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    Dewalt chainsaw???

    Thank you for the replies, guys. Re: chaps -- I always heard that chaps were made for "high speed low force" applications like gas chainsaws which they would stop by basically exploding into a bird's nest of knots -- and that "low speed high force" electric chainsaws would go right through the...
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    Dewalt chainsaw???

    Hey, guys, how do you like the Dewalt DCCS620B saw? I need something to do some serious pruning (like remove half of a split-leader Leyland cypress here that has gotten mostly blown over), but my 17-year-old Dolmar PS-3410TH tree saw went on strike and I've given up on trying to fix it for the...
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    Anyone use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops?

    I'm not a tree (or roof) guy so, yeah, I definitely feel pucker factor, probably more so with a utility knife on a tensioned prusik loop than with a chainsaw in a tree, because I'm generally tied in better (lanyard, branches, spikes, etc) when I have a chainsaw in one of my trees. A lot of it is...
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    Anyone use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops?

    Thanks, Moss. I have a Unicender and a HitchHiker (and a couple of Petzl Tiblocs), but I just haven't used them enough to trust them the way I trust a prusik...and the Tiblocs also only work one way, unlike a prusik or klemheist. Most of the time I prefer the simplicity of old-school methods to...
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    Anyone use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops?

    Yikes! Fortunately, that's one thing that always scares me (the possibility of the prussic not grabbing) so whenever I need to lean back on the prussic loop for work-positioning, I always tension it first with my hand to make sure it won't slip...the idea of leaning backward against "nothing" on...
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    Anyone use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops?

    Thanks for your reply, Fivepoints. All the FA gear I've seen has the tie-off point up between the shoulderblades, which isn't much use to me for WP, unfortunately. In an absolute worst-case scenario, and depending on the formula or calculator used, I figured that I might create 600-1800 ft-lb of...
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    Anyone use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops?

    Thank you, Moss, that's helpful information. I guess what I'll do is just stick with my 1/4" nylon prusik loop and make sure I keep all my slack tended.
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    Anyone use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops?

    Thanks, guys, you make good points that should have been obvious to me without asking: Prusik cord is cheap enough as it is, and vitally important, so why try to cheap out? And if the stuff I'm using grabs well, it probably ain't gonna melt. So what I have here is probably a solution in search...
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    Anyone use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops?

    Hey, all, At the Knot & Rope Supply website I found some interesting 1/4" polyester braid that supposedly breaks around 2000#: https://www.knotandrope.com/collections/polyester-rope/products/1-4-x-1000-braided-white-polyester Does anyone here use 1/4" polyester braid for prusik loops to tie...
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    Problem insects to look out for when disturbing wood piles

    Don't know about NY, but here on the coast of VA, we get lots of black widows in wood piles. I've also found them in the house. The whole area here is full of spiders, I suspect because of the heavy dew we get every night from May to October. Every summer I seem to find a big giant black and...
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    Hitch hiker/2/x thread

    Thank you, Jehinten. Man, I haven't posted to the forum in months, and 10 minutes after I reappear with a question, you guys hook me up with the info I need. You guys rock! Many thanks!
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    Hitch hiker/2/x thread

    Thanks, guys, for the fast replies. I'm kind of surprised about maybe needing 10mm hitch cord...I'm using 8mm Ocean Polyester now on my skinnier Yale Blaze...anyway, thanks for your help. Jeff
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    Hitch hiker/2/x thread

    Hey, all, Does anybody know whether you can use the HH2 with 1/2" rope? I don't have time right now to check with my 1/2" rope, but if it will work with something like Yale XTC 1/2" polyester, I want to get some of that rope while the sale is on today. (The hank of XTC that I have now is worn...
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    Mule Tape - Anyone use this cordage?

    Thanks, guys, I appreciate the information.
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    Mule Tape - Anyone use this cordage?

    Hey, all, I recently discovered a type of polyester webbing called "mule tape" or "pull tape" which is I guess is often used to pull wire through conduits. Here's some: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mule%20tape The 3/4" wide stuff is commonly...
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    Why do you like the thinner ropes?

    Isn't it something where on a regular biner, the Munter can spin around and not work as desired/expected? Don't ask me to elaborate, that's all I remember. ;-)
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    From Tree Climbing to Vertical Caving

    Thanks for posting up. That sounds really interesting and a lot of fun. Do large quantities of bats and/or birds live down in those caves? If so, is guano/ammonia a problem with breathing/stink?
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    Why do you like the thinner ropes?

    Been out of pocket so haven't been able to read all your replies until today, but thank you for all your insight and for the interesting discussion that followed. I learn so much from this forum...
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    Why do you like the thinner ropes?

    Hey, all, I'm kind of a noob or at least an amateur / weekend warrior(I've done some DdRT with Blake's Hitch and more recently some SRT with Unicender and Hitch Hiker II ... for which I bought a hank of Yale Blaze) ... my question is, I see in reading here that it seems like most of you folks...
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    dusted off an old rope

    Ever'body knows you don't coil a snake...you flake a snake!

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