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  1. eyehearttrees

    Double-headed X-Ring splice

    Couple of things: - "make a couple" of these? These are not versatile slings! Cannot urge you enough to plan out your ideal sling setup (instead of just getting some here&there), it'll make things easier & cheaper, if you make a couple of these you still cannot hitch any of them to a spar...
  2. eyehearttrees

    Comment by 'eyehearttrees' in media 'IceTail-UltraSling'

    @JeffGu did you ever get one of these tested? Nick I would be very very eager to hear any&everything you could share on this, gotta say it's blowing my mind to hear that using Ice Tail that way would be less than its regular ABS, would love to hear more figures and more importantly any thoughts...
  3. eyehearttrees

    Three different double-whip rigging configurations.

    Very intrigued by the device, when will it make public appearance? There's sooo many un-tapped avenues for more useful, solid-state rigging hardware (2-hole and 4-hole safeblocs, modified figure-8 type pieces to create anchors that can mid-line attach, really there's just so many ways am...
  4. eyehearttrees

    Three different double-whip rigging configurations.

    Wait I'm confused, wasn't Mark speaking of something quite different? He didn't mention lowering devices, he was strictly referring to final-anchor friction (and the idea of using block instead of Safebloc/rings, for purpose of letting the piece "freely get into its run" instead of being...
  5. eyehearttrees

    Tips/techniques for reducing the "kick"/push-back of a top from the trunk it's being cut-from?(minimizing the sway of the standing trunk)

    Thanks a ton for replying man, I know there's many other outstanding arborists here but, with your posts, I know for-sure it's high-grade material :D "Piggy back MA" -- is this "z-rigging", IE setting a friction hitch on the pull-line, pulley onto that friction hitch, and now pull the rope...
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    Tips/techniques for reducing the "kick"/push-back of a top from the trunk it's being cut-from?(minimizing the sway of the standing trunk)

    Could you elaborate on 'narrower notching'? Can't tell if you mean the notch's total opening/height (IE a smaller/narrower angle of face cut would mean the piece has less distance to "fall"/tip before the notch faces contact, and push-back begins), or if you mean a narrow notch relative to...
  7. eyehearttrees

    Show off them splices

    Beautiful job!! Did you un-do & rebraid the TEC to get the brummels on both ends? So far as I knew you had to unbraid one side to do that, yours looks so clean it's hard to imagine it was unbraided!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My newest -- 7' Ultrasling, made from 17' of 5/8" T-Rex and an xtra...
  8. eyehearttrees

    [Ultrasling] Hoping for help knowing shortest-possible lengths (for brummelling, for the tail, etc)

    Decided to do 10" for my center (to create 5" legs...wish I did an 8" center now) since the 'holding power' of the sling on the rings isn't due to the splice so much there (since it immediately hits the brummels) The video I'm relying on for most of this mentions 'moving the rope down for...
  9. eyehearttrees

    Double-headed X-Ring splice

    These ^ "ring holds the hardware's leg of the sling" setups always intrigued me but I've yet to see an actual way of making them, can anyone elaborate? Surely those ^ aren't made in a way where it's just a whoopie with the XL ring floating on the sling and, once you've thrown the adjustable...
  10. eyehearttrees

    Double-headed X-Ring splice

    Well....are you actively practicing (now) towards that? LOL I have same dream and am "still meaning to get on with practicing" right now...g'damn it I just put my throwing kit by my door I am going to figure out a practice regimen today!! The last job I did had me setting backup/safety lines...
  11. eyehearttrees

    [Ultrasling] Hoping for help knowing shortest-possible lengths (for brummelling, for the tail, etc)

    AAAaaand... Anyone able to explain the "Do's & Don'ts" when it comes to how I set such hardware/splices on a tree? For instance, when I have an ultrasling with the 2-ringed head coming through a pocket, is it OK to set it in such a way that just the two rings and like 2" of their throat is...
  12. eyehearttrees

    [knotless rigging] 'Ultrasling' lanyards "instead of" half-hitch & bolan for routine rigging?

    Even if you ignore the $$, it's far quicker to splice new 12S hollow-braid slings for the logs, than to re-splice eyes onto my DB bullrope :P I do get your position & don't disagree with it, to each their own for sure, I'm newer and I'm not doing the best job making my $ back yet lol (am...
  13. eyehearttrees

    [Ultrasling] Hoping for help knowing shortest-possible lengths (for brummelling, for the tail, etc)

    [wow just opened the bag, t-rex smells funky, no bueno I hope that goes away quickly!] Would love to hear anyone's speculation on why T-Rex, and Tenex TEC, both seemingly identical polyester 12S ropes, have such a wide variance in strength? I'm all for Samson but if anything I thought Samson's...
  14. eyehearttrees

    When your saw's been "field tuned" far beyond recognition of OEM-spec, how do *you* begin getting it right?

    Yknow it's so closely-related I'm gonna add-on a Q here: I've got a pair of decades-old Poulan 25d-series powerheads that I'm trying to restore, and something I realllly wish I knew better was how to approach H&L settings when attempting to start a unit that hasn't started in...
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    When your saw's been "field tuned" far beyond recognition of OEM-spec, how do *you* begin getting it right?

    I've got this bad habit of turning-up my Idle setting if/when I fear a saw is going to be a hard-start or hard to keep running (IE to negate chances of getting to my cut, only to not be able to start the saw) I've now got a few saws that are running poorly and find myself wishing I had the OEM...
  16. eyehearttrees

    [Ultrasling] Hoping for help knowing shortest-possible lengths (for brummelling, for the tail, etc)

    If making a 5/8 ultrasling with a ring (or 2 rings) on its end, of course having tighter pocket-spacing will help with setting hardware 'snug', but - like with all splices - having the hardware's "lead" being longer makes it harder to get things as snug as one may like. I watched the...
  17. eyehearttrees

    [knotless rigging] 'Ultrasling' lanyards "instead of" half-hitch & bolan for routine rigging?

    Oh and meant to add/ask: Anyone know of hard-#'s for Ultrasling strength when using 'the pockets' to cinch it? For straight-pull, I have to imagine their ABS is > than the cordage's ABS (since there's basically 2 legs through the body), but I'm ignorant Re how brummels hold up for strength (or...
  18. eyehearttrees

    [knotless rigging] 'Ultrasling' lanyards "instead of" half-hitch & bolan for routine rigging?

    Ideally I'm hoping someone's got some reference to some testing Re strength #'s for various ways of roping a log, at any rate I'm looking to protect the tail end of my bullrope by rigging in a manner where the cut-piece is roped with a separate sling and then just use a D-shackle or something to...
  19. eyehearttrees

    Which rope for home owner use?

    It's always nice to hear someone watching T.Hale, his collection is outstanding I rewatched it this past week while doing a scary(to me) Oak removal, also rewatched much of the Work Safe BC Feller Training Standards series which Hale actually links&recommends in his video (it's either the...
  20. eyehearttrees

    Which rope for home owner use?

    For general-use, for dual purpose (also just for climbing, in general) I'd recommend Mercury, if you wanna spend more (and get slightly heavier, slightly stronger ropes) then Samson has 2 thicker nylon-cored climblines available, though neither is as much as bargain as Mercury...Mercury doesn't...

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