arnoldbuchsassinger

JUst got the non srt sequioa, damn it's good, have added a short sling across the rings as well, this has a paw on which means branch walking just became serious fun as opposed to having a laugh. Also means when running a V rig i keep ropes seperate.

split longitudinal stem is called delamination, caused by the branch cavitating, or in english the end moving with the wind, same if you do small wind mills with your arm out stretched.

Oh its up in East Yorkshire with avengance, just a case of spotting it, had a couple of trees, tpo'd stuff. One minute all fine, next month, customer ringing about bleeding mass. Oh yeah we turn up and there is an ooozing exudate.

Looked at treeflex, and treemotion, hmm great harness', went with the petzl none srt sequioa, already got my swivel on the bridge along with a small paw, loads of adjustments, just the dogs dangly regions. Fantastic positioning cant complain at anything.

Diagnosis of ill health in trees by david lonsdale is the bible, along with fungal decay strategies of wood decay in trees , by schwarze, mattheck and also manual of wood decay by mattheck, you read these and you will check every tree you ever climb again. These are like the grail, and can save your life.

It is free advertising, it comes with the territory, a little friend of mine has paid his advert this year in one job, done and dusted.

More 11 times than 10 if we get our BS5837 head on, and nothing can go inside that zone, a great big barrier should be put up, no building materials can be deposited on roots inside, no waste materials can be emtied inside, it is an exclusion zone for a reason. Depending on the location of the tree you can slew the RPA by 20%, however you need to look at how the tree has grown, ie in an open area where its roots will probably just fanout in all directions, or in a wooded area where there are lighting issues and dominance issues.

The word you are looking for is possible, not impossible those are the words of a defeatist. Everything is possible. Go out and get it. I did.

rumour has it fletcher stewart are bringing out a new version of the kolibri with a removeable/replaceable bridge. Having a removal bridge gives one the ability to clip place krabs, paws, swivels directly on the bridge without having to use an extra karabiner or mallion, also a round bridge allows smoother movement than the wide webbibg stuff. Also yu really do want fast buckles dont u, did like the look of that american buckingham harness, can we use them over here

use both the petzl and isc grabs, dont use any prussiks in any of my climbing systems, the little bit of wire does fray, it only applies pressure to the cam when not under load, otherwise it walks off down the rope. They will still pass loler inspections without the wire. Anyway prussiks so dated, they are the equivalent of the old 45rpm single, things got better and moved on. I bet everyone uses an mp3 player of some description, they dont take a tape player to work or up the tree.

Anchor as high as suitably possible depending on size of climber, i use an arsenal of gadgets, redirects, secondary anchors, nylon slings choked on branches to put feet into , all about distributing your weight. I use hitch climbers which means i also run occasionally a V rig, which takes a bit of getting use to.

Go academic, if you qualify for tree assessment/tree surveying and the bible on BS5837:2005 on the wet days you can charge £45-60 ph to write reports. On sunny days you can climb and on wet days get paid to stay at home. Its what i am doing right now. £450 for a survey regarding trees in conservation area/TPo'd etc which takes a toal of 8 hours.

New or Old, people wrapping rope around trees, hmm knackers the rope wastes time, unexpected forces throughout the tree. Technology moved forward for a reason, just seems a shame that people dont appear to have moved forward with the times. Next question shall we climb it or does it require a platform, HSE etc. Next thing we'll be subscribing to topping trees to get the next pound. Shall we discuss epicormic, weaker branching, uneconomical for customers, potential risk higher up. How did we find this out, because technology and research moved forward. God bless Shigo and Mattheck

Think they are the dogs furry rear endy bits, along with hitch climbers and a swivel "OH YES). I use two different lengths, 0.9m and 1.1m. Have two different combos on two or three of my ropes, they really start making the differnence when you start v rigging etc. Its all aboooot adaptation.

