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That's the only direction in which you can actually take advantage of it's full mass.
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The weight will make very little difference if pulled horizontally. The coefficient of static friction is your friend / enemy, depending on whether you want something to move or not. As soon as the load isn't being pulled horizontally, the calculations get a lot more complex due to the triangulation of forces.
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Someone will be along in a minute to tell us that they would do it for a grand, as they have a couple of hundred grands worth of machinery at their yard. Then we will have the full compliment of made up prices. 😁
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Do consider the fact we haven't actually stood in your garden, looking at the tree. If we need to wade, balls deep, through brambles to even get to the tree, avoid dog shit, drag arisings through the house, or any other such surprises, don't be surprised if the price goes up.
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Very little. That's a 'pop in on the way home from a bigger job' kind of thing. I'd be thinking around 100 quid if it was easy to get to, plus the VAT.
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Your ariel rescue turns up with no climbing kit
Retired Climber replied to thebeardeddove's topic in Picture Forum
Haha, give me a rope and a couple of prussic loops and I'll get a good day's work done. -
Your ariel rescue turns up with no climbing kit
Retired Climber replied to thebeardeddove's topic in Picture Forum
Ok, my bad. In which case, I'd like to change my answer. OP, you were being a big girl about it. Man up and get up the tree. -
Your ariel rescue turns up with no climbing kit
Retired Climber replied to thebeardeddove's topic in Picture Forum
The only opinion that matters is that of the bloke who's stood on the job, looking at the tree. We can all say what we would and wouldn't do from the comfort of our armchairs. We've all done stuff that we probably shouldn't have, and got away with it. The only person who should be making the call is the bloke who's balls are on the line if it goes wrong. -
I think he may have found someone by now mate.
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That's great news. Stick around and ask questions as they come up. It goes a long way to have an employee who obviously tries to further his knowledge outside of working hours.
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It looks like they have just let the corner of a Beech hedge do its own thing and have a go at being a tree; I see it all the time. It will be years before that really breaks for freedom and resembles what most would consider a 'mature' Beech. We've got a few like that in our garden and they have looked like that for decades.
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Arborist moving bk to UK from Canada
Retired Climber replied to cnicho's topic in Training & education
I wouldn't worry. With your experience you could get an NPTC assessor to watch you for a day and get CS38, 39 and 41 done in a day. That would make you plenty useful. -
It seems like a solution looking for a problem to solve. The work in that picture could have been done in literally 20 seconds with an HS81 / HS82 or equivalent.
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Can someone tell me why my welding is so rubbish?
Retired Climber replied to Muddy42's topic in Maintenance help
I'd say more amps and slow down both wire feed and travel speed. -
That post says an awful lot more about you than it does about the OP.
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