Dan Curtis
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I know it as a tongue and groove but I may be wrong. It was originally used to keep hillside trees on the stump. The forester who showed it to me used it as a bench to lay other trees onto to keep them at a comfortable snedding height. I had no use for it in this situation but fancied giving it a razz
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Can't be doing too badly for someone who seemed to be unemployed, yet manages to go to LA twice in a year and Ukraine. The mother thing is understandable, but my mum worries about me climbing trees and using saws, she worried about me skateboarding in my teens. I don't think anyone's mother would ever be cool with them doing something like that
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"What's wrong with being sexy?" Nigel Tufnel - 1984
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If you're talking about that programme last night? I'm in two minds about it. I can understand the need for adrenaline and testing your own limits, mental and physical. But, the bit with the bridge took it too far imo. If something had gone wrong, they could've seriously injured or killed members of the public. It's very selfish endangering other people while you get your kicks
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Bit of mucking about today, thought I'd give this one a go
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"General prune" was defined in our contract handbook as to perform remedial pruning as required. So, in essence, do what we feel is right. The only downside was that what we deemed necessary usually didn't turn out to be the same thing as the junior T.O. Never did on the ones with proper specs either:sneaky2:
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"General prune" regularly when I worked for LA.
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Nice Reg, thanks. I regularly undermine blocks and stems. One thing I do if the favour is a little away from where I want is to bore the hinge from the back whilst making the back cut. I generally run into the side closest to me and form the hinge, punch the nose through into the gob, then pull out and sweep the far side to set up the hinge. I find it a really nice maneuver that is doable from one position. It gives you that little bit more stability on side weighted lumps and wobbly stems
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I've seen it a fair bit on a few trees, but Holly this week was a new one on me
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Arb dogs :) can your dog do this????
Dan Curtis replied to A Pettersen-Firewood&Chip's topic in General chat
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That's got 38 compact written on it, that's as far as I can help I'm afraid. The guy bought it from Jas P. Wilson
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Oh how I wish it was mine! Unfortunately not though. It's a little Botex, 500kg lift. It's run by a small Honda engine tucked in the front corner of the trailer, the kind you'd see on a Rotavator or similar. The controls are bolted onto the front panel. It's great on site, but realistically on the road it's pointless. The unit weighs so much unladen that it's not got any worthwhile payload.
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Do you mean like this Rich?
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Yoghurt in a squeezy tube spoonless. Any other small diameter plastic lid may work, trial and error may find you a cheap alternative
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The lids from squeezy yoghurts make great retrieval balls. Lots cheaper too.
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I never intend on this model going anywhere near a road. The tyres are about shot and rated to about 12mph anyway. The trailer's been updated again, I'll get some shots when I'm in the yard
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The only tip I'd suggest is to use opposing limbs. If you're using a right hand ascender, put your footloop on your left foot, and vice versa. Makes for a more ergonomic climb
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Cool, so just don't tether yourself to it. Keep it as just a hand ascender with footloop. Personally I rarely use one, but for a footloop I use a 120cm sling with a little chainsaw strop ring double larks footed into it to cinch it to my foot. If I used one more often I might be tempted to buy a proper footloop but my bodged one does the job perfectly.
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Do either of these count as rigging? Neither are technically climbing:blushing:
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Do you mean to add into the system as a hauler for the rw? Or just to aid ascent Mark?
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Does it?
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Learn:001_tt2: I was pathetic with a throwline until a few years ago, I'd throw backwards, straight along the ground, any which way but where I intended. The reason being that I used to work every day with a guy who was pretty much a walking bigshot. He'd have me an anchor set while I was getting my gear out the truck. When I stopped working with him I realised I had better get good quickly. I set aside a couple of afternoons and went for a walk with two throwlines. I didn't aim for the highest points, but concentrated on accuracy and repetition of getting the same place multiple times in a row. Since then (touch wood) I've been able to get myself where I want without too much hassle. I do own a bigshot but it rarely gets used for work, probably less than 6 times this year. That's nothing to do with the size of tree I climb, as Ben has seen, I can throw high. It's more fun for firing walnuts and crab apples:thumbup:
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My paint skills are my retirement fund. Predirects, I like that. I may have to nab that phrase from you:001_tt2:
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I even sent Adam one of my skilful drawings:biggrin:
