Joe Newton
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I've always thought you boffins had made up the "Venturi effect" as an in joke to confuse is regular thickos. That analogy explained it in perfect laymans term, cheers!
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Good shout with the open space thing, never thought of that. Got a couple of small rec climbs coming up where I'll practice. Might even use the trainee as a target. I just need to make time were I don't have any pressure to work. As for technique I've been enjoying "the stranger" recently. For throw lining in use the cradle throw. Tried it one handed and didn't feel right. This. I lost a mouthful of very nice red wine to this comment. Cheers bud.
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I'm only marginally better with the big shot! I'm gonna keep at it. Once I decide I want to be good at something I usually get there, eventually!
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I see you point mate, sounds like it's a productive method in that environment. However I'm part of a 3 man team, and it's desperately tragic that I'm the best shot with a throw line on my team!
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I dare you to post a photo
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I try and stop myself from working too smart. Aside from looking like a know it all, if I make stuff look too easy people will think I'm not working hard enough...
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More if you factor in the rainy Friday afternoon climbs back to your anchor point when the bloody thing gets stuck!
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Mouse trapped in the flywheel cover?
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College and what the industry really needs
Joe Newton replied to MWArb's topic in Training & education
Funny that, when a lad comes to us from college we tell them to forget about felling at ground level and fell where is comfortable. We also have to best out of them the habit of snapping the chain brake on at full revs. That noise gives me a nervous twitch! -
How can people tell without seeing at least a picture. Conifers can be wider than they are tall!
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That sounds more gear intensive Rich. Go for the vid though, I'm sure it'll make sense. I enjoyed Jesse's vid because it was pruning work as opposed to huge dismantles. It made a refreshing change from the usual. I get more pruning work than big dismantles, so I could relate more to this
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Hand ascender/footloop too? Yeah I'll give it a go. I've no intention of changing from ddrt, but access would be handy. I'm always happy to gain a foot rather than 6 inches.
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I've gotta say, I'm finding the idea of ascending SRT appealing, would save me trying to isolate a limb.
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Right. I spent my half hour lunch break today trying to hand throw a line into an ash tree. My target was 70'. Out of about 30 throws, two hit the limb I was aiming for and one went over the branch but the bloody thing wouldn't come down. I settled for a 50' point in the end... ...AND I STILL USED LADDERS FOR THE FIRST 20'!!! I reckon you lot are fibbing and using some form of trick photography.
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Under armour cold gear base layer in winter Heat gear in summer.
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Ents. Vicious buggers.
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I bet you wouldn't get away with wearing yer boots in the house. Life's not fair eh?
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You must be the first person I've heard of to dislike the 460! What specifically did you hate?
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Was it embarrassing when she started to use an axe better than her old man?
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Doesn't sound all too competent too me, could very easily have toppled the Mewp too. Without knowing any more detail we can't definitively say who's responsible, but the climbers methods sound unorthodox.
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Oh right... I didn't realise you only hand throw up to 35m... I'm lucky if I can hit my chimney... I live in a bungalow. I'll try the rig spacer. Good idea.
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It's shiny, I need it.
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I watched it on my iPhone, just used the YouTube app
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I should say that mine is the normal carb. Wouldn't have bought the one with the 1st gen Husqy auto tune.
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Works through YouTube. Search "oak deadwooding. Nice looking tree to climb, and I was surprised to see you using ddrt, pleasantly so. I also found myself disliking you a touch for making that shot with a throw line by hand. Can you at least tell me you edited out 45 mins of failed shots and untangling? It would make me feel better What's that shiny thing above your hitch? Can you take a close up?
