you want to go bigger? I'm all for go big or go home but always within SWL.
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Don't work on its own.
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For each meter of free fall multiply its original weight by 3+1. 1m Free fall with 4ft 12" diameter Beech, shock load of 80kg X 3=240kg +80Kg=320kg 2m Free fall X6 +original 80kg = 560Kg So for the original post,- 1000kg X3 +1000= 4000kg What will hold up to that safely?
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I don't think there is anything in our line of work that j would like to lower 1 ton with. Bearing in mind the rope should be the weakest link! 1M free fall would create an horrendous shock load!
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is new england tachyon always this hard to splice?
Paul Smith replied to broadsword's topic in Splicing Forum
Removing the inner purple is ok, try splicing old Tachyon, you will find new a piece of cake! -
What does the krab with the hitch clip into to stop the climbing line slipping? By having the CS in the system must mean you have to isolate the limb. One of the reasons I use SRT is so I don't have to do that! Big shot out, rope in tie off, job done!! Just had another look, its not a hitch.
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Here you go Mark.
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Will sort one tomorrow but it's quite simple, butterfly with the working end around the stem and through the butterfly, clip in. Move down when you move.
