Joe Newton
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Reckon having a colleague with you would make the job a lot more enjoyable tbf. Depends heavily on the colleague though
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Reckon the thought of having to redo that tree would give me cold seats for weeks before!
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If I was captaining my own ship I'd do practically zero reductions, because its graft and pointless. Unfortunately people like to use me for big tree reductions, so I get my fair share of them. It's so much worse knowing that you've made naff all difference when you're falling apart after a 2 day reduction over targets.
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Cheers for your reply Paul. I was probably a bit quick to condemn it with out actually trying it. As a long term saw user certain safety features (like the extra button on the 161) put me right off as they affect the fluidity of use when you're making lots of cuts. The one I mentioned on the 161 makes left handed use quite awkward. I understand why you need to have them though, and you could certainly argue that with safe working practices it shouldn't be an issue, but from a real world context its definitely quite annoying not being able to just pull the brake back and pull the trigger.
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Any pruning wound is a possible infection route. A large tear out wound would be too. Lesser of two evils.
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That safety feature is a deal breaker.
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Go and take down your 40' Birch before you start criticising one of the godfathers of modern arb 🤣
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Don't argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
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Something about the vat on a self build is zero rate for materials and labour, whereas you'll pay the full 20% on both for a renovation
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I heard that (in the UK at least) they're are significantly tax incentives for knocking down/rebuilding compared to renovation. How true it is I don't know
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Teufelberger Sirius Bull Rope instructions
Joe Newton replied to Ledburyjosh's topic in Splicing Forum
Been a couple of years since I've spliced anything mate, Tommy is your best bet @Tommy_B -
I loved my positioner, but I would usually get less than 6 months out of one before it was slipping horrendously and I'd have to replace the clutch. Not a deal breaker for sure but annoying. I've not spoken to anyone else that's had the same problem though. I moved on to a pinto/vt setup. Don't really notice the sitback and having the option to turn it into a secondary climbing system is super useful. My lanyard is 7m long with the last 4m living in a hip bag
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Walnut reduction from this morning. Fiddly bugger and my least favourite kind of work these days. I much preferred the willow that I "reduced" in the afternoon 😁
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And which of the two would you say was the more reliable source of information? Keep your hair on. In my experience, experience does not always relate to knowledge or competency... it's a paradoxical statement I know.
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Sounds harsh, but it's exasperating when people reach out to social media for kit advice, whether it's fuel mix, or "running in a new saw". Lots of people following stupid advice like "let it idle for a tank" or "only use half revs for x amount of time" etc. Why on earth would you buy a pro saw and then take unverified advice from an unknown on social media about how to use it. Just read the effing manual!
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I haven't even mentioned the mewp that was just out of shot 🤣
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It was a Tuesday of memory serves. Felling it would have flattened the understory trees. No biggy but the LA wanted them retained for whatever reason. Also because the stem was so bent it would likely have rolled and ended up in the live traffic lane.
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Must've been just making work for myself then
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Try it, what's the worst that can happen? You'll never improve from within your comfort zone. This. The anti ladder mentality from some tree folk is pure baffling. I'm not necessarily advocating cutting and working from ladders (though I'd be a hypocrite to condemn it), but to dismiss ladders as an appropriate means of access is just silly.
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Seems to be a lot of over complicated advice in my opinion. It's a small tree. Just spike up the top of the lean. Use it as practice getting comfy on spikes
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Wondergrip WG-338 Thermo Plus gloves – FR Jones & Son WWW.FRJONESANDSON.CO.UK These should do you fine. They're pretty waterproof until you wear the rubber away which shouldn't be a problem for you, and toasty warm. By a few pairs.
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I spent loads trying to find the holy grail of gloves for winter. One that I could climb in, kept the warm in and the water out etc. They don't exist. What work do you do? The wonder grip orange thermo ones are good, as are the pfanner ice grip. Not waterproof but cheap enough that you can buy a few pairs and keep them on rotation. Gloves never last in our line of work so it's better to buy a few cheaper pairs that you can ruin rather then an expensive pair that you will still knacker.
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Last I heard that ones in a pretty nasty pikey site where its probably going to stay... I reckon a lot of the nicked chippers just get used by pikeys for pikey tree work.
