Mark Bolam
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Throw line and throw weights and techniques
Mark Bolam replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
All throwlines are a bit iffy to start with. You need to work on them to erase the memory. Breaking in a new throwline is very much like making love to a beautiful woman. -
I think what Felix means that a lot of insurance for landscaping etc. specifically excludes tree work, certainly above a certain height.
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Doing your own jobs PL without EL isn't worth jack. If you'd hurt your groundy instead of your knee you'd have found that out.
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The worlds first honest arb salesman! 'Is this the best chipper in it's price range?' 'No.' 'Ok then, cheers for that honest Mick.' 'No worries.'
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Tell us more....
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New to the arb industry - looking for advice
Mark Bolam replied to Phil_G's topic in Training & education
Shite advice Stevie. You'd end up as another £300/day race to the bottom outfit and go pop within 2 years. -
Climbing smaller trees and charging more money.
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It's a good harness mate. My mate has the newer one but the buckles still look crap. I love the fact it's so minimalist and streamlined. Far too much going on with some harnesses for me, including the TM which I know most love.
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What did you go for Steve? Mines been great as well, but it's tired now and the buckles are a PITA to adjust which is more annoying now the weather/layers can change in a day.
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I think you're in Germany mate, but you haven't said where!
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It costs thousands and thousands of pounds, but my beer belly works for me.
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Aye, those awkward in-between size limbs are a pest. If someone came up with something that could tackle them they would be on a winner.
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It is a gunnera. I strimmed one once thinking it was a weed, that didn't go down too well with the new manor residents! Luckily it came back with a vengeance. There's a few really nice specimens down here.
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I would have knocked it out in a oner, but without any rigging.
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Is this the stuff Tim?
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Agreed Mark. A totally disgraceful and massively disrespectful comment, as it would have been coming from anyone, let alone a man in his position.
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Busted! [emoji23]
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There is no such thing as seasoned cordwood.
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I dont know where or when the clip was taken, or what happened to the climber. My take is that the stem was at least partially hollow, and the impact of the rigged limb shattered the remaining holding wood. It's a pretty sobering video whatever happened. The 'climb higher and cut and chuck everything' is pure bullshit, I've had 30' leaders break out on dead crack willows when tied in to something slightly stronger. You aren't chucking them anywhere but DOWN!
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I did that for years Bill, if it's not your job it's not your insurance. Be wary of landscapers getting you in because they have f-all insurance for tree work....
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Budge up Joe, you're lying on the remote. [emoji182]
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A fine comeback Swordsta, but I'm afraid my lover and soon-to-be civil partner Joe has beaten me to my response. Huskys are definitely trickier to work on, and I wouldn't rate them as a crew saw, but the ones I have work for me. If they didn't I wouldn't have them. For the record my favourite and most reliable saw is my Stihl MS660.
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I'm overjoyed to say the clippings were from a righteous topping Kevin, which ended with a 560 sending a thin disc towards the lawn with the cut exactly 24mm above the earth. The pub bit is fairly accurate, like.
