Joe Newton
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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.
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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...
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How long before moving to SRT
Joe Newton replied to Nathanzac's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
I just hate tying bowlines with a long tail! -
How long before moving to SRT
Joe Newton replied to Nathanzac's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
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. -
why was it reduced?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'd say it's a pretty good way to put those hands in danger...
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why?
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He's known on site as "the turd burglar"
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must've had sooner bloody good money not to have walked from that one.
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Why isn't the arbtalk employment working for me.. :(
Joe Newton replied to benedmonds's topic in Employment
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. -
Why isn't the arbtalk employment working for me.. :(
Joe Newton replied to benedmonds's topic in Employment
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. -
I've deadwooded plenty of tpo trees without seeking the council's permission in the past
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As in B.I.G.H.T. me?
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Bowline on a bite is the easiest know I've come across to undo after load
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Bowline on a bite is the easiest know I've come across to undo after load
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Funny, the left palm lasted immensely longer than the right palm
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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.
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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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Don, do you get many fine tippy reductions? If you do how do you manage? I'm 5'8 and weight about as much as I imagine one of your shites do. I can see the benefits of being a unit for the takedown side of things but I reckon it'd get in the way in the tippy stuff of crawling through dense spindly hedges.
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depends, newly qualified to 39? Sent out on a rigging job over high value targets? You may have been a fast learner with common sense but that's a needle in a haystack of aspiring climbers. You'd take a newly ticketed climber on as a trainee, not a lead climber.
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Why on earth would you put a newly qualified climber on a technical job without support? Sorry mate but that's asking for it. Lucky nobody was hurt.
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I was referring to that Dave bloke...
