it would also be cool to be able to compensate when your guy anchor is not 90° from the intended felling direction. So like you said, maybe you could have the notch higher or lower in relation to that guy anchor height to compensate for a different angle than 90° maybe?
I have been using a secondary rope tied maybe a third of the way up the trunk when felling (pulling over) side leaning trees with questionable hingewood quality.
Does anyone have a formula or guideline of the best placement of height and angle when you have a side lean on a tree or spar that...
Ok - I ended up doing a “mobius” brummel like in this video-
it got a little sloppy because of twin strands of the tenex tec, Also I was using the same rope that I had already tapered, so i switched back and forth between 3 strand and 4 strand braiding to create the 4 strands needed for...
Update: I did the double Brummel with a regular old end to end splice, but just for fun I pulled it out and passed one end through the other- kind of a half Brummel? Then buried each end. Is that legit? It seems less likely to creep out, but not as strong, but I have a locking brummel on the...
Actually, I miscalculated, I would have room for two 21 inch buries which is about a fid and a half, But as Brocky pointed out , the buries would shorten my loop length so once I figure that out I’ll have extra length in the buries to end up with 21 inches lengthwise in the open, usable part of...
Ok thanks, The 5/8 Tenex Tec barely fits in that triple ring, not sure how the thicker buried section would fit in there but maybe I’ll give it a try. Or maybe a chafe sleeve over the crossover point if I did it like the x-ring loop?
Thanks
OK, I understand.
Would two 10 inch buries be long enough for 5/8” Tenex Tec?
Because it looks like that’s all I would have room for.
Also, do I need to lock stitch anything?
I think basically I’m trying to make something like this, but with a loop about 23 inches long not including the...
Hi, I’m pretty much a beginner with splicing, but I watched this video, and I’d like to make the prussik style sling this guy uses.
He’s got the triple ring sling tight in a locked Brummel, but I can’t tell if the rest is an endless loop or one large eye. Also, I have no idea how to make it...
I’m wondering, he says the threads stripped out, but DMM says the swivel unscrewed so which one happened? Because if it unscrewed, I would think you’d have a little warning -a gap would develop. Also, how did they solve the problem so quickly that the new ones their manufacturing won’t have the...
ok, i'm looking for the style below, with replaceable gaffs and offset stirrups and contoured shanks. It looks like that's what you have.
do you know how about many times the gaffs have been sharpened? Just wondering if they will need replacing soon.
thanks and merry christmas.
Paul
Hi - I was wondering if you still have the titanium Buck's
If so, are they the ones with the offset stirrup?
Also wondering how long you've had them / how much life left on the spurs? ( ie how long are they?)
thanks and merry christmas.
Paul
just imagine a white ball of dough you could hold in your hand as soon as you touch it it stained brown, I’m sure if anyone ever experience that they would remember
no gills or stem- very firmly attached, about 25 feet up. those gall photos are not mine , doughy, soggy, immediate datk brown stain , about size of baseball, pleasant smell
round , white, immediately staining dark brown when handled, heavy and soggy, fragrant (!)
Eastern PA (Bucks County)
about 25 feet up on trunk of dying back pin oak.
I didn’t take a picture because I figured I would be able to look it up by memory, but was unsuccessful.
I just spent a...
ok sorry if this is a faq but when people say "Yale 11.7" which rope are they talking about?
there's kernmaster, poison ivy, scandere, etc, all 11.7.
thanks.
not too bouncy= i'm at C2 now - but did a long burn today and at the bottom I couldn't
make the akimbo stick- kept slowly decending, even after pushing upper cam up. mine also falls down the rope- didn't know there was a spring- will have to check.
will try c3 or d2 next.
been climbing with...