the 'todays job' thread

[doobin]

Getting some more flail collecting done before bird nesting. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Pokes you in the chest with his boney wizened finger…‘I’m 60 this year you know’

 

 

[Joe Newton]

Snapped my 18mm dead eye today, rigging down pine. 5' lump approx 25" wide.

 

It's taken bigger rigs before so I'll assume it was a cycles to failure thing. 

 

 

[Pete Mctree]

Must be nearly 0.5 cubic M - so 250-300kg? Easy to generate massive forces with that.

 

 

More than likely cycles to failure, especially if it used a few times in rapid succession 

 

how old is it?

[Mick Dempsey]

54 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Snapped my 18mm dead eye today, rigging down pine. 5' lump approx 25" wide.

 

It's taken bigger rigs before so I'll assume it was a cycles to failure thing. 

 

 

Any damage to anything?

[Dan Maynard]

40 minutes ago, Pete Mctree said:

Must be nearly 0.5 cubic M - so 250-300kg? Easy to generate massive forces with that.

Obviously forgot to tape a log weight chart to the inside of the visor as a handy reference.

[Joe Newton]

1 hour ago, Pete Mctree said:

Must be nearly 0.5 cubic M - so 250-300kg? Easy to generate massive forces with that.

 

 

More than likely cycles to failure, especially if it used a few times in rapid succession 

 

how old is it?

I would've guessed at closer to 500kg.

 

It was a couple of years old, it's seen a bit of heavy rigging but not loads to be fair. 

 

I'm not totally convinced of the suitability of a double braid splice for that application. Reckon a hollow braid dead eye with a locking brummel would do better. 

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Any damage to anything?

Miraculously not, I think the deadly held on long enough to swing the lump into the base of the tree, then it kind of rolled over a little dry stone wall knocking one lump off 😀 

[htb]

Failure obviously due to using a spudported saw.....

[Joe Newton]

2 minutes ago, htb said:

Failure obviously due to using a spudported saw.....

🤣 the 200t was just for scale, but yeah it's probably Steve's fault. I'll be sending him an invoice for a new dead eye.

[maybelateron]

Oak reduction, all handsaw cuts, nothing fatter than 40mm diameter taken off. Quite challenging, also pretty pointless in my view but customer wanted it doing and happy to pay.