TreeStuff Aerial Friction Brake

[Mick Dempsey]

that means you have to leave stubs

 

Cut them off after or if it's a dismantle who cares?

[kevin bingham]

Cut them off after or if it's a dismantle who cares?

Cause it's a pain in the ass. And it maims your rope. Using stubs is a great quick fix when you don't have a better tool.

Edited April 13, 2016 by kevin bingham

[MattyF]

Do they come with a free t-shirt? You know the ones, 'I'm an ARBORIST, I do a job that 99% of the population can't do. Including my groundies.'

 

 

😭😭 that's made my day.

[Mick Dempsey]

Cause it's a pain in the ass. And it maims your rope. Using stubs is a great quick fix when you don't have a better tool.

 

We'll have to agree to differ Kevin.

 

it doesn't maim your rope at all.

 

What is a pita is bringing another pointless shiny thing up the tree which slows down the process.

 

This won't catch on at all, there'll always be a few who swear by it, but it'll never become a must have.

 

It's clever, but it's a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist.

[kevin bingham]

Could be, but I have found areal rigging, ( not the afb as I don't have one yet) to have increased my production more than any other arborist tool that I can think of. And I don't say that lightly. It has been a game changer for my production and basically eliminates the need for a third man on most jobs.

[Mick Dempsey]

Do you mean self lowering?

[Tommy_B]

Could be, but I have found areal rigging, ( not the afb as I don't have one yet) to have increased my production more than any other arborist tool that I can think of. And I don't say that lightly. It has been a game changer for my production and basically eliminates the need for a third man on most jobs.

 

Interesting Kevin. Even more than the Wrench?

 

Do you work with the same team day in day out or is it common that you will show up with lots of different ground teams for different companies?

[Vespasian]

What I could do with is somethin you can use to lower branches down and then have the thing unhitch itself when the branch is on the floor..

 

being a one man band, somethin like that would be a great thing to have...

 

And as it happens, I came across a vid, think it was richard mumford and he'd made something along those lines, a shackle connected to a bungee rope and pin...

 

You drop the branch and shake the rope to loose the pin from the shackle..

 

As it is, I've had to drop a branch, get down the tree and untie the rope... It isn't something thats bothered me to date, but if I do a bit more tree work, then I think its something I might investigate buying or making myself...

[Mick Dempsey]

What I could do with is somethin you can use to lower branches down and then have the thing unhitch itself when the branch is on the floor..

 

being a one man band, somethin like that would be a great thing to have...

 

And as it happens, I came across a vid, think it was richard mumford and he'd made something along those lines, a shackle connected to a bungee rope and pin...

 

You drop the branch and shake the rope to loose the pin from the shackle..

 

As it is, I've had to drop a branch, get down the tree and untie the rope... It isn't something thats bothered me to date, but if I do a bit more tree work, then I think its something I might investigate buying or making myself...

There is a way around that.

If you're lowering a branch, pass the end of the rope through a fork of the branch to be lowered, then tie one end to another branch or trunk. The other end you wrap around a stub or similar, cut the branch and it will hang, then undo the rope around the stub, lower until it hits the ground, then undo the tied end and pull through back up the tree.

If you don't understand I've got pictures.

[Vespasian]

There is a way around that.

If you're lowering a branch, pass the end of the rope through a fork of the branch to be lowered, then tie one end to another branch or trunk. The other end you wrap around a stub or similar, cut the branch and it will hang, then undo the rope around the stub, lower until it hits the ground, then undo the tied end and pull through back up the tree.

If you don't understand I've got pictures.

 

Errm, yes a couple of pics would be nice, though I do get what your saying...

I never would of thought of doing something like that myself, but seems such a simple solution...

 

I'll be trying the simulate that system at some point during the weekend..

 

Thank you very much Mick, been a puzzle I've been thinking on for a while..