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  1. Old Mill Tree Care
    Where can you get them though and how much? There always seems to be confusion on those two questions.
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    Where did the rubber mounts come from?
  3. Old Mill Tree Care
    Good point Drew. Thanks for remembering to point it out. I often do that either with a Prussik or sling & Karab onto an Alpine Butterfly on my rope. I use which ever suits the system best.
  4. Old Mill Tree Care
    Christmas is for the erm, children, honest.
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    Here's my top photo of all time. Sorry, it's Rhona Mitra not a tree but it is Xmas!
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    Christ sake Ewan, it was a joke! There is no DRT v SRT argument as far as I'm concerned. One style suits one person more than the other. Each to there own. Can I be let off now please😢
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    One of my guys used to use an O Rig and really liked it but because he was always in small to medium trees he also found the change over a bit tiresome. A sling was easier for him. I used to use a sling under my Lockjack too (although I'm scared to mention it incase DrewB looses it with me:laugh1:)
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    Calm down. I simply had never made a significant tweak to my DdRT gear, except buying a lockjack. It was clearly a joke IMO. No offence taken.
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    The best tweak I made to my gear was to stop climbing DdRT. Sorry.
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    I just bought one of these because it's small and very convenient to use. As previously said, it's the coffee that makes good coffee but apparently you do need a machine with high pressure. https://www.dolce-gusto.co.uk/EN/machines/Pages/all-machines.aspx
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    Agree.
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    It's exactly what Dan Curtis just described. The only thing I don't like about my system is my foot loop. I've got a DMM ring to choke the loop to my foot so that my foot doesn't slip out and setting it annoys me. My loop is too long and I have not bothered to adjust it but i'm thinking of getting a Metolius daisy chain, like dcoffey showed in his video. I like the idea if using the HH as a hand ascender. Do you guys set up with say, left hand ascender to right foot or left hand to left foot? Does that make sense?
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    I just found this and thought of you guys. I've posted it here because I think the tether is awesome. What do you think?
  14. Old Mill Tree Care
    Wimp. Actually I'm gonna log off in a minute cos i've got my vodka jacket on now and Bullman will ban me if i'm still posting in 30 minutes. Also I'm off to a party.
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    Right on mate! See you back on the "favourite girls" thread in a mo :lol:
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    in the not too distant future there will be only eight large global companies, having bought out all of the competition: Tesco, Santander, Walmart, Petronas, Fiat, Lockheed Whitney, Exon and FR Jones!
  17. Old Mill Tree Care
    NPTC tickets won't teach anyone how to prune a tree. A very knowledgable expert on the ground or in the tree with him is the ONLY way he'll do a good job. Or, start work now as a professional tree surgeon then come back to his own tree in eight years to do it right. There is NO WAY that it is possible for anyone to explain in a few lines of text (or even a few hundred pages) how to prune a tree correctly. I was not born with my knowledge and abilities, I've had to learn. Sorry.
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    Ok so now we have our first live one! Someone with the experience instead of speculation. Can you elaborate Munkymadman? How far did you go with your novices and what exactly were their problems.
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    I think I see where you're coming from but I don't agree that strength is an issue. If a person wants to become a tree surgeon, their strength will develop. Climbing SRTWP is a lot less physically demanding than DdRT in my opinion. I've been climbing SRTWP for nearly 11 months and am only now getting to a point where I'm becoming efficient with it. This is due to having to retrain brain and muscle memory so, back to the OP, a trainee shouldn't have an issue. To reinforce the point I climbed with DdRT and a Prussik last week. What a horrific experience. I'd forgotten quite how retarded it is but the biggest surprise was how my body didn't know what to do!
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    😂😂😂 Brilliant!
  21. Old Mill Tree Care
    Definitely. I'd be first in line if I hadn't just bought a Hitch Hiker!
  22. Old Mill Tree Care
    Just curious. I think here is no difference for a trainee with no previous experience. The most important thing is correct training.
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    No mate. In reality you only need one as you can remove the it once you've stropped in. However, that kind of progress would be annoying and you'd have nothing left for a redirect whilst climbing. I have three for big trees but my chest harness can be used if needed.
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    Ian Flatters technique of using slings & karabs to advance the TIP is excellent and I've used it a few times recently, on seven trees yesterday. It's extremely safe and I think that it would reinforce good working practice for a trainee. A DdRT trainee learns to lanyard in constantly while learning to climb the tree. This is a skill missed on the SRTWP trainee because they are Bigshotting into every tree.
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    I'm in agreement with that except I would say a beginner is gonna use a redirect(s) more to give them security and stability. This process is the same DdRT or SRTWP. In fact it's easier SRTWP.

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