Tom10
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If I understood this how you meant us to, then that made me laugh!
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There kind of was going to be, with VAT on pasties, but the government abolished it. They are good to us, the government.......................
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You've got a good attitude so that's an important start. Everyone gets into this industry differently, many fail due to a lack of opportunity. I personally suggest you get: CS 30, 31, 38, 39, PPE, and one reliable chainsaw. That sets you up as a qualified groundsman and with a CS39 complete you can start to climb in time. Once you've got these, contact people, loads of people. With persistence and more importantly luck, you will find work. Theres people who have worse attitudes than you already working in this industry I'm sure so good luck with it all. ps I know an ex army fellow who came out and done the above tickets, set up self employed and now has woodland contracts with huge estates within 6 months of starting. Its about finding and seizing opportunities.
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Or obese people.
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Interesting thread and hard to picture without seeing said tree. Usually the answer when you have a climbing question is 'get on with it' Theres a million ways to do what you wanted to do, Crawl down it with your lanyard chokered off sliding it along as you go Webbing slings for foot loops. Walk down it using a sense of balance (and enjoy the swing back in when you fall off ) IMO its really down to the individual situation. Also, from your replies it seems you struggled rigging this off as you had ''no rigging point'' so you chucked it in managable pieces... There is a very simple technique when you have no higher rigging anchor, in fact, you use a lower one - Fishing Rodding it is technically known... I wont teach you to suck eggs by going through it step by step but if your unsure reply, and ill explain. Tom.
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Your hitch cord comes down to the lowest hole and your spliced eye to the middle hole. The top is left blank, this way theres smoothness and no catching of anything.
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If i was the home owner I would of asked the council guy how much they would charge if \i found no one to do the job. I would then of asked you and simply gone with the cheapest so not sure why this hasnt happend... I guess £100 mark though if i was invoicing it but it largely depends what else i got done in that day as a result of this job.
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You need to contact the Jeremy Kyle Show.
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Exactly, and Im sure its a cool life style... But I can guess what would happen if you went into a bank and asked for a mortgage, or found out you've made one person into 2 by sowing your wild oats You have to remember most people on here are 20's, 30's or 40's with responsibilities, thats when it gets harder and more impossible.
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Exactly right, even if through your persistent hard work you manage to get a few days a month, you'll feel pleased... but is it enough to call it an income, is it enough to go out for meals with the mrs and still pay the mortgage? Full time jobs are so few and far between its unreal, and self employment is just about impossible unless your established for the reason Tom D states above... For those of you persisting I wish you luck, you'll need it.
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you cant do anything more, you are simply another victim of the economy in the Arb industry. The only hope you have is a lucky break, a large contract you werent expecting or a company taking someone you didnt know about... After trying the normal avenues which 99.9% of the time don't work at the moment, you just have to have luck. I suggest you bite the bullet and get a suit and sit in an office, at least your bank account would look better, and you wouldnt be the first one to have to swallow your pride The people surviving at the moment are established companies with a large local presence and lots of existing customers.
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Contact him?
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Well above may be your answer takes 2 minutes to register
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Cheers for this, just done the same.
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Wouldn't mess around with Louise Cook would ya
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Saves on diesel costs... We're in a recession!
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Ah, nothing worse than holding a branch which twists as you cut and turns your arm over in a way it just shouldnt. Tape slings are the answer, to almost everything. Nuts to all this expensive stuff... FR Jones should just stock Duct tape, WD40 and slings of various lengths.
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Foot loops Hand loops Holding branches Pulling branches Temporarily holding cut timber to the tree while you shuffle about before throwing it downwards Tying in a ball and throwing at groundie Tying to various branches using a rigging plate Connecting small lowering pulleys to branches
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Will come back to you via PM, please keep watching the advice from members
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?...... could tip tie as far out as possible, groundie takes the slack, you gob in the top of the branch close in to the trunk and undercut slowly upwards while the groundie pulls the branch vertically. Cut the hinge through and lower butt end down to the side of your obstacle as they are easily movable when hanging vertically. Just an idea when the branch to loo long to swing beneath. This is generally alot quicker than cradling. The job got done, and was done safely so that's kinda the idea! Just my 2 pennies worth.
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Charlie, Reconsider your list, you've ironed out nearly 500 quid that's half useless in my opinion. You haven't got anywhere near enough carabiners, youve got nothing to put a throwline in, and although the equipment you highlight will get you very, very basically up a tree trunk, you have no rope or hardware to complete a changeover. You also have no wire core flipline and several other anomilies. Please contact me by personal message if you want help to write a shopping list of things you will need and use while watching the pennies, happy to help. Tom.
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Glad I started this thread, some excellent replies Of course we don't know the circumstances but the facts of the matter seem that fire brigade failed, tree surgeon failed, pre-pubescent boy succeeded... And from the way the article is written it doesn't even seem he had disco legs... ''It's not even the biggest tree I have climbed'' Good on him, but have to wonder how safe it was if the arborist declined on unsafe grounds, or whether he was one of them arborists with a pair of trainers, a pole pruner and lots of ladders... Be good to hear from the horses mouth if anyone on here knows more details... if the tree was genuinely unsafe it would be a shame that this kid is being hailed as a hero if he has narrowly escaped injury climbing a very dead leaning tree or something, that any arborist would decline... Lets hope this kid just had a bigger set than everyone else looking at the 'job'
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Boy, 15, saves cat stuck up tree after firefighters refused to ?put lives at risk? - Yahoo! News UK So, which scottish tree surgeon chickened out of the cat rescue and has been, basically, rinsed by this 15 year old boy... I suggest an office job... (or a really good explanation as to why!) PS a valid excuse isnt 'I couldnt do it because the fire brigade couldnt' I suggest any companies looking for a new climber contact the 15 year old teen!
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