Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
many thanks to David for the X-rings, didn't bust them this time but it's early days.
XRR4LIFE.
Ben.
To the X the Y the Z
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many thanks to David for the X-rings, didn't bust them this time but it's early days.
XRR4LIFE.
Ben.
Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Suffolk, Virginia
Do you take down and small simple trees? Is everything in Australia big? Lol. Great video
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
not very often these days Steve, I did do a 50 ft conny yesterday in a rear yard corner over three fence line in the rain and the bossman said it must be nice to be given a easy one now and then to keep my moral up. funnily enough he was right.
but that is contract climbing for you. if it is easy they do the job themselves or their in-house climber will, I only tend to get the gurnsey if the job is tricky or big or both.
thank you very much sir,
cheers Ben
Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Suffolk, Virginia
I feel your pain
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
thankyou Levi
no didn't keep him more capture and release to safer ground, I personally love geckos they are Gods little people in the tree , so peaceful and nonviolent with beautiful individual markings really try to save them, me and the whole crew will stop a job temp' to relocate a gecko just one of those unspoken things we all share onsite.The X-Tender is undergoing extensive testing (by me the human guinea pig
)I came up with the idea recently after jesse coleman 's application of a dmm pinto rigging pulley spacer at the top of the VT (works great by the way haven't singed my fingers since, Big thank you and shoutout to Jesse for that one!!)
I have a x-ring in the 'setback" space of the VT above the hitch climber pulley and below the last turn of the VT
okay it is limited in that you have a non removable ring on the rope unless you run it off but I feel the upside makes it worthwhile if you climb on Ddrt like this old Ddrt dino.
The X-tender removes the SETBACK, yep no setback or loss with the pull up and now I do not have to tend the bloody hitch while I climb making the VT a one handed hitch! it is what I imagine a rope runner or similar does for sRt but now I get to keep my Ddrt and flow around through the tree one handed!!! whoop whoop indeed friends it is changing my game up for the better whether on a foot ascender or just flying along I love the bloody thing.
will make a video soon to explain it better.
Cheers Ben
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
figured you would get the drift
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
Levi please excuse me while I waffle on your dime, this idea came to me out of inspiration, I assembled it and it looked right.
The aircraft designer Roy Chadwick said" if something looks right it is because it is right" he was talking about our intuitive nature when we see something that presents the correct proportion or balance it looks to be correct in our minds eye , we feel the "rightness" of the item like a vibe coming off it towards us.
the X-tender looks right, the way the prussic cord flows around the ring and back to the hitch climber pulley, the space it takes up by the height of the ring being just so, it works well as if it was meant to be and I do not "feel' a dog snap being the equivalent of the x-ring but there nothing to stop you trying out the variations I have been wrong so many time before in my life one more won't surprise me at this point.
this is all open source as far as it concerns me, I won't and don't expect to make dollar one on this idea, it may not sell a whole lot more X-rings for David but it may make some other climber other than me happy and that will be the payoff.
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
let me know how it pans out.
John Uselding
Participating member
- Location
- Central Iowa
Second time I've seen your face in a video . Great work Ben! You put those rings through a workout. Really like the triple Beast!
. Great work Ben! You put those rings through a workout. Really like the triple Beast!
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
Thankyou John for the kudos and the attention to details. yeh I am not a big selfie kind of person - more into letting the work speak for me.
The triple beast is currently under the X-man workshop and will be coming out under another name as a official
Xtreme arborist product in the near future - I just happened to fluke the splicing idea turns out Lawrence was about to make one and David was already in production so keep your ears open.
Well I did assure the supplier that I would engage in field testing and I do like to deliver on my promises
cheers Ben.
John Uselding
Participating member
- Location
- Central Iowa
.... not a big selfie kind of person - more into letting the work speak
That it does my friend! That it does
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colemanjessenz
Participating member
- Location
- heidelberg , Germany
Wicked bro , great stuff ben Thanks for the shoutout although it was entirely your ideathankyou Levi
The X-Tender is undergoing extensive testing (by me the human guinea pig
I came up with the idea recently after jesse coleman 's application of a dmm pinto rigging pulley spacer at the top of the VT (works great by the way haven't singed my fingers since, Big thank you and shoutout to Jesse for that one!!)
I have a x-ring in the 'setback" space of the VT above the hitch climber pulley and below the last turn of the VT
okay it is limited in that you have a non removable ring on the rope unless you run it off but I feel the upside makes it worthwhile if you climb on Ddrt like this old Ddrt dino.
The X-tender removes the SETBACK, yep no setback or loss with the pull up and now I do not have to tend the bloody hitch while I climb making the VT a one handed hitch! it is what I imagine a rope runner or similar does for sRt but now I get to keep my Ddrt and flow around through the tree one handed!!! whoop whoop indeed friends it is changing my game up for the better whether on a foot ascender or just flying along I love the bloody thing.
will make a video soon to explain it better.
Cheers Ben
, it looks like you are spicing things up and having fun dude.
MikePowers321
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Leeds, Ny
if you get a chance, snap a few pics of this X tender. I'm curious. Great video buddy.Levi please excuse me while I waffle on your dime, this idea came to me out of inspiration, I assembled it and it looked right.
The aircraft designer Roy Chadwick said" if something looks right it is because it is right" he was talking about our intuitive nature when we see something that presents the correct proportion or balance it looks to be correct in our minds eye , we feel the "rightness" of the item like a vibe coming off it towards us.
the X-tender looks right, the way the prussic cord flows around the ring and back to the hitch climber pulley, the space it takes up by the height of the ring being just so, it works well as if it was meant to be and I do not "feel' a dog snap being the equivalent of the x-ring but there nothing to stop you trying out the variations I have been wrong so many time before in my life one more won't surprise me at this point.
this is all open source as far as it concerns me, I won't and don't expect to make dollar one on this idea, it may not sell a whole lot more X-rings for David but it may make some other climber other than me happy and that will be the payoff.
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
Mike there will be a intro' video coming soon.
thank you very much sir.
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
maybe so but your idea seeded mine so fair credit where fair credit is due.although it was entirely your idea
Yes I am broading my horizons climb wise and truthfully having a blast
cheers Ben.
ps Gambia video coming out soon?
