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Dave Alviti

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  1. Dave Alviti
    Worst I had was after if just dismantled a huge limb off an ash, overhanging a stream and borders/shrubs, all lowered/zip lined to the lawn nice and controlled. Chatting to the guy after and he comes out with "so are you a graduate who couldn't find a job or what?..." I was subbing at the time so couldn't say what I really wanted to. So politely explained that actually this was my trade that I had been doing for 10 years and walked away.
  2. Dave Alviti
    One of my bosses used to suffer with Monday morning syndrome from quite a few of his lads, until he introduced a bonus scheme where a percentage of your wage is classed as performance related bonus that you loose for the week if you don't turn up on a Monday or a Friday, amazingly enough stopped the condition almost over night! In my opinion that said more about the quality of staff he had on for him than anything else. But definitely works
  3. Dave Alviti
    Would settle for anyone with chainsaw tickets looking for work, potential for about 10 weeks work
  4. Dave Alviti
    Flexi tubs are good, one of the firms I do some work for use one for theirs, but this is neater and easier to carry. And much geekier
  5. Dave Alviti
    Brilliant, I like your style
  6. Dave Alviti
    nope, its the 25lt petzl bucket bag, think they are only about £25 - £30 from gustharts, they are awesome, simple but really bomb proof, best value for money rope bag you can get in my opinion. ArborTricks: Gear storage - Petzl bucket bag
  7. Dave Alviti
    Being a massive gear freak and OCD about kit, I had to come up with a decent way of storing/transporting my new rc3001. Here's what i came up with... ArborTricks: Stein RC3001 - storage solution
  8. Dave Alviti
    Thanks!
  9. Dave Alviti
    some more pics: ArborTricks: Mini MA system: more pics
  10. Dave Alviti
    I've played around with a few ideas using stuff I already had and a large slick pin rope grab, few pics and explanation on my blog: ArborTricks: Mini mechanical advantage system Works alright, good to have in the bag when you do need to lift something, not really efficient enough to use all the time though
  11. Dave Alviti
    Having used The RC3001 for about 18months with a firm I do a lot for I have now brought one myself, absolutely bomb proof. Simple effective and reliable. plus the rated attachment point at the top gives you a few more options in terms of incorporating mechanical advantage
  12. Dave Alviti
    Bump!
  13. Dave Alviti
    Needed for ongoing works, mostly river clearance/coppicing with some forestry. Tractor and loader experience a must. Day rate and prompt payment. Pm for details. North Herefordshire/south Shropshire border.
  14. Dave Alviti
    A vote for britool here, got a few sets, decent cases and solid ratchets
  15. Dave Alviti
    Heading out to California later on in the year for a 3 week holiday and was hoping to climb some giants, anyone on here done the same? Don't want to be taking all my gear and want it to be legit so was hoping to hire a guide or something. So far Google is coming up short. Found a few similar companies in Oregon, but we're not heading that far north. May post a similar request over on treebuzz but thought I'd try here first. Also, anyone that has been over that way have any recommendations? Cheers all.
  16. Dave Alviti
    Think this Chisel role is from Axminster tools, had it about 7 years or so.
  17. Dave Alviti
    Saw it off flush(ish) with the ally, then drill a course thread screw straight into the cut surface, when it hits the bottom of the wedge it should just pop out, has always worked for me anyway
  18. Dave Alviti
    I use Yale lime light 11.7mm and climb both double and srt, works well with a pantin and other accenders, it is a little bouncy srt but nothing too excessive but then again it's the only rope I've climbed srt on so don't have much to compare it too. (Had Samson arbormaster before, too fat for a rw)
  19. Dave Alviti
    Note^ obviously the ropes wouldn't work with chip but a metal sheet or canvas from a lorry side may well do?
  20. Dave Alviti
    We used to do this with trailers full of brash back in the day, only used to used ropes lay down In The bed before we loaded it up with brash, then would tie it onto a tree and drive off slowly dragging the brash off. May well work with chip but never tried it. Unless you desperately need a 4x4 just buy a cheep transit tipper, will serve you well and make life much easier. I messed around with the wrong vehicle for years untill I decided to bite the bullet and get a tipper.
  21. Dave Alviti
    I use a 10mm dmm sling as a chest harness with a small wild country snap gate, this clips into the middle hole on my hitch climber, Seems to tend it pretty well and doesn't bother me too much, even if wearing it all day
  22. Dave Alviti
    Here's my solution to the potential problem of the week strop More pics/explanation here: http://arbortricks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/stihl-ms150t-mod.html?m=1
  23. Dave Alviti
    Was a bit worse today, that roads always pretty busy, go as early as you can, try and hit it before half 7/ 8 if you can
  24. Dave Alviti
    Best option I found was with a petzl grilion replacement rope, stitched both ends and works well with a hitch http://arbortricks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/lanyard-setupwork-positioning-strop.html?m=1
  25. Dave Alviti
    That's one of the worst I've seen, especially as the sound quality was pretty good, you could tell that hurt a lot, numerous things went wrong then, definitely stopped cutting way too soon among others...

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