Jr. GRCS
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That attachment didn't work. Oh, well, can't even do a right click and 'Save Target As'.
This little lowering device did everything we asked it to. With a climber high overhead, Teti cinches up the line to prepare the next cut.
This application, with several smaller trees in a fencerow, was perfect to control the brush down to the drop zone. This drop zone was actually a staging area, where a crane in the next yard lifted it over another fence. The pieces had to be kept large, to minimize the amount of crane slings necessary.
This little lowering device did everything we asked it to. With a climber high overhead, Teti cinches up the line to prepare the next cut.
This application, with several smaller trees in a fencerow, was perfect to control the brush down to the drop zone. This drop zone was actually a staging area, where a crane in the next yard lifted it over another fence. The pieces had to be kept large, to minimize the amount of crane slings necessary.
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No need for apology. Simply remove the profile information from your pics (about 35KB in each of them in this thread!). We don't need to know what your shutter speed, f-stop, the date, the model of your camera, etc.! That single operation will get most of your images down toward the 150KB "upper limit of dialup forum image download comfort level". You've already got the JPEG quality at a comfortable level of 75.
It should really be a simple feat for Mark or whoever has admin ability with the site software to add ".mov" to the list of acceptable upload file types. In my experience, zip will decrease the size of a .mov file if even only a little bit.
Here's one of your pics from earlier (modified slightly) and zipped. We'll see...
Glen
It should really be a simple feat for Mark or whoever has admin ability with the site software to add ".mov" to the list of acceptable upload file types. In my experience, zip will decrease the size of a .mov file if even only a little bit.
Here's one of your pics from earlier (modified slightly) and zipped. We'll see...
Glen
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- Home of the New Jersey Devils
Try the .mov file now. Let's see if I got it?
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>sh-2.05b$ wget -S http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/download.php?Number=32671
--02:18:49-- http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/download.php?Number=32671
=> `download.php?Number=32671'
Resolving www.treebuzz.com... 216.235.79.190
Connecting to www.treebuzz.com|216.235.79.190|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:18:58 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 mod_throttle/3.1.2 PHP/4.3.3
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.3
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=5418487887f0f25824ef5f4e52019d51; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Location: http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/images/upload/32671-Joey&LD.MOV
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Location: http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/images/upload/32671-Joey&LD.MOV [following]
--02:18:50-- http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/images/upload/32671-Joey&LD.MOV
=> `32671-Joey&LD.MOV'
Connecting to www.treebuzz.com|216.235.79.190|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:18:58 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 mod_throttle/3.1.2 PHP/4.3.3
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
02:18:50 ERROR 404: Not Found.</pre><hr />
--02:18:49-- http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/download.php?Number=32671
=> `download.php?Number=32671'
Resolving www.treebuzz.com... 216.235.79.190
Connecting to www.treebuzz.com|216.235.79.190|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:18:58 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 mod_throttle/3.1.2 PHP/4.3.3
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.3
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=5418487887f0f25824ef5f4e52019d51; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Location: http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/images/upload/32671-Joey&LD.MOV
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Location: http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/images/upload/32671-Joey&LD.MOV [following]
--02:18:50-- http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/images/upload/32671-Joey&LD.MOV
=> `32671-Joey&LD.MOV'
Connecting to www.treebuzz.com|216.235.79.190|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:18:58 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 mod_throttle/3.1.2 PHP/4.3.3
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
02:18:50 ERROR 404: Not Found.</pre><hr />
Mangoes
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- Greater Toronto Area
Dude?!? /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
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- Canon City ,CO
Charley is a nice guy. Looks like he was having fun.
That's the entire dialog between the client and the server while attempting to fetch the attachment. Watching it scroll by beats the hell out of just an hourglass cursor or maybe a "rolling" bar to show the operator that their computer is "busy", don't you think? I know I do. I like to know what's going on 
Mangoes
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I like to think about my schedule of work for the week, which estimates I have to do tomorrow, when the chipper needs its knives changed, what invoices are overdue, what cheques I have to deposit, how can I stretch the budget to take up some Arbormaster courses. Glens definately has talents beyond my comprehension, but generally I tend to skim some of his posts, 'cause I can't be bothered to complicate my life more. /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Hahaha!
If you'll notice, that "conversation" all takes place within a period of less than two seconds (and that the server clock was 9 seconds fast at the time).
"my" (software's) actual requests were not echoed, but they each two consisted of basically
GET /forum/download.php?Number=32671 HTTP/1.0
[line feed]
[line feed]
and
GET /forum/images/upload/32671-Joey%26LD.MOV HTTP/1.0
[line feed]
[line feed]
Now you know the rest of the story.
I very much prefer worrying about the simple things as compared to the necessities of life such as where my next dollar might be coming from and how I'm going to get it.
Maybe that explains why I'm so broke all the time...
I still wouldn't dump that ash tree (and possibly cut it to 4-foot lengths; but no further cleanup) for much less than a grand.
You will keep us posted regarding the outcome, won't you?
