Tom D
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A few more from over that last year..
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You need your own transport, boots, trousers, helmet and a Hi viz top. that is all that is required. If I am looking for an extra guy this is what I am after, all the guys who don't have the above don't get a chance. possibly with the exception of the hi viz, but although I have spare helmets and hi viz someone who has all that shows that they are keen and know what is expected of them. As others have said a good attitude is the most important thing and having the above items shows you are serious about the work.
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Mike and Huck are right, I would take the IRATA rope access courses instead, there is more demand and much better pay, especially if you have another trade, like engineering. There is loads of work in the oil and windfarm industries... TD Tree & Land Services Ltd.
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Very sad, did he have a family?
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4 years ago when I started this thread I wanted a second hitch climber for another rope, we used the setup or a while but ended up buying another HC. Its true that an HC only costs £27 so why mess around with alternatives? Well at the time I had a lot less cash and I seem to remember them being more expensive... For newbies, buy the proper kit and use it as it is intended. There's nothing wrong with experienced guys playing around with new things, otherwise we'd all still be climbing on prussics.
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try VHS Hydraulic components, I bought one off them before...
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No. FR Jones have been very quick in sorting things out, not all dealers are the same. This isn't a dealer issue, its a design issue....
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Edit, it has gone again, lasted all of 5 weeks! ebay beckons....
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Best winter I have ever had, but its been mostly big LA jobs, and we had a massive storm up here in Jan which helped a lot......
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The makita is a good saw, each time I use it I am impressed with the power.....
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No I was on the winch. I did use it to cross a stream commando style though:thumbup1:
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Its not often we lift anything these days, this WL job has been mostly winch work, timber stays on site, brash in habitat piles... Lovely.
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Some from today... Clearing a scary windblown beech from a 45degree slope, and taking down a big leaner..
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a lizard... Common lizard.
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Quite a rare sight in scotland....saw a few of these today.
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Larch would be good, Logosol make a log house moulder that puts the rounded tongue and groove on each lot for you..
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or a handle for some cutlery, not knife and fork perhaps but serving spoon...
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I've forgotten what it tastes like, might have to get a bottle... Last time I had buck fast was about the same time I last had amyl nitrate..... 22 years now that I think about it!!
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There's loads but its all made by monks in the SW.....
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Anybody see that thing on the telly about milk as an isotonic, apparently it helps re-hydrate and repair the body faster than man made isotonics.... Who'd have thought, mother nature eh...
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I would love a small farm to run alongside my tree business, but I think to make it worthwhile even as a second business you would need 150 acres+ small packets of land are really attractive to city buyers who want a hobby farm. If the right thing comes up I'll buy it. Its the same problem with woodlands, they are making silly money now as lifestyle buyers have pushed prices right up. I would go for it, you could do all sorts of things to make it pay as others have said, but you will need to run your business alongside it to make a living. In time you could try and expand your acreage. It could be very tax efficient as "losses" on the farm could be offset against profits on your tree work.
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Uranium is one of the densest materials available, a piece the size of a brick would weigh over 30Kg, That's why they use it, osmium is denser, an osmium brick would weigh almost 40kg, but its rare, and we seem to have a lot of nuclear waste kicking around.
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Nothing that good J..
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Surprising what they will pull... uphill too.
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with all the weight of the top it was sa straight fell, it sprung open slightly but that was all.
