yet another new guy.....

Playground_Hero

Playground_Hero

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Hi All... /forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

I’m new to the whole climbing thing... well pretty new anyways I found this website a wile ago and have read every post in the rigging and climber sections what a vast "well" of knowledge. grate web site too ..

Anyway I had loaner gear from a friend of mine but had to return it after a month or two after searching the web I found Wes spur and decided to buy there Deluxe climbing kit, Over there ultra light weight kit. like I say im new to the whole climbing thing and am going to go and try and work for local tree working companies to gain the knowledge I need to work safely in the tree tops. I do have some falling experience (2 years) but up in the trees is a new realm for the monkey in us all...

Any way my Question is which would be a better set of gear the ultra light weight or the deluxe kit..? /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Well thanks for the reply's to this post.

PS is there any Canadian Suppliers for arbour gear I hate paying duty...
 
Welcome to the Buzz!

I've never seen this kit you're talking about. I'm gonna investigate!
 
Alright, I looked. I would rather put my own thing together, mix and match a 'lil more.

I SURE wouldn't get a 4 dee saddle, but's that's just me. If I had to pick, I would get the deluxe, I guess.


If you like what you see, go for it. Just don't skimp on your climbing gear, you get what you pay for.
 
You'll pay duty regardless.
The only way to beat that is to go into the U.S, stay the required time and you will be allowed so much depending on the duration of your stay.
I have bought from Baileys and Vermeer in Canada.
 
Both sets look great, but i think that you will need to add a couple of pieces of gear before you start climbing full time. the wire core flip line is great for certin application.... but does not work very well for others.... you might want to invest in a Grillion or some other type of rope lanyard... if you would like some pics of what i use let me know.


p.s. by falling experience i hope you mean felling experience /forum/images/graemlins/lily.gif
 
thank you for the post by the way in my mind it seems that aluminim (did i spell that right) beners and 8's seem to be less safe then steel ones. i mean only in the fact that you cant see the craks and they can fail without any visabule sighns of damage right? or wrong? i think i would rater trust steel??
 
the weight to strength ratio is not worth carrying steel in the tree with you, if you do your daily inspection like you should, it should not matter if you use steel of aluminum. All of my climbing biners are aluminum and have been for the last 11 years.... the biners that i use for rigging are always steel(well ever sense i poped an aluminum one).

i really think that you should stick with aluminum biners for climbing.
 
i would think that about this time of year all of you guys up there would want to come to Hotlanta(Atlanta, GA) i don't see how you can take the cold..... so if you want to come train every winter in atlanta..... i say BRING IT ON!!


p.s. i will send you some pics tomarrow of some of my "must have" gear
 
I was new to climbing a little over a year ago and bought a full get up of gear. I got anxious and bought the items I had learned to climb on because thats what I knew. Since I bought my gear...I have learned new ways of tieing knots and new items available for the arboriculteral industry. These new knots and items could have saved me hundreds of dollars. My suggestion to you is go work for a company, learn to climb with the gear they provide you, watch your fellow employees and how they climb and what they use and when you think you got an idea of what you like, buy the stuff yourself. Comfort in a tree is key to working the long hours and big trees and being able to do it again the next day. A premade kit would not be my choice, but then again they wouldn't offer it if no one bought it. But this is just my two cents. Good luck with the new career.
 
If you haven't already, check out MyTreeLessons.com, a well put together site with amazing graphics exploring just about anything and everything having to do with climbing and tree work.
 
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If you haven't already, check out MyTreeLessons.com, a well put together site with amazing graphics exploring just about anything and everything having to do with climbing and tree work.

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Hell yea!
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