Joe Newton
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Everything posted by Joe Newton
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Just a rebranded Atrax, I think.
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The atrax is a dream through the zigzag. Noticeably thinner than the velocity I was using before, despite what the stats say. I can see myself burning through a zig zag every year with it though
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I don't care how experienced you are at tuning carbs, nobody can tell a 500rpm difference when the top end is revving at 12,000rpm.
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I got my first job in arb 11 years ago with CS30, 31 and 38 and I started on £13,800 pa.
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👍 I hope you hate it
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Never ran full wrap saws Don, you obviously reckon the ergonomics make up for the weight increase? Also, how can you have all that extra on your saw and not the outer felling spikes? Madness!
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I'll buy the BDB if you don't get on with it?
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Anyway @Retired Climber, don't sink to my level, but do answer this?
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Well I meant "queer" but let's not get into that.
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I didn't understand why he was being such a bitch about it.
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An opinion that nobody asked for. You mentioned it to sound important.
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I just find it very magnanimous of you that businesses pay you thousands for your opinion, and yet here you are giving them away for free to people that haven't even asked for them! Good for you.
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This is what I'm told.
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No TPO surprisingly. Spec was 3m, but I usually ignore that.
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I didn't wear saw boots or trousers... Sod using a Silky though. A mini topper is hardly a lot of weight to carry. I don't even think it looks better tbf. A lot of money (and graft on mine and @treeman 's behalf) for naff all difference to the client. Personally I would've recommended a deadwood and that's it, but that's the nature of being a contract Climber. My arms were cramping big time in the afternoon. I generally don't hydrate enough and pulling yourself through forks on srt really takes its toll on my grip.
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Cheers Dom. Hardest kind of climbing I get these days.
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Awkward sod of an oak reduction today. 2 climbers and about 5.5 hours of climb time, which is plenty for me. I'll be feeling that for a day or two.
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Danny Ball runs a 1 day course from Coventry which should be fairly close. MediArb on Instagram. Ex army medic and tree worker. Sound bloke. He also sells decent Trauma kits in a tuff box which I bought too.
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You planning to stick around for long?
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You'd certainly hope so, you've been doing it for years!
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Customers asking to pay cash to avoid VAT.
Joe Newton replied to benedmonds's topic in Business Management
Who doesn't love the odd cash job? -
Evasive answers normally mean something less important/interesting than he'd like you to believe.
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No, to be fair he's got me pretty much dead to rights there 👍
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Why would they discount your next pair? You must've noticed straight away that they weren't ppe. Return them.
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Cheapest place to get Distel Geckos and what spikes?
Joe Newton replied to Paddy1000111's topic in Climbers talk
It sounds like your issue is more likely how your spikes fit than the gaffs you're using. Have you adjusted the shank to suit your leg length? Top and bottom straps need to be tight as possible.
