Steve Bullman

Can you take a photo from the top of the chain? No leylandii won't take the edge off a saw anymore than any other type of wood. Its likely you hit some dirt or wire that may have been inside the timber.

My end but all the settings look as they should. Might be a bug I need to report

I changed that

One for the woodworkers

What did you go with in the end?

Any static line will serve fine. Personally I like something semi dynamic especially if tensioning it. The stored energy in the rope can make a lot of difference to the pull. One of the companies I used to climb for used to use some black kevlar rope which was static and pretty indestructible, not sure where they got it from though sorry.

No sure why this is happening, the settings look all correct. Have enlisted someone cleverer than I to take a look

Changed this back, although the stream is currently acting strange

hmmm not here

Thats a blast from the past. I started frequenting treebuzz around that time and I remember @Tom Dunlap always being a big proponent of it. Even then it was probably nothing new. The big redwood climbers/researchers had probably been using it for a few years at that point. But there was no easy way of ascending and descending at the same time at that point. It involved unclipping parts of the system and clipping other parts on to descend. The unicender was around for a few years prior to the wrench, but yes it really was the wrench that changed the game entirely. I remember watching @kevin bingham demonstrate his prototype(of sorts) of the wrench setup at the TCIA Expo back in 2009 which basically involved a karabiner and a fig8 clipped together to create the bite in the rope that the wrench creates.

knaack make brilliant chests. I just sold mine actually but it was worth every penny whilst I had it

Good luck Paul, you won't regret it

Not practical unfortunately. The You need to be able to use both the top and bottom sides of the bar in use, just like you do on the ground. I personally don't think theres any modifications that can be practically made. The only option is respecting the tool, and doing everything you can with regards work positioning to minimise the possibility of an accident.

Not just. I've found it quite useful on smaller Yew tree reductions for example where the dense crown would have forced a lot of repositioning with conventional climbing setups. With SRT you can literally go anywhere without losing friction like you would on Ddrt

It certainly has its place Ian. It wasn’t for me personally, not for a one size fits all system at least

Ruled out an old tractor loader with a 3 in 1 bucket? Can be used to scoop up old crap as well then

I had a chance to use the viking mower range(soon to be branded Stihl) at a press day a couple of months ago. The battery range are quite impressive little mowers for smaller lawns, going to add one to my Stihl collection soon

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Yes, its relevant to its lifespan

well the catologue says 18" No doubt it would pull a 20" but you'd see loss of performance for sure

try clearing your cache

got a link?

good to hear mate

well it should work