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  1. eyehearttrees

    ['new?' rigging idea] The "Doubled Rope Double-Whip" technique (illustration included ;) )

    The point, of course, is simply to reduce "bad forces" on the tree when rigging-off-of it, the Fishing Pole technique is great but this just seemed an obvious extension of it once I was drawing-out my plan of attack, it was already Fishing Pole and Double-Whipping but realized that by running...
  2. eyehearttrees

    Another aerial friction rigging device?

    Very very well-put here IMO!! It's for these reasons (in part, at least) that I think some innovation in the rings & Safebloc options are far, far overdue at this point (a Fiori's ring, or a Safebloc with big dog-ears to negate any pull-out failures, would go far in convincing many of the...
  3. eyehearttrees

    ['new?' rigging idea] The "Doubled Rope Double-Whip" technique (illustration included ;) )

    I was contemplating this removal I'm doing, I dislike the trunk on this guy and want to reduce forces. The idea is climb out, butt-hitch the end of the limb (or "the top", as this limb is the tree's only living limb / top right now, it lost its other half years back), and rig it to itself...
  4. eyehearttrees

    Another aerial friction rigging device?

    To answer your OP question here, YES, most emphatically IMO there is more-than enough room, I'd go further and say that - like the Treesqueeze lanyard configuration - that they're incredibly under-used due to inflated retail prices :/ It would be great to see Dave relaunch XAS (I'd love seeing...
  5. eyehearttrees

    Q's on rope & hardware choices for a controlled-zipline setup(s) (already have the hardware just uncertain what to use, where..)

    Thanks a ton I hadn't really thought of it like this, was seeing it black&white, love the idea of a legit, 1-day groundie when needed (had been thinking of it as just "I'll stay solo until I've done well enough I can hire a groundie", like it has to be a full time groundie or nothing at all :P
  6. eyehearttrees

    [rigging] Tree/anchor-point failures.... Hoping to get people's "favorite" vids/etc to show failures of trees while rigging!

    That first paragraph, frickin' LOVE IT thank you that was worth as much as any compilation vid you could've posted :D 30yrs of doing it, clearly still have the mindset of caution/safety strongly ingrained (would bet you were further from disaster than you'd thought, having gone decades w/o a...
  7. eyehearttrees

    [rigging] Tree/anchor-point failures.... Hoping to get people's "favorite" vids/etc to show failures of trees while rigging!

    For sure! I take advantage of every situation I can, honestly I probably rig >50% of the wood that didn't even need it simply to use my gear (no, I am not making crazy $ doing this, lol) Guess I'm just liking the idea of seeing some "failures compilations" yknow? It's certainly enlightening to...
  8. eyehearttrees

    Q's on rope & hardware choices for a controlled-zipline setup(s) (already have the hardware just uncertain what to use, where..)

    Apologies, just made a new thread & think it will pass in this regard! Will begin doing edits for my posts here because I know this has been a problem, thanks for not being rude about it I appreciate that & will be/am getting better :) This...this is so frickin'-obvious that I feel foolish not...
  9. eyehearttrees

    [rigging] Tree/anchor-point failures.... Hoping to get people's "favorite" vids/etc to show failures of trees while rigging!

    ^best example I know! So....I use a Safebloc, I'm lightweight & a 'graceful' climber, but lately I've been in some scenarios wherein I back-off from rigging from where I'm climbing because of fear of tree failure- I know that I'm being FAR too conservative, for instance yesterday I was planning...
  10. eyehearttrees

    Q's on rope & hardware choices for a controlled-zipline setup(s) (already have the hardware just uncertain what to use, where..)

    [think I may've been unclear Re the tensioning of slidelines/ziplines.....if/when solo I obviously cannot tension much, nor can I do the 'snub it, then raise the slideline by tension, so smaller pieces on a much slacker line when done solo and, of course, snubbing them before sliding is another...
  11. eyehearttrees

    Q's on rope & hardware choices for a controlled-zipline setup(s) (already have the hardware just uncertain what to use, where..)

    I imagine it's subjective to a degree but was hoping for opinions so I can make better use of my gear, goal is controlled slidelining (also, for a similar tree at a different site, controlled-vertical-sliding), done solo*, I'll be taking small pieces but in thinking-through how this'll play out...
  12. eyehearttrees

    Minimum eye-size for 3/4 TEC slings?

    TOTALLY OFF-TOPIC but.... IMO it's not worth making a thread but since google will find this... Mercury was spliceable, it can be spliced with an adapted Teufelberger SPlife 'Drenaline' instructional, I used their video + written instructions and did 3 before I got fed-up with it and decided...
  13. eyehearttrees

    Minimum eye-size for 3/4 TEC slings?

    So I've made some splices using Samson's incredible tutorials[link to this specific one, though they're well-stocked!] and, while I know that this is meant for hitch-cord eye&eyes (and I started using these instructions making Ice Tail hitches, best hitch-cordage I've found yet :D ), but I'd had...
  14. eyehearttrees

    Snapped Pole-saw....plz tell me there's ANY hope!! (Echo PPT-266)

    It's fixed & has been solid since then but will check your posts to find it as I've been meaning to open it up & re-do it (I used a 2.5" wide galvanized pipe, cut in half length-wise, as an "outside brace" over my new/OEM coupler-bracket, as the base of my fiberglass pole just sucked....have...
  15. eyehearttrees

    Anyone know of *nylon*(or mixed fiber I guess) cordage with the *feel*/lay/appearance of Tenex TEC?

    I understand the advantages poly offers for ropes but prefer nylon's shock-capacity, Tenex TEC is outstanding stuff of course and I love it for basically all anchoring-slings and log-wrapping-slings however I wish it were nylon / had a good shock-capacity, would much prefer a poly/nylon mix or a...
  16. eyehearttrees

    It's mid-April and I'm uncertain whether to find a crew to climb for this summer or go-it alone, need advice/counsel!

    OMG this is so true, have only recently begun noticing this but some guys are focusing on palms, some guys have a bucket and only want to use that....am still having a tough time breaking-down which skill-sets are the best, I think using "best" is flawed actually since, if I prefer climbing but...
  17. eyehearttrees

    It's mid-April and I'm uncertain whether to find a crew to climb for this summer or go-it alone, need advice/counsel!

    What state are you in? Do you (or *anyone*, of course!) happen to know if there's anywhere that's indexed arborist/tree-surgery pricing by-state or by-region (or even by type-of-work)? Would LOVE seeing whatever industry-data is available but uncertain where to even begin looking (hmmm should...
  18. eyehearttrees

    It's mid-April and I'm uncertain whether to find a crew to climb for this summer or go-it alone, need advice/counsel!

    This has plagued me for over 5yrs as a general-services contractor and is so much harder now that I'm doing tree stuff, for instance now that I have a polesaw I'm offering certain clients a polesaw-hour-fee so I can just go do an hour on their palms (am embarrassed to say how low, again I'm...
  19. eyehearttrees

    Have heard, but can't understand, idea of using a figure-8 to tighten a speedline...

    [ @*useless info* -- thank you VERY much, that'll eat my spare-time this wkend I am sure hehe will be able to appropriately reply once I've been able to re-read & digest all of that :D You don't happen to post on BonsaiNut do you? If not, there is a 'mental doppleganger' of you only in-context...
  20. eyehearttrees

    Q('s...) on face-shields for my 3M 'ground' helmets (+/- any that are compatible with "Pro-Tec"[/type] climb-helmets, too)

    welding supply huh? Guess I thought clear visors (that'd mount right onto a 3M) were a standard option in arborist-PPE...will google for welding stores, will be nice to have someone show it all to me in-person, thanks :)

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