arnoldbuchsassinger
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If any one is interested, i discovered last night a business selling the Petzl sequoia harness on ebay. Brand new, wrapped all the normal receipts and consumers rights etc. £155.99 delivered to your door, just stick in the ebay search engine petzl sequoia, various others but this business is based in Falmouth, Cornwall. Bargains all round, others priced at the 180 mark. But 155.99 cant go wrong:ohmy:
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We have never been charged for a crane on any road, last time the tree office came and watched and took piccies...nice. For the length of time time the job will take, even with a crane the bulk will be down in a few hours, if you have a decent crane driver he may be able to get the crane in such a position that the road is only partially blocked. Also if you pull the 3 d's out of the hat, dead dying or dangerous they will probably supply highways guys to clean up behiind ya.
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That is a serious document, most was recently published in the ISA mags, also a lot of it is in the rigging books. I think the document is invaluable to guys and girls who have just got the tickets and are being asked to setup rigging systms they may not understand or why they have to do it. Need to go and fell a few trees just to print the damn thing off
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I am looking at the Austria Duo 3, the treemotion and the new EKN sportlight, which is an adpation of the kolibri, done by Fletcher stewart, isit worth saving the pennies, getting the sequoia, i know it' s personal preferences, just that a saving of £50 means i could by a rigging plate and a swivel to go on that bridge, which is a great idea. Every one raves on the TM, but i just doubt the build quality. Hmmm decisions decisions.
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Is this what you meant Mr Bullman
arnoldbuchsassinger replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Climbers talk
IN this situation I run a V rig using the hitchclimbers pulleys, got a few of them, which puts the load across two stems, that way i can even put multiple double redirect pulleys,done this a couple of times, just need to keep the ropes neat. Works well -
hmmmm, think your right, not sure i want to go over to the TM, may wait for the new EKN sportlight, we'll see, got my skiing to worry about
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Has anyone had a go on the AD 3 yet, or seen it in action
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I have had similar things, have had good results using a KNUT along with treemagineers, also works well with a martin hitch, VT goes reasonably well, but i use 4 wraps on the top, case of testing and tuning
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Trust insurance are fairly comprehensive, they cover my liability and employer/employee, plus engineering policy and truck and chipper, all kit on a stolen/replacement. Means you need a running inventory. If you are only by the sounds of it P/T just get landscape which covers the basics. Not the big stuff. Which really you need to have liability etc. Normal liability is around the £500 mark, but they want to c certs etc.
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ISA do a really good book The Art and Science of practical rigging, Peter S Donzelli and Sharon J Lilly, Got loads of Q/A stuff and some of them count to wards CEU stuff for ISA Certs. Just the best bed time reading if your partner doesnt like the saws being cleaned and honed in the bedroom.
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That climber has no chin strap, holy smoke good job the ground staff looked after the climber phnar phnar:scared1:
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DOnt forget to assess whether tree needs to be climbed, by the way that looks like a badly decayed turkey oak in beverley. Good job we had the tree office there in support, good diagnosis, good assessment, house still in the same place.
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Timberland gloves are great, the chainsaw protective ones are far too restricted across the back of the left wrist, i have spent years going through gloves, have to go with what is practical, and safe, not copping out but climbing in chainsaw gloves is a faff, John Deere do some really nice leather ones, I use XXL for big paws, they can be washed, i can climb all day in them, but it does come down to a personal preference. Same with the Gill stuff, great gloves, fingerless and you spend the rest of the night digging crap out from under your nails. Even the waterproof stuff just makes you sweaty and horrible. Hmm, better things to be doing like pricing my next big climb or pampering the wife, or better in the pub discussing that big swing you took earlier. The Timberland pro stuff is great, John Deere stuff is nice and comfy but at a price. Use the force
