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Is it possible to buy the stein copious anywhere by the metre? Or do you have to get it as an eye to eye?
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Personally I'd go for a 201, I've had 3 to date (two of the older ones, and a cm one) and never had an issue with reliability. Didn't like the husky but a lot of it seems to be down to personal preference
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I really liked my old Stein Vega, they're a pretty underrated harness IMO. Had a treemotion since just before Christmas, hated it for the first couple of weeks now I tolerate it (mainly due to how much it cost!) Probably won't be getting another one though.
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What song is on repeat in your head whilst aloft?
jrose replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
I have a very varied mix, but the two that I must commonly break into are Summerime by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis armstrong, and I'm the king of the swingers from the jungle book. -
I'll try to answer... 1. Too many variables - if it's going across farmland, a good team of three could cut 10+ spans a day if it's nipping a bit of elder the flail has missed. Going through heavy woods or scrub, you might struggle to do one span! 2. Never heard of a rate per metre, it's usually done on the span. Don't know what the rate would be in Kent, again it depends on too much to just give an answer 3. Yes, as far as I'm aware - there will always be power lines with trees underneath. It's not everyone's cup of tea, and forget about ever deadwooding a tree again! And nice sympathetic reductions are rare...
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Sorry, just reread the question! As a PAYE employee, I've always been under the understanding if you are told not to come into work due to weather, you're entitled to a days pay or have it as paid holiday. If you can't make it to the yard due to snow etc and haven't been told not to come in, you may not get paid for the day.
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As a subby, I take the general view that if I'm not told before hand that the day is cancelled and I get to the yard in the morning, I've held up my end of the bar gin. If it's decided then that the weather is too bad, and there's nothing to do in the yard, I'll generally charge half my usual day rate. I feel this is reasonably fair all round. If I'm told the day before or even first thing in morning before leaving my house not to bother, then it's no money that day (unless I have something else to do)
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The large company I used to work for made you provide your own saws (50cc or 60cc standard ground saw, top handle for climbers), but you could buy them through the company and pay the cost of eg £20/week if you wanted. When you left, obviously the saws were yours and you took them with you. Big saws, hedge trimmer blower and the like were provided by the company. I much prefer this system, as it encourages people to look after their saws, and you can have whatever make & model you want. As above, the thought of communal saws make me wince!
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Keep us updated Steve, I'm another one who keeps meaning to actually try srt but the couple of goes I had just seemed more faff than it was worth...
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I've tried most of the cords available and bee line is my favourite by far on 8mm. Haven't tried bail out yet, must get some to try next time I order cord
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I'll play... In addition to the above, I have never changed the starter cord on a saw. I have however just tied it shorter, my old top handle had a pull of about 6"! Still started on the first pull...
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I've just brought my most recent pair of Protector Pro - like you Huck, I find them amazingly comfortable, supportive and fit like a slipper. I would also like to get a bit longer out of them, if I'm lucky I get a year but usually less. Haven't found a better option though.
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Thanks a lot Mark, means a lot mate. I know sooner or later I will have to get a proper kit, just trying to work out if the expense now would result in more work. I suspect what I'll end up doing is buying a length of lowering rope, and use the xtc just for pulling stems over, trucks out etc. Then eventually buy a lowering device, and build it up slowly like that then. Thanks everyone
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That was meant to be B then a bracket, but it turned into a smiley!
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Cheers for the replies everyone At the moment, my rigging kit as such is an old length of XTC, a pinto rig, couple of steel krabs and some tape slings. I seem to run across a tree I can't deal with using this kit and maybe a tiny bit of cut and hold 1-2 times a year. So I'm not really in a position where I think it would make my life significantly easier, or where I really need it. I'm just interested to know if other people: A) got the work because they had the kit B) brought the kit because they had the work
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Hi all, I left my previous job in November, and since then have mostly been freelance climbing for various firms around me. I have all the usual kit - climbing kit, 201t, 261, 461, rake and blower. I'm trying to think of ways to make myself more attractive as a subby, and considering rigging kits. I have the rigging ticket, and have done a bit over the years using various kits, but never owned my own. To be honest, a lot of what I have done has been an old length of XTC draped over a fork with a wrap around the tree if it's a bigger bit! Don't get me wrong, I would buy a kit straight away if I needed it. So I think my question is, do I buy one, let it be known I have a full rigging kit and hope more work needing one comes in? Or wait until I get offered work that needs it? Sorry for the long winded question! Cheers Joe
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It's ok if you are using a top handle at home to cut firewood. It gets murky if you are self employed using it on your own jobs. And if you're an employee of someone else, unless you have some form of evidence to state your training then it's probably a no no (in H&S terms anyway)
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My understanding is: If you can PROVE the operator has received sufficient training under PUWER to operate said piece of machinery (be it a chainsaw, tractor, chipper, electric toothbrush etc) then you have complied with health and safety and there should be no jumping down hard required. In the real world, NPTC "tickets" are the easiest way of neatly ticking this box. If you don't have these, you would need other evidence to demonstrate competence.
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No it's not the law. Some manufacturers have a policy of only selling to people with 39, but that's their policy only.
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Hahaha top handle quick draw and reholstering, I like it! I'll have to get some cigarillos ready, and.practice my squint
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Just catch the few inches of lanyard between the saw and the ring? I'll try and remember to video it if you want mate!
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No, saw end...
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I like the weaver (I think) bungee lanyard, personally I really like the ring, I catch the layard between the ring and the saw and let it run through my fingers until I reach the ring Hate having a krab on the saw end though. I know someone who had his ground saw on strop in a mewp bucket, put it o the floor and the krab caught over the throttle and sent the saw into full revs around the bucket!
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Experienced climber Gloucester, South Wales, Bristol and more...
jrose replied to jrose's topic in Employment
Got a couple more dates it would be nice to fill in the next few weeks if anyone needs a hand? -
Well I've been back today and collected the stem as it was dug out by the builders, so now looking to find out where to sell it, and how much it might be worth? As said, main stem does have some hollow but there is good wood as well. Approx length of stem is 5' + roots. Tree is nr gloucester. Any advice welcome!
