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every one has to climb on three strand nylon and prusik loop! then we will see how slick every one is!

i smell an arbtalk members climbing showdown!

i think one of the pieces of kit you take along is me! seriously though speak to global canopy access, they have a lot of experience in this kind of field.

Awesome!!! i thought it was an animation at first, faivoret part is about 1 min 50 in when they take the top of the dead tree and the bloke goes with it,

polydyne is what i meant to say

how much do the gopro's set you back? over here (sweden your looking at 350 for the basic set up

its annoying as i'm not one of them, but some climbers you can tell straight away have a certain skill and grace around the tree that allows them to move like that, not saying i'm slow but if i was to do that there would be a 5 minute pause where i have to untangle the scarf i just knitted out of my climbing line. it would be interesting to see the guy in the vid redo the climb using a blakes hitch.....

how does polydyne hold up? its one that has caught my eye but have never used it myself.

whats paydyne like? from what i gather it is even stronger? iäm curious as iäm pricing up a rigging kit at the mo and the paydyne is whats caught my eye this time around.

red or dead! (dont like white because of Swedish winters means you put in on the ground and it vanishes

plus chain saw trousers are perfect casual wear in winter when doing odd jobs out side, most are water repellent to some extent. Would never use a chainsaw with out them, got too many friends with interesting scars... 15" on a 346 is what i run at the moment but would prefer a 260 or i hear the near 261 is rather good. With a 15" bar you can do a most things, though it is a strain on the small saw cutting big timber, keep in mind these are professional saws intended for professional use by trained professionals, i would recomend doing a nptc cs30 at least which teaches you how to to look after your saw, sharpen it etc, at the basics on cross cutting tension, compression etc. The AFAG leaflet 301,302,303,304 are worth a look but shouldn't be seen as a substitute for proper education and qualification in these matters.

Having recently switched to a limited company, i am in the process of drawing up a more substantial health and safety and environmental policy for the business. Is it a requirement that if (and i fail to see how it cannot) the policy refers to the HASAW act 1974, that a full copy of the act be kept on file, read and understood by the Health and Safety officer and signed document saying that the health and safety officer has done this. And would it be good if not required practice to have a document signed by the employees stating they have read and understood the companies health and safety policy? I will also be referring to AFAG guides, again is it a requirement that these be kept on file? I'm also thinking about putting together a van pack of the AFAG leaflets and the companies policy in brief, again possibly signed by the employees or at least the MD and HS officer. the same goes for LOLER, PUWER etc... do i need to have copies of these in full to hand in the office, or is it a possible to simply reference a web link? which would save me a lot in paper to say, let alone the space to store it. any help will be greatly appreciated.

make senses, just a passing thought, will have to stick to returning wood chip and logs to drive ways i guess.

just found this vid, nice refresher on the setting up and although the voice is quite, the retreival is easy enough to understand [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vllcoFNdOlg&NR=1]YouTube - ‪Installing a ring to ring cambium saver from the ground‬‏[/ame]

after just reading a thread about some one having trouble getting money from a customer (the non paying swine:thumbdown:!!!) i noticed a comment that there should be a union for arborists, and as far as i know in the uk there isnt. I have used the union over in sweden when an employer refused to pay me, and although its going to take a long time, progress is being made. We also have union reps visit us on site when working on the big government projects over in sweden, who make sure we aren't being exploited and recently a group of Lithuanians got help as it turned out they were getting ripped off by their employer. These unions deal with forestry and arb (comes under parks and nature) related things all the time. In the uk as far as i know there is no arb union, but i reckon there must be a forestry one? I think if there was a union, that was set up to deal with matters such as non payment by clients, employers not providing ppe etc. ( i could have done with one with one of my first employers - paid below minimum wage, made me buy all my own kit, no holiday pay, i.e treated me like i was self employed whilst not paying self employed rates, i put up with it as a) i didnt know any better b) i was desperate for a start in the industry) I wouldnt have the first clue about setting up a union, but i'm sure there are some people that would know, maybe something through the arb association? or some such. naturaly there would have to be guide lines for everything, but imagine how much stress it could save if, like so many of us have experienced, a customer refused to pay, you make a phone call to the union, send them the details and they take care of it for you. just an idea, dont know if it would be any good but would be interested if any one else has got any views on this?

my copy of tree climbers companion got flinched years ago.... but i recall and quite afternoon spent learning how to set up a cambium save from the ground, will have to give it a shot.

so much anger here......and bloody right! look at their house! they have a D4 tight fisted 'lots of stuff that cant be said' when i do a quote i always make notes on the job, access etc on paper in my diary etc, i write the quote and show it to the client and if they are happy with that i get them to sign, even if they say they are going to try other companies i explain to them that this isnt an agreement for me to carry out the works, this is a record of the price i have quoted, then if they decide to take it, its there. Verbal is legally binding, what gets me is if we were builders we could quote em 1k and at the end of the job say 'ooo sorry luv but it was abit more than we thought' and slap an extra 500quid on top and they wouldnt say bugger all..

looks like it gives you reasonable control when out on the tips, i had a go with my mates lock jack and that was the biggest issue i had with it. were you running it through a regular cambium saver, i couldnt quite tell from the vid. Just ordered my self some poison ivy and a new tree motion so my budget is spent for now but i reckon the spider jack is going to be on my wish list, especialy if i get more pruning work coming in - which i hope so - only one reduction on a mature oak tree in the last 4 months, the rest has been take downs so its not so great hearing that they arent so good when blocking down.... also what helmet cam do you use???

will be interested to see what the lab has to say.

Awesome, I'm itching to have a got at some forestry horse work, though have no experience, does anyone know of a good place to start? and over here in the sweden they have nordsvensk häst which is a nice breed and looks perfect for forestry work.

learn from the ground first, you got to know how to let stuff, run, feed in or take up slack, snatch etc, watch how other people do it, then start small, observe how different sized pieces re-act, where to tie on for a disired effect, best way to do this is on the job with a crew that know what they are doing. and get rid of your pegs!! no matter how hard you try, that little pg you leave for a nice absiel down will bugger up everything! and as a rule of thumb, use big kit on small pieces.

how does that work? surley the throw line must run over a branch or something so you can control the descent? or do you drop the throw line back down to you before pulling out the cambium saver?..... these things do ring a bit of gimmiky expense but then I can see their uses especialy as retrievable false crotches, I use to think the hitch climber was nothing but an expensive pulley wheel that looked a bit fancy......now i have two.....