If you'll notice, that "conversation" all takes place within a period of less than two seconds (and that the server clock was 9 seconds fast at the time).
"my" (software's) actual requests were not echoed, but they each two consisted of basically
GET /forum/download.php?Number=32671 HTTP/1.0
[line feed]
[line feed]
and
GET /forum/images/upload/32671-Joey%26LD.MOV HTTP/1.0
[line feed]
[line feed]
Now you know the rest of the story.
I very much prefer worrying about the simple things as compared to the necessities of life such as where my next dollar might be coming from and how I'm going to get it.
Maybe that explains why I'm so broke all the time...
I still wouldn't dump that ash tree (and possibly cut it to 4-foot lengths; but no further cleanup) for much less than a grand.
You will keep us posted regarding the outcome, won't you?
By the way, I'm curious...
- Location
- healdsburg, CA
Re: Jr. GRCS IS NOW OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE!
[ QUOTE ]
Hey Frans, where did you get that winch?
[/ QUOTE ]
Just got the official nod from Greg Good, the manufacturer of the GRCS that he will produce Jr. GRCS' if the demand is there for them.
I will be the first to say, after using my homemade version (dont expect the 'official' version to look the same) the porta-a-crap(wrap, whatever) is now at the bottom of the gear bag.
No I dont know what the SWLL is, better contact Greg Good for the details
Frans
[ QUOTE ]
Hey Frans, where did you get that winch?
[/ QUOTE ]
Just got the official nod from Greg Good, the manufacturer of the GRCS that he will produce Jr. GRCS' if the demand is there for them.
I will be the first to say, after using my homemade version (dont expect the 'official' version to look the same) the porta-a-crap(wrap, whatever) is now at the bottom of the gear bag.
No I dont know what the SWLL is, better contact Greg Good for the details
Frans
Roger_Barnett
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- Seattle, in the PNWet
Re: Jr. GRCS IS NOW OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE!
Franz, one PCrap bennie is the ease with which it can be slid around the trunk, as and if needed.
Yesterday, we had a simple job, so I didn't think to bring the GRCS. We had a triple leader hemlock, with a phone line running right thru it, and I didn't want to bother dropping the line, prolly cause we wanted the challenge of getting 'er down. Set a retrievable false crotch in nearby doug fir, and used only an old 1/2 inch line and 2.375 CMI pulley, and portawrap...So had to be gentle.....tip tied each leader, Travis stayed aloft, I cut each where they joined, off an orchard ladder. Heaviest piece maybe 900 lb if that, no shock loading....Needed to pull one leader in quite a ways, and didnt have the fiddle blocks either, so rigged a z pulley with redirect and progress capture prussik. Worked like a charm...but the GRCS or of course this new Jr woulda been the ticket!!
After rigging that last top, we rethreaded the lowering line tail to the other side of the fir, slid the PCrap around, and Travis swung over to a Scot pine removal on the other side. He was all gung ho to continue on it, being as he was still gaffless. But I pointed out the mess on the ground and the fact that the other end of the rigging line was tied in the hemlock top. So, he came down. Later, we used that end of the line to tip tie and lower the pine top. Oh, and I was the only g-man, being as Ox Jr was a no show.....AND we did the whole job, which also included 4 more removals and some pruning of the fir and a Jeffrey pine, in 6.3 hoursand produced 10-12 yards of chips...and I'd been worried that I'd underbid it.....Hehe, no way. I did the last tree, a smallish 16-18 inch 55 foot fir, stone dead from armillaria, between two houses, a fence, and more wires, in 12 minutes from the time I started putting on my harness. well, except for the 3 minutes it took with the hopped up 346 and 357 to buck the firewood......but if I'd done it "legal", with a second tie in, and with no one handing the 335, it'd taken a good 16 minutes.....
Then I drove to Chapple's job, chipped his brush from 2 birch teardowns, which filled the truck.
Today, not so good, it seems I've caught a bug.....koff koff, sneeze sneeze, sniff sniff
Franz, one PCrap bennie is the ease with which it can be slid around the trunk, as and if needed.
Yesterday, we had a simple job, so I didn't think to bring the GRCS. We had a triple leader hemlock, with a phone line running right thru it, and I didn't want to bother dropping the line, prolly cause we wanted the challenge of getting 'er down. Set a retrievable false crotch in nearby doug fir, and used only an old 1/2 inch line and 2.375 CMI pulley, and portawrap...So had to be gentle.....tip tied each leader, Travis stayed aloft, I cut each where they joined, off an orchard ladder. Heaviest piece maybe 900 lb if that, no shock loading....Needed to pull one leader in quite a ways, and didnt have the fiddle blocks either, so rigged a z pulley with redirect and progress capture prussik. Worked like a charm...but the GRCS or of course this new Jr woulda been the ticket!!
