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    My account of the UK Arborist Trade Fair

    Good to meet you Reg, nice to see your products on the show. Wish you every success with the both of them, after all the hard work you've put in over the last couple of years. Had a good show, good to catch up with friends old and new alike. Ginjaninja, aka Big A
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    Flash Burn

    did training for tree removals in sub-stations, required ppe clothing is chainsaw pants, flash-suit (fr) and Hi-viz. god help us if it got hot!! As pointed out, I think heat exhaustion is a valid point in the summer here too. Thankfully, the work I was doing was carried out in the winter months...
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    Hung up Poplar

    To answer the query about the whistle, in the UK it is part of the recommended ppe to be carried in arb and forestry work. As to whether it can be heard over a 660 on full song, I honestly dont know. My eye contact was on the hazards around me, buggered if I want to be making contact with Steves...
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    Hung up Poplar

    One good and valid point you make Ekka is that of having a spotter in case anything moves in a hurry, in this instance it was Steve, who was also shooting the vid. The point of using a whistle is a good one. I always carry a mountain rescue whistle on my person, alongside a rescue knife and...
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    Hung up Poplar

    Ok, finally read thru the thread. Some of the critics on here have some good points to bear in mind for the future. I accept the criticism re. working beneath such a bad tree, and even maybe felling it. We spent quite a while discussing the pros and cons of each way of doing the job. I accept...
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    The Cube blows in the wind

    I like the boilie bag, in fact prefer it to the cubes now
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    Subs?

    Hi there, I regularly sub out, as a groundie alongside a climber, tho we are both independant. it works well for the companies we do work for, as tho we are dearer per day, it saves them paying us for the simpler jobs where they can use their regular climbers and crew. We just go in for the...
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    Ode to the Groundman

    God bless the groundie...... tech support for all climbers, the right hand man... the head honcho... a demi-god in his own right....oh wait that describes me to a tee!! LOl

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