Petzl williams...I put this in awakenings Too

[Rob_Murph]

I have noticed a few times that they havent closed properly during change overs...but mine are getting old I put it down to the springs tiring. What life expectancy is normal for these biners in normal use..any ideas for replacements?

 

[Roger_Barnett]

I use all my life support biners till they no longer work properly. I clean them as needed to ensure proper action, when that fails, retire them to other use.

I have had a couple ball lockers that would hang up even when fairly new... so had to downgrade them.

Here's a pic of the remains of a big cedrus atlantica limb that failed in our ice storm....I pruned the tree a couple years ago, wish I'd cabled the limb...

 

[Rob_Murph]

Nice saws

As I was posting i though its time to clean them out and dose them with wd40. Nice saws ...your wouldnt be showing off a bit ...nice looking newish gear as well.
Me in a blackwood Acacia melanoxylon

 

[Burnham_Chamberlain]

Re: Nice saws

I pretty much have given up on using the Petzl ball-locks because I work almost exclusively in conifers, and the pitch clogs them up so easily. If you sometimes are in a conifer and sometimes not, you might consider avoiding using your ball-locks in that type of tree. That may keep them working well for a much longer time.

 

[Roger_Barnett]

Re: Nice saws

What me , show off.....how could you say such a thing??


Ummm, that just happens to be the first Dolmar 7900 to reach the west coast..that I know of...and it is far from stock... she's turning in the neighborhood of 8-8.5 hp, and weighs 13.6 lb....with that unequaled pwr to weight, it seems like I'm superman...isntead of a shriveled old fart.

The older 10 lb Shindaiwa 488 runs nice too...it eats stock 036's for breakfast.

 

[046]

Re: Nice saws

WOW!!! what a impressive picture. When was that taken?

 

[Mahk_Adams]

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What saddle is that Roger?

Mahk