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  1. Rob Murphy

    7ft wide at 150 up

    In a cast!! Working at that height and his leg is in a cast?? Almost beyond belief.Note the twitch chains above and below the cut zone.Awesome Job!!
  2. Rob Murphy

    Sugoi on the leg

    I had my handsaw on my leg for a while but the clip broke so I put it back on my harness.Dont use it much anyway mostly I use 019 to prune and 020 to remove.
  3. Rob Murphy

    How many TreeLadies out there?

    P. canariensis Yep those look like the ones Bermie!! Mine was a P. canariensis. Yeah i figured i have to get it checked..but no need to rush into these things. Hey treeman I use a lot of sign language too. Good on ya mate!! good to see people who challenge the mould.
  4. Rob Murphy

    How many TreeLadies out there?

    phoenix palm thorn/spike Bermie :Thorn is to nice a word Ouch...I backed into a phoenix palm spike and it stabbed (and i mean stabbed) near the archilles tendon in lower calf muscle about boot top height. I was in such pain:bang: I had just said to the guy i was working with to be carefull of...
  5. Rob Murphy

    How many TreeLadies out there?

    Blocking down Bermie ..only an 044 !! I block down with a 066..its abit heavy but boy them blocks come of fast. Ps: one of my climbing instructors was a woman.
  6. Rob Murphy

    I'm new. What should i learn?

    U can use a saw ? Yep! Who taught U? Uncle Bruce! Hows he doing? Well...he was falling a tree a something went wrong..an well he didnt make it! And he taught U? Yep!
  7. Rob Murphy

    I'm new. What should i learn?

    on your knees Hey i do a lot of sawing on my knees when cutting small logs into firewood rounds. A mate saw me the other day and laughed...so what ;) ...my back feels better and the saw stays sharper longer. Ps the padded chainsaw pants help!
  8. Rob Murphy

    Footlocking Injuries

    fuel soaked crotch U forgot the groundman not tightening the fuel cap and so the tank empties into your crotch ....that fuel can sting senseytive tissue
  9. Rob Murphy

    head gear

    Helmet Petzel vertex vent with ear plugs (on plastic string att.to helmet) back up peltor muffs for cold weather.Orange safty glasses and add addidas visor for high UV days...looks incredably dorky but my nose was getting burnt. And I am not really into Fashion....much.Not at work anyway...
  10. Rob Murphy

    You know you're an arborist when---

    save a tree .U know U R an arborist when.......in the middle of the sermon u get excited as u tell the congreation how u saved a tree.It was a Chinese Elm with sound branch attachments ...I gave it a massive lift but at least it got to live.
  11. Rob Murphy

    Building the perfect rope bage...

    Ive got two buckingham bags which are good plus some made by Scott (The Cutting Edge)Sharpe out off truck tarp material, one smaller and oval shaped for taking aloft( it fits a 40 metre rope).
  12. Rob Murphy

    good news and bad news

    welcome Back Hey Murph Iam back too .....just to add to the confusion. Good to stay fit ...i just bought a duel kong ascender for footlocking.
  13. Rob Murphy

    Arboriculturist or Arboriculturalist?

    Some suggestions Arbororater.....one whotalks about trees Nullarborist.....one who only removes trees.
  14. Rob Murphy

    My wife's in the biz...Ugh or Yeah!!!!

    TM ..you forgot that we get to put out the garbage... Redbull Watch them kids ..one day ifound my five year old in the top of a plum tree (15' ) with a rope around his belly.For saftey he had tied it to the base of the tree.
  15. Rob Murphy

    My wife's in the biz...Ugh or Yeah!!!!

    Mother and son My wife comes and grounds for us on occasion , that way me and my son can both climb. I enjoy it heaps, esp how she encourages my son. "thats a good cut " or " wow your climbing is improved"...But she calls outat me if she catchs me one handing or some such.Some times they gang...
  16. Rob Murphy

    power line clearance without spikes/spurs.

    Done that!!!! Throwlined a powerline I mean ! Also ekka I have rope climed a couple of plams (Cocos) for a friend in Brisbane...it was all i had and iwanted to see if it could be done without spikes
  17. Rob Murphy

    A Climbers Haiku

    Cutting sections high up large spider on glove flicked spider learns to fly
  18. Rob Murphy

    A Climbers Haiku

    Trying haiku Driving winding country road The truck purrs I pray before I climb.
  19. Rob Murphy

    Weather Watch

    How do you watch the weather? Ah rain it makes the trees grow but U cant work in it http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR522.shtml
  20. Rob Murphy

    Flipline deal

    Pic of flip Its raining today soooo...heres a pic
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