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Old 10th November 2007, 05:22 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Default Re: your take on pruning with spurs on

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Originally Posted by TrevMcRev View Post
Only hacks use spikes to prune trees.

I dont buy into speed as an excuse. Its a matter of being efficient with other techniques. If you dont try them and practice till you are efficient then of course the way you know will be quicker for you. If your good at it you can set a throwline and footlock up pretty quick. But it takes practice.

Think back to your first attempt at getting off the ground on spikes. Pretty slow, awkward and inefficient hey. If ya wrote off that tool then just because you couldnt use them well the first time you wouldnt be fast on them now.

We can all make choices. I know i wouldnt work for anyone that did and i wouldnt employ anyone that thought it necessary.



Hey Trev, never mind my first time in spikes, i am still slow, awkward, and inefficient and i have used them heaps.

For you top climbers, watching me spike a tree must be like watching a hippopotamus trying to mount a giraffe.
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