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    Bart_ replied to the thread Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature.
    All my first double whip lowering was done off natural crotch and stubs. It seemed inescapably logical to do. Then I realised you...
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    Bart_ reacted to southsoundtree's post in the thread Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature with Like Like.
    When I am not cutting And catch/ lower/ landing the 'work', my common plan is for the groundworker to catch the load, them pass the load...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature.
    Chart might have been Dan Thornton. Wasn't Treespyder. Maybe on a BMS spool thread.? Spool has three different wraps settings whIch I...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature.
    IIRC someone posted a chart of tension ratio (weight of log / pull force at groundie's hands) for different porty wrap configurations...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Courant Kalimba.
    I once R+D'ed pure parallel fiber "tendons". Holy no stretch Batman. Spectra, vectran and kevlar. Nothing wanted to "glue" to the...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread New device from ISC.
    Maybe someone needs to crack a vernier and measure some wear gaps or bollard spacings to see if there's really a wear problem or whether...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Courant Kalimba.
    Are we talking pure yarn/filament parallel core or paralleled slightly twisted yarn bundles core? Rarely see the former but more often...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Courant Kalimba.
    I have a faint recollection that parallel core construction rope is not a candidate for splicing. Brocky?
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Nerd Alert.
    Saw a yt vid interview of Fender's ceo prior to the stratocaster copy cease and desist issue and they were talking about the 75th...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Tie-In-Point Backup?.
    Exact thought that crossed my mind way back when 2 ropes was announced. Of course similar reasoning can be applied to 2-tie-ins...
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    Bart_ reacted to Matias's post in the thread Tie-In-Point Backup? with Like Like.
    except that one would almost certainly have those two ropes along side one another, and it seems like of a saw cut one rope it would cut...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Tie-In-Point Backup?.
    Friedrich, I think you're right, IIRC the tip wording is kind of grey. It would be hard to nail down such a grey issue and I think...
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    Bart_ reacted to Flying~Squirrel's post in the thread Tie-In-Point Backup? with Like Like.
    This is one of the best things about SRT from a base tie or canobase. Multiple branches sharing the load, with branches below as a back...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Tie-In-Point Backup?.
    Ghostice, he said she was just a passer-by. I guess that counts as a checkmark for fate. Tree climbing seems to evolve. Ladders...
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    Bart_ reacted to moss's post in the thread Tie-In-Point Backup? with Like Like.
    Falling in love done like a tree climber
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