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    Sold - Wraptor for sale

    Hhh that Sent from my E6910 using Tapatalk
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    Morbark Chipper $6500 - SOLD

    Interested, location, model, engine hours? Sent from my E6910 using Tapatalk
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    70-90cc saw recommendation please

    Get yourself an Arbor trolley with a set of frame extensions. You may end up leaving your wife for it. I tell some of my coworkers that I'd choose it over them when scheduling. 661 is a decent saw, but I'm another 395 vote, awesome saw. I also love the 390, especially in the air. In general...
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    Thoughts on in tree line advancement (no spikes) captain hook?

    It's hard to beat a pole for advancing a line. I'm pretty damn good tossing by all the above methods; I've recently gone back to a knot for weight b/c I'm trying to lighten up my saddle and I don't like throwing aluminum connectors, but I'd advise a knot that will spill if you pull on it when...
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    Struggling with srt

    I'm another chubby ninja, and I'd say that I have never figured out a good way to adjust a saddle other than by messing with it for a dozen climbs. It seems like each saddle has its own method, and they're not all the same...other than the habit of laying back the plus-sized and/or top-heavy. It...
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    Using hitch with rope wrench for a lowerable basal anchor

    I have to agree with some of the comments above about the likelihood of actually lowering a climber off of a basal anchor system: slim-to-none. If someone is so incapacitated that they can't get down themselves, they're almost sure to be lanyarded in, pinned underneath something, or redirected...
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    Drt redirect?

    I'm not going to wade too far into the SRS/MRS debate as that is technically a derail, except to say that there is no rule against rope walking MRS. I climb SRS 85+% of the time now, but in big trees I frequently use a long SRS line and a short (60'ish to 90'ish for 30' to 45' of reach) MRS...
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    How do you “ethically” ascend redwoods with weak anchor branches?

    Don't forget traverses from other trees that are easier to get into if that's an option. Another thing to not rush at blindly or learn as you go, and obviously only possible if the other tree is there, but something to keep in mind. Read "the wild trees", Steve Sillett climbed his first redwood...
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    Using used-climbing-ropes as bull lines? And Q on force in a controlled-speedline setup :)

    Also, the best money (and preferably the first money) you will spend is on education. Buy all of Jeff Jepsen's books: The Tree Climbers Companion To Fell A Tree Knots At Work Maybe $45 The Working Climber series by Jerry Beranek $215 Ebook of The General Fundamentals Of Tree Work by Beranek...
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    Using used-climbing-ropes as bull lines? And Q on force in a controlled-speedline setup :)

    So there is nothing inherently wrong with using an old climbing line as a rigging line, but you do have to make sure that it gets moved permanently to the rigging category. I'll use the tail of my climbing line to lower stuff that i could control by hand (without a dynamic load) and nothing...
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    vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

    I don't necessarily disagree with you on the merits, DRT/double SRS, double crotching with DdRT, they're mos def useful. Kevin Bingham himself said in an interview I watched or heard that he's on dual SRS systems full time now. I use two systems very often, frequently one SRS and one (usually...
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    vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

    Watching this, I noticed the same thing as in Dan's video: this design limits the size of the step you can take. I'm sure many will disagree, but for production work, I consider this a feature, not a bug. That is also more efficient and ergonomic for the long haul. Probably not the best for open...
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    vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

    I don't really have an opinion on Dan's (erm...) strap-on, I watched the video and it looks like it works fine for him. Plus, he's a good climber, I know he at least competes, and I believe I remember hearing about him doing well in the competitions, AND he has provided a wonderful service to...
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    Replacing then removing old steel cables

    100% agree, easiest and fastest method, although I find it stops getting the cable taut at around 25'-ish, and gets harder to judge the length of bolt to leave out the longer the run gets, and it's dependent on having a bolt (on the truck, that day) long enough to go through the stem and have...
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    Replacing then removing old steel cables

    He's cutting the cable to stop the wounding, and who knows how long it's been there, the tree is reliant on the support system now, it's irrelevant whether the cables were originally justified or whether an identical tree that had never been cabled would deserve cabling. The old ones have to...
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    Do *all* climbers get great benefit from wrenches/unicenders, or is HAAS/ascenders fully sufficient for some?

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    Do *all* climbers get great benefit from wrenches/unicenders, or is HAAS/ascenders fully sufficient for some?

    Some pics or video of your current system would help with critique. I consider moving or doubled rope technique to be the basic method of climbing that I would teach first. It's self-belay and there are no change-overs at height, both of which reduce the chance of accidents, but it's pretty...
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    Is this safe?

    To make your current system retrievable, take off the pulley and biner, replace with a rated screw link as suggested above, and move the pulley/biner above the prussik, and tie a retrieval line to the biner, 6-8 millimeter stuff works well and is cheap, but try to find something static-ish...
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    The Shultz Effect

    What section of the Schultz Effect are you talking about, and what time code? He does gloss over some things because he is covering so much, and some of those things he covers in passing are pure gold. I can tell you that If you are advancing a basal anchor, but haven't reached your final TIP...
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    Figure 8 for 1/2" rope?

    I'd never heard of autoblock mode , looked it up, may be using my f8 even more often now, thanks. Sent from my E6910 using Tapatalk

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