Marc

We can alredy buy pre-tied prussik loops........ My cinch is pretty much worn out, think I'll go back to a hitch

The ce lanyard is a great bit of kit, the pinto allows you to do a few other configurations, I do not have a ce lanyard myself I use something similar I made myself. I would of thought for you Kevin the benefits of a ce lanyard are negated by using srwp. As for the the idea of a ce lanyard being insulting lets not formulate opinions without knowing why a product came into being.... We have a choice after all either buy the pre packaged set-up or make you own.

I'll fill out the risk assessment form. I think good on Jesse for giving his opinion it's a valid one. Need a hand with those Ross?

Yes Dmc the Vortex is a lovely rope to handle with little noticeable give, would of got some myself just to cumbersome for my taste in DRT, but would imagine it to be great for srt work, my only gripe from what I have seen with this rope is the strands can pick easily a minor one.

Compared to globe Sterling htp is bouncy, although when top tied rather than base the stretch is not noticeable I prefer base tie for ascent to introduce twice the length for some absorption with these super static lines. I only climbed briefly on globe plus a few other comparable lines from Beal and Liros and for me I did not like them to damn static, I remember talking to a climber who is a foot locking beast and he felt the ultra static lines put a bit more undue stress on your body and now prefers a more forgiving static line.

If it was me I'd go ***** and just use a zip tie to hold it in place. Or if you want to be smart buy a blue bandit thingy sure some here knows what I mean and can provide a link, basically a think strong rubber band and tool to install it a good bit of kit with lots of use's.

I agree with you but just my opinion, we had 2 441's when one got stolen we cornered the boss in the workshop and forced him to buy us another 460 he cried better power to weight ratios new tech it's the future, but we got to cut the trees down give us the tool to do it! We have 3 46's including an old screw cap that still works hard, the 441 just gathers dust sulking in the corner forgotten its brittle build cracked and busted. I know it's only supposed to be a 440 but it seems to be the precursor of what is to come. I,ve been to stihl for training they always bring out future tech on mid range saws to test the water, look at the new piezo electric carbs I was told at the time that that this would eventually be rolled out across pro range and it is. Progress is inevitable, maybe the 1st gen will not be so good but hopefully they will learn and improve so I'm hoping the 461 and 661 will be hits and currently waiting for a ms202 although the 362 sounds like a step back....

I had the same rope for a time. It is cheap and does the job but I found it as stretchy as most lines probably a little less than tachyon. You want a little bounce for some dynamic absorption, that globe 5000 whilst on paper is seriously strong it aill snap far easier then a rope with stretch that has half it's strength. Also I found the Mammut glazed easily when working srt probably just me bombing out the tree yet ropes from Yale NE etc more suited to arb work and friction lasted longer than the caving/industrial ropes. What about Beal antipodes good industrial line that can be found at a good price. Currently I'm using Sterling HTP and for access I really like it very static but just enough give for absorption I probably should replace it, it's been in use over 5 years now, not sure I,d want to work srt off it other than the odd bit here and there. I wonder if you can still get the American Poison Ivy through sherrils compared to what was sold over here that stuff was very static.

Like Rupe said, just try not to rev the nuts off it out of the cut ie no load

I do know what it can do and i do understand it. I was banging on about it on here long ago pre rope wrench, I love srt it makes up a significant part of my climbing, I just also know DRT is very efficient when used effectivly and for what I do in the UK perfect.

With that set-up you will gain energy as you climb.

I,d go with Tony the benefits of mulching are huge. As for fertilising I have seen first hand this kill off trees in time and is something I believe is pointless in the long term. I doubt the client would go for mulching they rarely do, if the crown seems in good health then I doubt any intervention from us would help unless particular structural weakness can be seen in the crown like possible weak unions sub limbs etc. Reduction can alleviate strain on the base, to much though can be detrimental mass damping Is important. If the base does become/is compromised a reduction will not stop it falling this way or that wind is a powerfull thing. For what it's worth the pics do not look bad but they are just pictures and I doubt any of us can make a through assessment from pics alone.

Been using polydene from Yale nice bit of stretch yet also works well with the grcs. The double esterlon also is good.

Logic to me would say its no better than a HC that's well set up. A HC has the 3rd hole which allows you creat some different configurations. Although its a device designed to put on and use being consistent from the day you use it, and from what I understand remain consistent as it wears. I really want to give it a go my expectations are it will not be an improvement over a HC it will just be device that requires minimum fuss and work in the same way as the HC which is a good thing for me and my preferences for DRT work positioning over srt.

To comfortably girth hitch something, than be tied to tree and not have holding part of line foul the stitching.

I've been using srt for a number of years now and have a separate srt kit that I use for canopy access on a daily basis. If its something your serious about doing it would be worthwhile investing in and it seems the RW is really helping more get into the benefits of srt, myself I still work the tree the old school way using drt.

That actually looks pretty cool. I've been mulling it over if its worth getting the RW for the odd job I just never liked the whole tethering set-up this though putting the buffer below the hitch seems logical.

Apbell honestly I cannot pull myself up a tree, years of srt access and using a hitch climber to allow me one handed tending has meant I,ve lost that muscle I tried so hard to gain when I body thrusted with a Prussik. As for Kew well we should just use what suits us best, Kew are not really under any commercial demand or have to work on so many big trees day in day out, if they did maybe it would be different.

Tidy job nice one

If there are the targets and the vigour is there then yeah i,d go with that. We manage several trees in a similar condition, and i,ve worked on several trees in that condition which have been heavily pruned by 30% most of the time the next work is a fell. Its a very hit and miss affair sometimes the stress of the reduction can accelerate its decline so should never be taken lightly, I always prefer a much more gentle approach its a peculiar balance sometimes.

Our timberwolfs like everything are beasted machines of burden the rollers have never had attention, poor performance has usually been down to anvil which often gets overlooked or springs. In an ideal world sharpen them rollers up just going along Rich's train of thought that there may be other issues much simpler to fix.

From the pics it's hard to tell, it could probably out live us all still, hopefully it's location means it can be left to do its thing. Given you was not shock loading the anchor was probably all right like you said, but for an extra 10 minutes set up I would of probably anchored to the main stem higher and re directed of that point , why take chances if you do not have to.

These are good, Black Diamond Touchstone Haulbag RRP £120 by Black Diamond - V12 Outdoor - Mammut UK, DMM, Rock I generally tend to avoid arb specific stuff as its rarely durable enough and has to many pointless fancy frills.

I agree with Treeseers opinions, and am a lover of trees who has cared for a lot worse than that. All i see is a tree of no real retention value its no champion and will probably not develop into one, it looks like there is plenty of young growth behind that would probably enjoy the extra space and light to reach their potential with less pressure from the client. So I,d go for a fell.