Joe Newton
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I'm of the opinion that lowering your original price is basically admitting: "Yep, was just trying to squeeze a few more bob out of you." Stick with your integrity, so long as you're not greedy and you offer the fairest price you can (for you and the costumer) then why shouldn't people pay a fair price for a decent job? No point lowering your prices to compete with somebody else if there's no profit in it for you at the end.
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If you're not comfortable step cutting (I've had the odd step cut drop away from me) hold the piece you're cutting and use your silky with the other hand. Alternatively you could tie off the piece to be cut to a secure branch, cut it, and whilst its hanging section it up into hand hold pieces. If you do this be careful that the tips don't clatter the greenhouse when it swings. Make sense? Edit: Didn't realise you'd done it. Congratulations. The best way to learn is to get stuck in, with a bit of advice from the guys on here when needed.
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:001_tt2:Looks lovely, can't wait for mine! I'd best learn how to splice tenex for the pulley. I bodged with a double fisherman's but i don't want to let the rest of the "dog lead" down with my crummy knots!
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Cheers guys, So as far as I can work out its a little harder on the hands, but there doesn't seem to be an advantage over good ol' 13mm unless you're using a spiderjack? I have lovely well manicured small ladyboy hands, so I should be fine with it. Will give it a try i think!
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I had a quick search for similar threads but none came up, so apologies if this has already been covered. I'm soon to buy myself a new longer climbing line, and I noticed that Yale have an 11mm rope that can be used for ddrt. I currently use XTC Ice and I find it excellent, very durable. I'd be interested to know what the benefits/drawbacks are, if any, and how my hitch will work with a small diameter line. Cheers, Joe
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Found a 6" length of cast iron guttering with the 460 last week. It was a large sycamore takedown, and was actually inside the trunk, no signs from outside. Buggered the chain, and I took the log apart with an axe out of curiosity to find it, cast iron nails and all!
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Bad Boys 2, anyone seen it? Despite being a pretty terrible film there's one great scene when a young lad comes to take out Martin Lawrences daughter. "Hello Mr Burnett, I'm Reggie" "WHO THE **** IS REGGIE!?"
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Have you ever seen anyone climb with just ONE rope???
Joe Newton replied to jnoon's topic in Climbers talk
I think he means main line only, no lanyard. You've never worked with anyone who uses a lanyard? I'm not exactly straight as a ruler when it comes to safety (two points of contact when cutting etc) but where's the advantage to not carrying a lanyard? -
I have a pair of the Cordex plus gloves and they're lovely. I found them great to climb in, and (i imagine) they made handling a saw one handed much easier. Sadly, they cost over 30 quid and lasted only about a month of pretty regular use (climbing and rigging) before the fingertips started to come away at the seams. They're now solely reserved for rigging. Shame
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<p>Hi steve, how often do you come across reconditioned 70cc saws? I hear you're the man to ask. I'm thinking of something along the lines of a 460 or a 372 / 576.</p>
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I bought a 211 as my first saw, with a 16 inch bar on it. I soon changed that to a 14" oregon bar and chain, and I love it. Its a small, lightweight saw, but its plucky as hell and easily handles stuff up to its bar length. If the majority of the stuff you're cutting is around 14" or less then I couldn't recommend it more, though I haven't tried the Husqvarna equivalent. If you really need to you can manage timber up to twice its bar length, but how often will you be doing that? I doubt you'll regret it, but the choice is yours.
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My first saw was a Stihl 211, its only a couple up from the basic model, but noticeably quicker and has more power. I downsized the bar from 16" to 14" and it picked up into a gutsy little saw. I'm a small lad (9.5stone) and I find it nice and light, and with a decent chain it'll handle stuff upto its bar size with ease. depending on what kind of timber you'll be cutting I couldn't recommend it more for an entry level saw.
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Thank you very much John, its a credit to the arb society how much people help each other out on this forum I'll pm you. Did i pick a challenging one? Glad I didn't attempt it myself, but I would,t know where to start! If future what would be the best climbing line to splice?
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I was working on the ground whilst my supervisor was climbing. I'd just dragged some brash out front when a neighbour came up to me asking if we could pop round and give her a quote. My supervisor does that so I took her name (Mrs Moffat) and told her that he'd pop over once he was down. When he came down I told him to pop next door, and when he asked her name, in a moment of confusion, I told him it was Mrs Hubbard (can you see where I got my wires crossed?) Apparently when he knocked on the door and addressed her as such, he got a rather peeved look. My supervisor doesn't find me funny...
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Hi all, I'm in need of a mercenary splicer. I have a 3m length of Gecko which I'd like splicing into a large eye one end, and a small eye the other end (guess what I'm using it for). I'm in the Warwickshire area so If anyone nearby has a bit of spare time (in exchange for some beer money) I'd be very grateful. Cheers guys
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I've reverted from my grillon back to hitch cord. Keeping the lanyard/krabs but I have no use for the unit itself. If anyone wants it I'll consider shiny things (krabs, pulleys, bits or old rope) or even for someone's splicing services... Any takers, I'd rather not have to give it to the part time lad...
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Will the friction hitch become extinct?
Joe Newton replied to holdatcharlie's topic in Climbers talk
Le Sanglier, thats my foremost line of defence! Worcs, Its true what you mentioned about a secondary being a good idea in case of cutting my strop, but in the end it was the coffee you mentioned that persuaded me to use a fast descent line as a backup! -
Will the friction hitch become extinct?
Joe Newton replied to holdatcharlie's topic in Climbers talk
Ah cheers, I think I get it. I have choked my main line to the stem with a running bowline, and attached the rope to my harness with a prussik, so basically the same but you've swapped the prussik for a f8. I find (especially on smaller stems when I'm cutting and throwing at a faster pace) that it becomes too fidgety so I just use my strop and spikes and run the risk or bruised plums. I'm not sure if I'll get scolded for not having a second anchor point... -
Will the friction hitch become extinct?
Joe Newton replied to holdatcharlie's topic in Climbers talk
I could be being thick here but I can't quite visualise that. I'm intrigued since I live in constant fear when using strop/spikes on a pole of kicking out and cheese grating my coin purse on the bumpy slide down. Any pics? -
:blushing:For you perhaps, but I'll never do another press up again!
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That would have made more sense... Glad I walked away from that without looking daft...
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Moi? 'Fraid not, I'm Joe. But thanks!
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12.4, but I'm only lifting my 9.5 stone I might have got to 13 but i had clean boxers on and it just wasn't worth the risk...
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Not keeping your eye on the climber. All sorts of injuries, verbal and physical. Caught the butt end of a maple limb with my collar bone when I wasn't looking up enough. That made me sit down for a while!
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Me 4, I'm hoping to practice a couple of things before the spring. Gotta break out of the ddrt/prussik rut...
