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    Saw this ad. Thoughts?

    Teach young children not to take candy from strangers; but then played backwards don't be best intentioned stranger disarming this lesson w/free sweets is a consideration (outta Halloween season at least). . i think 'the kid' is meant to express family heritage of tree service passing down again...
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    Saw this ad. Thoughts?

    . Perhaps on some days, but then, when make a move is more towards pivotal points of farther leveraged reaching potentials, than bound by event or person. . There is a big diff in standing next to son and making sure arm locked and knows which way mule can kick and to pre-plan that locked left...
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    Sunday go to meet'n

    Very nice film! . Been slammed around a few times by groundies adding more wraps than told, 1x the rope broke while working on a toppin as load while i was flailing around with bell rung slamming into spar after knocked me off spikes. That one almost got the house. Not been one to bruise...
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    Saw this ad. Thoughts?

    i talked to the guy down here that had to be the one for cops and courts to open the chipper and cut some guy's wife's sinews and gristle from around the internals of chipper and sanitize after husband couldn't find her on a job one day and looked by chipper not there and when turned around had...
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    Knots for joining two ropes for life support

    . Some say that is all it has ever been across the decades of drawing etc.; But in any case feel terrible license given, can say anything in great amounts! (kinda harder to call out a guy that already calls himself *Useless Info*, jest nothing else to say to 'em.. ). But, none the less; hope...
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    Jason Smith aka Fuzzy...from Charlotte

    Thanx, Tom, very sorry to hear this. Sorry for the loss to all, miss Tree Girl especially. . i'm kinda used to them and over offer MRI, catscan etc. like used car salesman padding invoice higher; but always suspected too CYA involved on their end. . i'd put this in front of 2 lawyers, that are...
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    Can a ring&ring sling be choked on a spar so you can use it as aerial-anchor?

    Not sure if i have total picture.. But wouldn't look to impact prussic with high raw, unbuffered forces. Can shred ropes, overheat to fail later from death grip etc. . Perhaps could use with Round Turn on spar to load both eyes as 1 in kind of wrap_2, pull_1 config will give better sizing for...
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    Decoding Patterns of Forces

    Capstan equation for brake force has more to do with using as pipe wrench against radial resistance than as windlass were a pipe would be more of just take up reel for linear lift resistance. Same tools against different points of resistance of different types change the machine were force...
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    'SWL/WLL'.....am starting to think this isn't a proper approach to rigging-lines (v. "where's the bounce?" :) )

    The tensile of the line is usually a test value, better companies tending to be conservative and understate as a moral code of being understated and legal protection margin; some of which is probably insurance mandated. . Seems the ratios of SWL safety margin differ and somewhat self assigned...
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    Decoding Patterns of Forces

    Thanx, here is how i laid it out/logic of find co-efficient (CoF) of mated materials to find 'radial CoF' multiply mated material's CoF by PI (4 contact sides - corners = 3.14..) use Euler's magic number as base for compounding growth/decline progression >>raised to the power of the 'radial...
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    Using used-climbing-ropes as bull lines? And Q on force in a controlled-speedline setup :)

    The 'nubbier', less round 12's less friendly thru friction hitches and other devices I think >>But nubbier grip seems to give better grip/feel in lowering. But anyway ya go Samson True Blue has always been long wearing friend seems. . In rigging as expendable device , cheap, generic standard/...
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    Using used-climbing-ropes as bull lines? And Q on force in a controlled-speedline setup :)

    To me, downgrading climbing line to rigging line is a natural progression. i guess that depends partially on how long, how hard you dog a climbing line out into the ground before swapping it out tho! And what loads you pitch on what. i try to save more specialized lines to more specialized...
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    Decoding Patterns of Forces

    Other knots too, can vary in strength and security per the position of crossings etc. varying the forces ported thru the very same lacing. Thus not all Cloves are equal, any more than all nail positions /or load pulls on a given nail position. Or current run wrong thru a circuit. A tool as...
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    Decoding Patterns of Forces

    My take on linear force line trying to prevail as support against linear force, so then this force line carries most loaded forces. Forces not on this line are lesser. . Bowline Nipping Loop only loose when collar taut enough to hold loop closer to right angle, out of the most direct and...
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    Decoding Patterns of Forces

    . Nice, thanx agent_smith especially for 'new' term 'toggle axis' as descriptor had none there; but otherwise we may say different dialect for many of the same things. Zepps are not tangled, are side by side etc. i keep trying to imagine stiffened 'bar' of Zepp and how stiffened as a bitt in...
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    Decoding Patterns of Forces

    Wow, so sorry; got so buried in drawing for Zeppelin in other thread and went on and forgot about this.. . Zeppelin: Tried to show in that thread that Zepp primary 'hooks' (Spart + 1st arc each) as most hard tensioned parts/surfaces of all but binding knots. Therefore most be defining. The...
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    Tips for walking back to the cutting point?

    IF crane operator allows.. tag line prusicked up on crane cable can be helpful when enough height clearance to boom/jib. . Note: if you move faster and crane paid by hr. they make less money..
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    Streamlining workflow in spready oaks...

    i had a couple of dog chain snaps 1 floating, 1 backspliced in to end, w/swivels to relieve any twists as much as possible. Friction hitch to D to pull on it in same patterns as orig. manuf design; and be self tended by D. So 2 snaps and hitch keeping outta feets, daisy chain gobbling slack...
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    Need help deciding on a heavy-duty rigging setup..

    Have done similar to shown with carabiners together in sling (tighter bend for smaller loads on softer ropes), even spread for softer arc for larger loads etc. Contact radius in round device gives friction not contact distance. Just using friction as a variable, lower frictions used here to...
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    Knot Starting Over!?!

    i really like self contained adjustment loops like Purcell for utility etc. FF can compromise many other mechanix that are still usable in proper power bands. Like in DdRT... Shredding from friction hitch grip can perhaps be tuned by less friction if some extension allowed. Would dissipate...

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