josharb87

martin, if you can wait untill around the apf time you can borrow both from me. imo 660 wins every time husky doesnt compare. 30inch bar is great, i can use it all day long as can the saw, 25 is amazing. and 18 is when you want real fun! i'll give you a pm in the morning:thumbup: p-s wanna buy a husky?? haha

crash em into the water and give youre groundies waders

dutchmans? ropeed from behind to catch and swing it round?

LOL, except when he's hungry:001_tt2:

of course i am peter, because like lewis, i too am black, wealthy and banging a pussy cat doll:001_smile: i dont know about rules and regs here, i dont think there are any! apparantly its frowned upon by other tree workers(still havent seen another arb gang in 2 weeks!) was told this on the trial day, as the only critism the boss had to my climbing, although he said it was more of an observation, as i was confident and safe he had no problems with the methods i use

i bet he did! he did!

very vaild point simon arbclimber, its ironic you say cutting and holding is naughty, whilst full stretch is ok, as the only time i have been caught out was at full stretch! but that was in an exeptional circumstance. i could defend my work practises, but as simons mentioned, trainees may be reading and i wouldnt want them using unapproved techniques just because someone on a forum has planted the seed in their head that its ok. the way i use this method of work is safe FOR ME, lewis hamilton can take a f1 car round a track at 180mph, if i tried id certainly crash and burn, despite us both holding driving licences!

cheers steve, just looked at my phone bill! need to get a swedish phone! you and them doing ok? not in get stuffed or frankies by any chance were they? before i started going to a caff was a taboo! mark, im preventing skin cancer

yes stevie david, ihave no idea what it means but im guessing its not an insult, so Tack så mycket

hi dave, sorry i havet replied to youre pm yet! working for Global Tree Care one of my best decisions in life so far. really need to get a camera over here, some of the trees are fantastic, youd love the oaks around! stevie, it did cross my mind, but cutting and chukkin into the garden in a stack was quicker than dragging it into the garden . . .did have a 40inch dia, 60ft oak pollard felled at 6ft to fit into a garden last week though, like i said, need a camera! cheers pete and moz!

1 of 3 trees, as always, just cut and stack garden side, about 45min, customer took pictures and emailed them through:001_smile:

well done, and good luck how did you find these jobs?

and a good climber can make a groundies life easier, just like a good groundie can make a climbers life easier, swings and roundabouts and team work

well if i were in youre situation, willing to travel ect, id be reading that thread in full, ringing up that company who are also after groundies certified upto cs38, and who pay a quartley bonus, id explain to the boss what youre ambitions are, which as a new upcomming company he should love to hear, and put it to him that youd like the groundie position and wage, and instead of the bonus he pays, ask for it to be replaced with cs39 training and assesment, or help towards the cost/flexibility, then as youre a new climber, and are going to be slow, ask to continue to forfit the bonus in return for 2 or 3 days climbing a week untill the boss is satisfied with youre speed and pace

r.e alex he says he's willing to travel IME its worth it. when in the uk, i worked away from home, found a b+b for £20 per night, as i was out too early for breakfast, and had 4 nights in a row, i got it for £15 per night

if cs 39 is all youre lacking http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/employment/15691-reliable-climber-needed-30-31-38-39-wimbledon-based-company.html#post280212 sounds like a good company, id be asking if theyre willing so substitute the bonus scheme for cs39 and climbing work

if youre motivated and willing to travel, pay for b&b during the week maybe, have you tried these? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/employment/15972-part-time-work-available-leeds-area.html http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/employment/15691-reliable-climber-needed-30-31-38-39-wimbledon-based-company.html

to the original post, i think the jobs you see advertised are advertising the rates of pay for any level of expertise. tha advertised rate is generally the minumum you will be paid, if you turn up and are worth more than the advertised rate, youre pay will generally reflect this. youre plummer mate studied for 3-4 years to earn over 30K, on the books or S/E? its easily acheiveable to earn 30K plus, on the books, 3 years after a 10 week course´as a climber with the right company

happy birthday gramps:001_tongue:

well you know my views mike, as we discussed, i thought it was about natural ability, you cant 'teach' someone to be good, they either have it, or dont, no matter what age. and imo, the older the person starting, the less likley that natural ability will shine through, like you said, less likley to take risks, push themselves that little bit further, less likley to want to bust a gut to impress their peers or bosses, all of which leads to how good you can potentially be, because you havent done daft things, you havent learnt the limits. even at 23 ive had a fair few climbers on trials with me, for assesments for employers, sure theres been some crap young ones, and it was blatantly obvious they just diddnt have natural ability, they were either failing to try and prove something to themselves, or trying this industry as it sounds like a cool job, and just not hacking it. but its the older climbers with low experience who have been on trials who annoyed me more. being over cautious, which leads to slowess, which is fine if working for youreself, but when its working for someone else, the climber NEEDS to be up to a commercial speed, and a casual attitude of 'ive got my tickets, it doesnt matter if im slow' and dont put the boss above them, where as the younger starters have the drive to be faster, the drive to impress their boss, as they see the boss as way above them, (rightly so) and in my view, it is about speed. the more productive the climber, the more money the boss earns, the more money the boss earns from the climber, the more the climber is worth

2-3 loads of wood chip from a 40ft dead tree?? what on earth are you chipping into? all you can do is stick youre price in for the time it will take you. no point in lowering youre price only to loose money

diddnt realise the x5 was that good offroad

for the record, i thoroughly enjoyed the whale last week, if you like red meat, i'd highly recommend it, especially with peppercorn sauce- mike that was a stroke of genius:thumbup: its important to embrace other cultures when youre on their turf, tonight ive to decide wether to have reindeer, or moose for tea, no joke! on countryfile, a few months back, they proved that sheep can recognise faces of their friends, and also recognise emotions, i actually wonder wether its better to kill 1 whale to feed many thousands, or hundreds of sheep? back on topic, if you had asked me this question 6 weeks ago, id have said in 1 year, my own uk buisness-those that know me know i had one 90% set up ready to go in a months time, today, id say contract climbing in another country, anywhere but the uk, stress and hassle free oh and in refrence to the eat pollock instead of cod, this should balance fishy ying and yang out, one pollock freshly plucked out of a norwegian fjord 7 days ago:001_smile:

i thought corvids were classed as vermin? they have 2 chances with me, fly or die, its a steep learning curve

well the flights have been canclled, so looks like a train ride or 17 hour pluss buss journey:sneaky2: bit of an eye opener, especially with some of the films out in the past year or 2, that mother nature can grind the world to a standstill