Jammydogg

Hammering it down here in rugby, no conifer removal / fence erecting today. Nice hot cuppa ☕️👍

Might be looking for a climber 😉

Haha, I'm not as high level as your good self (still learning to a degree), joe Newton is the Man U want!

Seconded. Nice reduction dude.

 

Cherry picker is cheating though

 

My proudest one is just off Bawnmore Road on the Sainsburys end. Keep an eye out!

 

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Is that your handy work joe?? Absolute banger of a job man, well done. U must av had a good groundie guiding you on the shape 👍

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Few snaps from today, awkward ash pollard over a property, doesn't look pretty but is great habitat as its in a wooded area. The second picture is our apprentice out in a limb, he's going to making a cracking climber and has a great attitude towards work 👍

Serving your company well my man 👍

Many thanks for your comments lads, glad to know I'm on the right path. 👍

Fair comment dude, on that basis I shall always keep it near :-).

I asked my customer if we could climb this for fun and practice....she said yes.

My tea never goes cold I can assure you!

I can jus about reach the links, mite need a shorter length of cord tho.

I do have a pantin your right, don't always use it tho if I can utilise the trunk. :-)

Does this setup look acceptable or am I being stupid? I find on long accents that the pulling down and self tending can b tiring etc, with this you can jus pull down on your rope and up you go...

Where is the best place near rugby to check out / demo a cs100???

Can I play?

You sure can matey

About to order one of these in a couple of weeks. :-)

Nice one

 

Been mostly hedge trimming this week, big pop fell last week, so I'm looking forward to a big dismantle

Hedge cutting can become borin if done constantly I no how u feel. I've a couple of nice tree climb jobs booked in, maybe we'll hook up 😉

Good climb?

 

I'm good mate, been dying for a dams good dismantle though!

 

You getting more tree work yet?

Lovely climb, nice and smooth dismantle of branches etc then felled the stem. Have u not done any for a while then??

Yea a lot more tree work coming in since passing my cs's, growing in confidence, done some subbying for couple of gents off here too.

If you fancy trying the butterfly I have one in my garage you can borrow.

 

The treemotion I'm less keen to lend however!

Ah that's very kind of you Joseph, wish I'd av known I took down a blue cedar today in church lawford, would av been bang on to try it then, I feel the Austria has won it for me tho fella, you all good tho mate?

I've just got my Tree Austria 3.2 (the newest) and I think its brilliant. Thought the leg loops were a bit loose at first (thought i had got wrong size!) But turns out that its deliberate. The leg loops are proper big and go right up to your backside, has a sliding bridge, like treemotion, and personally i dont think its that busy, 4 or 5 loops and and one on back for your saw.

 

 

 

Spent 5 hours in it yesterday trimming and putting 30 metres of bracing in a horrible 6-stemmed sycamore, and it was very comfortable, as far as comfortable can go with harnesses.

 

 

 

Long story short, I would recommend one! And its cheaper than the tree motion...

That will do me pal.sold :-)

I like the look of the tree Austria...any thoughts?

Is that a sling between his zigzag and bridge,? What an idea 👍, and joe is correct, works beautiful with a pantin. Nice vid man

Seems like your man is taking the piss. End of the day if he's your friend or not it affects your business/image/schedule and everything else. He either sorts himself out or finds other means of work imo.

Also he can mess things up from his side, you won't recommend him as a good worker therefore he won't get work elsewhere. There are plenty of lads out there wanting tree work who are enthusiastic enough to get outa bed.

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Bargain. I shall be there

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Can u pay on the door at the show? After a longer rope and new harness

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No idea. I've not had a problem with my zz2 at all.

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Forget books, :sneaky2:get up the trees.

 

Forget how you think a job should go, or if you feel clumsy, or could of been better. It isn't perfect, it's cutting lumps off of trees and getting them on the ground, with a few variations of the last bit, nothing more.

 

You have to do something 20,000 times before muscle memory kicks in I was told.

 

You need to be busy, don't stop at 4pm and head back to the yard, keep going, work until it's dark,work in the dark, drag a 46 up when you only need a top handle, that will make you strong and precise, maybe sounds a bit daft, but if you are out in all weathers , 7 days a week for months, kit falls apart, kit gets forgotten, files get lost, so you use what's there.

 

Top some privette hedges with an 88 and 3' bar, get into a street tree contract that changes season by the time you get to the end of it, you will be climbing in your sleep.

 

Cut the sleeves off your t shirt and just get stuck in:thumbup:

I've tears running down my cheek 😂😂

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Yeah I'm in my first year out of training, running my own small business and sub-contracting to other arb companys, one guy said that after about 18months working in big trees it just suddenly clicked and everything was smooth and easy. I guess everyone is different and it depends on what type of work you are doing.

 

I can get the job done but its only through sweat and tears!

 

I'm sure reading a book will be helpful but I don't think there is any substitute for graft unfortunately. Not always easy when you don't get given opportunities to climb because you are inexperienced, thats one reason I wanted to be self employed, sometimes I have to chuck myself in the deep end.

Agree totally there pal 👍

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Evening all, I've been doing climbing work on an off for 2years, (do fencing and grass cutting inbetween) I've got my 30.31.38.39, but I'm not getting enough climbing work as id like, therefore cannot gain more confidence knowledge experience etc, so I'm wanting to sub for other people to try and up my game. I have all my own kit ppe topsaw ground saws, insurance, and crew can transit tipper, I'm happy to take chip and logs if it helps, in rugby, happy to work cov, leam, Nuneaton, dav. Last two weeks of august onwards available. Many thanks chaps

Jamie

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People earn what they can earn I'm

Afraid chaps, i quoted a small conifer today, 2 hours work, drop it sned it load it gone, not worth doing for less than £100, then off on the next job, generally I charge 150 a day, I'm not the fastest climber...but I no what I can get done in a day etc, but I'd want that for grounding too..I feel a groundie is jus as important as a climber, and I'm self employed run my own kit van insurance etc, the upkeep has to come from somewhere, who wants to pay all that dollar in training, ppe, chainsaws, n all the other stuff to earn a 1a a day then be taxed on it? May as we'll work in tesco.

Point is we're all in the game to earn/make money so we charge what we can.

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