Climbers

[Mark Chisholm]

I was spiking up a tree today and was wondering what others thought. What gaffs are preferred? I have Geckos and T-2s. Anyone else have both and prefer one over the other?

 

[Colin]

Never tried the Geckos. I wore the Kliens with offset gaffs for 10 years and really liked them. Got older and decided it was time for lighter gear and bought some T2's. Took me a while to get used to the straight gaffs but now I'm quite comfortable on them. I'd probably fall off the Kliens if I put them on today.
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[Mark Chisholm]

Do you have the pole gaffs or tree gaffs? Mine are the shorties. I don't seem to gaff-out too often in them.

 

[Colin]

When I bought the T2's the long gaffs were not available yet from Buckingham. I backordered the long gaffs but didn't get them for about 4 months. By that time I had quit sliding around on the short gaffs and had become accustomed to them. I never did put on the long gaffs, still got them wrapped up in a drawer somewhere.

So in my experience it isn't so much what is better but what you are used to. At one time I was extremely comfortable with the long hooked gaffs on the Kliens and now I am extremely comfortable with the short straight gaffs on the T2's. If you had told me two years ago I'd be using short straight gaffs today I wouldn't have believed you.

 

[Kevin]

I have the T2's and use them on CCA poles at work.
They are nice and light but the screw set up on the sleeves is cheaper than previous models where the irons were threaded.
I get by on most trees with the pole gaffs but still have a set of steel Buckinghams with the longer tree gaffs.

 

[Rossturner]

I use Alloy Bashlins with pole gaffs & find them better than Buckinghams or kleins as i have used both of the later.What i want to know is these velcro wrap around pads are they any good?.
Thanks.

 

[Colin]

Yes, they are good. I've been using them for 4 or 5 years now. I want to try out the 'cadillac pads', I just haven't gotten around to ordering them. THOSE are supposed to be the best.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

i like Bashlins with Wraps too; though they tend to set idle mostly anymore.

GypoClimber blares ""No prussicks here!" on his site, so i wouldn't listen to anything s/he says; i always thought a taught line was just a beginner's knot anyway. /forum/images/graemlins/hitaxeonthehead.gif

Never answered what a Gypoclimber is either; i find that very suspiciously trolling along....Wha's Up? Is that supposed to be like manly?

Are all those big crane shots really supposed to be you?

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[Rossturner]

Gypo means Gipsy(Traveler) in the UK they have a bad reputation.NOT saying that gypoclimber is.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

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Gypo means Gipsy(Traveler) in the UK they have a bad reputation.

[/ QUOTE ]/forum/images/graemlins/ukliam2.gifThat's good enough for me dude; thanx many, many times! /forum/images/graemlins/happydance.gif

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Now Ken, I am supposed to think that you like to bash Butch? I don't think so. /forum/images/graemlins/afightee.gif

 

[Colin]

I 'splained it, Kenster! Didja look at the guestbook? /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Oh, you mean the thing about being at best an archaic white trash gypsy crazy cajun climber?

Heck; i was just trying to get you to admit it again!/forum/images/graemlins/applaudit.gif

Actually site is looking good, videos pretty neat

Now about that taught line and ciggarrette....

P.S.-For the folks at home Mr. Gypo; what do you think it will cost ya for a whole year of your websight; and what will it mean to you to have it? Do you think it will pay for itself easily somehow, or has it already?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

The B'ham Super Wraps top pads make a day on hooks tolerable. Mine are probably seven years old and still in great shape. When I take them off, everytime, I take off the foot strap, dust off as many shavings as I can and then unwrap the tops. Give the Velcro a swipe and seal it back up. this keeps the hook and loop clean.

I googled gypo a while ago and got the understanding that it comes from the West Coast logging industry. There were loggers who were on company payrolls and then there were loggers who worked as sub-contractors or hired guns. Seems to fit with how Butch runs his ops.

 

[Colin]

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what do you think it will cost ya for a whole year of your websight?

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A hundred bucks a year, or a weeks worth of Marlboros! /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Menchhofer]

MB.....do not let them get to you. You seem to know your stuff so just keep up the good work and purchase those cadillac pads. You have been talking about getting them for months...

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Gypo isn't meant to be derogatory.

 

[Colin]

Anybody gotta link for those cadillac pads?

 

[Kevin]

I'm not sure what you mean with the cadillac pads can you describe them?

These are my T2's ...

 

[Colin]

I think that's them, Kevin.