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I would certainly be interested in seeing more photos and hearing about your work! It might make the decision to visit a bit easier

Buy one get one free?

Is that something you recommend buying in advance? I really want a bigger machine but I'm holding out until I am successful enough to afford/warrant a 2550

I was thinking the other day about how quickly people stopped talking about it. But these things take time, who knows how serious it really is/was? I had no idea about the speculation on the funding issue, certainly interesting! The media always put a bit of an extreme spin on things - but if it were to be as bad as they proposed, the awareness it brought to the general public was excellent.

All the tutors are different. Some reply to emails the same day, others can take several days. It also depends on their workload. The online forum for students to communicate to tutors often remains unchecked for 1-2 weeks. There are also mistakes and issues that lead to critical information being released close to deadlines, or feedback not being suitable, or not enough information being provided to complete a module properly. The class tutors do understand, however, and do their very best to accommodate your needs regarding extensions, support or other issues. I think the key is to be in a year where all the students are proactive in communicating with each other, when this happens, it makes life easier!

Took me a good week to realised you just squeeze the bottle to fill the compartment up. I was twisting it, turning it, shaking it....

I have owned the new orange HAIX foresters from release, and they are brilliant! No complains so far

http://www.petzl.com/files/all/all/communication-zigzag/ZIGZAG-information-080414-EN.pdf Click the link for the full info. Great to see that the appropriate steps have been taken. Not great to hear that there are more issues even after a recall!

I'm finishing my online FDSc in a couple of months. Its not that intense, just stick with it and try to get work done gradually. The best advice I can offer is - do your leaf collecting at an arboretum where everything is labelled for you already - 3 years is a long time. It feels like I've been doing it forever! If you get stressed out, just make a list of what you need to do and soldier on. Its never as bad as you think! - Do your best to participate in the online discussion areas with other students. Keeping each other company is important, it gets tough when it feels like you are on your own. Best of luck guys! Let me know if you have any specific questions

I'm fed up with my old one, always leaking and it makes a huge mess when I change the nozzles!

You do realise this is a forum packed with people who climb trees with a chainsaw for a living, and other exciting manly things?

Put your question into google. Resulted in this video: That linked to this item:[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005RPPXPK/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005RPPXPK&linkCode=as2&tag=youtubeco04c2-20]Amazon.com: Honda 16100-Z0L-023; CARBURETOR Made by Honda: Automotive[/ame] Hope this helps point you in a useful direction!

One method I am familiar with for learners is using a prussik as a footloop. 1. Have a second prussik below the first 2. Put your foot in it and stand up. 3. While stood, ascend your main prussik as normal 4. Sit back onto the main prusik, take your foot out of the loop. 5. Grab the second footloop prussik and slide it up. 6. Repeat Let me know if this is clear! Little bit slower but it works an absolute treat

Perhaps you can cook some food on the roof of the cab in the summer

IF you are new to climbing and still a bit nervous/unsure, you use a whole lot more energy because your movements are stiff and rigid. Once you get more comfortable and loosen up, it gets way easier. Practice makes perfect! Best of luck

I use a triple locking steel karabiner on the end of most of my rigging ropes, its quicker and I have never had one fail. Its also tidier, and eliminates any unseen knot tails getting caught by the saw. I never use it for the purposes of pulling trees over or anything like that though, Its not worth risking the gear getting crushed on impact.

If you go and do it, just make sure you get them to sign a disclaimer that you are not responsible if the lil' blighter makes a leap of faith

I have been reading up on tree law, and the scope for mistakes when producing a TPO is fairly large. Applying the wrong year of Regulations, wrong address, wrong species, and so on. Has anybody ever looked into a TPO, found it invalid, and challenged it or gone ahead with works? Does anybody do this as regular practice? I can't imagine it would make you particularly popular with the LA, but an improperly applied TPO is not legally binding.

I also investigated this a few years ago, and talked with Simon Amos who runs canopy access ltd. However from what I gather, most of their guys are locals, and there isn't a big demand for ex-arbs to get into it. The David Attenborough stuff doesn't come around often! One potential route could be trying to climb the ranks with recreational climbing facilitation, which is getting quite big in the US. There are certainly opportunities to teach young biologists and such how to climb in the tropics through that though - like: Forest Canopy Access Techniques - Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation This is also a course I would highly recommend - Probably the best month of my life!

Well done! I've found that the HB20 is the perfect halfway between productivity and versatility. Tricky on those big windblown stumps or when navigating lots of steps though. Best of luck

How useful are the below course? The first 4 look great, I'd question the last 3, although anything is better than nothing, and these may make up for lack of experience in some areas Do these courses equip you sufficiently? The first 3 prepare you with the skills to be a groundsman, and the final one completes your training allowing you to complete jobs as a qualified 'arborist'. However I would always advise getting plenty of ground experience before jumping straight in as a climber. Would an employer consider these sufficient? Probably, large companies also like HGV drivers. Many employers might focus their attention on other things like work ethic, personality, etc. The tickets are a fairly standard requirement for jobs other than labouring though. Is the trade saturated with qualified people? The trade is fairly saturated, many gardeners and landscapers include 'tree work' in their services, and there are plenty more 'tree surgeons' with few or no qualifications. There are a lot of lads like you, leaving the forces and getting qualifications, and going out to look for work. Howeverm there is always space for the right guys to be successful. Is work reasonably easy to come by? Like many other professions, jobs are not 'easy to come by', however if you put work into anything then you will reap the benefits. Offer discounted trial days, write letters, make phone calls... you will make it in no time if you make an effort! (providing that you work hard and skilfully for your prospective employers) My biggest suggestion for you to consider - How old are you? How old will you be when you are qualified? Add 2 to 5 years to this as an estimate of becoming a skilled climber, ready to start your own business. Many climbers are looking to ditch the ropes around 40 years old, or even late thirties. Is it worth investing the time in this industry if you cant expect to maintain a stable career for a long time? Also do you love messing around in conifer hedges and brambles in the rain? I'd be interested to know what other options you guys are given for training! Do'nt let me put you off, just make sure you keep an open mind. Its not all felling massive trees in the sunshine!

USED Wood Chippers, TIMBERWOLF 150VTR - 6" - CATEGORY: WOOD CHIPPERS offered for sale £11850.00 First link on the site, im sure there are plenty more!

When you upload it, it detects the music and advises you on which countries the video will not play in. However uploading with a new soundtrack each time is very time consuming!

Its a bit more niche, but you could investigate sharpening stump grinder teeth. Information on sharpening greenteeth is quite hard to come by, and nobody is exactly shouting about offering it as a service on google!

Both your blogs are looking good! You might benefit from a few more backlinks to your company site from the new one, if thats the sort of interest that you are trying to encourage! I need to sort myself out with a blog sometime soon!