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Sad news, not much left to say that hasn't been said. The reality is that anyone of us could walk out the house in the morning, just another day, it could be the last time we ever do it............ Be safe folks.

Or take up window cleaning

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Ok cheers Matty, appreciate the advice

Yeah so many variables, I'm pretty light which makes a difference but sap, wet weather etc all make a difference, on DdRT as well as SRT. To be fair I haven't use SRT much when actually working as I feel under pressure when subbing to start climbing asap (basically as I'm inexperienced/old LOL) and it takes me a bit longer to set up for SRT. I think it's just one of those things that you have to find your own set-up although a few pointers are always appreciated otherwise by the time I've figured it out I'll be ready to retire You mention pushing the wrench onto the knot, I take that to mean when descending you force the wrench down with your hand to touch/release the hitch and control the descent using the wrench like a brake, tilting it up/down rather than with your hand on the hitch itself? edit my hitch is about 57mm, about the same length as the Stiff Tether.

Cheers Matty, Sirius was one I didn't buy as when I asked initially someone mentioned that it wasn't durable. Typical that Homey Brothers now stock Armor Prus, just placed an order with them last week, if I'd noticed I could have added a couple of meters. Having an 'Exotic Postcode' means a £15 shipping charge so I try to get a decent size order together. I initially bought Samson Ice Tail Ocean Poly Liros Therma Shield Bee Line Preferred the Bee Line but haven't tried any other friction hitches apart from the VT, had a look at the Knut but having problems even getting it tied

Ok, my mistake I thought it was only rated if it was factory sewn or spliced eye and had been tested. In any case Sirius 8mm sold off the reel appears to meet EN 564:2006.

And your point is?

One was using unleaded petrol?

Is any friction cord sold off the reel actually rated for PPE?

I'll give it a try, Cheers

I ended up with Kernmaster and bought a few lengths of different friction hitch cord. I found like you did that some were too grippy and made descending jerky and some didn't grip well. Ended up using Bee-Line which seems ok but needs a bit of attention now and them (VT).

Personally I didn't consider the Eder winch, I didn't consider it portable in any meaningful way. In the end in spite of the Docma Bolt looking better on paper in every way (lighter, faster, pulls more if you double line it and still marginally faster than the PCW5000) I went for the PCW5000. Used it 4 days already and have no regrets. It does need to be kept reasonably level but that hasn't been a problem, easy to start, easy on fuel, does exactly what I need.

I think you need to decide if you want to be a Treeworker or you want to earn big quickly, they don't go hand in hand. I went from a very well paid job as a machine operator/setter in a factory to being a Treeworker with CS30, 31, 32, 38 & 39 and barely scraping minimum wage (regional wage differences I guess) but personally I'd rather do tree work at minimum wage than stack shelves for a couple of quid/hour above min wage. Fortunately I had a decent redundancy package after 32 years service and no debts. Spent Mon to Wednesday doing forestry type work in the pissing rain and Thursday and today climbing, again in the pissing rain. Now my garage is full of wet kit that hasn't a hope of drying before I'm back in the forest on Monday. Like I say unless you really want to do tree work you'd earn more as a plumber (or window cleaner for that matter) That's the reality IMO, if you really want treework it's the best job in the world but no amount of tickets will get you on the train to Get Rich Quick. If you decide to go for it, good luck, I personally don't regret it

To be fair you could apply that to almost anything, I'd almost certainly go for a Hilux if I could afford a pick-up, the only regular complaint I've heard is that they're overpriced (used) compared to everything else but are they really overpriced when you read about the problems that afflict the competition? I guess you're paying up front for reliability rather than buying a cheaper alternative and spending the difference keeping them running. Just a thought

That just tells you I'm old

Some from earlier this week, taking down windblown and extracting out to a laneway for the tractor and grab. Difficult to Know where to start!! Mayhem. Tuesday, Soaked to the skin and knackered. Dry and Happy Only another 30 yards to the Laneway

Don't have many pics of myself climbing as I'm a newbie and don't get to climb much so these are only my favourites because they're about the only ones. A bit rubbish compared to most of what others have posted Taking a bit of back weight of an Ash prior to felling. Dead Multi stemmed Chestnut Dismantle.

How so? he owns the property what has it got to do with HSE? Am I missing something?

Fair enough,

I saw them on ebay but they weren't the correct diameter or right diameter spindle size, they were 100mm and had an 23mm spindle hole. The diameter probably wouldn't matter but you'd need an adapter fro the spindle.

What model Le Mans, mk1 are really nice.

I've seen them with the starter on the right, always assumed they were a leftie version, pretty sure someone made rightie and leftie versions of the same saw.

Thought I could just make out the starter above the gearbox. Norton made a neater job of the electric start than Triumph did back then, I think triumph put it in front of the crankcase and it messed up the shape of the engine casing. Nowt wrong with standard, I just always liked the look of the SS Commando. Always like the Commando and the Bonnie, never owned either and guess I never will now, just have to make do with my retro Bonneville Scrambler, Brit Iron, made in Thailand LOL

Pure Class, I always preferred the smaller tank model, ever thought of a set of SS Commando High Level pipes? By the way, what year is it?