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  1. Tommy_B
    Just ingrained in me by this point. Saws on top of ropes is like nails on a blackboard for me. Plus I've spliced enough of that TRex to know it will catch on bits of rough skin, a chain near it it gives me the jitters. Each to their own though
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    That photo in the original post makes me uneasy
  3. Tommy_B
    Used 16 strand. Took double the time new rope should take. Came out nicely though
  4. Tommy_B
    I personally don't know if I agree with the way a lot of forums seem to be heading, that Facebook rules apply and whoever shouts the loudest wins. This is a place where (hopefully) the more serious and realistic operators can talk to each other without the gimps from Facebook chiming in and trying to race to the lowest standard. With that in mind, I'm going to put my view points on this forward in a way that I understand it and I'm happy to be proven wrong if there is someone who can prove it. That should be how we are trying to enlighten and share what we've understood right? You have said that "at any point, you disconnect and only have one rope, even on change overs" you will automatically fail any NPTC climbing course? I've got a good working knowledge of City and Guilds procedures and like to think that I'm fairly coherent, but if I'm reading it correctly, you can operate with one line, but only on the condition that you can prove that it is safer to not have 2 lines.
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    He was from just up the road from me. Fair play to the chap and all I can do is raise my hat to someone who has raised more money for the NHS than I bet even he thought was possible. His achievements are brilliant and people are quite rightly saluting him as a hero while forgetting that he was trying to raise money for a funded institution that has been let down by a bunch of tossers who were happy to give their mates millions for PPE while we're all clapping an old boy walking laps of his garden.
  6. Tommy_B
    But you won't though, You've just contradicted yourself. If it's on the risk assessment and the preclimb verbal assessment and you're able to explain using a single rope and lanyard set up on an assessment, you wouldn't fail an assessment.
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    Covid-19

    Tommy_B replied to Ratman's topic in The Lounge

    Don't forget the white vest and goatee beard to really show you're still young
  8. Tommy_B
    You need to contact City and Guilds and see if there is a need for assessors and request to be technically verified. If a candidate is a 1 or a 2 out of 5, you need to be able to produce a 5 in a number of different areas. Once you have done that you need to undertake an assessor course. I did mine down in Somerset with Rob Blake and Nick Obern. Its brilliant. The verification is to see that you have the skills to do what you want to assess. There was a short written test as part of the assessor qualification but nothing difficult
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    Same. Im bought loads of things that I've convinced myself I needed. Very few of them actually were
  10. Tommy_B
    Exactly. For the 40 quid extra its daft not to have them. Working in the rain and the snow today and they were great
  11. Tommy_B
    I'd love one. They look smart
  12. Tommy_B
    Leave it on some ground for a while and if it takes root, don't burn it
  13. Tommy_B
    Exactly that. It serves in place of the official Certificate and ID badge. Ring your training provider and see if it has been sent there. I told the guys that I assessed just before Christmas it could be up to a month. Some certs would take ages in normal time, Christmas and Covid wont have helped
  14. Tommy_B
    Reduction/ tickle on these two yesterday. Climber up each tree. Done by 2.
  15. Tommy_B
    Seen it a lot on Ash
  16. Tommy_B
    Haha. I agree actually. I'd prefer a book. But I'd also be sensible. Electronic copies don't annoy me as much as spending an extra 180 quid on the same thing!! I'm also a bit precious about books and don't like the idea of drawing of writing in them. With an iPad you can do all that quite happily. Horses for courses though!
  17. Tommy_B
    Why bother printing it though?
  18. Tommy_B

    Jokes???

    Tommy_B replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    "Hi, I'm worried that people other than my wife won't know that I have an incredibly small penis, do you have anything for sale to really get the message out there?" We have just the thing sir
  19. Tommy_B
    I know! They're going for daft money on eBay and Amazon. I got mine from Nod years ago. It was 50 quid and there were very few in the country so I had to pay that (and was happy to as it's a great book) Since then, it's been digitised and for 20 quid you can get it. No disrespect for the OP, I hope he does well, and I'm sure he will, but paying 3 figures for a book you can buy for 20 is the sign of a lunatic!
  20. Tommy_B
    You can buy it for 20 quid. If it goes for more than 30, someone has been had
  21. Tommy_B
    You'd be amazed!! I worked with lads that would never have a pack up and would insist on stopping every morning. Remember that you won't be the one trying to find parking for the truck and the chipper on the high street at rush hour!
  22. Tommy_B
    Very very simple one that is overlooked a lot, Bring food and water so you don't have to stop all the time
  23. Tommy_B
    Learn a Marlin spike and learn how to sharpen a saw. There is never nothing to do. The best guy I work with has an unnatural love affair with a rake. Be the same, reach for it whenever there is a lull in the job. Just asking how to be useful will separate you from most. If you actually have raked, moved, cleaned, sharpened everything possible, take photos of the climber. Try to make them look as cool as possible for extra brownie points. Won't be hard, climbers are naturally cooler than most people, just try not to make direct eye contact with them.
  24. Tommy_B
    Hes driven all that way though
  25. Tommy_B
    Every tree is a potential death trap. They're organic and can fail. Doesn't mean they all need to come down.

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