Thanks a bunch Hank! I recently bought a couple and love them, checked both of them right away, good thing their okay since i use both of them everyday!
Zac has a great point. The best groundies are other climbers, ya can't beat it. If the groundie isn't a climber the next best thing is a groundie that knows what is goin' on. THe company i work for makes sure that all groundies, climbers or not know what is going on and such before they do...
All the guys I work with use the 200's on a daily basis, sometimes that bloody saw runs for six out the the eight hours a day and they don't have any problems. The only reason half of them do have a problem is because they treat them crap, droppin'em, never cleaning them, etc. Our shop mech. is...
My butterfly 2 is going on its second year of everyday use and i'm not gentle with anything. I know guys climbing in butterfly 1 and 2's for multiple years now and the saddles are still in good shape. Scratch the petzel there's no floating bridge. If ya ask me the butterfly is well worth the...
great saddle for most climbers, but i am a super small climber and the back pad is way to big for us smaller guys. I comes up to the bottom of my shoulder blades. Glad you like it though i have heard nothing but positive things about this saddle!
If ya all are looking for comfortable shoes that feel like your wearing nothing at all you guys should check out Nike Frees' I own a pair and love them!
Re: twisted rope
Reversing the lay of the VT does work. Have you experienced any milking of the blaze line your using? I have seen blaze milk something fierce more than a couple of times.
There's no better pant the Arborwear's Tech pants. Thanks for the tip. p.s. To all of ya that haven't worn a pair of tech pants check them out and you'll never go back.
One of our climbers was decending this winter from a nice size oak. He was smoking the hitch something firce, not paying attention, and the stopper knot saved him from hitting the ground. His rope stopped about fifteen feet up. Funny thing is that I exited the tree I was working about ten...
Try fly line by New England. I personally bring 60 feet of firefly, 120 feet of dragonfly, and 180 feet of normal fly to every job. All are still fly line but in different colors. Like raven said its easy to know lengths when they are color coded.
29 years and ya die like that! Does anyone know what really happened, did the rope fail, was it to short, etc. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones.
Masterblaster, I do use those blue sticky gloves(wonder gloves) every now and then but i believe that they slow me down. I have way better feeling and control without them. And no worries I still can grab the @$$ it just gives her something to crab about!
Man that sucks. A tree that old and all that work to keep it pollarded. I would be a shame to remove it without tryin' to save the bugger that way if it does need to be removed at least you can say you tried!