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  1. Treetom15
    Is there a video on how to use this thing? It looks awesome. There may be somewhere online but I’m not sure myself sorry! If I remember next time I use it I’ll grab a vid ?
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    For about 3 weeks I was convinced they were the worst boots I’d ever owned, my heals were in bits and they wouldn’t soften up. 18 months later I’m totally changed, so long as you look after the leather with proper boot wax mine have lasted great. I’d say they’re probably 70/30 climbing/ground and once they bed in they’re nice and light, and the soles are nice and narrow for climbing in. Nearing the end of their life now but if they make it to 2 years I will definitely buy more!
  3. Treetom15
    This is my go-to canopy anchor- So long as you remove your climbing system from the rope and remember to attach your retrieval ball it’s a winner. Just stick your rope thru the saver and put an alpine butterfly with a ‘biner in the other side. Zero friction to retrieve, easy to set and so much safer than a base anchor EDIT-the “live” end of the line (where your friction device would be) is on the RIGHT, just to cover my own arse ?‍♂️
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    I know it kinda defeats the purpose of making your own, but a petzl chicane is about £115 on FR Jones, might be cheaper in time vs money?
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    As daft as it may sound, utility arb (?) might not be a bad place to start? I worked for a company who did 60/40 utility/domestic arb and due to the nature of utility work I got plenty of time climbing, and quickly! Plus company’s are always looking for guys, and the money isn’t bad. Lots of small 2 man band style company’s are just after that 3rd man to drag brash all day, nothing wrong with that but not ideal if you want to get stuck in and learn!
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    Spot on. The amount of guys I’ve worked with that have never signed or filled out a RA before starting work is mad. Also when you see the state of some of the kit people are happy to climb on it is truly worrying, there are SO many things the AA could be concentrating on to make our industry safer, rather than adding complications to an area that doesn’t need it ?‍♂️ Hopefully 2020 will bring some better understanding of how to create a safer work environment for everyone
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    Does it seem daft to anyone else that we have to run 2 separate climbing lines from the same bridge? My treemotion harness (like many others) has a 10mm rope bridge, so surely it’s fairly irrelevant how many rope systems you have if the point they are attached to is the same?! Obviously you get round this with the TM evo but not everyone uses them.
  8. Treetom15
    Saw this the other day and it was a timely reminder just how vulnerable you are on a Basel anchor- There is too many factors that can cause a base anchor to fail- falling branches, sharp items on the anchor point, increased risk of the anchor point in the canopy failing, inexperienced ground staff damaging the base anchor.......
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    As said above-a foot ascender is a good investment for either srt or ddrt ? I would offer a suggestion re the rope wrench-i would say it’s definitely worth buying the proper thing, however if you decide srt isn’t your thing, you can always use the rope wrench coupled with a dmm pinto rigging pull to make a rig’n’wrench, amazing for lite rigging ?
  10. Treetom15
    I’ve got Drenaline and it’s good for both, although no one seems to have any at the moment! Yale kernmaster is my fave but it’s 11mm so “technically” too small for a zigzag
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    Good point RE insurance claims, although now they’ve brought in climbing on 2 ropes at all times I don’t know how any of us would fair in an incident involving srt/ddrt if we weren’t compliant with that ?
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    From what I’ve seen, other devices (rope runner, Akimbo etc) seem much more popular in the USA and as they don’t have to be ce marked for over there I can see why they wouldn’t be in any rush to make them available to a much smaller market ? zz & chicane is ce marked, do you need it to be ce marked for your employer?
  13. Treetom15
    My breathflex trousers now look like a patchwork blanket, and are about as much use! Pfanner all the way, on my 2nd pair of the arborist trousers (think they are what people are referring to as the gladiators?) and they’re mint. They come up quite big though so I’d try some on before you buy, I went for medium as that’s what I always wear and I’m closer to a small!
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    I looked at that setup before, but I’ve always just managed to squeeze my ascender around the shank on the spikes-no luck this time though! Looks like that might be worth investing in, any idea if that plate fits other ascenders or just the Arbpro?
  15. Treetom15
    Having moved from the alloy Distel spikes to the Edelrid talons due to changing company, I’m finding it pretty awkward to fit a foot ascender with the spikes. It fitted great with the Distels, just wondering if anyone else has come up with a solution to this? Cheers!
  16. Treetom15
    I think for efficiency you cannot beat the ZZ/chicane combo...however personally I prefer the “feel” of using a vt/wrench, rope on rope feels more familiar I guess? Go for whichever you have the most bits for already, they’re both good in their own right ?
  17. Treetom15
    +1 for the CT foot ascender, replaced my Stein django (same as petzl, numerous others I think) ascender with one about 3 months ago and it’s much better. Needs less weight for it to self tend, better quality, all round good quality and it’s the same price ?
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    Anyone who has to tell you just how good they are, is usually never that good ? I’ve always been very lucky and had good boss’s and team leaders, but I’ve worked with lots of young lads who haven’t and it’s killed the enjoyment of the job for them-hence you start getting all the “I can’t come in today the dog ate my lunchbox” phone calls at 8am ?
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    I think part of the issue is everything people see on social media re being an “Arborist”. It’s very easy to make the job look like you spend your day swinging around from a crane hook or deadwooding lovely big Oak trees, and a lot of people new to the industry don’t seem to realise the graft and hard work involved before it’s too late! Having said that, there’s plenty of willing hard working younger people who get stuck behind a chipper all day every day because their gang leader/boss wants to be mr big bollocks and do all the climbing...... I’m 27 and I had to push to break out of that and get chances, but technically I’m a “millennial snowflake” so maybe it’s my fault ?
  20. Treetom15
    My bad, I was looking at the P3000 ? Are you going self employed as as climber? My 2001 has earned me fuckall extra as a subby so I wouldn't say it's worth it. In the near future yes, I would agree that whilst it’s not vital to have a rigging kit as a subby climber, with the companies I would be looking to work for it would make you more appealing, plus I get a decent amount of my own work so I hope once it’s paid for itself it would be a good asset to have!
  21. Treetom15
    Very good point. I would say 60%+ of my work is dismantles/removals, however at the moment I am in full time employment so my kit would only be getting use on weekends until I go on my own. I would rather buy the best I can afford.
  22. Treetom15
    I looked at that, it seems decent but I was slightly put off by the large spikes/teeth cut into the backing plate, which would mean there’s absolutely no chance of using it on a tree that wasn’t being removed?
  23. Treetom15
    GRCS is well out of my budget unfortunately ? hence looking at the rc3001-has anyone used this setup compared to a GRCS?
  24. Treetom15
    That was my thought, the likelihood of needing the winching capabilities are fairly low I guess
  25. Treetom15
    I’m looking at getting myself a decent rigging setup, the place I work at has their own but as I’m looking further into going self employed I decided it’s the next logical thing I need. Just looking for pros/cons to what bollards people here have used- I’ve used the Stein rc2001 and a couple of other very similar fixed bollards (no interest in portawraps, hate the things!). Slightly torn between buying the RC 2001 or the RCW 3001, as I don’t want to buy twice and I like the idea of having the option to use the winch with the 3001? Cheers!

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