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Best Hand Ascender?
tree-fancier123 replied to Ashley-Middleton's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
thanks - someone in the comments notes that it does need the climber to rely on the ascender for life support, I have done this once with a Petzl basic and it works fine, but they do have a point, manufacturers are always covering themselves saying ascenders should be backed up. -
Best Hand Ascender?
tree-fancier123 replied to Ashley-Middleton's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
this to me is one of the hardest things climbing back up through, but with SRT and a retrievable re-direct placed above the crotch you're dropping through, some climbers seem to put the tail of the rope over and descend through the crotch on a loop, Dan Curtis had a good method (from back in 2014, bound to be several others around by now) https://www.facebook.com/dan.curtis.50309/videos/238027773045433/ -
another forum Landscape Juice Network is more focused on that work - may even be members in your area. I bought some gear off a bloke in Southampton doing commercial a while back, don't know if he's still trading http://www.nichelocal.co.uk/services/Southampton/Garden-Machinery/B-H-Gardeners.html https://www.bhgardeners.co.uk/
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if you stop for fuel on the way to an early start there may be someone serving in the shop, they should be on a higher rate too, just means you paying a bit more for your fuel
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sure - I do respect those skills, can't imagine life without supermarkets
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Bear fighting, of course its any good. He also reckons he delivered a baby under a tree in Richmond Park in the sixties, using his teeth to sever the umbilical chord. Maybe it was the second coming
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it would be a good tv show like the film Gladiator plonk them both into the Colluseum - I'd go on against a sheep, but not a badger
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What about tackling a beast bare handed without even a knife? Someone with good teeth could possibly sink them into its jugular
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French free climber been at it again on London office block. Ballsy guy - hope they take him to court to recover cost of emergency services attendance https://news.sky.com/story/human-spider-alain-robert-begins-754ft-climb-in-city-of-london-11535240
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can't see it's much sport shooting an animal with a rifle - not giving it any chance to fight back
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fastigiate yew if you can find a big enough one another alternative, step ladder and hand shears 1/2 hour management per year, if that's too onerous just paint the pole in the most beautiful colours imaginable
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didnt you like the idea of being stood in the tree?
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having control of a large geographical area must have helped with seaports and all kinds of logistics, also natural resources, oil, copper mines etc
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the world would have been better off if the allies hadn't accepted german surrender in 1918 and instead waded right in and carved it up, a military historian would know why, but as a layman, I can't understand why when a country wages warfare and is defeated they don't just lose everything - so the whole country name is deleted and the geography absorbed by the victors
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it does seem the customer was leaving himself wide open by not asking for at least an estimate once you had arrived and seen the site
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even if it was him alone, no one else to pay and no arisings to cart?
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has the RopeRunner been CE marked? If not, then won't be stocked in UK, so treestuff.com will send you one. It would mean higher postage and import tax possibly, but you're worth it! I got a compact Bulldog Bone with nano swivel, similar device, I like it but haven't put enough hours on it to be any good with it.
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All three Jeff Jepson books for practical stuff - Knots at Work, Tree Climbers Companion and To Fell A Tree Art and Science of Practical Rigging or 'Best Practices for Rigging in Arboriculture' Your tree biology book looks a good intro, another intro level one is Bob Watsons 'Trees - their use, management, cultivation and biology' A £50 book I haven't bought yet out this year looks good if you want more on what a tree is 'Applied tree biology' Andrew Hirons + Peter Thomas, won't help you earn money with a saw, but may push you sideways into a white coat and you'll end up buying a microscope. Also by Peter Thomas and a good overview 'Trees - their Natural History' Lonsdale 'Principles of Tree Hazard Assessment and Management' is good for fungi as well as the failures they cause. Contains info on all sorts of damage that can happen to trees, e.g the 'hazard beam'
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Ive read that for some saws an old socket can be shaped with a grinder to locate inside the clutch, using an impact gun and no piston stop seemed ideal at first, until someone mentioned it can shear the woodruff key. Compared to Farmer Rods my sproket is almost new
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Hmm, bitter possibly
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I don't think I was so full of hatred when I was younger - 400odd new mosques in London wtf. Maybe its best to try to be detached and view it all as just another aspect of life on earth, like armadillos or penguins
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not the fancy handmade one https://www.sherrilltree.com/cast-singing-tree-quickie
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good point, but if he's doing gardens he will often have to ring it up too
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seems like throwing money away - read an article about a millionaire who cuts the top off a toothpaste tube to scrape out a last couple of days worth
