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The side plates are made from AR400 which is a very tough tool steel but it is not, as far as I know, rust proof. Paul just hasn't found a stainless steel that is tough enough to satisfactorily do the job.
 
I might have missed this somewhere along the way. Could you describe this further for those of us that have not heard about it? Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

P.S. On an unrelated topic, I saw your interview with Nick Bonner on YouTube. Nice job on both of your parts. It was a treat to get to hear you speak.

Tim
 
The tool is still in the works, but I've been woking with oceans and treebing on a concept that allows someone to operate a Slic Pin while wearing winter gloves or what have you. I have a little video showing it in action...

It's tailored to the Rope Wrench and Rope Runner's slic pins, but the concept would work on any slic pin.
 
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OK, so back on topic. This is how I put on and take off a fixed pulley that I have been using on my HH and now the HH2. The trick is to squeeze the side plates together until it is a press fit onto the bridge ring.

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I quite regularly detach my system to put it over branches or pull it back through , the thing that I couldn't get along with when using this system was detaching and reattaching with the pulley was a nightmare
squeezing the side plates together is a good idea and probably helps a little but you still end up taking it off when passing it over branches ....... it would be great if there was a pulley for the next gen ...
 
Try a pulley with the side plates squeezed for a snug fit to the bridge ring. It helps a great deal. I have very little feeling left in my hands and I take mine off in the tree all the time for redirects, no problem.
 
DSMc, thanks for the tip about squeezing the fixed side plate pulley, I'll have to try that one soon. I'm guessing that you like this solution better than your older "modified" fixed plate pulley on a tether?

Also, if you don't mind a mild derail, to what would you ascribe the loss of feeling in your hands? I'd be guessing years of using equipment that vibrates? I guess I'm hoping that you might be able to offer advice to others about how to avoid this issue, if you have any inkling as to what could have been done differently.

Sometimes, I understand, some injuries just go with a job, or the use of certain equipment. If you use it long enough, maybe there's just no getting around it.

Thanks for any response you choose to give.

Tim
 
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... I understand, some injuries just go with a job, or the use of certain equipment. If you use it long enough, ...Tim
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Yes, the work we do will take its toll on our bodies but so will time alone. Even the toughest among us will turn to dust, in time. But for me, big saws and using more upper body strength than the body was made to give, hasn't helped. The development and use of SRWP and tools like the HH, RW, RR and BDB will give climbers a much better chance at a long and pain free career.

I do like the current pulley with the gripping side plates better than the one with hooks that I kept on a tether.
 
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Even the toughest among us will turn to dust, in time...
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Yes, David. But this is the only way any kin will truly know if we really gave it our all, or if we just coasted along and had others pick up all our slack.

I hope to be a dusty, blackened, smoldering pile of bits and ash. I think I'm already half way there!!!

EDIT: Can I actually invoice a client ahead of time for falling to the ground and becoming a slow release fertizer for the last tree I ever work in, or will I "technically" still be working after my demise?
 
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I hope to be a dusty, blackened, smoldering pile of bits and ash. I think I'm already half way there!!!

EDIT: Can I actually invoice a client ahead of time for falling to the ground and becoming a slow release fertizer for the last tree I ever work in, or will I "technically" still be working after my demise?
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I think you can give them the invoice. It's the collecting on it that is the hard part.

Also, with regard to the "halfway there" joke: Sprint, the cell phone service provider, dropped the ball on a punchline in one of their most recent commercials. Sprint had characters that referred to themselves as being "stupid rich".

My take on this phrase is "Some day I hope to be stupid rich. Right now, I'm halfway there." bah-dump-bump.

Tim
 
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Yes, David. But this is the only way any kin will truly know if we really gave it our all, or if we just coasted along and had others pick up all our slack.

I hope to be a dusty, blackened, smoldering pile of bits and ash. I think I'm already half way there!!!QUOTE]

Right there with ya brotha!
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