josharb87
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but arboriculture is a long term career, joes starting at the bottem, and enjoying himself whilst at college, if everyone jumped into the harness straight out of college earning £150, this industry would be even more saturated with climbers. look at his self funding another way, if i were to have a choice between him and another, non self funded trainee climber, both skills exactly the same, which candiate shows the most dedication? im guessing joes 17 if hes been working for 2yrs since 15? so im also guessing hes living at home, no bills, maybe no car either, so 45pd, or 225pw when not at college is a fair old wad to him, correct me if im wrong big man!
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my opinion is as long as youre happy with what youre getting, thats the correct wage, deserved or not, we all think we're worth more than we get in this industry for what we do, but in reality its obviously not the case to many people in the arb game our industry isnt work, its a lifestyle choice reality check, theres hundreds of lads for firms to choose from in exactly the same position as you, youve heard from some on here already, earning £45 per day-theyre youre competition get youre self with someone who may pay peanuts, but will give you experience once up to scratch, thats when Arb work starts to become rewarding financially if youre good, you MAY take 6months to be competant enough to earn £80 pd AS A CLIMBER (remember youre boss may be paying a groundie a one-er, but the groundie isnt slowing the jobs up farting about in the tree learning), it may take you 4 years to be good enough to earn £80
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ditto that, just ask klaymeb/jen about one dark morning, mistaken identity and a dirty old man . . . ive worked with 3, one groundie, one traniee climber, and one 'experienced' climber and as said its down to the individual not the sex, although the 'experienced' climber had a serious attitude problem revolving around the male dominance in arb which was a shame
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cabstar-single rear wheel sways like a boat when fully loaded above 45, dual rear wheel handles weight much better, both have tonns of power-good for towing 1tonn plus Canter a much bigger vehicle all over, more load space, more room in cab, only used one when working in ireland for a fortnight both have the tip foward cab to acces the engine out of the two? canter if transit was in the equation, thatd win my vote, more so as the parts are far more common 2nd hand even new (and cheaper)
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ahh bishops finger, mines bombardier at the moment, or adnams broadside if on tap, feel like a drop now, guess will have to make do with london pride
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why not book a pitch at one of the camp sites, rupes one has all facilitys, add a few disposable barbies, a crate of beer, and away we go!
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diddnt like it too shakey, if i wernt an arb, id struggle to work out what was happening in each mini clip before the next one, a nice slow slide show with a simple explination of each pic would be better imo 1 before, 3-5during and 1 after shot would do imo
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more than that! 6 pints atleast (shandys) dont think you should be allowed to drink 3 pints again peter, have a nice nap?
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not long atall!! got offered a room at theos place if cant find anywhere before then, hope he remembers!. but knowing me i'll get disgracefully drunk and sleep in the carpark, wake up to the smell of hot dohnuts and burgers, and go off to rant about the AA
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free climb, one end, split tail, but always have a short 20m line if needs be put a poll up nuggsy
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ah ok, calm down i just diddnt find that clear!
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so let me get this right, you have 5 climbers on every job? plus groundies, so 1 per climber=10 people on site? are they split into teams on that job? what sort of work are you doing to be able to find that cost effective?
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imo its jumping through hoops having ticketed groundies, then if youre the one climbing, normally youre going to be the best climber on the team/company, how many have got groundies capable of climbing large trees, then possibly having to do a long limb-walk to get to the casualty, then being able to deal with the casualty at the end of the limb, posibly unconsious and being able to get them to the ground safely?? in the real world, its just not practicable
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Lmao!!!!
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ive got some, approx 4-5ft dia though, greenish. would have to check length though
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lol, diddnt do me any harm growing up and living there! infact my 3rd eye, bullet proof skin and superhuman strength has its advantages . . .
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bugger matty, sounds like youre having a rough old time
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You know you've been in the arb game too long...
josharb87 replied to Mark Bolam's topic in General chat
why on earth do you carry round a DBH tape??? or is that for literally measuring any potential girlfriends DBH! -
ah, diddnt realise there were picture books too! 38/39 is easy as, theres a few on here recently passed, all seemed stunned by how un stressfull it turned out to be goodluck
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NPTC | Assignment Schedules cs38 has changed its name to climb trees and perform ariel rescue and thats £15.50 each cash or cheque, i dont mind
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You know you've been in the arb game too long...
josharb87 replied to Mark Bolam's topic in General chat
you take a new girl out to a particular bar just because it so happens to be one street away from hte tree i forgot to do a VTA of last week whilst pruning street trees -
a good example of a well maintained tree, in a well maintained enviroment, with a species that responds well to its management imo its the right management for the right species considering its enviroment and owners needs cant keep on felling and replanting!
