Those ebay, BMS were very well worn. Pictures did not depict the half of it.
I ordered one (of 3?)and when recieved canceled the purchase feeling like picture was taken from an angle to conceal depth of wear groove.
If a person bought one knowing wear and thought it wasn't going to be an...
At least one rope grab has a quick release pin for easy on off the rope. The SS unit used on the Wraptor and elsewhere. I would feel good about using up to 1500 lb pull. I have one on a Masdam rope puller and the Masdam itself goes to full slip at about 1200 to 1500lb resistance.
TreeStuff used to have "parties" where someone would show up with thousands of dollars of tree gear for people to try. A great get together and learning/sharing experience. Might have started back up post covid.
Talk around and if not borrowing an item to try how it works for you, at least think in terms of trying an item on for fit.
Most people, tree people especially, like to help others and if you're willing to lend a hand dragging brush etc for a bit who could say no?
These Opsal (not Alcoa) cast aluminum pads have been marketed with verbiage that they didn't fit Bashlin climbers for years. When in fact they at best took a little saw file work to knock off some burs to make them fit - for the curving shank Bashlin climbers. However the straight shanked...
I have neglected to post about this but would not recommend anyone try it. Very frustrating even for an occasional cut. Not only not pro but a total annoyance to assemble and use.
There are airbag size traders sold by other companies that I believe deleted the notification aspect. I bought one and haven't put it into play. I'll check for info and post more soonish.
Just as a point on wires, when I was first starting out I stress tested house drops a little too much, started a small attic fire. Fortunately got it out and sorted.
I frequently have that type of issue. Seems like slightly dull chain and not perfectly symmetrical hand sharpening in my case. (Almost always some rain splashed up dirt on my stumps near the bottom.)
Backchaining seems to be a tolerable work around to get through one tree or job. Then I try...
That reminds me of one high end vineyardist client I had. He had a well drilled to get more water to pump out to his vines. He asked the crew to not smoke on his property as it was a dry time of year and dry area in general. While drilling they hit a pocket of gas...at which point one of the...
Cigarette butt and consistent wind making it glow cherry red, I could see that after watching a couple of videos of guys using blowers to amp up the lighting of a brush pile.
I have only used my new 220X one time and didn't perceive longer run time or more power delivery compared to 200X. But the release snaps definitely are easier to grab with a gloved hand. Maybe deeper well indention for glove to push into as well as more prominent ridge to depress.