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  1. Bill_N

    Static Rope For Tree Climbing

    The only possible negative I can think of for Kernmaster is that it is not spliceable according to what Jamie Goddard at Yale cordage told me. He said it was unspliceable not by hand or stitch. I know very little about splicing or stitching so I'm just relaying what I was told.
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    Static Rope For Tree Climbing

    Kernmaster is awesome. When I first looked it up I wondered why we all weren't using it already. I had never heard of it before but the specs looked so interesting. I ended up taking a half spool just to get someone to order some. The dynamic capabilities of this rope are amazing but it's high...
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    slaice& fImblSAVER

    I got a sample. But a New England Rope dealer should be able to order it.
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    If you only had one.

    Polydyne is great. I have some half inch. All the different groundies I work with love it. You have to give it a little room too absorb the load so it's not for really tight critical stuff, and not the best choice for lifting pieces and other times when you want a very static line. But for...
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    What's that magic cut?

    Re: What\'s that magic cut? I like to set a second line so the piece can't come back towards me if I have to cut or kick it free. Or you could use a pole saw to stay out of the danger zone. If it's really just hung up from pressure I will put a winch, machine or other mechanical advantage on a...
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    Husqvarna 562

    So I have a year on my 562 now and I am impressed. I was skeptical of the autotune at first but it has always run great, you can hear it tune itself. Runs so clean I haven't even had to pull my spark arrestor screen. Mine only came with one inside felling dog but they sell a matching one for...
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    slaice& fImblSAVER

    These two were definitely meant for each other. I have had a fimblsaver for a while now and love everything about it except that tight eyes don't fit very well through the tabbed thimble and I found it difficult to install remotely. Well I now have some hi-vee with a slaice and it's a dream come...
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    Pfanner Protos

    Anyone know the deal on the arborist version? I'm ready to just buy the forestry version and a strap.
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    SRT or SRWP?

    Again wouldn't fixed rope or line positioning system work to explain SRT? And does anyone else I think classifying our systems as Arborist systems would help separate us from other disciplines that need a second line as a backup?
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    T540 xp

    My dealer says he was just told July.. Fingers crossed :)
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    SRT or SRWP?

    Personally I think the terms we already use are the ones that require long explanations. We use single rope technique to distinguish from doubled rope technique both of which are only using a single rope and the term doubled often gets missed placed with double and then leads to confusion about...
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    SRT or SRWP?

    Isn't fixed more accurate I mean the line isn't stationary it moves with us it just doesn't run.? Right I'm not familiar enough with other disciplines and the use of static to know whether or not it would be appropriate but if it was keep SRT and just refer to it as static rope technique. I...
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    SRT or SRWP?

    I believe if we're going to continue to use SRT or any S... it should not refer to single as I believe someone already pointed out Ddrt is a single rope technique. static or stationary perhaps but not single. unless we are going to put single rope technique at the top and then put Ddrt under it...
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    NEC ISA SRT Workshop

    Donny, I have the technique but I'm still working out the hand motions. I'll get it but if you wanted to do a vid I'm sure a lot of people would be interested I know I'm not the only one that ties it step by step. That was the way I was taught and I never really thought anything of it until I...
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    NEC ISA SRT Workshop

    Great job everyone! Thanks for an awesome day.. super bummed I can't be there tomorrow, but I already learned a bunch and can't wait to try out some new techniques. Thank you to everyone who helped make this workshop possible.
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    dmm small axis swivel

    Thanks for the info. I will have to put my hands on a few different ones at New England grows next week. I wonder if anyone is working on the inverted Gate biner yet, that would be sweet with this swivel!
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    dmm small axis swivel

    I'm kind of bummed. As sexy as it is, it's too small to pass a splice or a biner gate through. I primarily climb on the spider jack which I leave on a pirate (wide top) biner. It just wouldn't be practical to take the SJ spacer and sling off. I guess I could try putting the SJ on an oval and...
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    ATC type descender

    "Nice river crossing pic Bill." Thanks:)
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    ATC type descender

    Sorry that was such a long post I actually started writing it before dinner around 7 and just got around to finishing it and trying to make it shorter. Lmao
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    ATC type descender

    Interesting, I have never thought of putting a prussick below a rappel device like that. I don't think I'd like that much because I like to be able to move my brake arm around to aid in maneuvering around limbs and such as well as raising my arm to change the friction going into the device...

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