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  1. 75cm, 8mm ocean polyester eye to eye.3wrap distel advanced with shizll rope slider on a stein 3 meter lanyard. Dont know where that lanyard is now i think about it...
  2. Firefighter and tree surgeon...respect! Adrenalin junkie?
  3. Yeah passed cs38 5 years ago,didnt get put into climbing squad till 3 years ago.1st 2 years limited climbing,mostly homers.Hope that satisfys you mate:sneaky2:
  4. Just out of curiosity,id appreciate your opinion on this,do u think the 540 could handle a 16inch bar?
  5. Hot damn thats a sexy pic:thumbup:
  6. Weve all had moments in trees,4th day on my cs38,i couldnt climb just kinda froze,no energy no drive,dont know if i was scared tbh just knew i couldnt ascend any higher that day. Luckily the instructor clicked on and came up to reassure me. I never had a problem since,but ive only been climbing 5 years so ive still got some way to go. Some really interesting,funny snd porkie pie stories on this thread.Glad i found it
  7. Yip,put a sugihara bar on it,goes like a demon.Pains me to admit it (being a stihl man for so long) but i cant fault the 540
  8. I totally agree,today was manual handling and customer care.Complete waste of a day,tomorrow is working at height-which is an absolute joke as im a climber and have done this on several courses,and first aid,again a waste of time as im an advanced first aider.Seems to me the CPC is just a way of conning companies ( except bus/coach and lorry of coarse) out of money.I thought it was to promote safer driving-from the comfort of a classroom of course!
  9. Look closely at all chainsaws and eventually you'll find faults with all of them.Having used stihsl in a work environment for years i went out and bought a t540xp for subbie work.Think thats all i have to say.You will however get lots of advice on this from other members -who will-condem/promote all makes and models,which no doubt will leave you more confused and undecided than when you started.Good luck
  10. Neither...husky 540xp.Also heard good things about echo but never used one myself.
  11. Great idea.Im onboard.i know a couple in Scotland who are excellent
  12. Maybe the trees to be pollarded,allowing spikes to be worn around the limbs that are to be removed.You can also buy pruning spikes that can be worn in tree even if the tree is not to be removed/felled.
  13. Maybe im not understanding this right but wouldnt that mean the 2 ascenders being so close to each other that you would be limited to taking baby steps up the rope
  14. Is this what you mean ? Youtube kiwi klimbers spikesender.cant upload the link,sorry.do check it out very clever
  15. You can get decent trousers relativley cheap,i wouldnt spend a fortune if your only wearing them a couple of hours per week. I dont see the point in chainsaw cut proof gloves really,just get something with a good grip.
  16. I attended my first module of CPC course today.Same thing exactly,some non attendees getting modular credit for not attending because they have course credit in another discipline.I dont understand it at all
  17. Lantra would still be my recomended first point of contact as they are the course providers not the assessing body. That would be NPTC assessors
  18. Contact the local tree officer via the council.The TO will steer you in the right direction with regards to the tree being TPO'd or if its a conservation/sssi area. I wouldnt just go for it
  19. I know what you mean but,maybe confronting the trainer would end in tears(ie his)maybe best left to lantra to deal with the assessor instead
  20. If you feel agrieved first port of call is Lantra,a strongly worded email might highlight your complaint. Second to that is not to use that instructor again.If it was me id request a days training -free of charge-to teach your guys what they should have been taught in the first place. Im pretty sure the dogtooth/plunge cut is mandatory as used for forward leaning trees,certainly was at my assesment. Good luck
  21. So buy a waterproof then-but not the smok as its NOT MEANT TO BE WATERPROOF

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