moving fluidly while blocking down

[Stephen Blair]

not wanting to criticise you Matty, but i am going to lol. I dont agree with keeping the saw sat ontop of the stem , if you slip off the spikes or it falls off even with the break on or not running, the chain could do some serious damage if it caught your arm or necks:thumbdown:

[ecolojim]

I sometimes unclip a larger saw from the back of my harness and clip it onto my middle D (reckon the hitchclimber's guide to the canopy actually shows it attached to the hitchclimber as an option) but then I find it often gets in the way if i have to lower it down. Something as simple as leaving it in a cut makes a lot of sense, and im a bit annoyed with myself I didnt think of it, but that's the beauty of this place!

[Stephen Blair]

dont be annoyed with youself mate:001_smile:, i used my side strop wrong for over 12 years until someone from here told me at a little comp:blushing:

[MattyF]

not wanting to criticise you Matty, but i am going to lol. I dont agree with keeping the saw sat ontop of the stem , if you slip off the spikes or it falls off even with the break on or not running, the chain could do some serious damage if it caught your arm or necks:thumbdown:

 

good point steve never really crossed my mind that!

[Stephen Blair]

good point steve never really crossed my mind that!

 

guess how i found out:blushing:

[ecolojim]

ouch. not cool!

[Stephen Blair]

lucky i was wearing a jacket and it snagged my shoulder, years ago but made me aware thats for sure:001_rolleyes:

[DrewB]

on the rare occasion im working on a pole i have my rope set like this, whilst i put the gob cut in and then just pull the other side to release it back to me once im ready for the back cut. enables a quick descent if the need arises-can retrieve from the bottom of the tree as long as the tail of the rope is long enough.