Jard

All appropriate tickets, rigging and climbing equipment. Based in East Yorkshire, will travel.

Currently subbing to a few companies over Yorkshire. I could just do with topping my month up.

07762 243662 Or Message on here 

Cheers 

Jake

Sound like you want a highly skilled employee with none of the hassle of employing one.

Hi I am an experienced subcontract climber based in East Yorkshire looking for work around the north.

I have cs30,31,38,39. Climbing/rigging equipment. Climbing saw and ground saw. I climb double and single rope. Perfectly happy with large prunes, technical takedowns, machine assisted removals or platform work. 

My rates are reasonable and can be discussed in relation to the work at hand. 
 

I work hard, know the industry and value my contacts. 
 

Mobile - 07762 243662

Email - [email protected]

Thanks 

Subcontract climber with 7 years experience looking for work around Yorkshire. Will travel further if required.

All tickets, equipment and transport.

Cheers

Jake

07762 243662

Confident and competent in all aspects of tree work.
 

All appropriate Cs tickets and equipment.

Based in Hull but will travel. 

 

07762 243662

Jake

What about that DMM buddy eh? ?

4 hours ago, scotspine1 said:

If you want to climb on two ropes by all means do so but climbing on two ropes is not mandatory. You DO NOT need to do it.

 

When you approach a job, if you assess the risk that climbing on two ropes could lead to an increased risk of an accident then you dont do it. This does not mean you fore-go the use of two ropes indefinitely. It just means you understand when it would be beneficial to use two ropes.

 

An increased risk of climbing on two ropes is the unanswered problem of self rescue which the AA will not address because they know it's a huge problem if your two climbing lines become tangled beneath you on a self rescue descent. They are pushing a technique that could potentially see a climber bleed out amidst tangled lines. 

 

The proposed implemetation of two ropes by the HSE (and heavily pushed by the AA)  was initiated as a kneejerk reaction to climbers falling off the end of their climbing lines and cutting themselves out of the tree, in these instances the victims were deviating from industry best practice (no stopper knots in end of lines and not being tied in twice when using the saw).

 

If moving through the crown of a tree on a single rope was such a dangerous practice there would be 1000s of tree climbers dropping out of trees on a weekly basis worldwide. 

 

The proposed two rope implementation fiasco and it's accompanying hysteria will go down as a low point for the AA and the arboricultural industry in general. It showed the HSE have minimal understanding of our industry and that the AA was not willing to robustly defend our position. What made matters worse was that the AA attempted to delegitimise our safe work practices overnight. They deferred to the HSE with little resistance, behaving obsequiously to those in power. 

 

Do not let these people dictate how you manage your safety in the tree, it's your life on the line, not theirs. They sit in their warm offices reading accident stats thinking I need to justify my job and throw some regulations at this industry I know nothing about so I can be seen to be doing something. 

 

How could they possibly have the answers?

 

The Arb industry is a grassroots movement, everything we've done related to climbing was innovated and developed from within from the ground up, borrowing some aspects from similar rope disciplines. It's not a top down bureaucracy. People not actively engaged in this work on a daily basis DO NOT get to dictate how we carry out our work. They can try, but now, with almost zero credibility....who in their right mind would listen to them. 

 

If twin rope ever becomes the norm in treework it'll be because it was innovated and developed from within to make the job easier or safer on our terms. Only we as climbers can fully appreciate the depth of infinite climbing situations and evolving work scenarios that require our mind to be as free as possible to be able to create imaginative solutions to the task at hand. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brilliant response cheers. I agree and couldn’t say it any better.
 

I work for a company of 10 employees that works to the industry best practice and are keen to demonstrate this. 
 

While everyone understands they can risk asses themselves out of 2 lines. I’m looking for a way to practically satisfy the criteria, without cluttering up your bridge too much and not having to tend 2 devices. Potentially the DMM buddy. 

All posts have been useful thank you

So, it’s here. The best practice has changed much to everyone’s dismay. U.K. arbs as stated by the HSE need to have 2 line attachment while climbing.

Its a pain in the arse and more unsafe in my opinion.

My question is regarding the use of a fall arrest system such as a DMM Buddy as a second to your main climbing system. It seems to satisfy the criteria. Is it ok? Can anyone shed any light or offer a counter argument on its use?

Cheers

On 19/02/2020 at 20:27, bigtreedon said:

This has been discussed time and again there are so many videos on rings there applications and limitations rings all the way for me beast rings usually and smaller ones for re directs if am lifting in the tree I use pulleys if am re directing on the ground to pull or lift I use pulleys!

 

 

 

 

Couldn’t agree more. Splices can sometimes be a squeeze through some rings but you can get different sizes. In all honesty just try some. They’re not massively expensive. Obviously the pre made are more but they’re easy enough to make up yourself. Have a few for different uses. Pulleys for lifting always ??