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Who would hire someone with huge gauged out ears and lip piercings like that? I mean does that really climb trees?

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To be honest I would Nick, as long as he did his job properly. Does it matter what a bloke/gal looks like. Cause nowadays a lot of folk would be without work if we thought like that. This ain't the dark ages. Live and let live I dare say.....at least that's how I roll...

Now here are my goodies that arrived today, thanks X for your invention and thanks Rich for your awesome splices. Two go to my buddy and the rest are mine. I know I got my next order in my head already... These are going to help me a lot... Will get some action pics soon..
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Awesome!

Wow, FedEx is fast!

You are the FIRST international order Swing!

Look forward to some very interesting applications of these slings in the next few months.

Videos will be coming too.

Riggs and Chris Girard did tree removals with them this week. Looking forward to their opinions.

NickfromWI did you get yours???
 
Oh come on, there is very low if any risk with the lips. I know same as mine, I keep my ears small as I like muffs. I could see ears that big hangin up, but you can also wear solid plugs in place of eyelets....

Can't wait for my x-rings! If they were my size I would wear em in my ears. Can't wait for my order, keep thinking of all the things I can do with them.
 
X , used the rings on this removal ( Red Oak). another company strapped it up after Sandy , I re secured it with a lowering device up higher . We lowered almost every limb in that tree , the split was towards the house over the roof . I gave the rings everything within reason for the crew on the ground . I thought the rope might catch the eye of the sling , but never did , and we were swinging large limbs into the yard from over the house and wires . They are light and I trust them . Good job .
 

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Nah , I was still drunk , I drink everyday and night , I just did that tree so I can buy a new liver on the black market. By the time I sobered up the tree was down , the rings were back in the bag and I headed to another bar.
 
I love the Xrings, but would it be possible for them to get hot/warm enough to weaken the tenex sling? If it has been already adressed, my bad.
 
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X , used the rings on this removal ( Red Oak). another company strapped it up after Sandy , I re secured it with a lowering device up higher . We lowered almost every limb in that tree , the split was towards the house over the roof . I gave the rings everything within reason for the crew on the ground . I thought the rope might catch the eye of the sling , but never did , and we were swinging large limbs into the yard from over the house and wires . They are light and I trust them . Good job .

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Riggs, you have a triple XRR sling and some others I think.

Did you use a block in the tree too? Or all XRR slings?

Did you use the triple XRR sling as a top rigging (terminal) point?

Red Oak is really heavy again with water this fall/winter like last winter.
 
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I love the Xrings, but would it be possible for them to get hot/warm enough to weaken the tenex sling? If it has been already adressed, my bad.

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Good question, which was also my first question when using the first ones.

They don't get hot like you think they would.

If you have experience with say a steel biner running down a speedline, they can get REALLY hot.

First slings were made of dyneema, but dyneema can't handle temperature, degrades at 150 degrees F, melts at 300 degrees F.

Tenex degrades at 350 degrees F (melting point is 480-500 F)

I'm going to be doing some tests with a infrared temperature device to show the actual temperature, to show that they don't get really hot.

My year of working with them, I was abusing them and just using a single ring as the terminal rigging point and they never got hot enough to burn me. On long runs with decent weight, when I squeezed the ring with my hand with some force, it was just uncomfortable warm.

But, I feel I need to show it on film the true temperatures, because this was my concern at first as well.
 
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Nah , I was still drunk , I drink everyday and night , I just did that tree so I can buy a new liver on the black market. By the time I sobered up the tree was down , the rings were back in the bag and I headed to another bar.

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Rigg's version of the rings, he has been using for many years.

Two 5/8" clevis, welded together.

Look at the many years of wear.
 

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X, any crane applications?
I have a possible hoisting use in mind however, as the rings are not available alone I would require something custom made. What are my chances?
 
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Riggs and Chris Girard did tree removals with them this week. Looking forward to their opinions.

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Saw Riggs' pics and comments. The Pine that I wanted to use them on has been postponed, but I picked up another Pine for tomorrow where they'll be used.

Should have pics and comments up sometime Thurs morning.
 
So yesterday, I finally got a chance to use my new XRR Slings that I bought from David. The removal tree was a 75’ tall White Pine, that had severe basal root rot, as well as having significant decay running throughout the stem.

There was no way to reach it with a bucket truck and I would have had to have brought in a very large crane to reach it, which would have been cost prohibitive for the budget on this particular tree removal.

The lowering device that I used was the EASY RIG from Rossy Ross at Pro Climb down in New Zealand.
 

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By using both the straps and rings, I was able to not only spread the load and forces throughout the weakened stem, but I was also able to keep a fairlead guiding the rigging line directly to the lowering device. This is basically a vertical fishing pole technique. Just keep the rigging line attached to your saddle and thread it through the eyes of the XRR Slings as you progress.
 

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Once I was above the area of decay, I ascended to a point where I decided that it was safe to top out the tree. I used a heavy duty 5/8’’ Hobbs Block and we let the top run about ½ way before slowing it down. After that, we were able to piece it down to a point where I was able to fell the stem from the ground. I made sure to remove my XRR Slings as I got to them.
 

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