TIMON
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Are you 100% sure officer Dibble isn't in on it as well? Seriously though, well done for being a Good Samaritan. There is a shortage of them.
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Expensive silly mistake! I'll not use RyanAir again....
TIMON replied to PeteB's topic in The Lounge
Funnily enough after posting about the luggage loss on their Facebook page they got straight back to me and have now located it. The power of social media -
Expensive silly mistake! I'll not use RyanAir again....
TIMON replied to PeteB's topic in The Lounge
Hi Jon Brussels airlines. I just posted a complaint on their Facebook page and I'm going to phone them again, again. -
Expensive silly mistake! I'll not use RyanAir again....
TIMON replied to PeteB's topic in The Lounge
My missus is in Spain right now without her luggage... The airline have "lost" it. Can't even find it on their computer system. Gutted is an understatement.. -
Yes... Likewise Sean. I hope your situation has improved since you were discharged. Wishing you all the very best.
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Imprisoned trees with HUGE epicormic, to climb or not to climb?
TIMON replied to WoodMouse's topic in Climbers talk
Never forget this skanky old pop. Some of the poles were sound and some weren't and some had snapped in the wind half way up. Not a nice tree to work on and we decided to sacrifice a couple of fence panels rather than rig everything. Certainly a learning curve.
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Nice job...
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Fair play! Like the way you tip tied the outer branches. How long did the whole job take?
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Cool video...looked like a well executed job and a tidy work site. What was the reasoning behind the ladders?
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Personally I don't think that people are wired up to work more than 6 days a week at the most. By the time you're into the second week you're knackered and your work rate and quality go down hill. When it comes to punishing work schedules sometimes less can mean more in the long run. I find when I overdo it and don't deliberately make time for rest it's not just my work that suffers. I get ratty, make mistakes and I'm nowhere near as productive as I am when I take time to rest. In the grand scheme of things I think it's far better to make time for rest.
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Looks a great place to visit... And work ....
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I went from hitch climber to zig zag The hitch climber takes a bit of getting used to. When you start HC it's probably best to use a distel or michoacan eye tie hitch (or similar) because they grip quickly. Once you get used to it, it's a great system. I keep mine on my long strop now, with a valdotain hitch. The zigzag is brilliant (and mine still hasn't cracked )
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Why not book a contract climber to work for you. That way you could get the work done AND learn some useful stuff at the same time. Doing this would help you into the game and you will get an idea of what to charge based on your current ability.
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If you can't wash and spin it like Treequip says then tie it round the base of a tree and pull zig zag down the length of it. (Or any other friction device) Daisy chain and hang it somewhere warm and dry.
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Hi Jon, you're right mate arbtalk is a great place to find out about "stuff" I can't make it to CONFOR this year, really busy with trees etc. then going to Spain to collapse for 2 weeks Nice one mate
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Thanks guys.
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I remember being told on my LOLER course that steel caribiners didn't have a use by date providing the gates still functioned. With regards the captive eyes, how were you thinking of attaching the slings? If it was by way of a simple girth hitch then surely a simple 3 way would save money?
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Well we just bought a load yesterday so I'll PM you in 10 years :)
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It does. Stronger than you would think. Like I said I zipped some pretty big chunks off it as well.
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The instructor on our CS 41 has done a great deal of research with kit, ropes, etc so you could be pretty confident that he wouldn't be shelling that sort of cash out on kit that wasn't going to last.
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This one was about 60-70 ft. I was glad to get down after seeing this.
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I heard someone say that it is possible to sharpen silky saw blades. Is this true? Has anyone done it and how? Can gomtaro and natananko blades be done? Thanks in advance.... Would save us a fortune if you can.
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Had a similar experience earlier this year. Dismantled one with a zipline and found it to be very rotten inside and soaking wet at the base. Thankfully I was anchored into a neighbouring tree. I zipped some fairly big bits off it. My conclusion was that even with the rot they are stronger than I would have thought. If I had seen the rot before I tackled it I wouldn't have wanted to climb it let alone zipline off it!
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My in laws just bought me Gerry Beranek's Fundamentals of General Tree Work for my Birthday. Interesting to look at the connector section photos in his book.
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That's right. Steel is where we should be for rigging. I have to admit to using old PPE krabs for light rigging work.