Washing machine, old pillow case and mild detergent, i used vanish once, small amount, spent the next two days with my sunnies on, rope was damn bright. Petrol and rope sounds bad, petrol will eventually break nylon based stuff down. Just saying be carefull, On the note of diseases and cleaning ropes, you should be cleaning all saws as well if working on a diseased tree. A lot of the citrus based mountain bike cleaning agents work really well on saws, smell nice too afterwards. Remember we dont want to become a vector in disease spread do we.

Do you have a climbing shop near by, not tree, rock. They usually have reeeeels ofthe stuff, every make under sun. Otherwise you may have to buy abulk to make the postage worthwhile, or buy some other kit. Honey Bros are not charging on shipping however you need to check there price per metre and see if they add the postage that way

Is it me or am I the only one to have noticed that prices seem to have taken something of a hike recently, Treemotion now priced at £240, various elements of kit seem to have gone up and we are in a recession, depending on which sites you go to, For a minute I thought the next generation harness was out. Best adjust my pricing structure and pass on this cost to the customer, thanks Gordon Brown, for reducing VAT, yet suppliers seem to be recouping there stationery reprint costs back to those wishing to spend money. Hmmm

I use them on two of my climbing ropes in two different lengths, fantastic piece of kit, like someone lese said they take time to break in, to get round that problem i put an extra wrap on either my VT or my knut, depending on which rope i am using, forget buying by the metre, the whole idea is to have smaller eyes too make them work with the hitchclimbers.

Speak to a few crane companies, experience is better than none. Like everyone start small and get bigger. Operator will tell you how big stuff is by load sensor. Step cuts allow the crane operator to snap off the pieces. Just make sure you are out of the way when this takes place. We took a large diseased turkey oak out (80 ft to top of canopy leaning over house etc) Tree was completely down on the ground in under 3 hours. The operator even took the 35ft (4.5 tons) stem across the road to allow us to section it. Works really well when you have the space etc

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A combination of the ND in Arb/Forestry and experience will you put in good stead for a fantastic career. It aint the highest earning job in the world but to be outside working, you cant beat it. With the ND you will have done all the science behind trees, all the pest & disease, you will also do bucket loads of PHC (PLant Health Care), you will be able to get cheaper insurance because you have a formal qualification as well as tickets, Enjoy it. Apologies but those who are being negative when somebody wants to give themself a better chance of succeeding is being a bit ba humbug.

I think Paolo did not use them in the end , you have no way of knowing what they are anchoring into. Take another pulley up the tree in stead of a electric driver, reduce the loading in the system.

If you are ABC where r u based. Anyway, main thread I did my ND in forestry and Arb, it gives you a much greater qualification than just holding tickets to use a chainsaw, you are qualified in Pest and Disease, Plant health care(PHC) tree surveying and reporting. You will probably do pesticide stuff PA 1 & 6, i read loads of threads about the best way of doing this and doing that, a lot of the people have learnt by just doing it on the job, not understanding why or how, all the rigging stuff you will learn, Risk assessing, All the HSE regulations. I can promise you, you will be in a greater position than people who have not got the qualification. Oh and jobs, New Zealand, Spain Italy Germany, Sweden, Canada, the States loads of oppotunities and having an ND will make getting a job overseas a lot easier. Anyone who says waste of time is either jealous, or plain grumpy. I get a lot of work through being able to quote science and fact, not guessing. ND and loads of work experience and you will go far, as for change in Arb, just see what is happeing in the states and they are 5 years ahead of us

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Are you qualified to do tree assessment, hazard assessment, tree reporting, the world has gone somewhat mad on whether someone is qualified to make legal statements. ie mortgage reports etc. I do this kind of stuff and i tell ya what you end up having to caveat every tree you come across, weather, timescale of report validity, VTA stuff. You can get into a legal minefield very quickly. Will it fall down? hmmm its a tree. Dynamic object and all that but what about the prevailing wind, P & D etc. If you make the statment you put your name and reputation with it. As you long as you use common sense, look at the soil/substrate in the area etc, you should be fine. I use TI insurance and have never had a problem, i have even looked at a couple of council trees.