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Dilz

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  1. first day on the New england tachyon, like the colour, very visable, worked well when footlocking, not too much bounce when pulling back up which is something that i thought had put me off New england ropes for life. Had to switch to 8mm op instead of my preferred 10mm, but slef tended really well with a super slick VT and also worked once high enough when using a more secure VT (one that doesnt need caressing to make it grab half the time) Only gripe about it is, i grazed it with me flamming silky!!! first time ever i've done that, now it just looks like the rest of my ropes that have been gaffed and caught on a saw tooth when the saw has been hanging.......
  2. the 346 xp with 15" is the bomb, though the 550xp is supposed to be better, but i like to wait a wile before buying just out saws so they can sort out the initial teething problems (which according to manufacturers at both stihl and husky never ever happen!) as for stihl if you can get one the 361 is bomber (i dilsike very much the 362) and the old 260 is good but have also heard good things about the new one. But if i had the cash in my hand it would still be a 346 xp or the 550 if i was feeling daring (and seeing as i already have a 346 it would be the 550) - by the way the i use to have 260 as my climbing saw, ground saw logging saw (painfully slow on the big stuff) and have used the 346 in similar fashion when my 20T died half way up a tree. So i think they are the best general purpose saw, but having a properly sharp chain will make all the difference, i've out cut a 440s with my 346 before now that where supposedly sharp....
  3. Right now I cant give you enough work to support yourself out here. The post was more a shout out to subbies in the local area who can come in for a day here and a day there as and when i need em as i'm only just starting out setting up in Malmö. Your best bet if you want to work in Sweden is to contact firms in Stockholm or Gothenberg.

