Mick Dempsey

That’s a good example of what I consider counter productive work. Setting that cedar up for losing limbs.

There’s a video thing that Lawrence Schultz does, google it. Lots of peeps say it’s really good, you’ll have to pay, but either way you’ll have to put your hand in your pocket.

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I suppose I asked for that!

In the mid nineties in my first year in the job I worked with a 55 year old, he didn’t like me much and the feeling was mutual. On one rare occasion I was allowed to climb we had a decent size oak to wreck in a bit of woodland, he let me do it as it was easier for him to ground on this tree than climb as there was no clear up. We used three strand bullrope as rigging rope in those days. Repeatedly walking round the tree to gain friction would have been a ballache and time consuming, so to avoid doing that he cut a nearby Holly down to two feet and left two or three side branches to a foot or so to create a natural porta wrap. If you’ve ever tried to uproot a Holly you’ll know how resistant they are to being pulled out and he knew that. Big branches and lumps bombed down on the rope held fast by this stump, with wraps round a branch or two of the Holly to add friction. Is there a point to this story? Maybe not, but at a push I’d say that there’s not much new that hasn’t been done in one form or another since the start of guys working with ropes and trees. Except for the pre tensioning/lifting of loads with the devices I’ve already mentioned, guys were dealing with the rigging problems we faced, and dealing with them in different ways before we’d drawn breath.

Oh yeah, he said it. Onto the bonfire he goes, who’s next?

Yeah, they’re good, easy to install, seem robust enough for all but insane loads.

Rigging rings/topping strops, not really a technological leap is it?

Apart from the GRCS and the Hobbs I see nothing new in the rigging market since God was a boy. Everything else solve problems that don’t exist.

Wynne Evans turn in the barrel at the moment.

Funny thing is Mark, with DJT basically thumbing his nose at many of the US’s traditional friends with tariffs and general FUs, a lot more than would have previously

All money is imaginary I guess, I take your point though. What with the electric cars that China are producing cheaper than the west, and now this, 2025 could be the year the balance of power flips.

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It already has been cut back hard if you look at the photos. Topping cuts at 20cm minimum. I would just trim back the regrowth. If they’re really concerned throw in some cobra bracing to catch any fork failures. When I say ‘I’ I mean I wouldn’t do it myself cos it’s a ballache, but it’s doable. I’d only consider removal, but someone who is more customer orientated could certainly make a decent job of it. Can’t opine on the roots.

As I understand it even arb waste is worth money in the UK if you have enough of it and it’s accessible. Might be wrong though.

Must admit I lose track a bit. Are you in a campervan still?

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They’re great stories, and my jokes have stood the test of time!

They will or they won’t, honour rarely comes into it. They’ll fabricate some dispute so they can walk out rather than have the guts to tell the truth. Having said that, there’s a difference between putting a bloke through a simple chainsaw certification and putting him on a 10 weeker.

Here’s the actual quote. It’s the gayest thing on the internet.

Heres something that amazes me. Cleopatra lived closer in time to us than the building of the pyramids.

Sounds the same as the Schliesing I have.

I find that unsatisfactory tbh. I googled it and found this. Might be BS but it agrees with me. So I like it!

I wonder if it’s a sort of primeval thing, movement, talking, anxiety, all these things are recognisable to the animal subconscious and as such feature in dreams. Working computers and suchlike cannot be understood/processed/replicated by that sleeping subconscious. Dunno, above my pay-grade.

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