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    Anyone use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops?

    Hey, all, At the Knot & Rope Supply website I found some interesting 1/4" polyester braid that supposedly breaks around 2000#: https://www.knotandrope.com/collections/polyester-rope/products/1-4-x-1000-braided-white-polyester Does anyone here use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops to tie...
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    Mule Tape - Anyone use this cordage?

    Hey, all, I recently discovered a type of polyester webbing called "mule tape" or "pull tape" which is I guess is often used to pull wire through conduits. Here's some: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mule%20tape The 3/4" wide stuff is commonly...
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    Why do you like the thinner ropes?

    Hey, all, I'm kind of a noob or at least an amateur / weekend warrior(I've done some DdRT with Blake's Hitch and more recently some SRT with Unicender and Hitch Hiker II ... for which I bought a hank of Yale Blaze) ... my question is, I see in reading here that it seems like most of you folks...
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    Meru - Cool Mountain Climbing Documentary

    Just found a really cool film about some attempts to climb Meru -- a mountain that had never been climbed -- led by Conrad Anker, one of the greats, who also discovered the body of George Mallory on Everest. (Mallory was killed on Everest in 1924, but it's not known whether he ever reached the...
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    Oak wilt - Is it OK to remove a dead branch during bug season?

    Hey, all, I have a blackjack oak that has some dead branches down low (I guess they died back due to lack of light) ... is it OK to remove dead branches from oaks during "bug season" ... or should I wait until the bugs are gone in winter? I got the impression that you only need to worry about...
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    Carabiner Gate - Up or Down?

    This is probably a dumb question, but is it better to use a carabiner from harness to prusik loop and top rope with the hinge of the gate up or down? I never gave it a thought one way or another, but I saw a guy using a (screw) biner and he had the pivot of the gate up, so that he remembered to...
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    Does testing rope strength weaken it?

    Hey, all, I have some 1/2" 100% polyester rope (Yale XTC Fire) I would like to test to say 1000 or 1500# to make sure it's still safe to use as a top rope on roof job I'm on. If I put it on a load cell to 1500# (or picked up a 1500# object with it), would that weaken it thereafter because I...
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    My newbie question thread

    Rather than start a new thread with every dumb question I have, I figured I'd start one thread and put them all into the same thread as I go along, so it won't pollute the forum (and so you all can ignore the thread if you want)... Here's a question about "dipping lines" or "dipping loops"...
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    My scary black cherry removal

    Hey, guys, I have a diseased and lightning-wrecked 20" DBH black cherry I need to take down in the yard, as it has some dead limbs and a massive canker going most of the way through. It's becoming a hazard. I'm not an arborist but plan to take it down myself. I want to fall it toward the...
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    What's killing my Thuja "Green Giants"?

    This is very strange. We have some of the best soil around here that I've ever seen in my life...so-called "fine sassafras sandy loam," basically lots of organic material mixed into an alluvial deposit left in a gigantic river delta (Susquehanna) when the glaciers receded and the Chesapeake Bay...
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    Trees' Roots Graft Together, Keep Stump Alive

    Interesting article here: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-tree-stump-dead-alive.html https://gizmodo.com/undead-tree-stump-is-being-kept-alive-by-neighboring-tr-1836693364 about how apparently the roots of adjacent same-species trees can graft together, allowing a stump to be kept alive by the...
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    homemade ring-and-ring friction saver - Which rope?

    Hey guys, I want to make a homemade ring and ring cambium/fricton saver. I'm sick of fighting with garden hose, fire hose, PVC electrical conduit, etc., which never stay put. I have the rings. I have the videos from Samson on how to do eye splices (have done this before with other ropes...
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    Article: PA inmates learn arborist work

    FYI, here: https://www.bayjournal.com/article/pa_program_for_inmates_answers_growing_demand_for_green_jobs One interesting takeaway: "According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the tree care industry will need 30,000 new workers in the next five years."
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    Should Bowline on a Bight SLIP?

    OK, really dumb question, but it's driving me nuts. On my roof job to tie in to the roof anchor TIP with my toprope, I wanted to use a bowline on a bight, just because I've always used the bowline on my boats and really like its simplicity and strength and non-jamming qualities. I would have...
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    Redirecting Rope to Limb Walk

    Hey, guys, New guy here to tree climbing. I've done the doubled-rope method a few times and seen some videos where guys were using (I guess) SRT and redirecting rope all over tree so that they could walk out on limbs that wouldn't otherwise support their weight. I would like to learn how to do...
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    Ashley's Book of Knots

    I just have to gloat: Went to the library yesterday, and lo and behold, there was a hardcover copy, in great condition, in the plastic library dustcover, for the princely sum of... ...wait for it... TEN CENTS. :bailando: SCORE! Yeah, I know: A pdf is available online, but this gives me...
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    Co-dominant stems on Chinese pistache

    Hey, guys, I have a Chinese pistachio tree 8" DBH (pics attached) with co-dom leaders (been that way since I got it from nursery, they cut me a deal). Is there anything I can do with this (cut one stem, or join stems with steel or cable or ?) to maybe save the tree in a bad storm? I pretty much...
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    Fall Force Calculator?

    Looking for an online calculator to tell if mass x falls distance y, it creates z lbf of impact force. Tried http://ferforge.tripod.com/Srt002.htm but it is so virused and/or popuped out, I can't use it, and I don't think it even tells me what I want to know, anyway. Trying to figure out how...
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    Amsteel loop size?

    Hey fellas, I got a piece of Amsteel in a rope grab bag and want to put a loop on it. I have friends who work on tugs who love the stuff, but I've never used it. I got the directions on how to put a loop on it, but how big a loop do you guys who use this stuff put on it? I'll use it mainly...
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    Roof job - FA Rope questions

    Hey, all, I may try to reroof my house. 2nd story is 12 pitch (45°) and has required a rope to get up to clean chimney in past. Have roof jacks, scaffolding, ladders, etc., but I'm thinking I'll also want a fall-arrest harness and rope. Questions: - Given a choice, would you use a static rope...

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