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    Jailbreaker New type of porta wrap

    Don’t overlook this one:
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    My $60 air cannon line launcher....WOW!!

    Using a bicycle type hand pump - the “Topeak Joe Blow Sport III High Pressure Floor Pump” I can very easily pump up 140 lbs of pressure in my APTA. I can’t imagine using any other method of launcher charging. I typically am launching at about 100 lbs, but extra pressure is definitely a help...
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    Loading only one side of a double pulley?

    Thanks all for your input to help me consider this issue of misalignment. I must admit I was hoping (and rather assuming) I would get responses more like, “We do that every morning before breakfast and twice on Tuesdays.” Alas a man wants to hear (or see) what he wants hear, so I did a little...
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    Loading only one side of a double pulley?

    Considering this - I only intend to load it (an Omni-Block 1.5 double) in this lopsided manner with a CMI Rope Jack, so about 3.5 kN per rope leg max, no shocks and no life support involved.
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    Loading only one side of a double pulley?

    Could anyone please comment on using an Rock Exotica Omni-Block double sheave swivel pulley loaded only on one side, that’s to say as a single sheave block. I have an application where it would be convenient to use a pair of these double blocks, but often only rigging them as singles, and...
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    My $60 air cannon line launcher....WOW!!

    Congratulations - your creation looks very slick - nice trigger mechanism. I’m sure you’ll love it. No single device has improved my climbing experience more than my air cannon (APTA). I typically hit the target 9 times out of ten - about the inverse of my success rate with other methods! I...
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    Show me your vise mounted on truck or chipper

    When I went electric I knew I wanted the smoothest sharpest sharpening possible, and to that end, got a Timberline system. I ended up giving to my buddy, finding that my file and vice sharpening was at least as good as the Timberline, and both faster and less stressful. I would say the...
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    Chainsaw Milling instead of Firewooding big rounds

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    Chainsaw Milling instead of Firewooding big rounds

    For large thick, and particularly slab “cookie” wooden objects the only reliable way to preserve them I’ve found is to stabilize them with polyethylene glycol-1000 or more recently polyethylene glycol-300 both generally referred to as PEG. Once the wood’s cells become impregnated with PEG the...
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    Stihl Hexa Chain and Files

    Thanks for posting this Dan - as to whether it will be future or fad, I couldn’t say but it’s interesting, and I’ll give it a try, if I’m still kicking, when it reaches my local dealer in a year or so.
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    Sharing again...Army Rigging Manual

    You’re probably right but that seems like yesterday to me. ;)
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    Sharing again...Army Rigging Manual

    Absolutely fabulous, I always wondered how much a “deadman” would hold - I just hope that you’re not in trouble Tom - sharing U.S military secrets!
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    Broke My Maasdam Rope Puller Yesterday (with video)

    Great you’re living and learning - we all hope to be fortunate enough to do that. I pull a lot of trees with my Maasdam(s) and am not afraid to add a second one in parallel, if I’ve misjudged the force required. In that case, the further down the first winch’s line under tension it’s possible...
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    Shanked it wide left!

    Do any of you use jacks, as was attempted in this example (hopefully with more satisfactory results)? I have used them in this way, but have entirely abandoned this style of felling in favour of less stressful methods for both me and the tree.
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    Slick Cordwood Handling

    I sell about 40 cords of hardwood firewood a year (I’m retired) but deliver none. My clients pick up their wood in mesh bags that I load with the loader on my tractor, into their trucks and or trailers. If I was imagining operating a firewood business worthy of employing this PackFix bundling...
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    Slick Cordwood Handling

    I know most of you guys would rather chip it, but in case you’ve not seen this system I thought I’d post a link. The price of tillable land locally is encouraging some to clear their bush. I saw a setup like this, as the output stage of a cordwood processor, in action and was impressed by its...
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    Magnetic tending attachment for chest harness?

    This might be heading in the right direction: https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/home/storage/ropes-bungees-and-tie-downs/10133-magnetic-cord-holder
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    Main line folly - one of the dangers of not climbing enough!

    You’re not kidding - but we’re quite a crew - there’s Alvin, Chip ‘n’ Dale and me.
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    Main line folly - one of the dangers of not climbing enough!

    Thanks very much Sean, but I just bit the bullet and ordered a brand new hank, after careful study, seeing that I really only had 70’ of unscarred Firefly left in my bag of tricks. (I mostly do basal anchors, and my sweet wife insisted.)
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    Main line folly - one of the dangers of not climbing enough!

    Thanks @Serf Life but my ascender (Taz Lov2) accepts 11mm max.

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