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    My rope launcher (pneumatic)

    Now that’s fancy! Feel like I need a 3D printer, but I already have so much stuff and hobbies that I don’t have enough time for everything. I probably would have used black zip ties though, lol. Still really impressive
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    Throw bag launchers and DIY…

    So I did use my big air cannon a few times and sights are definitely needed. Haven’t yet worked much more on that idea, but I’ll turn some attention to it before long. Apparently it’s quite accurate because I smacked the same branch with the throw weight dead center at least a half a dozen...
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    Rope questions…

    So for anyone curious as to what I ended up with, I picked up 150’ of the Sterling Scion 12.5mm. Haven’t used it yet, but judging from the shorter piece of it I have and having climbed a couple times SRT and DRT once on it, I should be pretty happy with it. Probably going to get a second line at...
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    Bravado

    I watched a tree guy years ago cleaning up storm damaged trees on the neighbors property back at my parents old house. The one tree he started climbing, got about 20’ up, shoved his hand saw nearly completely through the trunk, got bug eyed and came right back down. Told the neighbor he wasn’t...
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    jamming knots

    OP said he had to jam against the big ring of a friction saver
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    Chainsaw-hooks that "stay in-place"? Loved Edelrid, HATE my Evo...

    Well, I looked at the Transporter and a couple others. Even thought about the Camp Kilo. But I’m a hobbyist at best, not a pro, and although some of my gear is top notch, I was having trouble justifying it. So I got the Shembiner. It came today, so of course I had to go fit it on my saddle...
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    Chainsaw-hooks that "stay in-place"? Loved Edelrid, HATE my Evo...

    This. I found it frequently awkward to get both hands there. Even though I was just using a sawzall I still was trying to make a habit of using both hands to operate it, but storing/retrieving it would be easier one handed
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    Chainsaw-hooks that "stay in-place"? Loved Edelrid, HATE my Evo...

    I did a little bit of branch trimming the other day and found it a little awkward trying to use both hands to free and sometimes stow the saw. I was just using a cordless sawzall (Milwaukee) and a 9” carbide pruning blade on my saw tether and a Caritool because I don’t have a dedicated saw...
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    Chainsaw-hooks that "stay in-place"? Loved Edelrid, HATE my Evo...

    Hmm, I was about to order a Shembiner for hanging the saw on but now I’m wondering if I should be looking at something else. My original intent was to use a Caritool, but now I’m thinking I’d rather have something metal instead of plastic to hang the saw on. I was leaning towards the Shembiner...
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    When does a foot ascender or knee ascender become self-tending?

    I learned the value of good equipment as a kid. My dad did concrete work and was the first concrete guy in the area to buy a skid steer. It sat far more than it got used, but the ability to grade a garage or driveway and sometimes a basement in hours instead of a day or more was a huge game...
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    When does a foot ascender or knee ascender become self-tending?

    I ended up getting a Jet Step and tried it out on Scion and Banshee line and it was self tending from the first step, really impressed at how easily it runs, I kept looking down to check it because it didn’t even feel Ike it was on the rope. Feel like a knee ascender would make progression...
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    Rope questions…

    I’ll have to think on this. I got the Prussic cords and a hitch climber pulley thinking mostly that it could be a backup for the Akimbo that I have. I like having options instead of being tied to one specific thing because things often can and do go wrong. A rope wrench was actually my plan...
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    Rope questions…

    That’s a good idea. I learned to shake out coils long ago, it’s how we always wound up extension cords and hoses back when I did concrete construction so it’s a natural instinct to want to shake out coils. The Banshee line only decided to coil nice after climbing on it but the Scion didn’t seem...
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    Rope questions…

    Ahh, I see now. Seems like there was some misunderstanding on my part.
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    Rope questions…

    Sure don’t feel overly lucky for the struggle it’s been recovering, but yes, I am indeed rather lucky. I was also very fortunate not to completely lose any particular function, just quite impaired. The concussions happened mid September, and I spent a couple months gimping around on a cane, not...
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    Rope questions…

    I was under the impression that prussics could be used for going up and down much like the Akimbo, for work positioning, but on the Banshee line at least, going down didn’t seem possible. For dropping out of the canopy when I’m done up there I fully intend on using a figure 8 at this point
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    Rope questions…

    So I found a handy branch (surprisingly hard around here, most are not anywhere near horizontal unless they are way up), and decided to do some testing/experimenting of my gear and the two known ropes that I have (Sterling Scion and Notch Banshee). Took a couple tries to get my throw line where...
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    Throw bag launchers and DIY…

    I haven’t seen one yet, but I’m working on some ideas. Most of the manually activated quick acting valves are only for 1/8” or 1/4” line which is way too small for our purposes. I think part of the problem right now is the whole supply chain mess and inflation
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    Throw bag launchers and DIY…

    Any electrically operated valve would be kind of ideal for holding a good aim, but at about $600 each, kind of expensive
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    Throw bag launchers and DIY…

    Have not tried a 14 ounce as I don’t have one yet, but I do have a 16 ounce. 70 psi put it up about 170’. Didn’t bother to test it higher since there are no trees around here that tall. Think that might be getting close to diminishing returns (more air pressure not making significant...

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