Joe Newton
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Gonna share? Or let me take a lucky dip
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What was your worst punishment as a apprentice trainee ?
Joe Newton replied to gensetsteve's topic in General chat
Couldn't get away with it now anyway, but makes me grateful I never started for any of you 'orrible buggers! -
I like your vids mate, but the camera angles on that one and the dirty lense (I think) wasn't for me. I'm working my way through your YouTube though, great fun!
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What was your worst punishment as a apprentice trainee ?
Joe Newton replied to gensetsteve's topic in General chat
We drove to a job once (only across town) to find that nobody had put the chipper chute on... Luckily the boss saw the funny side! -
You're damn right there. My velocity strop is getting a bit tatty, might give it a go. Is friction cord any more difficult to splice?
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Yeah but only if you're a very naughty boy. Minimum dia. 11mm if I recall!
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A box! How much does that hold!? Makes economic and environmental sense I guess. Lizzie keeps mentioning a proposal, I'm showing her this thread as the reason why not. I'm also giving her your number. Expect an angry call!
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Haha fair enough. Got OP on my lanyard, hate the stuff. Don't really want to waste my AP on it though.
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I thought this was the case also. Cs38: Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue
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Cheers for the heads up, fishnets on, train ticket bought, and I'm off to get my exhaust drilled! I wish I was allowed to do this to the works 150. It's painfully slow.
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I keep hearing about these "ROUGE" tree surgeons... fish nets and cabaret?
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If you get it repaired under warranty and feel like selling it give me a dhout
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Yeah, "in hand" being the operative words here!
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Guess it depends on the size of your bar mate... I'm not sure if I meant that as a euphemism or not.
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Hang on lads, some of us may be interested! It would make my holiday to North Korea easier!
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The 038 is around 60cc, the 038 Super - 66cc and the Magnum - 72cc. Solid grunts saws, a bit heavy, but decent on 18" bar.
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Looks like a fun job. They don't look anywhere near 100' in the photos, but then photos can be deceptive
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Some thinning work from this last week. Good chance to practice some felling practices that I haven't used since my tickets! Dressing the buttresses, Danish pie cuts etc. The ported 357 was a winner on this job.
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Call up Nod at treeworker. It's not always on his website but he had it in stock when I called him.
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Cheers Tom, I did see it, and considered that, but I have heard a few too many things about the 261, and think I would prefer the Husqy. Once the warranty is out and if it's doable the 550xpg will be too. That's what I've decided on.
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Very nice Rich. I enjoy the smash em down vids too, but after I've seen so many a change is great! The bone looks like it works great with the HAAS.
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18"!?!? No thank you, I don't even run that on my 357, and even that's been fiddled with! 13" all the way. I picked one up in the shop today with a 15" bar on. Seemed nose heavy and cumbersome.
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Until one day you need to come down in a hurry. This could be because you heard an ice cream van drive past or you have a bad accident. Could you re anchor with an arterial bleed? In fairness a stopper knot isn't the solution here. The solution is to climb on a rope which needs neither a stopper knot or re anchoring.
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I don't find them any great inconvenience. Rarely gets caught. I'd rather have it there than drop off my line. But each to their own. I guess if you're climbing a big tree and see unsure if your rope will get you don't you could always tie one on.
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