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  1. Pesticide training PA1, PA2, PA3, PA4 & PA6 in Devon & South West 385 for similar google NPTC PA1 PA6 (your location)
  2. must be good to traverse across the tops of the big limbs spread far apart, if the hook can be thrown far enough. 100 euros seems a lot for a bit of stainless tube, but can see the labour saving on a huge open crown like the Black Poplar
  3. there is an older tree surgeon near me who has retrained as a domestic electrician, he must be 60 plus now. With electrics it's do a course for a few grand and register with a scheme, much easier than a gas fitter, which requires working with a qualified gas fitter to gain experience before qualifying. As has been said before, the worst bit is not the climbing, it's moving what's been cut. Get a muscle man in and pay them top whack. Even if climbing is a strain on a sixty year old body, if you don't spend everything when you're younger a three day week should pay the bills. Buying some solid dividend paying shares is my plan, and hoping to be happier than a famine victim
  4. they could open that tree as a rec climb, I'd pay £20 to have a go
  5. Growth Control in Woody Plants (Physiological Ecology) [Kindle Edition] £99 only for the hardcore or Growth and Development of Trees: Seed Germination, Ontogeny and Shoot Growth blast from the past 1971 edition
  6. liked the gorilla vid, seen it before, but on watching it again, made me realize it's not my gear that's holding me back - it's lack of skill and practise. Was going to splash out on a rope runner, or similar, but can see that guy on his wrench is as good as I'd need to be to earn decent coin. Spending another few hundred quid on new gear won't give me his abilities. The book Best Practices for SRT in Arboriculture is a good read, although came out before the new Rope Runner and similar devices. The base anchors in the book are well complicated, but some good stuff on work positioning.
  7. 200 for a few hours, makes me drool, must go and find some incredibly risky trees to practise on.
  8. often seen bogus chipper auctions, when googling the same model photos found to have been lifted off overseas internet ads, or just using the tick box on ebay 'completed listings' the exact same photos used again from someone else's listing a few months ago.
  9. thanks for sharing, that isn't an obvious thing to expect, like a massive version of an archery bow
  10. with recent talk about big beech limbs tearing out and taking the climber a few lascerations here and there is nothing to write home about, personally have climbed in ordinary work trousers in summer, my saw is a newer one with chainbrake, so that helps
  11. Tree Climber's Companion is great - when you go out into the woods or wherever to practice - a throwline and throwbag, with a throwcube is worth having - you've got to really chuck hard to throw the rope over a branch (unless it's low!), but the throwline and weight is easy, just persevere when it gets tangled ( the cube helps). Also buy a foot ascender, guaranteed you'll find it easier for getting into the tree, when you're up there the branches help - you can pull with your arms, and stand on them to go higher, but getting into the crown is easier if you put your weight on the foot ascender, then move your prussik up and reapeat. It is doable without the asender, I just find it hard work.
  12. 10 ton log wow, there and back a few times in the transit
  13. the zip line with multiple pieces attached sounds efficient, and a fetching line to haul it back, good set up. I wonder with some trees, like willow etc the horizontal force on the anchor could be a safety factor when dropping timber into the line.
  14. it's already in the video forum, but anyway I could have done that, there is a pull rope - cheating almost. No, actually I would have walked away and found a little silver birch to do instead
  15. http://speedyjanitorialrepair.com/manuals/Honda/GX390/HON-TSB-002%20Honda%20GX390%20Service%20Manual.pdf Workshop manual for an old model 340, although all the factory manuals for anything always suggest you need at least 25 different purpose made tools, which like your puller you've found you can often make yourself.
  16. maybe I don't see the bigger picture, but surely the fact that there are far fewer wealthy people than poor ones means most of the people spending money on drugs are poor, not saying all drug users are poor, just most of them
  17. apart from the safety thing with drugs, the main problem is that they have often have to be paid for, and the people using them are peasants, genuinely poor people, often with lots of debts, loans, mortgages, or even worse, forever renting
  18. that's the thing with trees when they aren't in good nick, all comes down to judgement and experience proper tree surgeon stuff for sure, but hopefully not too Russian roulette get a pull line in and fell onto lawn from 15' up my initial thoughts, although I've got no problems being the coward of the county and leaving that stuff for the seasoned professionals
  19. hope you gave him a good drink for having to contend with the ivy
  20. Beautiful lawn, sleeper edging and steps looking good
  21. Now that is top notch - if I was to devote myself to web design work that is what I would aspire to. Only thing that Aspen stuff is a complete rip off if there is any breeze at all the fumes are taken away. Looking again at the site with the brands strip at the bottom it scrolls through quite jerky - don't know anything about coding, but if a smooth scrolling across could be achieved it would be kinder on the eye
  22. Collins Tree Guide etc
  23. the worst thing about London is all the women, does your head in, best not to look too much
  24. sorry, I can guess why you thought I was suggesting idiotic things - not having done negative rigging it wasn't in my mind that if you don't let it run the bit clanks into the stem right near the working position, ok fair play to you sir what's it they say ' if in doubt sub it out' oh dear

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