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Joe Newton

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  1. They're at each end of the cord usually.
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    Not at all mate, just happy you remembered what you came in here for!
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    Instagram or my post? Instagram certainly has an age sensitive target audience.
  4. Let's play a game of ignore the troll: If this is the very last post apart from the OP then perhaps this forum could continue to grow as it has been these past weeks. Over to you tree friend's...
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    Shame that, I'd like to see a bit more "No bullshit" tree work on there. I wonder how many plumbers share photos of u bends on there.
  6. nice one mate, I recently cut a very rough bench from a cedar I killed. The customer thought it a lovely touch and I didn't have to turn it all into rings...
  7. Good point. I dont use srt for dismantles, generally. I dont particularly "use" ddrt either. I use my spikes, the ddrt system is there but it's not my means of ascending. Srt is great for target pruning, deadwoods, reductions etcetera.
  8. cool, I need a new carabiner for Monday morning, can I pop in on Sunday around 7pm? I don't want to pay vat mind.
  9. A frayed knot. You need a certified loler inspector to sign off on your system every time you tie a fisherman's on your hitch cord or a bowline on your rope.
  10. I'm self employed and if I sent somebody else to climb I doubt that'd go down well. I work the same hours as whatever form i'm working for. I act on direction singe of the time too. Am I not self employed? I think you're confusing self employment with being a bona fide sub contractor.
  11. must've had sooner bloody good money not to have walked from that one.
  12. I wouldn't necessarily pay an unqualified brash dragger over a oner unless they really grafted, and they do come along. Its definitely worth having an experienced decent bloke on the ground to run things. IMO that's worth the sane as a decent climber, so if sooner have another solid climber on big jobs. That way they can run the ground/rigging, or take turns climbing. It's not uncommon that I get paid my day rate and work as a groundy.
  13. So how much would you pay a brew lad with little to no experience. I agree, a decent groundy is worth a lot, but if all the groundies I've had the pleasure of working with only a small portion have been what is call good. A really good groundy who isn't a climber is very hard to find indeed.
  14. I've deadwooded plenty of tpo trees without seeking the council's permission in the past
  15. Bowline on a bite is the easiest know I've come across to undo after load
  16. Bowline on a bite is the easiest know I've come across to undo after load
  17. Funny, the left palm lasted immensely longer than the right palm
  18. I reviewed these for arbortech, good gloves, but don't be fooled into thinking they'll offer any protection from a silky. I tested them against a knife and they certainly took some damage out of it, but the silky went through like it was nothing.
  19. but would you chuck a fresh outta college climber into a biggish takedown without any supervision? That branch didn't sound like an easy hand held...

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