  4. when working on the rail here in sweden, at first they wanted us to wear type c, jackets, plus fore arm protectors........... if we did that we would all die of heat stroke in the summer before we got half way up a tree. Type A's offer less protection, but heat stroke is a high risk, people go strange in the head when they over heat. ill stick to my husky technical extremes that are very light, thin and cool, whilst the temperature is up but switch to type C's and then type c's class 2 as the winter goes on.
  5. Hello all, I'm on the look out for climbers in the Skane region of Sweden, preferably near to the city of Malmö for occasional work as a subby. Sorry guys cant bring people over yet as I am just setting up working for private clients in this area. Any one who is about please send me a pm or email [email protected]
  6. yup genetics, like apple varieties, you cant grow em by seed but by cuttings.
  7. one problem i have is that as youth a wasted a lot of time, and it was tree work that sorted me out, and as such, trees is what i know and do. Ive never been to uni, though it was kind of on the cards until they trebbled the prices (i had saved enough to cover my fees and such for a 3 year course and now it wont cover 1) and this has its problems as there are no guarantees youll get a job after a degree, and that is added to by being older and in some eyes over experienced and over qualified for post graduate entry level jobs, the other problem is - the course i really want to study is Forestry, ecology and conservation, which i know i would excel but also know that the job area is rather limited, I find that careers advice is not very helpful with the issue of retraining when older. especially when its hard to know exactly what to go in for. Also being self employed and such the idea of going back to work for some one else doesnt appeal so much. They say once you work for yourself you cant work for anybody else. Ive kind of had in my mind that im not going to climb forever...and i think i need to act now to make an easier transition, looking at open University, short trade skill courses, etc, i dont think i will ever be completely away from tree work but maybe develop it as more a side line with the surveying etc, whilst setting up another business in another less physically demanding / damaging environment, but its hard because being a tree climber is either the worst job in the world or its the best thing to be doing EVER! and its the good days i find out weigh the bad ones by a lot!
  8. at the end of May i celebrate 10years of tree bashing, in august im 30......(though includes a couple of years on the ground) i agree techniques begins to out place brute force
  9. those who can do, those who cant consult, maybe time to buy a rubber mallet....
  10. im currently on a take it easy time (managed to get a couple weeks surveying in as well as a week off) to nurse a shoulder muscle injury, i was speaking to an old work mate who is laid up because he dislocated his knee...getting into the van! and the topic came up of 'What on Earth do you do if you cant climb?' i suggest helicopter pilot.....
  11. cheers will give it try. thanks
  12. hi! i have an issue i need to take up with the ISA regarding their online test. i have tried all of the email addresses and phone numbers from their web site to no avail, i've even tried replying to the emails they have sent me about various things, but all come back with a failure notification. Has any one got a working contact number or email? or is the ISA just a fictional organisation that is just set up to take as much money from its members as possible (thats what my conspicery theory nut work mate reckons....) cheers for any help.
  13. is this the longest thread on arbtalk??? ive been reading it for ages..... some good stuff, some very open and strong people to come and talk about very personal problems and some great help and support given, it helps me have faith in the human race (or at least in the arb community). i was trying to write about my problems with stress, but they are nothing new on here, i talk to my girlfriend alot, she helps, i take the time to escape and sit and relax, a long walk is always good, turn off the phone, only concern is one foot in front of the other for the next 12 miles, and just dropping back to that pace of walking, helps me slow everything else down, and clear the thoughts in my head...crumbs thats how i ended up deciding on tree work as my career one day when i got lost.... we live in a very intense world just now, information is every where, bombarding the senses at an incredible rate, we have never driven so fast, commuicated so uch, had access to so much technology and entertainment, constantly being tempted by media etc,,,,all it the last 50 - 60 odd years, the human brain took a long time to evolve and adpat to a world that didnt change so much for a rather longer period of time.... I got given a paul mkenna mp3 track called sleep like a log, for those who suffer from sleep problems i recommend it. life is a journey, but no ever said it would be easy, but no one ever said you cant go looking for some help or help others along the way, (also smashing up some logs with a big old heavy axe helps)
  14. yup, charging for quotes is the way forward, it takes time and money so charge em for it! you stop getting messed about so much
  15. and its true, i know a lot of folk who have changed career to tree work, but not so many who started in tree work and changed to something different.
  16. started working for a tree surgeon when i was 20 i got £40 cash a day and a bottle of cider over the summer, then got another job as a groundy £35 a day...i now (thankfully) earn a bit more than that......just getting to my 10years, now hold an ND in forestry and ARB after after going back to school (one of the best things i did and best times of my life) , a folder full of tickets and a few scars and a company. when i've been fed up i have thought about what other jobs i'd like to do and to be honest when i think about it, there isnt one that really pops into mind. your best bet is get in touch with your local companies and try and get some work experience, and try and get a couple of tickets...
  17. If you are big enough to do stupid stuff then you are big enough to except responsibility if you mess up, but take a moment to think on those whom may depend on you, but by all means have fun! and don't come crying when you graze your knee.... as a rec thing fine as a work thing NO WAY is what i say.
  18. 3 boiled eggs, coffee, shortly followed by a gob full of sawdust washed down with fumes, keeps you going!
  19. celox and its like cause the blood to clot really quick, it turns any blood to jelly, all of which needs to be removed before any repairs by A n E do, which can be a problem if there is internal damage, though for heavy arterial bleeding and severances it is rather useful, or so ive been told... i always keep a pouch in my harness kit,
  20. and some info on the arb scene there in general, Uk based but work in sweden a fair bit, missus lives in Malmo, so wondering if there are any opportunities for work over the bridge.
  21. Looking to stretch my wings into the Copenhagen area, as a sub or direct contractor.
  22. old boss got a holler from a window when climbing down a pop on a saturday morning, woman ' you cant cut down that tree, i know about these things, im a naturalist' boss ' whats running about with no clothes on got to do with anything' woman ' well your only doing it for the money' boss 'of course im doing it for the money you silly bint, i'm a contractor, its what we do' and indeed my work is being ruined by a couple of newly qualified types that have started up in my local area , £1000 beech tree, done for £400, and put in mind in Sweden if your a sole trader you pay as good as 50% tax. i want to go and watch these two numpties trying to take the tree away in there little trailer with out chipping it. Its true these folk cant survive, but as there is never a shortage of idiots, it cant be a constant grind, as well as these bloody students who are popping up looking for work experience and will work for free (though i must admit, when i need an extra man on the ground.....) the gripes i read on this are the same as 10 years ago and will probably be the same in 10 years time, though its a life style choice, it takes a special sort of person to get up to the top of a tree in what ever weather and do what we do, just imagine how much fun and excitement you could have if you worked in admin........
  23. Any one have any contacts / know of any companies in Denmark, Copenhagen? any help much appreciated
  24. Any one have any contacts / know of any companies in Denmark, Copenhagen? any help much appreciated
  25. hahaha! fire was bloody warm so had me top off, the missus rather enjoyed the sight of me hacking a piece of wood with a knife, needless to say i didn't finish it that evening and is possibly one of the reasons why i wouldn't mind doing some more carving

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