Peter
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You can legally fly a plane at a younger age than you can drive a car. I would hazard an opinion that flying a plane under supervision in our relatively empty skies is probably safer than driving a car on our crowded and terrifying streets, terrorised as they are but homicidal white transit drivers and deathwish unimogs!
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Just close your eyes and throw wildly, it works for me!
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Why, thankeryou kindly sir!
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lets try this http://www.new.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=66364856112
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I'm good for about 90 feet by hand, so I'v never really felt the need for a BS. Great for rainforest canopy access though! To get good at hand throwing, you need to pick a technique you are comfortable with, and keep practising until you are good enough. Sometimes I get the anchor I want first throw, sometimes it takes half an hour, but persistance always pays off. I love using it for setting pulling lines and rigging blocks, saves a lot of effort and time, and I'v set some pull lines in some horrible dead trees that I wouldnt have enjoyed climbing.
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That Ian
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I can, all climbers should know how to do this. It could save someone's life in an emergency.
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I dont want to know what you do to your prostate with a throwbag thanks!
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Why, do you need your climbing line taking up? Done that accidentally once or twice......
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Very informative video, thanks.
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Have you tried the armor-prus yet?
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Heres a visual aid
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Yes, but its not the easiest, it has one of those funny inner cores.
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There are good lockstitching instructions on the samson website.
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Just get in there after dark and prune it ninja style! The customer will never know.
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Nice one! Dont forget the lockstitch while you have the needle and thread out!
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Darn! Can you not beat it flat with big hammer?
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What chipper do you have? Chances are there is no other damage. I know someone who chipped a polepruner head, with no apparent damage other than chipped knives and one broken fin.
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As I understand it, if the rope runs up and down three times (ie through 2 pulleys and then to the puller, then for every foot of rope you pull through the system the load travels 4 inchs, so effectively you have tripled the pull, less friction loss and rope stretch. How far do you need to pull it? If its a fair distance you'll either need a long rope or a way of attaching the mechanical advantage system midline. If at all possible, the top anchor needs to be up off the ground, to help lift the load and stop it digging into the ground. What are you pulling with and does it have enough pull to drag one third of the total load uphill? Thats some badass Elm btw!
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Doubly true when you are on a day rate! Never rush or work late when you're being paid by the day, you're just cheating yourself! If I ever work on a day rate like that, I just work at a nice steady pace all day, I dont really stop much for breaks but I never rush, and I always find I get plenty done!
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Er, no, Manchester. Bit like LA, but without the palm trees. Plenty of hard drugs and armed robbery though.
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No killing trees without payment. Its not really latin though, more Ephebian.
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I hope someone got him some ice for the bruise on his head!
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if you can afford it, buy a stihl, if you cant afford it, save up till you can afford a stihl.
