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  1. southsoundtree

    Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature

    I have a very different, exclusive meaning for "let it run". Contrast: "snub it off"/ "lock it off". That flip is a major strike compared to a fixed bollard.
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    Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature

    Are you familiar with sweating a line?
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    Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature

    If fairlead pins were longer or , they would work better, from my armchair. I recall that and would love to see it. Treespyder????
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    Oak Bramble?

    Can you reduce it out of striking distance?
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    Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature

    Side question: who has fouled or lost some wrap a droopy POW, particularly negative rigging, particularly longer pieces, I'd think?
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    Portawrap minimun wrap, add'l wrap nomenclature

    How do you describe the various amounts of wraps? Re-direct sling on the top of the POW for minimum friction...poor pic. We work on very uneven ground so preventing losing a 1/2 wrap over a fairlead where the rope does a partial 180⁰ around the POW top, ring instead of the barrel, lockup...
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    Bulldog Lynx

    Can you use the Cinch with a foot ascender?
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    Bulldog Lynx

    Do you have a good supply of holly? They grow big here. I've been on an invasive holly killing fest for a customer. It's available, if needed.
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    Bored backcuts/ anti-barberchair/ anti-fiber pull Thread

    Curious...Why is it a good thing that you haven't needed one while climbing? That backstrap-release is a good safety measure for gusty conditions, independent of any split risk.
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    Lead Climber/Operations Manager position available Maui Hawaii

    To speak plainly, are you hiring a subcontractor or legit employee?
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    Lead Climber/Operations Manager position available Maui Hawaii

    Ya, what did taxes ever pay for? Government waste and corruption is stupid.
  12. southsoundtree

    Today....

    The uploader is working as much as it's not working. After hanging between the firs for the tops and initial chunks, I lanyard in to 2 heavy zip- ties as a breakaway. The trunk wood only let out one 'pop' that she could hear on the ground. I could feel each of them in my spurs and hear...
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    Today....

    After breaking and shaking, clearing a path to the fir in the backyard for a throw line to pull up a climb line. I was hanging in a V between the two firs.
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    Today....

    Same live red alder as the Coos Bay, lower down, previously probed with a hand saw. Looking from 90'ish across at a bark-falling-off alder. I used a telescopic pole saw to hook and break out some of the top, clearing a path for some Captain Hook practice, aka failure, before a couple...
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    Today....

    Can do. Thanks! I forgot about the other attachment option. Did you get any pics, today?
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    Today....

    English rose garden backed by pnw forest Coos Bay over the Rose Garden
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    Bored backcuts/ anti-barberchair/ anti-fiber pull Thread

    Coos Bay in a skinny, leaning alder. 8-10' below the topping cut. I inserted my hand saw as depth probe, feeling about 2" of sound wood on the underside. I could see good ram's horns.
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    Work Photos

    This would work aloft, too, but I'd normally done from the ground.
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    Bored backcuts/ anti-barberchair/ anti-fiber pull Thread

    Yes. I always figured as much, but wanted to avoid assumptions until fully considered. This was a green alder branch today that I knew would be okay if it split, so I just back cut it to experiment. Sorry for the sideways pic. This limb leaned very horizontally out of the forest, into the...
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    Bored backcuts/ anti-barberchair/ anti-fiber pull Thread

    These dead alders down the hill are closing in on 90', I'm guessing. How do dry trees compare to green for splitting??? Enquiring minds want to know!! Going to set up, now.

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