Joe Newton

Not boasting or anything.

 

But none of you are as good as this guy and probably never will be.Just look at all his stuff.

 

Shall I list all the equipment? Or will you all be unprepared for the tsunamic waves of envy you will all experiance.

I don't see a silky... some people will do anything to save weight...

Seems like a lot of effort for a time saving tool.

I know in the rare occasion it holds me back, but i worked for a while without one, and I know I'd get so fed up if I had to work without one again.

What specifically is it you'd like to practice? I find using a chainsaw from a rope easy, just common sense. It was the climbing that I had to actually get experience to be comfortable.

If you're like me then get on a couple of rec climbs. Its much more fun than work (I'm constantly being told that I'm not SAS, so I shouldn't abseil like them), and it gets you really comfy with work positioning.

Honestly, i think if i didn't have climbing experience before my 39, I'd have had a much harder time.

Hey Silky,

a) you oughta feel guilty, I just got my vt the way I like it, and now...

b) can you explain the benefits over a vt/pulley (hitch climber)? Its a lot of money, I know its shiny but is it really that much better than a £2 bit of hitch cord on a pulley?

When I left school I started working for a private school as a groundskeeper. Went to college, and stuck with that job for five years. I always fancied being a tree surgeon though, so I saved up, and got my first three tickets. I left at 23 just over a year ago, took a minor pay cut and started out as a ground/trainee climber with my local firm.

Haven't looked back, I'm climbing some pretty decent trees, still sharing the ground work, and having a great laugh.

Although I'm not technically an apprentice the principal remains. Keep at it with your tickets, anything to put you above the next guy after a job. Practice in your spare time. Its well worth it!

Best of luck you you matey.

£50 for a ten hour day, couldn't give a toss about minimum wage and I'd want an invoice.

 

BTW, don't mistake that for an offer.

About a year ago that woulda been a raise for me!

I'll be your groundie Mick, I'll even bring the biccys

Hell yes. As has already been mentioned in lombardy pops, I feel seasick, wobbly little buggers!

Less so nowadays, but as Mr Blair said, there's nothing wrong with using the pole saw up a tree, its standard practice for me to take one up if I'm deadwooding right out to the tips. Work smart, not necessarily hard!

Hey jack, are you working for Damien out there?

I almost went but was new to the game and wanted some experience.

Whats it like?

or the "Woodwalker". I have a pair and they're very sturdy. How durable are the airstreams?

I have to say that when I first started work as a ground, despite having my 38, I doubt I would have been competent to rescue my climber if the need had arisen.

A couple of years on I'm pretty confident I'd be able to. Maybe not the way they taught me on my 38, but just, climb up, clip them in to you, come down.

I think a fair point to make is that HSE stipulates that the person should be "Competent". This doesn't always mean just having the ticket. First aid courses have to be refreshed periodically, and maybe so would arial rescue.

I use one on my Komet Butterfly, fits nicely behind the D-ring.

Its a great little thing for short clipping your saw, but nothing is more frustrating than climbing through a busy crown, getting snagged, looking round to figure why, and realising the caritool has clipped itself onto a branch...

take out the spark arrest and drill a big hole in the exhaust.

Are you in the US? I don't think ours have the arrestor screen. I've heard of the mods you can do to it, but from what I gathered if you drill a hole in the exhaust you then have to derestrict the carb? I don't fancy faffing around with that but if you can simply just drill the exhaust I may give that a go...

I find mine pretty good, the only niggle I have is the throttle lag, but I've already been advised on that.

After a short break due to a pulled shoulder (from work, not press ups:001_tongue:) I've reached 15, with a very red face.

Really enjoying this thread, since I quit my gym membership and I struggle to find motivation to work out at home. This way I can compete against myself!

Might try a similar thing with pull ups.

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.

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.

: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!

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!

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

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!

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!?"

In answer to the OP, everyone I have ever worked with.

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

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.

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.

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.

Good luck with the Marlow John.

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?