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    New device from ISC

    So based on False Hemlock's post above this is today's experient: ISC Apex Rope Wrench Arbsession CaraLINK Black Rope Wrench Tether v2 DMM PerfectO Locksafe Carabiner - Note - shoe goo'd/ glued onto Arbsession Caralink Tether - makes one stiff connection On Drayer StatX (gee this is a nice...
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    Tell me about cottonwoods

    If you're new to Populus, watch some videos from Poplar Mechanic - he worked in Medicine Hat Alberta area where there's lots of poplars of different ages. (One classic vid you have to see is where a limb he's on just fails but he calls out to ground folk below to warn them on the way down...
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    New device from ISC

    Looking back on the last few months, I think the AK2 and now the Reflex (and Blackbird etc.) are all large steps forwards that together with new rope designs/ engineering give us way more options than in the past. Look at the refinements on the RR from the original. If the company's have strong...
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    New device from ISC

    Great thread. In addition to my other comments above, and post #174 on rope types that are in the manual, I did find yesterday that I got kinda different behaviour on different Tachyon ropes I had - a old trusted friend sample of Ash worked fine, a relatively new 200' of Orange worked great but...
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    New device from ISC

    Bino H talks about biners and the Reflex. I found DMM Ultra O's/ Perfect O's go in just fine, including all the way around so you can clip into an MRS eye from the top. Not sure about 11.7's and 11.8's but the Reflex and CRIC work fine for a 3:1 on 11.5's like Tachyon, up as well as ambling out...
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    New device from ISC

    No not all arb ropes are EN1891A - I believe it requires a rope with a nylon core or something to get a bit more bounce (maybe giving rise to ISC's statement in the "manual" about not using rope that's too static but using one that has a bit more give or bounce). There are two things that gave...
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    New device from ISC

    At lunch today I sat down with the little manual/ instructions that comes with it. There's a bunch of use tips in there about hand position, and gloves (leather not rubber surfaced) that should help with different ropes. Instructions also state: "recommended that EN 1891-A rope, made of Nylon...
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    New device from ISC

    Yup just starting down - am working the rest of the zig zag links but it still seemed to release more suddenly than I liked. On one of the ropes it kinda kept going too (similar to Kevin's comment above). It looked like with "smaller" diameter ropes, the links spread out more vertically or more...
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    New device from ISC

    So today (in a weak moment) I sprang for yet one more shiny new climby thingy. Gotta say Reflex is slick me thinks. Tried SRT Reflexing around on: Blaze 11 Scion 11.5 Voyager 11.8 Found these all REALLY jerky to get started. The Force is not strong with these ropes it seems. Midway easy: Squir...
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    A spray bottle that lasts?

    I use FF and I do heat it up before filling the sprayer can and keep the gun/ can warm in a pot of hot water rather than setting it down if I'm moving around while spraying an underside winter coat. I use FF's spray rig and compressor though. Gave up on Blaster cans cuz they always plugged on me...
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    Maybe another option in a hand pruner with an extension pole. Just for fun I bought one of these and it's probably about as good as the Milwaulkee pole pruner (above) in terms of cuts, bit shorter reach tho. More light duty but at the price, and you can use it as a hand pruner too. They are...
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    Energy absorber for rock climbing.

    I haven't seen screamers used to belay on rock. There you place rated pro in good rock in good placements (excusing for a moment the generally crappy sedimentary rock we have in the Alberta Rockies or on the N face of the Eiger which are all in the process of falling apart). Ah the granite of...
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    New device from ISC

    I don't have a Reflex (or Blackbird) to try but I have noticed that with both the ZZ and Zillon, the links seem to elongate or spread out more on thinner diameter ropes. So this might be an explanation a bit for coping with wear - the wear points change a bit as the rope diameter gets larger? On...
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    New device from ISC

    Thanks Kevin. I do wish folks who are doing on-line reviews would state what rope(s) they are using and with what weight on the device. Some of the ropes can be guessed from the colour/ pattern but others not so much. Had an old Prof who always admonished us when doing science/ engineering to...
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    New device from ISC

    Bino H tried his Reflex on a buncha 11.7's on his Youtube channel - they seemed fine too. I'd like to hear about 11.5's like good ole Tachyon, or Drayer StatX ("thick" feeling and "stiffer" 11.5) or Sterling Scion (maybe a "smaller" feeling 11.5 based on settings for an AK2 for example)( ISC...
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    Is it time to replace the bungee on my Big Shot?

    This has been a good thread for me. The rubber condition on the BS is now added to the daily pre-work inspection checklist. Possibilty of a rubber band breaking on you while stretched is one reason I like using a pulley and trigger setup and have the thing on the ground when shooting (as above)...
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    Topping, Pollarding, or what??

    I've always tried to cut each stem individually, finish cut above the branch collar. The times I've done these, trying to cut small stems all at once, say with a top handle, ripped the stems more than cut them cleanly. It would be like trying to trim a hedge with a chainsaw, which can leave a...
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    tool/chainsaw lanyard attachment options while in a bucket truck?

    I've wondered now and then if one couldn't have "calibrated" magnets on a breakaway tool lanyard - the old vinyl covered magnets with hooks glued into them that Richard Mumford used to sell for his Mag Throwbag rig are really really strong. Could suface area of the mating faces be manipulated to...
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    Mounting a pulley for my moving rope system in a tree

    As well, Petzl makes wire slings or strops you can buy in various lengths you could add biners or pulley/ whatever to. I use these where I have to get back up into something over night or a few days later and just leave cheap cord or throwline installed in the rig - pull a rope up next day...
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    Ad Picture Change Shifts Everything

    Me too on all the various versions of Safari on MACs that we own, if that helps. The pages just jump up and down maddeningly.

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