Pete Hart

Lucky escape missed pen france! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Bloody hell. Just popped round the corner to the in laws and were 10-9 down!! Come on lads Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

6-3 come on!! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

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This is shaping up to be a good old fashioned tear up!!

tounges being poked everywhere!! :001_tt2::001_tt2::001_tt2:

Here we go, the Celtic nations will start ganging up on us now!!

damn 3-3

Ill raise my glass to that Jon! Come on England

Joe you must have a funny looking todger mate!! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

It's seems a tipper and a b&q chainsaw qualifies you as a 'tree surgeon' these days!! Sorry I'm in a synical mood today! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

One of my favourite places in this country is dancing ledge! I climb with friends there along with 'subliminal', 'hedbury quarry', 'cattle troughs'. Such an awesome spot! Last summer i had a 'holy crap im gonna die' moment on an HVS.... the climb wasn't particularly tough but i had only got a couple of marginal pieces of protection in, i was way above them lead out and i was already knackered from the previous climbs. At the bottom of the route was a gap through the rocks right down to the sea (you had to hop over the gap to get onto the rock face!). I remember thinking if i lose my grip or my strength fades here i am done for, simple as that. I had a good old mix of disco leg, dry mouth, butterflies, panic and fear - I ended up effectively free soloing the rest of the climb to get to the top, knowing that stopping to put gear in would have taken too long and i would have fallen! The first pint in the square and compass afterwards didnt last long!! I am always up for climbing so let me know when your down and we could get together!

This challenge has inspired me to get back into my training again..... however after doing the press up challenge late thursday night, i woke up this morning with some very sore muscles!!

I got a very unpleasant phonecall from another local company about 3 years ago. I was on holiday in the scily isles at the time. It knocked me for six and ruined my week away. The only thing i can say is rise above it. This person who is threatening you clearly lacks intellegence and any form of tact, regardless of the situation (undercutting or not, making his bags look smaller or not!) if they think the best way to approach you is to send a threatening email. In my humble opinion showing pictures for comparison sounds like a perfectly acceptable practice. Ignore and crack on - best of luck. P.s Make sure your kit is well locked away

Interestingly I get freaked out rock climbing on the odd occasion, but seem to cope with tree climbing much better. Although that said I got a bit wobbly on a big macrocarpa takedown 3 weeks ago when it was windy. I really did question what I was doing, came down had a brew, settled, then got on with it. it Is only a natural feeling to get scared from time to time - it must be a built in safety feature of the arborists brain!! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Pond is frozen over, looking bitter outside Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I was chogging down a big macrocarpa last week with the 660 and the large caritool on my drogonfly held it no probs! Great little addition to the harness Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Thank you for the heads up deano. That sounds like a nightmare. I'm always very careful when I change the blades on my wolf to set the torque wrench to the correct Newton metres. 62 or 60 nm off the top off my head (I'll check the manual as I need to change them this weekend!). Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Spring is round the corner, keep going, onwards and upwards! Last year was a complete disaster for me but 2013 seems to be better so far! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

15.12 132 in total, 5-10 second break between reps. Really enjoyed it thanks for posting it up Mark

Which system do you use stevie? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Which did you try the stein push to talks or the arborcoms? I've only ever tried them out at shows too, thought they seemed great just need to save some pennies!! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Im also looking forward to the review...

that doesn't fill me with confidence, im guessing this is becoming the opposite of the 'unimogs rock thread'!!

As bad as that TCD?

Good man! Im looking forward to it to bro! I took a leaf out of your book recently and have been doing some travelling arb work of my own - Cambridge, Bristol, Wadebridge, London - great fun seeing different parts of the country and working on loads of different trees!