Love my Protos. Wearing mine since Nov and its hard to imagine wearing anything else now. It took a little bit of adjustment as it fits slightly differently (more snug, which is nice) The ability to tighten to muffs to your desired pressure is amazing. Also you cant beat the muffs tucking away...
I've used the silky zubat for yrs. Lately I feel like the quality has gone down. Don't last as long not as sharp initially either. I switched to samurai saws. I've been very impressed. They are now the standard I hold other hand saws too. samurai
Also try the glacier blade. Just got one...
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Derrick,
I really like the compactness and simplicity of your Basal Anchor config and am thinking of simplifying mine. Here is what I am thinking of going to:
Splice a large Ring to the rope (instead of a rigging plate). Next, pass the prusik cord through the ring and girth hitch...
Ascend SRT on spikes Heres the little trick i use for the initial ascent on removals. Running Bowline with Yosemite tie off, I then tie off my chainsaw about a foot off the ground, use something (in this case my lanyard) to tend my hitch and Rope Wrench. Then away you go, pull up my chainsaw and...
Running bowline with Yosemite tie off to the top for working my way up with the Rope Wrench, brush the tree out with the same set up. When chunking wood, i normally remove the RW and just simply use a running bowline with a biner behind it that captures the tail of my line, and use the tail as...
RWing in a large Maple
Crown clean deadwood, storm damage, and light thinning on the ends to try and prevent future limb failure from snow and ice.
Need to work on my editing, its my first helmet cam video. Hope you enjoy! Critic away...
Is there anywhere to download the current Ansi Z133 standards online? I want it on my computer.
This year for safety meetings were going to break it down and go through the whole thing. Wanna be able to put it on a projector for everyone to read.
Thanks