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  1. Joe Newton
    It's a non starter in my opinion. You can hire a 12" bandit Road tow round here for £400 per day, which would piss all over that. If you're buying it to hire out I can't see it being cost effective.
  2. Joe Newton
    Veganism, gender fluidity and covid. I'd rather hear about any of these, given the choice.
  3. Joe Newton
    Thank you for pointing that out.
  4. Joe Newton
    Typically you'd want the rigging line to be the lowest rated part of your system. There's no point having a 16mm line that's rated for over 6000kgs when the bollard can only take 2000. As said before I'd go for the fixed bollard over the capstan. They're a lot nicer to use and more robust. 14mm rigging line is a good all rounder but 12mm can take a good amount and is much more pleasant to work with. Negative rigging with a big saw might be pushing the 12mm stuff though. Whichever rope you go for you'll want the dead eye to be a bit thicker. I use an 18mm deadeye with the ISC red pulley for most stuff. It's good for 2000kgs so works well with the 2001 bollard.
  5. Joe Newton
    You've effectively answered this thread in a nutshell.
  6. Joe Newton
    Hi Jose, I would've thought you'd still want a leisure battery with a split charge system to avoid running the main battery down, which is the reason I haven't done it. I'd love to be corrected on that though. Have you got one? I'd like to know of anyone's experiences. Website or Eberspacher were the two top tier brands providing these, until the Chinese bought in equivalents at a tenth of the price. A webasto would be the best part of a grand to have fitted. That's a lot of diesel money that could do the same job. I read a while ago that our government were planning to fine people who left their cars idling on the drive, so I've just been driving with zero vision through an iced windscreen instead. Don't want to risk a fine now!
  7. Joe Newton
    Someone who'd met you before, I imagine.
  8. Joe Newton
    That's wonderful, but completely irrelevant. The ball park of £3k a week works out at £600 a day, which is easily done in the domestic sector with as transit and 6" chipper. When you factor in the hire of a mewp and tracked chipper, as well as your groundies wages you're not earning very much at all. Better off subby climbing really.
  9. Joe Newton
    I climbed for over a decade on short spikes. Recently changed to long gaffs and wish I'd done it years ago. They are better in pretty much every way. Ivy or knobbly stems are no problem now, and I haven't noticed a drawback on skinny stuff where I thought they'd struggle. The only thing to be aware of is you have to tiptoe on the ground to avoid bluntening them
  10. Joe Newton
    Were you on day rate? These days if I turn up and the garden has been carpet bombed I get the big blower and clear our route. I often direct it towards the patio door. Depending on who I'm working for some find it funny and others are mortified. Fair game I reckon.
  11. Joe Newton
    Was pretty shocking to read. Looks like the bloke is doing tidy work so fair play. Lots of jaded soap boxers on here it would appear. Of all the things to get wound up over
  12. Joe Newton
    So what are peoples thoughts on the t525 now? My echo is tired and in need of replacement. It's been a fantastic saw, can't fault it. The only thing that makes me think twice about getting another is that I hear of a lot of unreliable ones. Has anyone had/used both?
  13. Joe Newton
    I saw a council job offering "free parking" as a perk a while back. Bloody good of them I thought.
  14. Joe Newton
    Arbotec are shite, don't waste your money. I really like SIP. I've had a few pairs of the Canopy Air. I get 18 months heavy use so they should last you a lot longer. It all depends on your build and budget though. I personally think that Pfanner are overrated.
  15. Joe Newton
    Yep, but that's how it works. The OP'S device was made before the manufacturer was granted a certificate of conformity for the device" It's understandable why they wouldn't sign off on a device retroactively.
  16. Joe Newton
    There's no chance of getting a CE mark put on a non CE product. It just doesn't work like that. Either carry on using it and accept that you'll have to leave it out your kit come loler time, or buy a new one.
  17. Joe Newton
    If you can't be constructive then why don't you go be negative somewhere else. The man's asking for contacts for a mutual relationship. That's all. What do you get out of shooting him down?
  18. Joe Newton
    Frankly it's at lot of things. Is mostly sad though. Your constant need to put people down for your own validation is frankly pathetic. I'm not alone in thinking that yourself and others like you are to the detriment of this forum.
  19. Joe Newton
    The irony in this sentence is resounding. I've heard a similar analogy about competing in the special Olympics. It's not as PC as yours though.
  20. Joe Newton
    The Chicane is also way better than the wrench with a hitch due to not adding as much friction. Can't go wrong with a VT really. The knut is a great hitch but will always bind up at some point
  21. Joe Newton
    I used to use 8mm Armor Prus or 10mm volcano on my 11mm velocity when I climbed on a wrench. The volcano performed better surprisingly. Didn't bind as tight
  22. Joe Newton
    Agreed. We do get the odd one from time to time. Balls to doing them daily.
  23. Joe Newton
    Covering legal fees is irrelevant. If a person had an accident the first thing hse would look for is if they'd been working to best practice. Even if the accident had nothing to do with 2 lines in the tree it would be the first thing they'd flag up. Essentially if you're employing people who aren't compliant (two attachments, loler, refreshers etc) then you're still culpable.
  24. Joe Newton
    Whilst I agree with most of your post, does the UK not have large or difficult trees? We both know the answer, and most of the guys that get called in for those trees are using whatever system they see fit. Not necessarily sticking to what HSE dictate. I truly believe that it's a great way for insurance companies to get out of paying. Why should they if best practice wasn't adhered to?
  25. Joe Newton
    Exactly, we used to drive cars without seat belts and air bags too. I'm to young to remember but I'll bet you felt that was unnecessary at the time.

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