Peter
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I was in Falmouth a few weeks ago, could have given you a hand. Supposedly the 3rd largest natural deep water harbour in the world.
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Yes, I was thinking of what is technically possible, even if you could do it it would be unusable as hitch cord. Might have a go though, just to see if it can be done. The measurements would have to be spot on.
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There is an even easier system. Make a short prussic loop with an ali ring on it, make your 6 wrap hitch with it and prethread your climbing line through that. Minimum hardware to bash you in the face, and the ring is well up out of the way anyway. I use this system for the aerial rescue event.
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Bury on class one doublebraid is usually around 22 times diameter, so for 8mm cord you will need 176mm for each splice. So technically the shortest eye to eye sling you could make is 352mm. However the spliced part of the cord will not perform well as a hitch, so really you are looking at making a sling with stiff legs 6 inches long. A better option if you really must do away with knots is to buy eye to eye slings with stiched eyes.
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Kirklees budget not stretch to a Wraptor then Bob?
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Just in case anyone missed it. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnBFaKCXwgM&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Close up.mov[/ame]
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We are on a footline line here, not a doubled rope climbing line. The idea is, footlock up the line, stop halfway up and use an inline anchor to get a couple of targets on one side of the tree, then back up the footlock line to the top, set a proper anchor point, and then work the other side of the tree on the way down. Its only really useful in big wide canopies where getting from one side to the other is time consuming.
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Which 6 seater ? Discovery, VW Transporter, Nissan Primastar...
Peter replied to J.D's topic in General chat
Ah, the girl's version then. How much do you want for the surfer bus? -
Blue line is the footlock strop, so its there already. No to suspended changeovers, as you say. What you can do is have a small ali ring spliced into the footlock strop, if you use inline anchors a lot.
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You cant climb off a marlin spike in tcc, you would need two alpine butterflys, one in each leg. Stevie, the point of a inline anchor is that the access line is set to a high anchor point. If you tied in to the tree at a low height, you get a low anchor point. With the inline system, you get the advantage of a high anchor without having to climb all the way to the top of the tree.
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Stihl clear, with both auto fill spouts. Oil auto spout is ok if you use winter oil all year round. I never fill combi cans at the petrol station anyway, I use a 20 litre steel can, premix the lot and then I can top the combi can up every morning if I need to. That way I can always go out with a full combi.
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3 wraps with a loop, so technically 6 wraps. Not trying to be pedantic, just dont want anyone to come screaming down a footlock line on too few wraps......
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Which 6 seater ? Discovery, VW Transporter, Nissan Primastar...
Peter replied to J.D's topic in General chat
I would cross the Disco off at £4k, most likely just buy a heap of problems at that price. -
Which part of AFAG 804 covers that exactly?
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Looks like a right dogs dinner too.
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You need one of these Moz, then you could moonlight as a stripper at hen parties.
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Mark, I have the same problem, only doubled as I use two wire core fliplines instead of a climbing line and lanyard. Even with one wirecore each side it can still be annoying.
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Deffo go to a splicing workshop, even if you have done a few you will still pick up loads of usefull tips.
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A good splicer can finish a 16 strand splice in about 45 minutes. Takes me a good while longer.
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No, it doesnt pull out. You trap it in the folded over bit, about 2-3 inches from the end of the taper. The advantage to this method is that you can yank it pretty hard, and you can pull on the exposed core at the same time, which helps the tapered cover to slip through.
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Sorry to hear that Dave.
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For the job you are trying to do, a wire fid is the best tool. Get a length of piano wire, twist a loop onto each end, and then fold it in half. Push the folded end into the cover where you want to pull the taper through to, and bring it out where it goes in. Snare the end of the taper and hook a carabiner through the two eyes on the fid, anchor it to something strong, and the give it a good yank to bury it. Try not to snare any strands on the inside of the cover when you insert the fid. Every strand you break (they are about the thickness of a human hair) will make it harder to get the taper buried, and weaken the finished splice.
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I'm not 100% sure whether its a 16 strand or a double braid. Is the core made up of several strands twisted together, or it is like another braided rope inside the cover?
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I have said this before on this forum, there is only one place to do aerial rescue, and that is during normal work activities, on a live work site, during a job, without any prior notice. The climber should have to attract the attention of the ground crew, stop all work and advise what has happened, obviously making sure that everyone understands that it is a practice. From that point on everything should go as an a real emergency, other than actually making the emergency call.
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She's probably saving up to buy you a Lotus as a thank you present for supporting her through uni...........
