Gareth Smith
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2 sausage and egg mcmuffin meals and 3 extra hash browns and a cup o t ! Should be good till first break then o and ill be there bout 8:20
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Hi bud, yeah thanks for that appreciate it . And yes it is Polly Coates
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Hi all , recently purchased a spiderjack and am loving it. Just have imori with spliced eye running straight back to carabiner but have heard some people saying about using strops/slings and cut aways. Does anyone have any pics of their set ups ? Much appreciated Heres a pic of mine
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poplar crane removal helmet cam footage
Gareth Smith replied to testcricket01's topic in Video forum
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Nice vid Ian !! Was a good day and a pleasure working with you all
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Did you read this thread from the beginning ? This isn't about what I'm using it's about a beginner unsure of tying his first hitches and I was trying to be helpful! Thankyou for your advice but I think I have already tried a few others ! I also think you'll find quite a few people including me that will disagree that the blakes isn't a good hitch !
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Yes I agree but for a beginner if you read thread from beginning the prussic is best bet ! Then once comfortable tying for himself can move onto whatever feels right
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Not really a job but for me it's tucking the kids in bed at night ! That's the reason I wouldn't go work away from home as no amount of money can beat that !
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The prussic is far from a poor performer !!
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I have a garrett ace 250 in the box which was a birthday gift used for about an hour , if you want to make me an offer pm me .
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Thats great ! Mini Arb in the making
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Haha oh it begins with s ! Say no more Had a good day today mate thanks for coming, seriously debating on wether or not to buy myself a lockjack now:biggrin: As for the shotgun mate it was a shame there weren't much about , next time I'll bring the clay trap
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Jesus mate that's a bit shocking ! For your instructor say 'it might be the rope ' is not enough of a good enough reason for me ! Is all I can say is stick to a prussic for a bit until you can competently tie the knot for yourself and don't have to rely on someone to check it for you.
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Who actually tied the knot that came loose ? You or instructor as I'm bit confused now !!
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Mate what are you holding it that 3rd pic ?
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Felco 2`s here
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If the knot was tied and dressed correctly there's no way it should come loose ! Did your instructor check the knot before he let you climb on it ?
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Nice work mate:thumbup1:
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It does sound a bit dodgy I know but i think its the safest I have felt when cutting the tops of hedges approx 4 meters up with a long reach cutter , as long as the ladders tied off to the hedge you could put a harness on and use a short strop if it made you feel safer ( although i have never done this ).
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Sideways on !! if its a 4 meter hedge you can sit on top of the apex of the ladder with one leg either side ! I know this sounds a bit dodgy but believe me its far safer than putting a ladder straight up into the hedge as if you lean back your coming off or if you pull the cutter too hard your gonna come off too !
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Use it in all weathers and very often as do alot of hedging work and the feet have never come off ! you sure yours is a hailo ?
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Ladders direct are quoting £234 for this ladder in 3 section by 12 rungs !! I did do my homework when i bought it about a year ago and screwfix was the cheapest then
