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  1. ARLO

    Anyone else give-up on routine "friction-saver" usage?

    I use friction savers with SRS when we are practicing rescues where we are lowering the patient on their rope and the moving rope would otherwise wear a groove in the limb. I also use them in conifers where the limbs are really pitchy. Otherwise I rarely bother to use them.
  2. ARLO

    Climbing system for teaching kids?

    I attach the end of the rope to the kid and then up to a pulley and down to a belay device (Grigri, RIG, D4) on a basal anchor. Then I strap my granddaughters (ages 3 and 5) into an Edelrid kid's full body harness and clip them to the end of the rope. Then I pull them up and let them swing...
  3. ARLO

    Chest Rollers now available at ONRope1

    My favorite is the H-harness. Super easy to adjust for anybody from a really small person to a big person. I also just leave it on most of the time. I have gotten so used to it that it doesn't bother me.
  4. ARLO

    Chest Rollers now available at ONRope1

    Yep, get them while you can because the supply seems to ebb and flow.
  5. ARLO

    Chest Rollers now available at ONRope1

    In case you have not heard, BMS single chest rollers are now available at OnRope1. They are not as pretty as the ones that Rock Exotica and PMI used to make, but they look to me like they should work just fine. For anybody looking to avoid wear-and-tear on your shoulders and elbows when doing...
  6. ARLO

    Scion/ tachyon splicing instructions

    Looks good Butch. The standard Tachyon splice is always hard and stiff in the throat because the cover is tight and there is a lot of material crammed in there. That is why the bury is so hard to pull home. Considering that the spLife splice in Tachyon will not pull through my Zigzag, I am not...
  7. ARLO

    Stihl ms200t

    So far he has not pulled it apart to get a good look at the cylinder. But the rings look pretty bad when viewed thru the exhaust.
  8. ARLO

    Stihl ms200t

    Speaking of 200T's, a good friend of mine has a very low time 200T that he messed up by running a tank of regular gas through it. He caught his mistake but not until the saw got hot and scored the piston rings and cylinder. The saw still runs but is pretty sick. Does anybody have any advice...
  9. ARLO

    Shrink Tubing

    I am arriving late to this party, but I get all of my heat shrink tubing from Buyheatshrink.com in Florida or Heatshrink.com in Utah. They carry all kinds of colors and both adhesive and non adhesive varieties. I buy it in 4' sticks, which typically run about $5.00 per stick.
  10. ARLO

    Renesting a fallen Great Horned Owl

    Owl boxes can make a difference, especially in areas where natural cavities are rare. For example, in much of Finland the majority of Ural owls nest in boxes and there is a small army of citizen climbers who maintain the boxes every year. Check out this link of barred owls using a box.
  11. ARLO

    Renesting a fallen Great Horned Owl

    As a wildlife biologist I think that wildlife rehabilitation is really just a drop in the bucket compared to all of the mortality that occurs in wildlife populations. BUT I also know that efforts to rehabilitate wild animals makes people feel like they are at least trying to make up for all of...
  12. ARLO

    Chainsaw gaiters with caulks.

    OK BooRad, they are yours. Send me your contact info in a side post and I will mail them to you. You can reimburse me for postage via paypal or personal check once you get them.
  13. ARLO

    Chainsaw gaiters with caulks.

    Does anybody want these? I will give them away as long as you pay postage from Corvallis, OR. They were worn one time and have been in my shop for years. The tag says they fit size 9-10 US, but they will actually fit 9-11. They come with a wrench for replacing the caulks. They are kind of...
  14. ARLO

    Breaking Splices, Sewn Eyes and Other Strange Things.

    Hi all. I am not a big fan of figure eight knots in tree work, but this video is really interesting.
  15. ARLO

    Brotherhood Tree old growth redwood climb

    I have tried them all and my favorite tool for rigging big trees continues to be a scope-mounted crossbow and heavy duty spinning reel. Bigshots and APTA's are not nearly as accurate or efficient. I do mostly rigging for research and rec climbing, with an occasional take-down in conifers...
  16. ARLO

    Beeline Blue - Youtube splice video

    Sometimes if the taper is not perfect it can create a weak spot at the end of the taper. So, it is not unusual for a splice to break at that point. Brocky is right on in that regard.
  17. ARLO

    Beeline Blue - Youtube splice video

    Good question. I have never asked any of the manufacturers, but when I have tested my own I have tested them in a basket hitch configuration, since that is how they are used.
  18. ARLO

    Beeline Blue - Youtube splice video

    So it is likely that breaking strength would have been about 2x the observed value if it had been tested in the normal basket hitch configuration. Still not ideal, but not something I would worry about under normal operating conditions. BUT, my rule of thumb is that if any of your used gear...
  19. ARLO

    Beeline Blue - Youtube splice video

    Did you test these in a basket hitch configuration or in a straight-line pull?
  20. ARLO

    Show off them splices

    Pretty.

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