Old Mill Tree Care

Thanks DMc for putting into text, what I had spinning in my head. Adam, nothing wrong with sudden or big change. You just have to look at the difference from more than one angle and figure out the best way to use the changes to your advantage. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

HH and Poison HiVee 1 year. I spend less time in the Osteopath.

Adam, you miss my point. Yes there is more friction slack tending the HH or Uni if you pull rope through and use an upward motion. My point is I DON'T use an upward motion, I slide the HH up the rope. I'm not talking about DdRT. That's all. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I was referring to the HH in SRT use. I'll put a video on here later and you can see the HH advancement. Yes you can advance both devices the same but sliding it up is easier with the HH. DMc described this somewhere more eloquently than I did. Hopefully he can shed more light. Have you used a HH and HC? What's your point anyway? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I'll do my best. The typical method for HC Pulley climbers on DdRT is to pull down on the rope above the pulley with one hand whilst the other hand simultaneously pulls the slack through the pulley. But if one pulls down towards the feet, the Pulley is drawn down and slack remains in the system creating an amount of sit back. If one pulls the rope upwards and away from the body, the pulley is held up whilst slack is tended through hitch and pulley allowing very little or no sit back. It is this action of pulling the rope upwards that I refer to. The bicep muscle amongst others are used and while it does work, the tighter ones hitch the greater the effort and ones fatigue level. The exact same technique is used for the RW HC combo on SRWP. To tend the Hitch Hiker, one hand pulls down on the rope below the HH whilst the other hand slides the HH up the rope. The effort required to slide the HH up the rope ranges from minimal if you prefer a tighter hitch, to zero if you prefer a loose hitch. The sliding is done close to the body rather than at arms length therefore ergonomically better due to less effort involved. Also, if you happen to be on the Pantin, sliding the HH up is a one handed job.

Interesting. I don't pull the rope up to slack tend (HC style) because it's ergonomically wrong. I slide the HH straight up the rope as it just glides, doesn't it. So what is good about this new clip in point?

Basic question for the experts on here. I know how much I need to charge a day to run my business but I don't know how much post n rail I can do in a day. Lets say three men, easy ground, post borer on a mini digger. I don't know how you guys would measure it but how many posts or rails or 100m would you do in 1hr or 1day, or however you measure it? Thanks.

Basic question for the experts on here. I know how much I need to charge a day to run my business but I don't know how much post n rail I can do in a day. Lets say three men, easy ground, post borer on a mini digger. I don't know how you guys would measure it but how many posts or rails or 100m would you do in 1hr or 1day, or however you measure it? Thanks.

Erm , am I missing something? What is thread about? Is it the David Attenborough programme?

Silky, how on earth will you get that Oak to your riverboat friends?

Hi Chipper. I'll be 50 in ten years and I would say that I was too old to climb 8 years ago! That's how my body feels anyway, however, before I was an Arb I was a pro windsurfer and that really rubs the body the wrong way. Especially as back then we didn't know about Pilates or Yoga and didn't even bother doing basic stretching.

I'm in my house now Dave so I can't look at mine but are you using your HH the other way round now? Should't the spine be facing the climber? Can't picture it in my head. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

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Even if you have not done much with it, check the blades and anvil edges and the gap. Check the spout for a twig or chip lodged in a corner.

:lol: To help with wedding expenses you should sneak your saw along with you. While everyone's distracted with the speeches you could knock out a few fells and some thinning of the woodland then deliver your invoice before you leave.

Out of interest, are you sure it's a Hemlock not a Macrocarpa?

Search on the Arbtrucks Forum as there is often chatter on this subject. Or buy Stephen Blair's Iveco to save me from the evil that is temptation!

Think the staff assume the company will cease to exist if the staff walk out. :lol:

Sadly for us Ted that's not the case. The standard of living is better in Australia and USA than the UK. It's much better in New Zealand. In the 3 countries mentioned, almost everything costs less than in the UK and wages, relatively are higher. But there is no point in moaning about it here. If it's unbearable here for someone, they should emigrate. I nearly did and now regret not doing it. Long story.

Good luck wasting your time on that mate. She'll want your opinion on everything then do it exactly her own way. God help you if you say anything that isn't entirely appropriate, especially if it's about her mum. Very well considered answers are the only smooth route but you'll still get caught out. Having said that, they are well worth it.

No where near enough. If it was three days with three men doing it manually you'd be looking at around £2200+vat. Big machinery and speed doesn't reduce costs by a penny, it reduces time on site.

Paul mate, nobody has their Mrs trained. I know for a fact that Mrs OMT isn't trained the way I'd like her!

Yes, the HH is possibly a hitched version of the Uni but it's a lot less money to buy and maintain. Why buy a Uni Ian? What's wrong with your ZK2?