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6 minutes ago, AWarb00 said:

http://www.climbingarborist.com

 

And watch every video on there, lots of tips and stuff, will teach you a lot, such as how to install your cambium saver with a throw line as you mentioned on another thread 

Looks like you picked up some good advice on safe work positioning.?

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Didn't work today. Was wet and windy as  hell and my sliding door on my van broke. Had to but a bolt on lock to keep it secure. Fitted it between the front door and the sliding door like a total twat so now the lock has to un unlocked for the passenger to get into also and then re locked to secure  the sliding door afterwards. 

 

Back to the drawing board on the weekend I guess. Wot an idiot.... 

 

Great bolt though. Gonna get one for teh back doors too. 

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One of these micro-pulleys is pretty cheap. Well worth it to improve the climbing experience. Even if you don't upgrade the friction hitch knot just yet you can still use it with the dirty old Prussic. The rope slack tending and knot advancing function of a pulley make the whole system so much nicer to use. It frees up one hand for some of the time at least to start with which is a huge advantage.
To save money you can buy a whole length of friction/prussic cord and just cut off the required lengths as required. And then tie your own fixed eyes on both ends. Cheaper than buying ready made eye-to-eyes. And even if you get a Hitch Climber pulley it's still much cheaper than a Zig-Zag!

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1 hour ago, sime42 said:

One of these micro-pulleys is pretty cheap. Well worth it to improve the climbing experience. Even if you don't upgrade the friction hitch knot just yet you can still use it with the dirty old Prussic. The rope slack tending and knot advancing function of a pulley make the whole system so much nicer to use. It frees up one hand for some of the time at least to start with which is a huge advantage.
To save money you can buy a whole length of friction/prussic cord and just cut off the required lengths as required. And then tie your own fixed eyes on both ends. Cheaper than buying ready made eye-to-eyes. And even if you get a Hitch Climber pulley it's still much cheaper than a Zig-Zag!
 

Micro pully for sure, and a distel. Eye to Eye is super tidy though, worth it for the small price I feel. Saves the strength of your arm.

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Some videos of the job during the day and at the end of the day. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pnjy5t8wqyx695s/20181130_103251.mp4?dl=0

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vfpqb8ezk4xm1l2/20181130_151739.mp4?dl=0

 

I'm absolutely done in. Dropped the bloody cambian saver trying to move to a higher position so double lanyarded for about 4 hours. The other 3 hours were pissing around with and ivy laden trunk. Every single damn rope and pulley, and peice of equipment got caught on something. 

 

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