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Hello buzzers. I have not posted for a very long time. Everything has been going good, and I've been working a lot more this year. Anyhow I adopted the SRT rope wrench combo back when it was the f8 revolver system.( thank-you Mr. Treebing!) It was a hard switch over, but after a lot of practice I have mastered SRT.
Last week the lady that I do tree lighting called and had a job to hang lights in some two to three hundred year old live oaks. The balusts that they use for the lights are usually around the base of the tree, but the customer wanted them up in the tree so you could not see them.
Her plan was to let another climber put the lights in and have me do all electrical work. That was fine with me since most lights go out to the tips of the limbs, and you also have to go from one side of the canopy to the other. You also have to haul expensive fixtures and light bulbs, drill anchors and aim the lights.......it sucks at times.
They have a ropetec wraptor that I let the other climber who was old school to the bone. I.E. blakes hitch no split tail, doubled rope, and SPURS. I set my rig high in the top hooked two accenders, and I was up to the first light we had to change. The light lady saw the other climber had his spurs on and asked him to take them off. His reply was "How am I going to get where I have to go?"
I am so glad that I took the time to learn SRT. Watching this guy (who is about my age, mid 30's) fight his rope, and spur the trees. At the end of the day the poor guy was just shot. I was tired but not too bad. I had to finish hanging two lights for him at the end of the day. That first day we installed 14 lights in three huge live oaks. The next day he did seven and just couldn't do anymore.
I was sore, but not really whipped like this guy.
Thanks all you climbers for sharing your knowledge..
Last week the lady that I do tree lighting called and had a job to hang lights in some two to three hundred year old live oaks. The balusts that they use for the lights are usually around the base of the tree, but the customer wanted them up in the tree so you could not see them.
Her plan was to let another climber put the lights in and have me do all electrical work. That was fine with me since most lights go out to the tips of the limbs, and you also have to go from one side of the canopy to the other. You also have to haul expensive fixtures and light bulbs, drill anchors and aim the lights.......it sucks at times.
They have a ropetec wraptor that I let the other climber who was old school to the bone. I.E. blakes hitch no split tail, doubled rope, and SPURS. I set my rig high in the top hooked two accenders, and I was up to the first light we had to change. The light lady saw the other climber had his spurs on and asked him to take them off. His reply was "How am I going to get where I have to go?"
I am so glad that I took the time to learn SRT. Watching this guy (who is about my age, mid 30's) fight his rope, and spur the trees. At the end of the day the poor guy was just shot. I was tired but not too bad. I had to finish hanging two lights for him at the end of the day. That first day we installed 14 lights in three huge live oaks. The next day he did seven and just couldn't do anymore.
I was sore, but not really whipped like this guy.
Thanks all you climbers for sharing your knowledge..
