Has anyone used a DMM Impact block?

[Adam Bourne]

can fully understand where your coming from rupe, but say for instant the dmm was the same price as the isc i think i know which way the vote would go. and i think there sales would do alot better, like you say rupe it is a lot of money to be used just as much as your average legendary isc block anyway.

[David Goss]

Some good points there, have you tested the DMM to make sure it won't break your teeth or is that purely speculation?

 

Any volunteers to be whacked in the face with several different pulleys step forward now.

 

:lol::lol:

[Rupe]

can fully understand where your coming from rupe, but say for instant the dmm was the same price as the isc i think i know which way the vote would go. and i think there sales would do alot better, like you say rupe it is a lot of money to be used just as much as your average legendary isc block anyway.

 

There is no doubt that they are lovely. I think the price is a major factor, if they were the same as the isc ones and I was starting out i would probably buy just the DMM ones. But at the same time I do like the simple ropbustness of the isc ones and all their stuff. Like you say "legendary"!

 

I have four ISC blocks, and its rare to use more than three, but to go out and buy three DMMS (one large and two small) would be a big outlay. I think maybe the combination of both is a winner though, and select the right pulley for the job in hand. I really like the DMM one, but all it does it let a rope run through it. I dont think they are worth getting excited over, ooh ahh isn't it shiny!

 

Maybe one day a psychologist will write a thesis on arbs and their need for shiny kit! I'm as guilty as the next but I keep my sceptical wits about me too!

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Ive got an ISC and the DMM. They both do the same thing. I need to worry slightly more about the 'sharper' edges on the ISC but could that then lead to complacency with set up when using DMM's?

 

I'm with Rupe in thinking that two ISC are better than one DMM.

Having said that, we work very hard, and to splash out on a luxury is fine but I would do it with something I use a lot and has real advantage as well as the feel good factor.

 

Finally, the DMM won't earn you more money than the ISC.

[sawmonkey]

all fair comments.

 

as for the teeth, when i slipped the ics swung round and hit me, not saying the dmm wont but because its lighter it may not have had so much force behind it.

 

 

i still like the dmm though so nur:001_tt2:

[Rupe]

We all like it, no doubt about that. So it was the slip that cost you your teeth, if thats justification for a DMM then you go for it!

[StevenIbelings]

Click ;-)

[Paul Smith]

Click ;-)

 

I like the double system on the concrete uprights! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=211700688870713&set=a.211700358870746.57173.100000923495126&type=1&l=a3adc2157c

[Peter]

Did you buy all that kit especially for that job?

 

There must be more gear there than the job was worth.

 

If I did those kinds of jobs all the time, then investing in all the gear would be worthwhile, but since they only come up once a year (if that) then I find it is more cost effective to say, cut and chuck into the garden and employ 2 extra groundies to throw it over the fence. (Not saying that is what you should have done, just an example)

[StevenIbelings]

hej peter, the tree was in a garden 1,5 meters lower than where the chipper was and the fence was 2 meters, so you had to trow everything 3,5 meter up....

 

i didnt buy that stuff for the jobs, i have loads of these kind of jobs...

 

cheers,

 

steven