just file the the teeth that are broken and adjust the rakers to each tooth. not all teeth need to be the same length as long as each raker is adjusted to each tooth.
yes, i actually checked the manual while in the tree because i thought i might be in high friction but i wasn’t. i used 12 mm sirius.. i‘m gonna see if i have a thinner rope or just cut bigger. i guess wearing it in will help a little bit?
late to the party :) used the downrigger for the first time. it didn’t work too well for us as the dead pine was just to light, only i could lower the pieces until we lowered the wood.
obviously learning curve and all.
than you don‘t a helmet for climbing, a regular forest type helmet will suffice and won‘t cost you as much.
with the two options i‘d go with the pfanner helmet
the size of chippers that you run over there is fascinating to me. people around here do run large drum chippers but that’s more of a specialty. a 10“ chipper would be considered xl around here and a 8“ is still considered quite large. tight old europe i guess :)
for the right circumstances maybe but they are basically lawnmowers :) i know people who have lots of problems with them and not a lot of hours on the tach either.
just replaced the ring on mine, it was missing the part you described. looks like it just popped out so i guess you could pry it out carefully. i used some glue to replace it.