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  1. Rupe

    Cut and chuck X170 video

    For felling I use the big fat sugoi. And for gentle pruning I use the same thing!
  2. Rupe

    Cut and chuck X170 video

    Surely you have breaks, coffee or something?? We grade our customers on the quality of the tea and biscuits (cookies). This one was quite good, warm scones with jam too!
  3. Rupe

    Cut and chuck X170 video

    [ QUOTE ] nice work, good pics to. up on some smaaaall wood, dicey [/ QUOTE ] Lucky I'm only 170lbs ish!
  4. Rupe

    Cut and chuck X170 video

    And some pictures to go with....
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    Cut and chuck X170 video

    Another little video usign the drift X170, like Steves. This was a little saturday job, chucking birch over phone lines to the carpark next door (empty on saturdays). Stopped filming at tea break and forgot after!!! Some scratches on my lens now, and I'm publishing it in a different way...
  6. Rupe

    Beech Take down again.

    Yes, sometimes its usefull to keep the block away from the stem, especially in the case of secondary blocks like the one you mention. The two cuts before hand it work just fine, and the load goes where I want it. It flips up due to slight error in cutting angle. Generally a loose block will...
  7. Rupe

    Beech Take down again.

    Thanks, nice compliment! One branch cut was edited out as it was not pretty, it will go in a video of scew ups after a year or so I should have enough!! But the rest is real and that is how I wanted it to be. Slow job that one, five days and another for the trunk but all done and moved by hand...
  8. Rupe

    Beech Take down again.

    [ QUOTE ] wow, is it my imagination or is the rope real thin looking at about 4:50 in the video... [/ QUOTE ] Thats sort of your imagination! Its a piece of throwline joining two ropes together, because I'm switching from 12mm to 16mm for the larger pieces.
  9. Rupe

    Natural Re-direct Trick

    Its best to pull the spliced end of your rope first, this bring you rhitch up to and over the branch but you can get it back if it gets stuck. Once its free of obstructions you can then pull the tail end of the rope to take out the slack and then bring the hitch back down the new route to you...
  10. Rupe

    retrieving a rope guide gently

    [ QUOTE ] I think you are meaning retrieving it without having it just fall freely to the ground... I think, if that is the case just attach the throw line to the end of the climbing line. When it reaches the friction saver keep ahold of climbing line and throw line, this will allow you to...
  11. Rupe

    Beech Take down again.

    No, I'm not being sensitive Mark. Its an honest video from an honest guy! Its a shame these are coming down. This one (in the video) is if from the same row as my previous Beech take down thread from a couple of years back. So now its gone there is just this one left at this end of the...
  12. Rupe

    Beech Take down again.

    I agree its not good practice. A step cut would be better I guess. I think I tend to make the cut and then only one hand the last part when it needs a bit of pushing. My thinking is that the saw is burried deep enough in the cut to not come right out, and I'm only sawing gently too, not full...
  13. Rupe

    Beech Take down again.

    [ QUOTE ] Slow and steady wins the race, nice work. Your bar looks bent. [/ QUOTE ] Ha, yes. Thats how I like to work! I can't process the bits quickly enough to warrant cranes etc. so we nibble away and take away full loads each day and get their in the end. The headcam I'm using is quite...
  14. Rupe

    Beech Take down again.

    Hi guys! Long time no posting! I've just got round to gettign me a head cam, and here is the first film I've made. Its the second half of this job, the rest is on you tube but is a bit slow. I have a few pictures to go with it but thought I put the video up first. Beech Rigging
  15. Rupe

    GRCS gripping

    I have the B-44 model. I just ordered the springs yesterday. We'll see if they make an improvement.
  16. Rupe

    GRCS gripping

    Is that the same as I've seen via honey bros website?? http://www.honeybros.com/gbu0-prodshow/HB91V.html
  17. Rupe

    Guys in ohio not using their gear

    This is from the same guy, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxaYp3W8h-4
  18. Rupe

    GRCS gripping

    Cleaning, whats that? Do you mean internally? I've not been brave enough yet to take it apart, I will have to to fit new springs though!
  19. Rupe

    GRCS gripping

    In the pic thats three wraps, one more would fit well, then the next goes though the jaws. The pig tail has been straightened out now.
  20. Rupe

    GRCS gripping

    Frans, my rope is pretty good. I had one that was ruined by pine sap, so it got replaced. The current one is nearly two years old and only ever used with pulleys. It may be close to renewal time but its not glazed or stiff. Mahk, this may sound weird but I've never used the grcs myself, I...

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