Mark Bolam
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Easy....
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2 100ft pines, small garden, speedline and heavy rigging
Mark Bolam replied to gibbon's topic in Video forum
Gibbon, great job mate, meant to comment when you first posted, big tree! The thing is, the kids want to know when you will put the water back in their pool that you popped? -
It's all a bit of a balance isn't it lads? We are all looking for the Holy Grail of being very strong/well built/fit/great climber etc. but it is very hard to truly attain that. I've put 20kg on my bench at the expense of a stone in weight and lost 6 reps on my chins in the last year. Better worker? Yes. Better climber? What do you think? Harrison 2098474554645546 why have you got a pic of Jamioquoi in your avatar?
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Arbtalk first that Rupe confesses he has smaller balls....
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Welcome Tone. Careful - sounds like you and Skyhuck might agree with each other!
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We have been bought in twice this year to chip brash because HSE kicked the landscapers off site because none of their lads had a (hired) chipper ticket. I just don't know what the rules are any more Dave. I got the ticket in exchange for my Blue Peter badge. I'm beginning to think I got shafted....
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Depends what you can produce in a day. Good guys are worth every penny, but, as Lorry says, you need good groundies to back them up. £50 quid a day for a chipper feeder? Anyone who's only worth £50 a day isn't going anywhere near my chipper. I'd rather pay more and get more. The fact that the people shoving brushwood through a chipper are meant to have a ticket seems to be one of the most overlooked facts in arb. 'Look at me, I've got CS41, all my gear is LOLER'd' - but you're happy to get your groundies from the back of the Jobcentre. Seen it tooooooo many times. Good climber+good groundies=good job
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Acceptable only when ice-cold and supplied by the customer. Too much alcohol can affect the taste of your slow-burning shag....
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My God. 6 foot airborne pipesmoking here we come!
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It's not about being male or female. It's being able to do the job or not.
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Smoking dogs is bad, really, but Dutchie is hooked.
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Come on lads, lets see the pipes you can cut from the trees, hedges and shrubs we cut down. They don't have to work, points awarded for look, style, originality, location and, yes, size. Bolam, McLennan, Broadley, Woodbridge Broadley McLennan Woodbridge Bolam
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No fuel = no graft
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Good thread BTW.
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Gas heater here too, packs down in a James Bond style attache case. Just need to remember the milk every day!
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Short vid. Waggoners hitch off a small apple to pull the lump. Ross never removes his hat near my dogs any more after a regrettable incident where Hennie ate most of his brain.[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDK8FqEj-FQ]YouTube - Willow lump[/ame]
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Few more. Chog chucked Prepare to lose your head Finito
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Spec was to leave 2 stems at 15', issues with drains, structural damage etc. Brash and cord stacked on site, so the day was a bit of a fun-fest. Ross Smith climbing, Stevo and me on deck. Had a play with the Spiderjack2 and loved it! Half rigged biggish with the RC2000, half bombed out. Good day. The tree Drop zone Ross surrounded Stevo surrounded Chog
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Tried Ross Smiths today and really liked it. Mmmmmmmmm...............
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Thanks for putting that straight Big Man, thought that was chequering, like my gunstocks! Very impressive figures, I'm like you with a decimal point moved! Good luck in your comps mate, and get some pics up if you can. Is a lifting vest worth getting just for day-to-day training? Don't want to kid myself I'm stronger than I am.
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Come on Alex. So some of your pruning cuts didn't go that well? We've all been there mate. That garage? you did well not to trash it completely! You're amongst friends here mate, let it out....
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The bit where the bar thingymajig goes fatter at the ends to stop the discs sliding into the middle! Let us know what you go for Steve. At our session tonight we decided we need dip and pull-up facilities in our Monday night gym (mates commercial garage, so plenty of space).
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Too many variables to suggest a size, but loading laterally eg branchwalking you can snap some biggish stuff, but putting weight straight down the stem you'd struggle to snap a walking stick. I personally prefer a chunkier anchor point so I can swing around dramatically and impress any small children who may be watching.
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Is that because of the knurling on the integral collars of the 6ft Steve?
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Parasites.
