Joe Newton
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A fair enough, I might call myself something different when I grow up.
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I'll have the lot. I'm convinced
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I know it gets your knickers in a twist when people use that term. It's semantics though. In not grandiose enough to refer to myself as a freelancer. As a self employed Climber working for various different companies in a labour only basis (cool Rich?) I want everything in one bag in case I have to go onwards in their vehicle's. I already have to much kit without rope bags! Let's hear all your advantages then!
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I've got the Courant bag the rolls out flat. It's impressive what I can fit in there. As a subby climber I wanted everything in a bag that was comfy to carry. On any day I've got 2 ropes and climbing systems (45 and 20 metre), harness with hand saw lanyard and rope guide, srt kit, axe and a couple of Wedges, a few small slings and pulleys and a double throw like kit. The bag cost just over £100 I think
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Is 35 too old to start a career as a tree surgeon?
Joe Newton replied to Hound-Dogg's topic in General chat
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So you want to be a freelance climber do you?
Joe Newton replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
Plenty of people make a decent living solely as a freelance climber. Sounds like if you've got to have that many different jobs you're probably not very good at any one of them. -
Yeah I break those for fun, they don't half get hot!
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I forget what they prefer to be called these days to be fair. Mong is a bit outdated
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Have you a picture of the old original caps? No but I've got them knocking about somewhere. Why?
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You would think, but unless you work with regular groundies the amount of people that struggle to undo them is unbelievable, and then there are the retards that will use the starter handle to tighten them up again...
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Yes the husky flip caps fit from their top handles
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Evidently some people.
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This just cropped up on Instagram after you said that @Tommy_B
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What sort of climbing is the mainstay of your work Paddy?
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Yes, because that's the only way to climb ddrt. There's many trees where its quicker to climb up and set your top tie, than faff with a throw line, even if you get your ideal anchor, which is rarely the case.
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People who categorically state that one system is better than the other baffle me, to the point where I would doubt their experience. Doubled rope has plenty of advantages, and there have been occasions where I've seen climbers breaking out the throwline and srt kit and it takes longer than an easy climb on doubled rope.
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Lovely couple of days in a nature reserve in Staffordshire, pruning/ felling competing trees near stone great veteran oaks.
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Couple of totally pointless reductions today. I cried them off last week with the wind so was good to get them done.
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another usp for the rope guide that nobody has mentioned yet is the way the cam releases on retrieval, creating more slack. The pulleysaver with the prussik doesn't do this. If that wasn't enough the pulleysaver retrieval loop isn't midline attachable like the rope guides, meaning you have to take the retrieval ball off each time you install it.
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In what way do you find the pulleysaver more versatile?
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Its actually a "moot point"
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You don't seem to understand. In the UK the responsibility lies with the primary contractor. A freelance climber is contracted in a labour-only capacity. The self employed climber could well have his own insurance for doing his own jobs, but they wouldn't pay out for somebody else's job, so it's irrelevant.
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Labour only subcontractors (which the majority of self employed tree cutters are) will come under the liability of the primary contractor
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The newer model echos have a big x on the recoil casing and I think a blue ignition module. I'll check tomorrow
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The new echo battery saw has good feedback, but it's early days and personally I'd wait a bit to see how they do. The stihl battery pruner was very disappointing power wise
