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    The Fundamentals of General Tree Work - Digital Edition

    Just purchased mine
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    All of sudden scared

    Good on you for not forcing him to climb, climbing day in day out certainly takes its toll on the mind and body. I think being understanding and talking with him about will be beneficial to both parties. Climb hard and climb safe
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    EHAP Course

    Agree completely that it should be taught and discussed. Over here with our esi training, it seems that so much time and effort is spent on the little things that the real and every day hazards seem to just be brushed over. For example, to become a utility climber we first need to undertake...
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    EHAP Course

    But is it really that much of a hazard?? Obviously it has the potential to kill if it occurs, however I have never heard of it occuring
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    EHAP Course

    Here in Aus we are taught the shuffle method, can’t see either one being a whole lot better, to me it is all theory as I can’t imagine many people lining up to test the effectiveness of either on live ground. Round here when ever we leave the ground either climbing or in a bucket we must a...
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    Getting comfortable in bigger trees?

    For me it all comes down to trust. Being a powerlines climber has accelerated my climbing ability exponentially, some days I may climb 10 or more trees. Being a metre or so from certain death should something go wrong, quickly teaches you to have a trust and confidence in yourself and your...
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    New article up on the home page...

    Just this week we started te module or performing tree inspections. This is a topic that I was rather interested in learning more about and increasing my knowledge. So we are given the study guide and a written assessment which is all completed open book, there are 3 other Assignments to be...
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    Fids and fibers australia

    Would you be comfortable eye splicing climbing line after doing the course
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    New article up on the home page...

    Hi Graeme. I'm doing my cert 3 with a rto in Dandenong, won't name them on an open forum. The video shown was a large ash removal I think, they were just showing an example of different techniques with climbing and rigging. 90% of my work is done clearing vegetation along powerlines, so I have...
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    Getting comfortable in bigger trees?

    For me it just takes time. Just like how a formula 1 driver starts in go karts and works there way up through the faster cars, it's the same with big trees. It took me a little while to get comfortable on large trees, however the company I started working for really pushed me hard to be better...
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    New article up on the home page...

    Yeah it's a bit like that, you blokes do some awesome work, have seen a videos, they even showed one at my cert3, love playing around in the tall trees, I'm based out of Mansfield
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    New article up on the home page...

    Are you the fella who owns Sherbrooke trees?
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    What to make

    Just found a 18m length of 16mm double braid rigging line in the shed, any ideas what I could make out of it? It's a bit too short to be of much use as a rigging line
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    Fids and fibers australia

    Hey all, just seen that our local tree gear is having a fids and fibers 2 workshop in a few weeks. Just wondering for those of you who have attended them in the past overseas, where they ran well? Did you learn enough to offset the cost!
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    Service drop power line - Pay Attention!

    In Aus on the powerline contract I work we have very strict clearances we have to abide by. For low voltage up to 240v same as service wires we climbers must keep a minimum of 700mm body clearance whether insulated or not, this includes service wires. We are allowed to cut vegetation contacting...
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    Service drop power line - Pay Attention!

    Over here you would get your arse kicked if caught working so close to service wires. Clearing service wires in Aus is a big grey area as technically you are only allowed to clear them if authorised to by the network owner. My understanding of low voltage is that it can be more dangerous than...
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    Family life and a Start up business?

    This will be a very interesting thread. Having owned a construction business in the past and now moving into in arboriculture working for someone with my own set up on the side, I'm finduit hard to give time to the wife. I work upwards of 80hrs a week trying my best to get our name out there and...
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    New article up on the home page...

    That is probably the best and most accurate article I have read. Currently completing my cert 3 in arb and completely agree with almost all of what graham has said. It seems to be even worse in the utility arb industry. I myself and fighting a battle with trainjng organisations over my current...
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    Blocks vs pulleys

    The rigging rings seem to be quite new here in Aus and not readily available, seen some on Friday in a shop for the first time, is something I'm going to look into more
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    Blocks vs pulleys

    That is kinda what I was thinking, the rated wll is a fair bit higher on the blocks too I noticed

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