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Posts posted by rossy
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Vertex all the way
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Wow and I was thinking its only a small tree what could go wrong? Makes you think though... It doesn't take a big piece to majorly f#*k you up. The guy was a little over ambitious though, loving the ladder chainsaw lack of harness combo, there's a few guys round here must use this video as an instructional video.
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Does anybody know when the zig zags are supposed to be back in stock at northern arb suppliers getting really impatient lol thanks guys
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3-4 weeks according to Richard, I'm patiently waiting for them to send me my one too!
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Forgot the lowest quote, I think about £500 I just know its going to be ridiculous.
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3 days maybe, cherry picker for one day to get the ash down, rope and harness the oak....... Ball park with 3 guys £2000 ish?? Close?
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Send that zigzag back DA, you can buy about 150 tree climbing spikes instead. That should be enough for any tree and some for your aerial rescue kit too!
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These sound awesome why did no-one ever show me these before? Come next loler inspection my kit is going in the bin and I'm going to rock these babies!
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That's not an everyday setup, just a dismantle setup. The sidewinder, is that like a retractable dog lead kind of thing? Also what's the rope grab looking thing for your strop?
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Come on Cheesy, tell the truth. You was dead wooding the day you took your harness picture.
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No distress intended just education don't do it again, turn that frown upside down :-)
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ur back cut is a fair way over ur gob for hinge wood
This seems to be a common error for newbie arbs. They all do it. What are the teaching them these days?
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As above the temptation on the ground is especially with smaller bits of wood is to hold the wood with one hand and cut with the other!
After all how many of us steady the odd bit with our foot while we're cutting?
So rather than make a complicated rule it's just 'don't use on the ground'.
Totally agree!
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A climber at my work swears its safer to use his top handled saw on the ground rather than an 026 because its sharper! Or should I say the only saw he will sharpen, climbers don't sharpen ground saws you know, that's a groundie job. Yet I tell him everyday as he's swinging it around one handed sometimes two that it'll bite him in the end. I wonder where the insurance company would stand on this say there was an accident? It's not illegal just not best practice I believe.
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Are the splits oozing brown goo anywhere?
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A lovely tree, very interesting shape. Maybe just be nice to it with a dead wood and leave it as its in a good position it seems. Any significant work on it will diminish its aesthetic value.
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The rate of pay isn't as important I don't think as enjoying the type of work your employed does and the company of the guys you work with. I'd rather be settled somewhere I like than chase the top money. I don't know why people moan about the wages, surely some research would have shown the wages were crap in this business before you even thought about getting qualified. I for one and happy to get my same crappy wages every week and budget too them. The market is getting tighter and tighter and the result is more hours less money, suck it up or choose a different path.
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Looks like there's a new toy in town I'll have to get one next month to tease the Cheesmanator with. Are they usable with 13mm rope or is it worth the extra expense to go straight to a thinner line?
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We have been running a mog for the last 7 years and its been pretty reliable it's a 1250 long wheelbase and its only had 2 clutches and a head gasket. Ours hydraulic locked too but didn't do any damage. It's just the fuel consumption that's a bit scary. If you need to get a big chipper off road you can't beat them, bit of a waste though for doing residential. I love it!
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Be kind to him DA Tree Surgeons, he's only small. Everyone has a different way of doing things, im old school, use both ends with prussik as it works for me. Mr Cheesemanator is one of these new breeds where its all about the gadgets. I think he can strip, clean and reassemble his spiderjack in the dark!! You will never convince a gadget whore that keeping it simple and familiar is best. He tried to force me into getting Red Pfanner chainsaw trousers...... because their better..... my legs would look like two saveloys.
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oh no, stop burning me! Im epic on the old TP200, now if i can only find where my fingers landed.......
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I am looking for ADVICE and GUIDANCE from fellow professionals. Not a nit picking session. If i wanted that I would go see the ex.
Mr Cheeseman, we both know you dont have an ex as your a virgin but that aside.... climbing using both ends of your rope makes perfect sense. It allows you to triangulate your work positioning and how often do we work on london and a 45m rope dosn't touch the ground when your using both ends? Answer is rarely, it is ergonomic and its stable, your single system has had me worrying about you pendulum swinging into Surrey on several occasions!
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so, to summarise...we work too many hours, we don't get paid our worth...why do we do it?..obviously its the glamour of it all!
It's definitely the glamour that keeps me going!
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I swear you have shares in planner Cheeseman!!!
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