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  1. Rupe

    GRCS strap not long enough

    Hi all. I have a possible removal job coming up, maybe this year but nothing definate as yet. Anyways the trunk circumference of the tree is bigger than the strap for the GRCS and its a straight trunk, so there are no buttress or lumps that can be removed to make it smaller. Anyone get any...
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    Working climber DVD series 2

    I have recently been watching this 6 hour DVD box set from Jerry Beranek and its been really interesting. I have written a propper review of it here. DVD review on Arb Talk But was wondering if anyone else had seen it and what their thoughts were? I think Jerry has done an awsome job...
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    English country houses pictures

    Some rigging involved. This is a varegated sycamore grafted onto to common roots. Two large limbs failed in the past and decaying at both points. Careful rigging required. I post this mostly as I think you'll like the setting....
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    Ash tree removal

    This is little saturday job we did. The tree is right tight in a corner of a big back garden, there is a drop zone under slightly less than quarter of the crown, with one limb above the DZ that would do for the lowering point but it was much lower than we would idealy have wanted. Either sides...
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    Anyone shopping at Kaffenbarger??

    HI, just wonderign if anyone uses this company for parts? I'm after a Hydro filter that they carry, not gettign much luck getting one in the UK. Hydro Filter They seem to have a $30 minimum order which I don't need, although I could just buy more filters to make up the numbers. I was...
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    My latest effort!!

    Small Beech tree take down. SOme rigging, some chucking. Also I had to cut a limb back on a neighbourign tree so I took my spikes off and nipped over there to do that. Nothing worked quite right on this tree, rope angles were not great, my climbing was poor, we just got it done and went home...
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    Corsican pine: X170

    More footage showign the quality of the camera. Had battery problems here so missed out a hug chunk of the work, but got some that showed how well the rigging point work to clear the trees below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYIUelLOIhc
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    Cut and chuck X170 video

    Another little video usign the drift X170, like Steves. This was a little saturday job, chucking birch over phone lines to the carpark next door (empty on saturdays). Stopped filming at tea break and forgot after!!! Some scratches on my lens now, and I'm publishing it in a different way...
  9. Rupe

    Beech Take down again.

    Hi guys! Long time no posting! I've just got round to gettign me a head cam, and here is the first film I've made. Its the second half of this job, the rest is on you tube but is a bit slow. I have a few pictures to go with it but thought I put the video up first. Beech Rigging
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    GRCS gripping

    My GRCS has done quite a lot of work now and I admit that we don't switch over to using the bollard as much as we should do, so the winch is very smooth now, and we are struggling to lift stuff that I'm sure used to be much easier. I can hardly remember what it should be like. How rough the...
  11. Rupe

    Stihl images

    I'm trying to create a document that will be part of a risk assessment for each job. I want to include images of kit just to brighten it up a bit, but this will then serve as a checklist so we have the right kit for each job. I've found web based images for nearly everything but I want some...
  12. Rupe

    Two Brits in Euro Master!

    Well three actually! Three UK climbers in the Masters!!!!!! Jon Turnbull, Stuart Witt and Philipa Allen Sureley we'll have a winner this year! I know that Johan Gustavson is in the mens but not sure who else, non of the usual suspects made it.
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    Tree climbing olympics

    I read an article in the Times newspaper the other day that listed, among other sports, tree climbing, to be considered as a new "demonstration/exhibition sport" at the London Olympics in 2012. One of the remits of the olympic committee is to bring new sports to the attention of the public and...
  14. Rupe

    Fred! You plank!

    Maybe this should be in videos section, but I thought it should go in the rigging section! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W_7uIapoHc&feature=related Not seen this clip before, its great. Try and spot the PPE. I'll give you a clue, there isn't any!!
  15. Rupe

    Beech TD

    Hello everyone. I've been busy, that time of year again!! Anyways, all done now for the year, and time to share a few pics of the last major job we did this year, and one of the biggest single TD's I've had the pleasure of doing. As usual, no cranes, my only competitor for this job wanted to...
  16. Rupe

    Crop Circles

    Not exactly tree related but they are brilliant so I'm gonna rave on about the first one I've seen up close. Crop circles occur frequently in the Southwest of England, but not so much in the County where I live. Gloucestershire. This week I've been working further south in Wiltshire, the...
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    Cool Lady!!

    Theres was an article in the sunday papers about this lady, who has done some mountaineering. Not many female mountaineers look like this, so she kind of cought my eye! Anyway she's my age, daddy is chairman of HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank) and she's quite fit...
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    Treemotion mods

    Heres a thread for pics of modifications done to treemotions. Well, not necessarily mods, but ways of setting up the gear etc. In this pic you can see a small key ring that sits nicely in the groove at the top of the waistbelt. I use it for RG retrieval balls. Also the rubber bandit on the...
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    Chainsaw lanyard

    One problem I had with the new Treemotion harness was that my chainsaw lanyards were not really long enough to be able to use the attached to the rear of the harness. I bought a new onel, made by bashlin which is longer. I cut out the ring that comes stiched in at the chainsaw end and fitted a...
  20. Rupe

    New Hitch Climber Use.

    I've been meaning to post an update on the hitch climber thread for soem time. I've now been using the HC for some time and have got used to it. The tail of yoru rope getting in the way just doesnt seem to matter once you've got the hang of it. I got Chris Cowell to set me up a friction hitch...

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