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    Components of a Self-Advancing Knee Ascender (SAKA)

    Does the rigidity in the saka make it a different animal? Both are good and different products. Do you think you will both get letters from the people who came up with the rope walkers of old used in caving systems? It's not like either system was the first knee set ascending device, but in...
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    Grapple Trucks for pruning companies

    I guess it would depend on how much you are able to sell timber in your area. For me chip disposal is free. Brush would cost add much as yeah logs to dispose of. If you prune over 90%of the time the amount of profitable timber you are producing must be low. I would at the same time assume...
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    Grapple Trucks for pruning companies

    Even if you could eliminate raking on pruning jobs I still don't think a designated grapple truck would be the best choice. A high capacity chip box on a cab-over with a knuckle boom behind the cab would be what I would spend the money on. The best of everything in one truck. Pull a dump tailor...
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    Serius Rope Outer Sheath Failure

    Just from similar experiences, I think it was overloaded. System slack caused the failure. Say you put an undercut or standard box followed by a top cut with a large diameter pine limb with good tip weight, POP the limb jumps off the cut. As it jumpes off the cut the line dropped allowing the...
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    Winter operations

    ESS makes balistic goggles that I believe are ansi that's what I have
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    Winter operations

    Ski goggles are good for crazy cold windy days
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    A.R.T Snakeanchor For Trade (Photos)

    ill go 100
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    mid atlantic

    yes she killed it
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    mid atlantic

    Sam Cooper, Thomas Whitelock, Flint Anderson, and I think Chris? for 2013. Great comp with a lot of skilled climbers, class acts all around. Congrats to all
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    Securing paddle biner to harness

    File the back side flat on a spirit etc works great
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    Petzl tackles LEAD(Pb) Throw bag issue?

    Thin hard plastic covering each ball then use a balloon
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    Petzl tackles LEAD(Pb) Throw bag issue?

    Not plastics
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    Petzl tackles LEAD(Pb) Throw bag issue?

    what about a coating over the lead to keep weight but contain the possible exposure etc
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    tree climbing shoes

    try the perimeter by merrell not as stiff as I would like for removals But hold a line great for footlocking and overall traction
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