Joe Newton
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A third vote for the natanoko. Fun to use, fun to say. SILKY OF DEATH!
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Make two of us mate. Still, trying to figure it out is much preferable to watching the X factor final with my girlfriend. Couple more lagers should help it make sense.
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Aah, so this is the "before" shot mark?
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Why is that Dave? I'm struggling to see what has gone on. It's a really unclear photo on my phone.
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Good to hear the large contractors are taking the responsibility. I don't think it's worth getting up in arms about a roadside Hawthorne that has been hacked. It achieves the required clearance, and will come back fine. What's to be gained from snubbing it?
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Really!? I don't do UA, never have, but round my way it's fairly typical from what I've seen of motorway veg management. Did the op pull in onto the hard shoulder to take a photo of this heinous crime? Sounds a bit pathetic to me.
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Private clients pay for neat pruning cuts. UA contracts pay by the span. Rightly or wrongly this is the result. What point are you trying to prove?
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Where from?
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PM sent. Tell you what, if I get on with them I'll donate the full amount to Arbtalk's preferred charity. Plus you'll have a new customer :: Sound fair?
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I wish I could tell you that Climber 85 fought the good fight and the sisters left him alone. I wish I could tell you that. But prison is no fairy tale.
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I love the bottom comment: "happens to the best of us"... Well, it doesn't though, does it?
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"Oi! That branch wasn't dead! "Well it's not alive now!"
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Does that apply for deadwoods Andy? I see your point, and hope that by pushing myself I can achieve the level of talent that has been spoken of, but on some occasions stubbornly struggling where the right tool could save you could be more time efficient, less physically taxing and possibly safer. I'm referring to the type of dead twig that would take secateurs to snip, and for myself, couldn't be reached without snapping a branch. I have been asked to carry out such deadwoods on rare occasions. I couldn't have without a pole saw.
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You forgot "humiliating" to us climbers that are below said standard
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SRT With DRT Gear question
Joe Newton replied to Arran Turner's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Thought so. I'm 65kg, and if you're lighter than me, I might have to make some lifestyle changes! -
SRT With DRT Gear question
Joe Newton replied to Arran Turner's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Behave Arran, you're heavier than 60kg -
Hi Robin, If you'd like to send me a pair I'd be happy to try them out and write a full detailed review in the product section of this site. From first glance the cuffs look handy (excuse that) for the colder months, but may get a bit too warm/cumbersome in t shirt weather, never mind the hideous tan lines What I look for in a climbing glove is: Very snug and light Non restrictive Grippy Reasonably priced Durable The last two are interchangeable. The pfanner fine grip tick every box except the last, but at £3 it's not a deal breaker.
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Right. The little git stays in the shed then. I really do see your point on the state of mind. Similar to most advances in arb tech (and I've mentioned this in another thread previously), it can sometimes make things easier, quicker, safer etc. But you still need to be able to do the job without it. One day something will break, or be in the shed back at the yard, etc. Plus I want to be able to do something that my team leader can't
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Fair enough. Impressive without a pole silky. Next deadwood, I'm not gonna use it! I WILL become great!!! one day.
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Yeah I put that in a later post, responding to Adam. How thorough are your typical deadwoods? Nothing subliminal in that question, but sometimes there are teeny dead twigs that I'm asked to get, right on the outermost tips. Most of the time I could climb to them (with a bit of muttered swearing) but some I don't think I could in my current capabilities. I find the pole silky to be a much quicker and easier way, although this may highlight the differences between someone with much greater experience than myself. Perhaps I'll go the same way with more experience. Gotta get out there soon on a weekend and put it to the test!
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I do love a good ROUGE trader...
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Interesting comment about "specific deadwood" Adam. Where I work I'm usually specced with Major (anything likely to cause damage or injury) or Minor, being abso bloody lutley everything, right out to small twigs on the tips. In leggy trees these can be a real pain, if not impossible to get to, and I sometimes find a pole silky (although annoyingly cumbersome) to be more efficient, in both time and energy.
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Don't refrain on my account buddy! I was just putting across my opinion. I'm just a simple forum member like yourself, and as such all our opinions are equally valid The way I see it though is that nobody likes to play the bad guy, and when a mod has to come to a thread and say "nope" it can put them in that situation. A private suggestion would be more subtle and appropriate in my eyes. That way they can consider the idea, and carry on running this place as they see fit. Didn't mean to come across as either confrontational, or brown nosing though
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I use a silky pole pruner for fastidious deadwooding sometimes whilst climbing. Have you never had a branch you couldn't get to the tips of, Steve? I don't see the point of a petrol pole saw in a tree though, for the record.
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Can't see this working for me, or being particularly practical (on descent I, like most, use my feet to control my position against branches or the trunk) but if it works for you then each to their own.
