i would pay a consulting arborist in your area to come out and give an evaluation of this tree and recommend management practices to be applied to the specimen. Research and pay well the consultant should cost you at least $100 an hour. Then hire a climber with a lot of knowledge, work...
this is the dumbest post ever. TDS. choose the right knot for the right application. an alpine butterfly is not really meant to be loaded in the loop. the knot was designed to be able to take a damaged section of rope out of the climbing equation without cutting the rope. the use of the ab has...
I have a 2012 Ditch witch SK650 with low hours and in Excellent condition. It comes with a branch manager grapple and pallet forks for $16000.00
I will break the package apart and sell just the machine for $15000.00 and The branch manager and pallet forks for $1500
I have a great chipper for sale. 2000 vermeer 1800a 19,000.00 4900hours all maintenance done by vermeer mid south. The list includes new clutch, new axle, new tires, new brakes, new wiring, new drum bearings, new belt, new belt cover, new fuel tank bushings. The paint is faded and it has a few...
Sometimes as people i think we can over complicate anything. Check this video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIKI0AhzIY
this is the base tie i use.
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so i decided to try SRTWP with a rope wrench i borrowed from a friend. I like it. Its different. tending slack is quicker i work a tree with a lot of redirects anyway so for me the difference was the consistent friction at the hitch. I need to work on my accent...
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for you guys trolling this thread and not replying: please vote. if you don't have an account. register and then vote. we need voices and opinions. thanks
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I agree with Mike Powers on this one. Have you assembled an online or any sort of petition. Or brought all this to or got involved on the tcc board or committee, etc.?
Correct me if I'm wrong about your tcc but around here you have to send in your entry in...
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Yes, I agree the fight is for all SRTWP to be "legal", but one has to pick a battle and the battle line is this one right now as a variation of this has been used in an ITCC (Rhode Island) and was approved by the ITCC rules committee at that time. when Kevin stumbled...
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it isn't even just a figure eight below it could be a stitch plate made with a carabiner and the d ring on the leg strap of a TM. you could move the figure eight to above the hitch as most rescue books recommend and it still would be ok. but put the rope wrench into...
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The more I think about this the madder I get. It is ok to use any prussic/pulley/rope/knot/attachment, but add a piece of kit that adds friction so the user can SRTWP off the same set up that people Ddrt off of and it is a no go. But it is ok to use just a friction...
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This was the response from the ITCC rules committee to my boycott thus far:
I'm very sorry you feel this way Jeff. It is not the intention of the ITCC rules committee to hinder the advancement of techniques or equipment.This said the techniques and equipment used...