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Hey Dave. Yeah it sure is! Im very happy with it too. It retreives better than the art one. Ive made this one a bit longer for blocking girthy trees such as this down. then when you do a smaller one take the coccoon and sling off and put it on the shorter one ive spliced:biggrin: It still works out cheaper splicing two lenghts with large cambium rings,retreivals and the cocoon than buying one art ropeguide!! Cheers Tom mate,dont worry i bollocked the groundie!! haha
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Yeah i love chocking on all the bloody dust it kicks out too while your trying to rip it off!! The bollards awesome:thumbup:
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Got to go back in the morning to fell the last bit. We were blocking a driveway and had to have it open again half three. We would of had it all done and dusted acceptt we had to lug all the logs into the barn for the client so took loads of our time up:sneaky2:. Nice day for it though!
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and here's some pics of the treeworker friction tube for targettrees. Sorry they took so long mate:blushing:
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Here's a few pics of an ash we took down today
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Apperently he passed away this morning in his sleep. He was suffering with stomach cancer.
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Holy Diver
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Cheers chaps! Glad to hear it Frank. It gets bloody addictive though once you start mate. Ropey-yeah they were both class one double braid splices.
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Was bored this morning so thought id splice myself a footlock strop up and a bit of marlow boa...............just need to learn to footlock better now! haha
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Tragic news once again! Deepest sympathies to his family and friends.
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Thats awesome news mate:thumbup1:. Like Carl asked whats it like to splice?
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Looks really good John:thumbup1: Its amazing how used you get to using certain muscles isn't it! I was shovling all day last week and my back and shoulder was killing!
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I can highly recommened Ger to anyone looking for a hard working bloke!! He's not kidding about the running everywhere! We actually had to tell him to slow down at some points! haha Hope your well mate,i wish we had a bit more work for you mate...........hopefully soon. Hope work pics up soon for you mate. Have you thought about selling the rings and carvings that you do?
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My band turns up,facebook and the town in suffolk that has the same first name a s me!!
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Congratulations mate:thumbup:
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.............aye we can also put some new soffits facias up for ya too!!! Its my first time tamacing too. Well i say tarmacing! I actually spent most of the day shuvling and barrowing.....oh and fetching tea!! Before people start calling me a pikie there's two sides to our company. The groundwork side who i was with today is about 80% of the buisness then there's our little tree team. The guy kissing the roller is trying to unblock the water feed to the roller. Well thats what he told me anyway!! haha
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Got roped into tarmacing today as quite alot of our lads were off today. Not the most fun ive had but made a change:biggrin:
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Ive climbed on a VT for quite a while now and never had a problem with it. The thing with a VT though is you have to get it bang on! This is very dependent on rope type and diameter's of both rope and friction cord. Also the length of the knot changes with different cords and the longer the knot then there's a higher chance of it not gripping. If your not sure about a VT then why not try a knut or howard hitch. The knut is a really good hitch and you can tie it very small with hardly any sit back at all and grips everytime. Its all about fine tuning and finding whats right for each individual. As this unfortunate accident has proven though just make sure that what ever you use,make sure you know the ins and outs of each hitch. Thankfully there's this forum for all people who are unsure and who may have questions on such things..............stay safe out there folks.
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Congratulations mate:dancing:
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Alright Nod,hope the trips been a good un mate! Thats awesome news about the tools on your website. Ive got a right shoppin list developing for when you get back!! haha. Really glad to hear there's alot of interest in the workshops. If you ever need a hand running one you know where i am:001_tongue:. For anyone thinking about splicing then id highly recommened one of Nods workshops. Very educational and taught by someone who really knows his stuff...............be careful though its very addictive!! hahah
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Thats tragic news!
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Here's a couple from the other week.
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Yep im filth to bud!!.............gonna go suggest my mrs gets some advanced yoga classes now!!! haha
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Haha i suppose it does look a bit dodgy!! Its all inocent honest. Im just chillin on a big oak branch...........honest:biggrin:
