Ok, let's brainstorm this out. If we band together we could organize potential work projects around the country but, more importantly, we should be able to come up with a group Worker's Comp/General liability policy so that we could legally sub-contract to legitimate professional tree service...
If you ever come out out east you should look me up and i'll put some jobs together for us. I live near the Smoky Mountains in the highest elevated city east of the Mississippi at 4100 feet. We call it the Eastern Yosemite. We have the 2 largest sheer granite big walls in the East (Laurel Knob...
Just got off the phone with Don Blair but didn't think to ask him about the rating comparison between old and new. He did tell me the Hobbs block, pictured with the device and purchase at the same time, is rated for 80,000 lbs. (yep, 20 tons!!). That's up for bids, too. You can take up slack on...
I've got an original without the redirects and whatever else was modified after 1989. Hardly ever used and no grooves on the spool. I modified mine with an hardened steel handle, like a shop vise, which works well for tensioning, lifting and cleating off the line. I'll post a pic shortly. Kinda...
Attachment: Hooking transfer w/ ropeman cam and single line footlock assist.
I'm working on replacing the bungee cord and will post that at a later date.
Also great for:
1.) Pulling out hangers from below you.
2.) Picking up the chainsaw or polesaw you forgot to attach to the end of your line...
When I work with stone dead and decaying trees (for that matter, any questionable tree) I set a line in the top of the tree, with a throw line and preferably in the top main anchor point stem, and then start pulling and yanking on the tree from all directions. The first thing that happens is all...
It would be a good idea to test them. My brain doesn't work with numbers so the number of split rings I chose to use just "felt right". I have to admit that I'm very hesitant when I'm on the system but that's what keeps me totally present to the situation I am in (still I should at least test...
Free gear:
Bet it's the last time you'll ever borrow anything from my gear bags without asking about it's history...never purchased a wiregate in my life! You can never have too many utility 'biners!!! This booty cost me about 6 hours of work (hiking in and out and the actual hunt).
Free...
This is NOAA's Tabular forecast. Put in your zip code and scroll to bottom and click on Tabular Forecast:
This gives you hourly forecasts for multiple parameters you set up on the click boxes . If you look at this forecast the night before and then refresh it in the morning you can...