Any body around michigan area, meijer's (grocery store) has nice 100% hi viz yellow and orange t shirts, no pocket, five bucks.
Otherwise i rock the goodwill hi viz with random logos/insignias.
I got a nice set of 5 shirts, brand new, Buckman soccer it reads. No idea where buckman is
I have co worker who is adamant about the stopper knot, and i suspect him of putting one in my line when he is on the crew with me and im climbing.
What does ansi say? Should or shall
Use a dmm XSRE biner on the end of the rig line, the nose will feed right through and between the strands for a very clean rope stowing situ. Only works if you arent using a steel biner for rigging termination.
As far as using a steel biner for throwing/advancing, none of you guyd ever caught...
Come on down jesse. We are still working our way through some of the failures on the west side from the ice before before xmas. I took a week off, but because of road conditions i only worked 13 days in jan. Rough.
City just lets the snow sit, and melt a little then freeze, etc.
As a foreman, its clear to me how much time to spend on a job site based on the price.
Job specs are outlined, and x amount of time to complete them, here's your invoice and move on.
The transparency is great. If i get a work order with no number, and then (hypothetically) the boss asks what...
" If a boot lasts me a year I am satisfied. If a boot doesnt last a year I change brands."
I get about 8-9 months out of a pair of boots, not satisfied but that's the best ive gotten out of tree work.
Resole them and keep them alive
Not cheap, also not stupid, and not made of money
There are a few decent cobbler options in portland, ive had salewas resoled for 90 bucks, one week turnover. Vibram soles. Well worth the dough on $240 boots.
So comfortable to put on a new pair of boots that are already broken in
Again we can look to bonsai here for a corroboration of these methods! When collecting "wild" trees, transplanting and repotting i follow the same rules via bonsai and have had really good success.