Khriss
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Bloody Hell, get to yr Dr, not kidding-Then get a Physio-therapist booked an make shure yr getting enough salt in yr diet- water is important too, blood test fr yr thyroid is worthwhile and get a leg ascendr too-to take the stress off yr arms on ascension. Take ( better ) care, K
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Amen....To that
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......Ah HAH ! Now that I know, I'll shift it before I dump me next load.......MWah HAHA ! ( BUT Seriously- good boobytrap )
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I concur- £60 plus a hard-work bonus at the end of the week, this weeds out the w@nkrs. I he is good an a fast learner- he will soon get the big bucks- an not turn into an egotisicalclimber who thinks he should be paid for wiping his a......
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I would have stuck £25 on that price for the champagne -after I had finished it
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Firstly, this job is about work positioning for pruning/cutting. I have seen a lot of systems in my time plus a lot of climbers, I think the current stuff taught by instructors / colleges / LANTRA ect needs a big overhaul. Would like to see a LOT MORE COMMENT on this site on these matters. Safe work systems are either ignored or confuse / slow down new climbers who then end up adopting unsafe methods -to get the job done. Then we wonder why every year there is a steady batch of dreadful injuries/deaths. I climb with one rope and VT hitch, set as high as is practicable. When cutting ( or changeover ) -my cable strop is always around a secure branch- with this system I am always in balance ( reduced body stress + accurate cutting possition ) and cannot have a rope-cuthrough or fall of more than a meter or so. Hope this helps, K
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No chance of a straight fell-tho the thump of the stem was enough! Boss wus too tight to get t'crane in ...... K
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And just to finish off the story- here's one I took earlier....
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Never mind that-look at all the bloody leaves you've left in the guttering !
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God no! There are plenty of convenient alternative cuts to give a 'hang-on' peice so you can drop your saw. When I see climbers do this -it gives me the shitz. Sorry but a poor excuse. ( You are right-because youre inexperienced- is irrellevant )
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I concur, I started climbing with them and would still- However a spate of 3way Krab incidents have been posted-so their not fool-proof. You do actually make at least three distinct movements to lock them anyway.....
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Yes, absolutely, it is about risk and your health, just a £15 Krab-thats wot I spend on fags in a week ...........hmmm:blushing:
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Hmmmm, to be 'onest mate, that krab looks hammered-the trouble with aluminium is it work hardens ie gets brittle with use, that chip is a fracture point ( Also obscures the CE marking:blushing: -) and a few more knocks ( that you may not be aware of happening ) could lead to failure-though obviously your weight wouldn't do it on it's own. Sorry-I'd bin it -risky enough job as we all kno' K
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Another icon shattered.........( just as I was going to bed ) http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/24/television.gayrights .........or is it just my age:sad: ! Oh -well, back to the trees, good night:001_smile: -
Well after the bike smash.....the screws in the steel pinin in my leg fit nicely into the pad of my Buckinghams......Arrrgh, no, the spikes ! K
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Just Lie- everyone else does.....apart from me K
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Try yr mate in the dynorod van- the cable they use is the same -gt30m for myne, K
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Happens to me all the time......'One Man's Terrorist is another Man's Freedom Fighter' ( F. S. FitzGerrald )
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Hi Ficus, yus 2005, it would have been Salceys, still around bucks an northants area but throwing my net wider nowadays - wider still with my other job too. K
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Hi DR - well twenty years ago I would have said Stihl, but since then I have had loads of bother with them esp' last five years ( German reunification ) just not good enough for the price- Huisq seem to have stayed on the level but got a bit plasticky, try Echo- I had their pruning saw for a while, an it was a little demon, but not as robust as the 020 Stihl- but on ballance-would still buy it again, K
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Yus mate, biggest tree I have ever climbed / felled, 120foot est' took two ropes to get to the top, Richard did the front half of the crown ( over the caravans / roadway) I did the back half of the crown over the lake / trainlines an felled it. Two days and a Hobbs LD- glad when it was down-even gladder someone else picked the trunk up will have to find the pic of the butt laid on the floor, K
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.............so I just returned with my toast an marmite..WOT !
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.....that would be the metal in the tree that the saw hit then:ohmy:
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....Not as much as wus up my nose, in my pants, down my back.....
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".....Once upon a time, there was a big poplar.....then, (thwack) you...(thwack)will...(thwack)fall.....(thwack)you.....(thwack)bugger! (thwack )............ Oh...... I'll get me Unimog........... The End K