After rigging that last top, we rethreaded the lowering line tail to the other side of the fir, slid the PCrap around, and Travis swung over to a Scot pine removal on the other side. He was all gung ho to continue on it, being as he was still gaffless. But I pointed out the mess on the ground and the fact that the other end of the rigging line was tied in the hemlock top. So, he came down. Later, we used that end of the line to tip tie and lower the pine top. Oh, and I was the only g-man, being as Ox Jr was a no show.....AND we did the whole job, which also included 4 more removals and some pruning of the fir and a Jeffrey pine, in 6.3 hoursand produced 10-12 yards of chips...and I'd been worried that I'd underbid it.....Hehe, no way. I did the last tree, a smallish 16-18 inch 55 foot fir, stone dead from armillaria, between two houses, a fence, and more wires, in 12 minutes from the time I started putting on my harness. well, except for the 3 minutes it took with the hopped up 346 and 357 to buck the firewood......but if I'd done it "legal", with a second tie in, and with no one handing the 335, it'd taken a good 16 minutes.....
Then I drove to Chapple's job, chipped his brush from 2 birch teardowns, which filled the truck.
Today, not so good, it seems I've caught a bug.....koff koff, sneeze sneeze, sniff sniff
- Location
- healdsburg, CA
Re: Jr. GRCS IS NOW OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE!
Roger, those are the best days. I like to remember them on those days when things all go wrong
Roger, those are the best days. I like to remember them on those days when things all go wrong
- Location
- healdsburg, CA
I\'m LOVING my Jr. GRCS!
I'm in the middle of a two day take down of a black walnut tree.
Half of it is over the house.
Went up and attached the Jr. GRCS to a major scaffolding limb to use as a control line/re-direct in tandem with the load line to rig out the wood so it would float over the roof and down to the landing zone.
The thing is tottally easy to attach. I mean who would think of attaching the GRCS to a limb up in the tree? I hooked the thing up while hanging in my climb line. Such a rush to be able to wing the Jrgrcs around all by myself with no problems whatsoever.
I coulda used the Portacrap but would not be able to take up tension on the re-direct, same as a figure 8.
Always seemed like the only option for getting two lines completly under control was to buy TWO GRCS'! For me that is too much, spending 5 grand on two pieces of grear so I always got by with using the Portacrap or the figure 8.
Now I have the best of both worlds, maybe the better because the Jr. GRCS is so easy to carry and mount.
I talked to Greg Good and he said if the demand was there he would produce them for selling.
By the way I use a 1/2" double braid line on the Jr.GRCS
Frans
p.s.
I have a new respect for the engineering that Greg Good put into his device. when I made my Jr.GRCS I made an error in the placement of one of the fairleads which causes the rope to overlap and lock up on the drum. So now I have to get the plasma torch out and reweld the thing.
Shoulda talked to Greg 'bout all that first before going off and welding it up. I hope he makes a Jr. soon for production
I'm in the middle of a two day take down of a black walnut tree.
Half of it is over the house.
Went up and attached the Jr. GRCS to a major scaffolding limb to use as a control line/re-direct in tandem with the load line to rig out the wood so it would float over the roof and down to the landing zone.
The thing is tottally easy to attach. I mean who would think of attaching the GRCS to a limb up in the tree? I hooked the thing up while hanging in my climb line. Such a rush to be able to wing the Jrgrcs around all by myself with no problems whatsoever.
I coulda used the Portacrap but would not be able to take up tension on the re-direct, same as a figure 8.
Always seemed like the only option for getting two lines completly under control was to buy TWO GRCS'! For me that is too much, spending 5 grand on two pieces of grear so I always got by with using the Portacrap or the figure 8.
Now I have the best of both worlds, maybe the better because the Jr. GRCS is so easy to carry and mount.
I talked to Greg Good and he said if the demand was there he would produce them for selling.
By the way I use a 1/2" double braid line on the Jr.GRCS
Frans
p.s.
I have a new respect for the engineering that Greg Good put into his device. when I made my Jr.GRCS I made an error in the placement of one of the fairleads which causes the rope to overlap and lock up on the drum. So now I have to get the plasma torch out and reweld the thing.
Shoulda talked to Greg 'bout all that first before going off and welding it up. I hope he makes a Jr. soon for production
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- Western Norway
Re: Jr. GRCS IS NOW OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE!
I´ve got a home made GRCS too, I´ll post a pic one day. I bought a 22X /44X rope winch in a sailboat equipment shop and had a bracket? made in a velders workshop. Works very fine.
Svein
www.hogstogrydding.no
I´ve got a home made GRCS too, I´ll post a pic one day. I bought a 22X /44X rope winch in a sailboat equipment shop and had a bracket? made in a velders workshop. Works very fine.
Svein
www.hogstogrydding.no
Mangoes
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- Location
- Greater Toronto Area
What's the MA of the Jr. winch?
- Location
- healdsburg, CA
[ QUOTE ]
What's the MA of the Jr. winch?
[/ QUOTE ]
dunno, ask Greg Good I bought it from him. It IS a shrunk down version of the Harken capstan which greg installs on the GRCS
What's the MA of the Jr. winch?
[/ QUOTE ]
dunno, ask Greg Good I bought it from him. It IS a shrunk down version of the Harken capstan which greg installs on the GRCS
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