Bolt
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once got a particularly large trainee in a petzl navaho. its surprising how much expansion those little harnesses have. wouldnt really recommend it though (He made it look like a thong. not very manly!!)
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*derail alert derail alert* hi mr woodpecker, which gods own county would you be in (as a matter of interest )
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congrats Chris, what species was it, how much did you have off, a do you have before and after photos?
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very nice. The yellow hat is very good and all..... ....but you have to go some to beat the blue glove / white coat / microscope combo! reminds me of my open university days. all in all, a thumbs up
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NPTC only do assessments, and I don't believe there is any requirement for retaking assessments. If you have say, CS31, and you do a CS32 assessment, this, I recon, is considered a type of CS31 "refresher". LANTRA AWARDS (oops didn't mean to shout) have training courses for experianced operatives that are, say, a day rather than a week, so any Lantra provider should be able to sort you out a package. Check out the lantra awards website. My only experiance of training providers in the south east is Kingswood training near Tonbridge.
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The combination of saw maintenance and a big hammer. Perfection from the flaming-ace camp.
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never tried a camel back, do they make your back hot, get in the way or mess up your balance?
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all the best. I would look forward to getting some face to face advice if you aren't too sure. It you are after a bit if light reading, Publications & Merchandise The "Guide to good climbing practice" is a good start. *other titles/publishers/suppliers are available*
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There is the Africa musiem at Tervuren (its abit out of town but that means you get to go an a tram thingy:thumbup:), anyway, the musiem is good, but its set in a cracking park, monster beech trees, straight as a die, and 1st anchour point about 60 ft up, awsome! :biggrin:dont forget to take a rope and harness for the good lady:biggrin:
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Hi James, Climbing trees is a strange old game. If its really climbing you are interested in, I would try and find somone who would give you a little taster of what its all about. Its surprising often that someone thinks it the game for them, only to hate every second of being on the end of a rope with nothing beneath their feet but air. If you are anywhere near Tonbridge in kent at the weekend, there is a get together that would let you try before you buy, as it were. If not, Where aboust are you? all the best..
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I still recon its a dehydration related problem. Its not just a case of how many litres you drink in a day, you need to ensure that that your input is spread out over the course of the day. Often, this isn't easy for arb work, where you are working aloft, and tend to take a few opertunities over the day for a large drink. Your fluid levels must be going all over the place in these situations! I used to get loads of really bad headaches, and made a point of drinking as much as I could as often as I could. If you are spending a long time up in a tree, get a large bottle of water sent up, wedge it in somewhere central but out of the way, and snatch a few gulps as you are passing through out the job.
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'though I guess, thats not very handy for portishead, sorry BFG
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RFS (royal forestry scociety) do a cert arb course. I did mine at Duchy college through Lynher training (Gunnislake / Callington cornwall) in about 2002 Saturday mornings, once a week. Learnt loads.
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Hello dudes Sitting at a laptop, writing a report on fungal activity, got to pondering..... Who would have thought, when I was at school enjoying my lowly comprehensive education, that Latin and touch typing (two of the least likely subjects to be offered to an Okehampton lad) would have been of real use when I grew up. Have to admit, really strong sewing might have been a handy skill to have acquired as well.... Any subjects you think you should have taken in hindsight?
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The farmer looks a rare old tool Recon the tractor is set up for regular engine repair. (I have a theory that farmers who live up the top of hills an get away with owning tractors that are "poor early morning starters").
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I am sure you have all seen and discussed it before... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pequmgt21Lw]YouTube - Chainsaw Boot Test[/ame] But this made me consider maybe specifying steel toes next time
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As you know, you need to be supported by one load bearing "system" at all times. Although throw bags can get you a high anchor point, when I learnt, we just bundled up our rope and lobbed it over as high a branch we could reach. Once we climbed up to that branch, we bundled the other end and repeated the process. We carried on till we reached the top. Always attached by at leat one end of the rope, and ALWAYS loading up the new end and fully testing it before removing the old one. These days we push our rope to the top of the tree using fibreglass rods (throwlines not allowed to be lobbed about in the proximity zone of a live overhead line).
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A fun couple of days removing nurse crops
Bolt replied to slack ma girdle's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
sod the pictures of your ugly looking trees how good was your Pembs View? Overlooking the coast I wonder? -
When I was in Devon / Cornwall, did about 1 hour each way on average. This was in an old B reg 90 Landrover, my fuel, tyres and all sorts of bits breaking and wearing out. I didn't really mind it. It was on mainly small roads, so at least there were no queues! and there were good dog walking oppertunities on the way. These days (Sussex) I do about 10 mins and my journey is rubbish, all delays, queues and rat runs. At least its in somone elses motor. I guess it depends on where you are.
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Ah yes FMOC, I remember now, had a mate who was a forestry contracton who used to bang on about them a fair bit. They sound just the crowd, cheers
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I rekon the last time I had a fight with sticks would have been againt my sisters when I was a kid, "my position hasn't improved much since then"
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Many thanks Brushcutter Not sure I have come across FMOC before. To be honest, my tractor "certification" dosn't currently extend beyond tractor mounted sprayer. Lantra do, I believe, somthing called course approval or such like, where you can put together your own content, and get it to them for approval and subsequent national accreditation, which is all well and good, but I guess you still have to prove you have got someone capable of delivering it. no need to bother if there is a course already there:001_smile: something to look into tomorrow
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would look good in "ace's" yard (rather a short bar though, might let the side down!)
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as a ball park falling figure, but it depends on how far it has "fallen". The golden rules are to let if free fall as little as poss, ond to smoothly decellerate it using a capstan / etc. What a can of worms
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reckon you'd get brassed of twoting your knee on the drawbar whilst lifting stuff in the feedchute. Wonder how long it takes to fill it with chipped trinnings?
