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SRT, DRT? where is JJG, AT's MVP?
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or go to home and click on the avatar, did it last night, to me while to work out too:confused1:
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I thought the same until I saw the dir. From the placement of the numbers looks like both together only make up 15kn, making them a measly 7.kn each. I say "measly” I could still hang my chipper off it
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I climbed in a weaver for about 4 years, (used to be the only thing my Co. issued) got a tm now, and never looked back, I find they're bad on your hips after long day in them, and bad for Crown Jewels if take a falls, On the plus side, I liked the double d’s and they’re as robust as you like, think they were originally made by Amish people for their horses:biggrin:
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Thanks for the info guys, it’s nothing too crucial, just had a UA 2.3 the other day and the assessor gave me a bit of a grilling on my harness and gear, (TM envy I recon, as I got it for free on the Co.) I think answered that all PPE had to be 22kn, which I thought to be correct, but then I saw this! Maybe he was just talking about biners, pulleys and ropes. I.e. anything that can be used in a rescue. it doesn’t matter.I past, but will have a word with one the training guys about it next time I see them. thought I’d better post it anyway, just in-case there’s any 1.5 ton blokes climbing on one.
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at least I hope I am, I was looking at the tree motion documentation the other day, trying to find out about the life span of the harness (something that keeps coming up at work) and found this! It looks to me as if the diagram shows that both attachment d’s, combined and rope bridge only give you a 15 kn breaking weight, apposed to the 22 req. Probably wrong, but searched arbtalk and can’t find any other info on it
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Ask myself the same question most days:confused1: people usually plant conifer to do just that! Mustn’t grumble, keeps me in work:thumbup1: and your electricity prices high:thumbdown:
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What area of the country’s that? I’d send the photo to the electricity board, job for a silky I recon. I wouldn’t like to see them boys clearing round a polymeric:scared1: They did do nice job on the conifer though
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Cool, I’ll take a look, I stayed in Blenheim for a while last time, can’t remember many trees though, just acres and acres of vineyards and wineries, actually can’t remember much at all:confused1:
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been thinking about moving to NZ for a while now, I lived there as a backpacker about 7 years ago and loved it, plus not as bad bugs / much better beer than ozz, I’ve been working for a utility comp for about 5 years and thinking about taking a sabbatical , maybe getting a WH visa, then see how things pan out .can you guys recommend any good companies to contact before I go? thinking north ,over south, more of a Tui than Speights man myself
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Hows about 5,900 miles!
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In my company we have a refresher once a year including pole top. I have 2 spare biners a soft link , knife and long tape sling on my harness at all times, and a spare prussic in my bag, but they don’t issue us with spikes makes doing the pole top is kinda pointless
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seen some baobabs in Western Australia, looked wicked, like they’d just fallen out of the sky. aren’t some supposed to be ancient?
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it’s in the manufactures guidelines under section N Life Span. My one is coming up for LOLOR soon and there’s been a lot of talk about it at work, hopefully the guy I get isn’t too anal, I agree if every part of the harness is in good nick shouldn’t be problem. but then I’m not a LOLOR inspector. I love my TM and don't want to lose it!
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Quite a few blokes at work have them and love them, plus I hear that petzel have just put a ten year warrenty across the range, I use a TM but there only good for 3 months hard use apparently as for the side Ds they are fine as long as you attach to the bridge 15+15=30, not sure about the screws not a fan myself, but harness have had bridges attached to screws gates for years, its something that puts me off the tree flex. but I'm told it's fine as long as you locktite them after 3 uses. but don't quote me on that
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Looked at the first few pictures on this thread, think I’d better go lay down now
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Here’s one for all the drivers who speed past and public who blindly step though your cones without a care in the world:confused1:
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who you did you do your training with? I have just done my medium trees training/assessment and we where taught to breakdown the crown using in the methodical 1,2,3 method, never, stepping in-between branches or working downhill of the tree unless it’s braced ,use a winch for bracing and rolling and always maintain a good escape route, thought that knowledge of this was part of the NPTC criteria? No it’s not always practical in the real world, bit sounds good on theory:001_smile:
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Ha ha! Like the bicep on the drinking arm
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Here’s one to get the Snow ball rolling:001_tongue:
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Whilst reading a couple of other threads, I was thinking why don’t we have a road sign specific to our industry? So I thought why not put the idea out there and see what people come up with, maybe submit the best designs to the transport commission, who knows you might see your sign being used/ stolen by every Pikey outfit in the country If not, I think funny ones would still make a good T-shirt
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I prefer climbing to mewps, but as others have said it’s job specific a lot also depends on the type of mewp, I find strait access (with a knuckle in the end) a lot more useful and safer than the scissor ones... we have just been issued with a scissor action landy, and I personally think it’s a waist of money and more dangerous than climbing (my colleague hurt him self with it today.) the biggest problem is its like parking a greenhouse under your work site, thus encoring cut and holding, even the smallest target prune is enough to put a dent in the roof, but when have been told by the electricity board that climbing is now a last resort and “what the board wants the board gets” it is handy for thorn though , but then so is a flail!!!
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Liking it jason same initials as the company I work for, maybe that’s what it stands for Looks like your grasp of Photoshop is pretty good too, I’ve still not got past the brush and magic wand stage
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I think all in all there’s been a lot of informative posts on this thread explaining the use of oval biners, yours included Rupe, and I particularly liked Jibos use of bootlace as a prussic , very educational, you never know when something like that might come in handy, (disclaimer only for use with bootlaces designed by Q) On the karabiner tip, think it’s the first one that comes with it’s own story http://www.treeworker.co.uk
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Non taken, The point of the was just to let people know that they have arrived, as I saw them in a thred along time ago, feature in the hitch climbers guide, and there Dmm witch are a good make of karabiner, made by the Welsh so when you buy one your also doing your bit for charity:001_smile:
