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  1. Bill_N

    SRT Alpine style

    You do only need twice the lenth just tie the midline knot just after you pull the end over the TIP then pull the throw line through the midline knot to send up the choke
  2. Bill_N

    s r t multiple redirect flex

    Re: SRT multiple redirect flex Swing... I'm glad I'm not the only one that felt the pull and hated it. I can see advantages to working SRT. But I'm also loving the Spiderjack and Pullysaver.
  3. Bill_N

    s r t multiple redirect flex

    Re: SRT multiple redirect flex thanks tom, all good points. I didn't feel any apprehension about the leads them selves as I would have tied into any 1 of them even higher on Ddrt. I thought of all installing a FS with a stopper behind it but I wanted to try the multiple redirects. The leads...
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    s r t multiple redirect flex

    For a while now I have been utilizing the RIG for certain jobs where it seems the most efficient. Usually when I couldn't isolate my line or I was able to just set a static line directly over my work. But after reading the Buzz lately I decided to use srt to work a tree that I had to move...
  5. Bill_N

    Spider jack 2

    I got mine in august and put it on some pretty clean (no sap, no natural crotch) blue moon (same as PI) that I had been using for ddrt. I started to get slippage after a only a few months. Although I was getting use to it and I also was getting used to a PULLYSAVER at the same time so I'm sure...
  6. Bill_N

    Suddenly SRT basal anchors EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!

    Re: Suddenly SRT basil anchors EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!! I have recently switched to a Gri Gri at the base and started utilizing the RIG to work the tree after ascent. I can understand the thinking behind redundant backups on the basal anchor system if you are going to work secret weapon or srt on...
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    Suddenly SRT basal anchors EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!

    Re: Suddenly SRT basil anchors EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!! I started using a lowerable basal tie system mainly for the purpose of rescue during ascent on mechanical asender's where I would not be able to quickly descend. For this purpose the system would have to be quick to put to use and you would...
  8. Bill_N

    TCIA EHAP RHODE ISLAND

    a colleague of mine just told me that this training is for 2 days but there is no information about a second day on the website has anyone heard about this
  9. Bill_N

    Alternative methods to working a spar

    Ethan the best safety feature I've learned for working a spar is simply to add a small prussic on to your lanyard clip in a biner and choke your lanyard to the stem. that way if you do gaff out or get a big shake you won't go anywhere. it also prevents you from getting sucked in if a piece peels...
  10. Bill_N

    Ironclad 30% off today

    I personally can't stand the sticky gloves I have tried the atlas and a few other brands of the same style. I can't get more than a day or two out of them. I always end up having the sticky material peel off and bunch up in my hitch! The diamond sticky pattern on the ironclads does not peel off...
  11. Bill_N

    TCIA EHAP RHODE ISLAND

    Eligibility: Full- or part-time commercial tree care company employees and owners. Unemployed workers who want to work in the industry. *Public employees are not eligible, per OSHA guidelines*
  12. Bill_N

    Ironclad 30% off today

    yes the picture is the palm of the box handler. I usually get them through amazon unless they're on sale.
  13. Bill_N

    Ironclad 30% off today

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  14. Bill_N

    TCIA EHAP RHODE ISLAND

    Sweet.. Thanks for Posting ;)
  15. Bill_N

    system for snow/roof shovelling

    I've only had to do it once but I use'd a PETZL RIG. I had a hand ascender with a non locking revolver that I usually use in a RADS set up with me but I never needed it
  16. Bill_N

    Ironclad 30% off today

    http://www.ironclad.com/
  17. Bill_N

    Ironclad 30% off today

    Hey so apparently ironclad is having a 30 percent off sale that ends today. For those of you who aren't familiar ironclad makes the best gloves in the business! (IMO) Also their work apparel is great stuff too I wear the box handelers for climbing and super duty for rope running. I also love...
  18. Bill_N

    a hazard i never thought of...

    Tom, thanks for the kind words... There is a shut off for the upper controls in the bucket but nothing to shut off the override from the lowers. Raven, it's cool I asked for it with that madman comment. I was just trying to allude to why I would allow pieces to be coming near hitting the truck...
  19. Bill_N

    a hazard i never thought of...

    I was recently doing a deadwooding job with a older bucket. It was one of those jobs where there were a bunch of trees throughout the yard and I was just driving around cleaning the canopies. I wasn't paying that much attention to where things went to do to the fact that there was nothing but...
  20. Bill_N

    Bucket truck advice

    the elevators are also really nice because they allow different angles to access your work. being able to raise the lower booms pivot point 10 feet up opens a lot of new angles. nice for sneaking through the branches or those times where you could reach it if you could just get the lower boom a...

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