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    A Fir Removal

    There was no need for that cut and push technique on the top or the sections of timber. As for one handing the 46 in that situation - it looks very dangerous and the kind of thing that only the village idiot would partake in. Or its the kind of thing a climber does cause he knows he can get away...
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    homemade grcs

    That's excellent chopper, well designed, looks more compact that the grcs or hobbs, does the rope run/slide on the Harken ok? Like the way the metal guide prongs are sitting close to the Harken, means ;ess leverage/stress on them when rigging. How about a video please? What about the anchor...
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    Cable or Remove?

    Crown reduce it. No cables/removal needed. Crown reduction is the best possible option. In fact its the only option IMO.
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    TreeTent/Squirrel Issue? Christmas Quiz

    [ QUOTE ] do you have some kind of squirrel phobia? [/ QUOTE ] Jim, the other day I was sitting having lunch in the tree quietly pondering life when this little puff-ball of fury popped up on my left and proceeded to yell at me in some incoherent animal language - I managed to snap a quick...
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    Myth

    My groundie stood on my rope today and it dissolved like the various characters in Star Trek just after they asked Scottie to beam them up. Its totally true. I was astounded.
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    TreeTent/Squirrel Issue? Christmas Quiz

    The pic attached is from Sherril's Rec Climbing website. Could someone please explain what would happen if, A - A squirrel took a notion to nibble through the anchor rope in the middle of the night? or B - A group of squirrels decided to attack the occupants within the tent in a vicious and...
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    Blake's hitch slipping

    Re: Blake\'s hitch slipping Jersey, Here's a blakes set up I use from time to time when I need an extra temporary high anchor point for a long branchwalk using the tail end of my line. The rope is New England safety blue Below is my usual blakes set up which I've been using since the...
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    Blake's hitch slipping

    Re: Blake\'s hitch slipping Jersey, just curious, how come you dont use a split tail system? makes life so much easier. Also.....who taught you to use a figure 8 on the bight for your attachment knot, why not a bowline? After seeing the pic, the slipping is more than likely being caused by...
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    Blake's hitch slipping

    Re: Blake\'s hitch slipping Jersey, its not called the B53 for nothing, B53 bomber is what it should be renamed. Stick to the 4/2 version its a perfect hitch. If your using same brand/diam rope for split tail and climbing line there shouldn't be an issue. If your split tail was New England Hi...
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    Fake?

    What an excellent idea, proof that there is no limit to human imagination. Seriously though...the weight of the digger should be fine for working that tower down so long as he aims the tool straight down. In the future the US military will be suspending army tanks from cranes above buildings...
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    Myth

    [ QUOTE ] One of the very first instructions I can remember being given by my husband when I joined him in the field was "watch out for the rope". This instruction was more for taking care that it didn't get snagged in the brush and tangle, cut with a chainsaw while cutting up brush, and...
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    Myth

    Standing on another's climber's rope is wrong, its inherently wrong. That is to say as a single act, it was born wrong. The act of standing on another's climber rope should be punishable by death under OSHA and HSE. If you stand on another climber's rope you are basically saying to that...
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    Silky? Worth the doe

    Re: Gear? Silky? worth the fillies? [ QUOTE ] I have cut with a sugoi and an ibuki. Love them both!! [/ QUOTE ] I bought a Silky Ibuki, it is by far and away the worst handsaw ever to have been puked into existence. The unworthiness of this saw is catastrophic in the extreme, a pitiful...
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    Rigging Report, complete

    It's an excellent document. Well done to all those involved. I thought it was for us people at the sharp end, hopefully the HSE people can make a book from it or something similar. Maybe someone like Treespyder can put it into an easy to follow guide, especially the rigging engineering equations?
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    Rigging Report, complete

    [ QUOTE ] It says on the cover page that it was prepared for the Health and Safety Executive and Forestry Commission. [/ QUOTE ] So they've created a document that practising climbing arborists find difficult to understand and they expect the people from the HSE and the Forestry Comm. (who...
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    Rigging Report, complete

    I was looking forward to reading this document and appreciate a lot of work has gone into it but sorry to say this but it seems a bit excessive, you'd need some kind of higher level certificate in basic Engineering principles to even begin to interpret the information. Why 370 pages long...
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    Arboriculture

    [ QUOTE ] I am interested to know what each of you enjoys about “Arboriculture.” and what keeps you motivated…? Thanks, PTC [/ QUOTE ] Really like bombing massive tops out of trees - the sound of the hinge cracking and the crash as the top hits the ground is what keeps me in treework, as...
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    Redwood Giant Discovered ?? / "Dog Soldier"

    Re: Redwood Giant Discovered ?? / \"Dog Soldier\" [ QUOTE ] axe, I'm glad you escaped. Next time offer them a cup of tea or a Chew of bacca and they might share the Secrets of the Forest with you. [/ QUOTE ] guy, I have previously had the Secrets of the Forest explained to me by this...
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    Redwood Giant Discovered ?? / "Dog Soldier"

    Re: Redwood Giant Discovered ?? / \"Dog Soldier\" [ QUOTE ] There was every brand of logger, timber faller and rigging slinger in that bar. And protesters were not even heard of. [/ QUOTE ] You sure? I was in that bar a few years back, granted it wasn't the 70s as it was very quiet...
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    Redwood Giant Discovered ?? / "Dog Soldier"

    Re: Redwood Giant Discovered ?? / \"Dog Soldier\" Without a Bigfoot the world would never be the same.

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