Reg Coates new device

[Dan Maynard]

It's a pole, I have a saw head on it but you can fit a pruner if you want.

 

https://www.bahco.com/gb_en/aluminium-compact-telescopic-poles-pb_atp-110-210_.html

 

[Hank]

Another good video. Damn you Reg now I need one 

[Hank]

Lots of footage of his climbing device too, looks slick 

[parkertrees]

3 hours ago, Hank said:

Lots of footage of his climbing device too, looks slick 

 

Looks similar shape to a Petzl Grillion (but far less shit)

 

Keen to see this in its final form.

 

ART seem to have something in the pipeline too

[Mark Bolam]

[MattyF]

I won’t argue with that , the captain was a waste of time , I climbed on it for about a month before giving it away and going back to my old epple hook… this looks better than both.

[AHPP]

When I was about 8, I was obsessed with grappling hooks after seeing The Living Daylights. I tied various bits of scrap metal found in fields (bits off ploughs probably) to washing line to swing around from trees. My mate, Robbie had a go and the pointy triangle of rusty steel came loose and hit him in the head. Now I think about it, thank christ he didn’t die. It was a big bit of steel, moved by gravity and his weight and a springy length of line. 
 

Anyway. Happy grappling. Don’t miss near greenhouses etc. 

Edited November 25, 2024 by AHPP

[JBH]

I stopped using my Eppel hook after similar happened to me. Snapped back off a branch, the point of metal where you can tie the fishermans knot pierced my prescription safety glasses and hit just below my eye socket. It could of either blinded me in one eye or knocked my teeth out again. If you're grappling, consider wearing eye protection to deflect any mistakes. 

[peds]

21 hours ago, MattyF said:

I won’t argue with that , the captain was a waste of time , I climbed on it for about a month before giving it away and going back to my old epple hook… this looks better than both.

 

I've been googling pretty hard and found lots of chatter on various forums, but I can't find any pictures of an eppel.

Anyone have any to share? 

[JBH]

Here it is, had a rebrand - much like Treekit, where I got it originally...

 

: https://www.elagage-hevea.com/en/approach-hook-arborixx.html

 

Edit: I stand corrected. I've wrongly referred to my old hook as and Eppel when it was not. Sorry Ronny

Edited November 25, 2024 by JBH
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