Petrol Drill for rod bracing

[MattyF]

26 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

The atom drill?  Showing your age there. 

It was for the old original aluminium 020 ....  I feel even older now!

[Gary Prentice]

15 minutes ago, MattyF said:

It was for the old original aluminium 020 ....  I feel even older now!

I used one on the same in the spring of 1987 to secure a maple that was splitting at the union of the co-dom stems. Drilling for a through rod below the union and for a cable (steel) above. Not an easy task for a newbie climber due to the length of the bits distancing you from the stem to begin with.

 

Returned to the site after the storm and admit to a sense of satisfaction that 'my cabling' had withstood the elements. The entire tree had uprooted entirely but...

 

Feel better or worse? 

[woody paul]

There's an atom on a sthil 028 on EBay at mo .