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  1. Joe Newton
    Yeah, but if you have spliced line then just pull the rope through the block, undo the sling, move down and repeat.
  2. Joe Newton
    Like that. Looks pretty easy to splice up. You'd need about 2.5-3x the required length
  3. Joe Newton
    well the speedcut bar and 95vxl chain are designed to go with each other, so shouldn't be the problem. Mine does this to. I can't rule out hasty field sharpening though. I both bar and chain are 0.050. Really quick setup otherwise.
  4. Joe Newton
    How are you attaching your pulley to the main line?
  5. Joe Newton
    Yeah, but for me that would involve: Setting a throwline. Pulling my rope through. (Possible repeat steps one and two depending on if my rope comes through and if its caught over a smaller branch above where I thought my line was) Ascending Finding somewhere to strop on Getting my base tie undone. Explaining how to undo my base tie. Pulling 15m of slack through a wrench (massive pain) Then advancing to my TIP, except I have to use ascenders for a 4m journey. It would help if I was shit hot with a throwline, but most clients aren't happy to pay me for 1 hour dicking about with a throwline and a further 3 hours crying in the van.
  6. Joe Newton
    It does to me mate! Basically unless you can get a perfect shot with a throwline, you have to advance your TIP on an srt system, which is a pain. Sometimes it's easier for me to climb up to my anchor how I usually would ddrt, and then work srt from therein. Particularly in large spready trees which are being pruned. Make sense?
  7. Joe Newton
    I struggle doing unnecessary work on untouched trees. Especially reductions rather than lifts and maybe a selective thin. I've got no issue with maintaining a topping cycle, but I'd rather remove a tree rather than reduce one more than I think is good for the tree, unless it's in the trees interest. Figure that out.
  8. Joe Newton
    I barely use srt these days. If I get a big tree ill use it but likely change to ddrt once I'm up there. For me it's a pain to advance your tip, to the point where ill usually climb up to my anchor and then work the tree srt, complete opposite of most on here.
  9. Joe Newton
    what's the width on that mate?
  10. Joe Newton
    From what I've seen it should be fairly easy to impress as a subby groundy. Work as hard as you can, beast out brash, its good for the soul. Try and pick the jobs that people are avoiding before you get asked to do them, which you will. Listen and learn, sharpening a chain well is an undervalued skill. Do your research on things like that, arbtalk is an amazing free resource that can further your development. Basically, if you're going to do a job, try and be the best that you can be. Force yourself to love even the horrible jobs and keep a positive attitude. If you can manage this with a positive attitude you should find yourself in the highly coveted "fantastic groundy" category. That's worth decent money after a couple of years.
  11. Joe Newton
    they are equally easy to dull, full chisel is just a lot more noticeable than semi chisel, since the latter is slower to begin with
  12. Joe Newton
    The treemotion saw point is ppe rated... You shouldn't rely on the harness point breaking, that's why they have in built tear away on lanyards. Best to avoid the situation though...
  13. Joe Newton
    okay, I hoped so. I didn't read that article as being blatant posturing though. If more people tried to work more closely with the basic principles within it would go a long way to furthering the industry.
  14. Joe Newton
    I dont really get what you mean there. I'm far from a purist when it comes to tree work, but the principles and theory need to be understood surely? I'll ask again, do you hold zero regard for the wellbeing of ancient specimens?
  15. Joe Newton
    Pointless!? Come on Mick, do you take zero interest in the ramifications of work on trees that have been supporting the ecosystem for centuries before you were an itch?
  16. Joe Newton
    mines closely monitored every climb and recorded mentally. As the end user its in my best interest to keep an eye on my kit. That said my lanyard snap has been sticking for ages, but it's spliced on so not easy to replace.
  17. Joe Newton
    Shame not to make the most of a good burn up.
  18. Joe Newton
    Katie, no-one is suggesting that aerial rescue and first aid training aren't important. it's something I take seriously. It sounds like the rescue climber did a good job in terrible circumstances. What I'm saying is that from what I've read of the situation, the contributing factor was poor working practices, not lack of first aid or rescue training, which your initial post implied.
  19. Joe Newton
    Be careful with dmm, sometimes you want a caritool to break, like if a rigging line hooks itself into it...
  20. Joe Newton
    small ones are only rated to 5kg, the big ones are rated to 15kg. Mine is 3 years old and still holds a 66 no problem.
  21. Joe Newton
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  22. Joe Newton
    Usually the case, but was working for the same firm two consecutive days, so I left my kit there.
  23. Joe Newton
    Okay, so it's feeling better now... 2nd this. My saws cut well, I know they do because only I use them. Recently a lad accidentally put my topper in the wrong van. I turned up to a pretty rubbish conny dismantle over 3 sheds and fences galore, and had to use a company saw. I sharpened it before I left the ground and it did the job, but I really did miss mine.
  24. Joe Newton
    Tried to reply but i can't because the title contains code
  25. Joe Newton
    Of course it's true, do I regularly talk bollocks? The point is that inadequate first aid training wasn't the issue here. I really feel for the poor blokes family, but it was operator error, as the inquest found. It's something that we can all learn from, no matter what level of experience.

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