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  1. snunyabizness

    Need a new mechanical

    been meaning to check out the new fmi location in clackamas. good luck finding any info on the web smh. but I've seem the chippers from the highway...
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    Reflex vs. Blackbird

    wouldn't say "critical" but imperative to keep it clean and loose. once had debris seize up the top widget and the whole device became unusable until I deep scrubbed with toothbrush and mineral spirits.
  3. snunyabizness

    Compact Bulldog Bone

    promise you it is better than the latest on the market. it is reliable and consistent and bombproof. send him an email, sign the waiver. and buy one.
  4. snunyabizness

    Need a new mechanical

    it is unchanged frozen in time exactly the same. doesn't have a tree like the old wtd shop though where you could sit in a harness before buying it.
  5. snunyabizness

    Reflex vs. Blackbird

    I have the "compact bulldog bone" specifically. it is not adjustable. It is truly ole reliable. It is a workhorse. It's a diesel engine. It will work every time the other device does not. It gets used daily m-f for the past 5+ years and no difference in function, at all. there is some wear...
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    impressive!
  7. snunyabizness

    Need a new mechanical

    they don't really exist in the portland, or area either
  8. snunyabizness

    Need a new mechanical

    just saw the reflex is "in stock" at my favorite domestic vendor. Hasn't been available to buy in the US previously unless you do a "preorder". I would have bought one. but been watching folks demonstrate slippage after 6 months. glad I didn't buy it. Now seeing reports of the blackbird wearing...
  9. snunyabizness

    Reflex vs. Blackbird

    just saw the reflex is "in stock" at my favorite domestic vendor. Hasn't been available to buy in the US previously unless you do a "preorder". I would have bought one. but been watching folks demonstrate slippage after 6 months. glad I didn't buy it. Now seeing reports of the blackbird wearing...
  10. snunyabizness

    Share your photos for the Treebuzz Instagram feed

    morning day two 64' english walnut removal growing out over neighbors garage. rigging point over the breezeway. chain link fence inside tree. memorable largish 20" branch slow swing over the home (lowest stub). lots of roping. spurs.technical-thoughtful. such a fun job. got the adrenaline too...
  11. snunyabizness

    use tail to setup secondary system

    what techniques are folks using to setup climbing rope tail as a secondary system?
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    use tail to setup secondary system

    was reminded indirectly that I had forgotten a nice technique for self tending ddrt with nothing more than an inline clove hitch. I just always chose srt vs hip thrusting ascents. (ffwd to 6:20) but it got me wondering why I am not using my tail as a secondary climbing system? Does anyone do...
  13. snunyabizness

    A Discussion on The Fundamentals of Tree Felling

    nice that's really cool. That must have been fun. just saw the best explanation of what you did here:
  14. snunyabizness

    vertical speedline size/weight limits

    thank you for such an amazing response.
  15. snunyabizness

    light rigging with ring and "figure 8" aka "rescue 8"

    in this configuration having weight on both sides of the friction somehow reduces the twisting. whereas a climber descending with figure8 chest level will send out unweighted slack into a pile of knots.
  16. snunyabizness

    light rigging with ring and "figure 8" aka "rescue 8"

    it twists. but it really doesn't though. doesn't seem to on the ground, but tidy crew so maybe. i think friction above and not at the end weight of the piece keeps the rope from rolling instead of unweighted slack squirting out like spaghetti
  17. snunyabizness

    light rigging with ring and "figure 8" aka "rescue 8"

    can you show pictures? esp the solo work? how do you usually lock it off?
  18. snunyabizness

    light rigging with ring and "figure 8" aka "rescue 8"

    walking this through: if there is a lot of slack and then the right gyrations, the wrap could reform into a girth hitch and lock the entire thing up. hmm. in your experience and what you were taught, does this actually happen, is it just theoretical or at what frequency? in the configuration in...
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    light rigging with ring and "figure 8" aka "rescue 8"

    I guess it could be used as a small portawrap at the bottom of the tree too. I thought there was a way to add an extra wrap.
  20. snunyabizness

    light rigging with ring and "figure 8" aka "rescue 8"

    there's things you can do with a figure8 besides rappelling off the spar rigging rope (which was the only time I saw another climber using one). It can be used for srt as a redirect or as a "soft 8" style canopy anchor. I guess folks commonly do light rigging off harness in place of s munter...

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