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I use one of these for self lowering, rated up to 500kg but tested at 800kg, friction easily adjustable or it can be locked off

Looks like Tree of Heaven

I was standing in a the work zone of a coned off section of the A21 with the team, receiving the usual toolbox talk with the Highways Safety Officer. Night time shutdown, pretty quiet, a few cars had been waiting for a couple of minutes at the red light, lights changed, they took off at speed, front car threw an unopened can of coke out of the window, smacked the safety officer clean on the side of the head. There are some total knobheads about, it was funny as f**k at the time though.

I think you will get the most out of it if you have been climbing for a while and can see the options/possibilities for the techniques being delivered, maybe a bit lost on a newby. Probably best to do some research on who is delivering the course too, I don’t want last years college ‘star’ who has never done the job showing me the ropes. Arborventure in the New Forest do it, multiple world champion comp climber as instructor, Ben Rose or Dave Daniels of London Chainsaw Training , or the rope wizard that is Terry Barnyard would be my first port of call.

I know what it’s called as I have one, I quite like using it, it doesn’t have to be a karabiner, I have plenty of those if I need them. Each to their own.

Have you actually used this for rigging down anything substantial?

Crack on with what you prefer then. I have steel ones similar, but mine don’t look like they are already bent out of shape.

There is a certificate claim form for all Lantra courses. The certificate is sent or emailed directly to the candidate. I always stress that the certificate belongs to them, not the employer, so the personal details on the form should be theirs, the candidate can then supply the employer with a copy for their records.

They earned the certificate with their own ability, not you, even if you paid for it, it’s not yours, you’re not paying for a hooker. A replacement certificate is about £50 and just an email to Lantra/City and Guilds away.

Because ‘the following thing’ already looks like a LOLER fail. Probably isn’t as easy to attach/disconnect with freezing wet hands either.

They are really quick to attach, especially on repetitive jobs, and easy to undo, even when the groundy is a dumbo.

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Anyone using these?

Paying for a couple of days training doesn’t cost the earth. The employee may leave after being reliable and turning up on time, then just doesn’t fancy Arb anymore, or is fed up of your dull stories and shit jokes. Paying for a 10-12 week course is a large investment, and if you throw that kind of money about on an employee you aren’t sure is committed, then your the mug, not them.

They earned the certification, it’s in their name, not yours, and they can just get a replace certificate. This entire thread seems to say more about employers making bad choices with the employees they choose, rather than employees being chancers.

In these situations I just wrap the rope around the base, tie a running bowline, push the rope as high as possible, then apply some pull in the rope until it bites. Personally, I can’t ever remember doing a base tie for an assisted fell.

I’ve seen them used but not in the UK, didn’t see any benefit over setting the pulling rope high up using a set of AUS poles, just as quick and they have other uses.

Who says you have to have qualifications to climb and use a saw? The law states that an employer has to ‘adequately train’ staff for any given task you ask them to do for you. The best way to prove this is to use a regulated training organisation like Lantra, but it is NOT compulsory, I could be the best tree surgeon in the County and train my guys impeccably, then just put them on the assessment so they are good for the insurance. I’m sure Gareth can train me how to drive a tractor without him being a trainer?

I am also struggling as to why modern Arb firms are spending thousands on training and lost work days. I paid my own way through my RFS, left college in ‘96, started working for a small family run business. No one on the books had ever been on a training course, yet they managed to teach me more than anything I learned at college, how is this possible? I have taught young ones on the job to gain their tickets for twenty years before becoming an instructor, how is this possible? If you are too busy to train your staff in house, your either crap at business and chasing profit or raking it in, if it is the latter you can afford to cough up for the training and time off. I can’t understand why an experienced climber can’t mentor a climber/cutter on a slow day, you are only teaching the very basic principles, the assessment schedules are all on line, if you haven’t got the ability/knowledge to do this then you need to go on a refresher yourself, or question why you are even in this industry if your skill/knowledge level is so low.

Okay, Devils advocate again here. You have paid for a few courses, I decide I don’t like working for you and leave on bad terms, you sue me, I say I am not paying and I left because you have been touching me up and I won’t pay a sex pest. Mud sticks, still worth the small claims?

Then you have to wait in line behind half a dozen morons getting a Costa/Monster because mummy didn’t teach them how to make a flask and a sandwich.

Have a look at a Lucas Mill. Very versatile, easy to set up, transport and store away. And I’ll buy it from you when you retire. 👍

Get the 1800kg, you can change the gearing to pull 900kg, only faster, which helps with assisted felling. I’ve found the smaller ones a bit slow.

I bet they are cuing up round the block.