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Yep, and even they’ve reduced climbing stock over the years. That’s why I’d go with smaller consumables, if anything at all. Maybe there is a market for a travelling kit shop that swings into a remote locality at the weekend and lures tree workers out with beer and anodised metal

Chelford Farm Supplies has a little wall of climbing bits to mooch over while they hunt down saw parts in the back. A slightly larger version of what your man is on about. I can imagine the smaller purchases like consumables and things that get lost on site will be the safest gateway. Save the big 5-10 year purchases ( Harness, Hanks of Rope, spikes) for big retailers. I can imagine they rely heavily on local arb college students to shift those dust collectors at a descent enough turnover.

I have had cyclists attempt to walk through the canopy of felled trees before they’ve been sned and settled. We had a guy today complaining that a detour hadn’t been sign posted for him on an official closed national parks trail. People seem very distracted and/or entitled to walk directly into a work site. That or they presume that the signs have been left out by accident. I console myself with the thought that these people will be the easiest to hunt in the end days…

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away“ That being said… A fixed bollard like the RC ones or GRCS might be a good investment. Always been tempted by the safebloc If it peaks your interest then you may as well try it, if only to alleviate the monotony of making big sticks into smaller sticks

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Your hands will get tougher. Gloves will help. Try extending the hitch climber away from the bridge with a sling, that might improve ergonomics for you and self tends the system. When holding tension and feeding slack through the pulley maintain a straight arm to conserve energy as you would on a hold rock climbing. Use a foot ascender or learn how to footlock. Learn to climb srt, if only for ascending. Buy a thicker rope. Most importantly, climb the tree not the rope.

Is Russ Colledge still doing bits? Might be worth giving him a call.

I had a 8-10mm 25m length of polysteel that I'd use as a climbing system retrieval line. Since it was with me in the tree I'd rig bits off themselves with it - either taking wraps or using a fig 8. It was useful to have when pruning and wanting to control things. I can see the benefit of having a smaller diameter rigging line instead of dragging a big dirty rope around a reduction in a tight space.

Petzl lid will do and you'll need the chin strap for your climbing tickets. You can get the mesh goggles if you prefer. A cheap rope with ladder and/or throwline to tie in for assisting with felling, it'll give you more confidence in a domestic setting than just wedging stuff over. Arbsurplus have some cheap lengths of shorted rigging line for this purpose. Once you've got your CS38, I would advise having a freelance climber in to help the company on jobs. It'll help you understand and experience some of the intricacies of tree work while you build your own skill. This is a truism for climbers and productivity: 1st year they cost the company money 2nd year they break even 3rd year they make money for the company By year 5 with a fulltime arb company you'll have experienced most aspects of tree work.

True, but neither device is certified and the original would still require a backup above it in case of failure.

Aliexpress, Alibaba and the like are awash with copies if you search for drill powered ascenders. Never ordered from those websites so don't know if I have to order a shipping container load to get those prices.

The cognitive dissonance of me considering one of these but not forking out for a big shot... Looks like China's disregard for copyright means that other companies are producing the same device for £3-400 now.

It is the Casein in cheese which actually makes it biologically addictive. They knocked down the cheese factory behind the shop at Hartington and built housing on the plot. It was one of two places in the UK where you could make that cheese. Lots of local jobs lost for houses in a flood risk area that the locals couldn't afford.

Run it on: Liros Reef Courant Komora Yale Poison Ivy Only adjusted the bollard when it slips Had no issues switching but I am only 65kg wet, which can factor. Yale has deformed a lot with use and is a soft, bouncy rope. I am tempted by the Squire, mainly because of how cheap it is. A friend has been running Marlow Vega with a ZZ which claims the lowest elongation on the market... Would be interested to try it with that (I like splices) But I would probably agree with the Squire vote

Mick Wright at Kniveton Jack Keyzor runs a mobile mill from Stafford Jack at Gilkin Tree Care might know someone nearby