John Shutler
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Everything posted by John Shutler
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jamming is generally as a result of dirty rope, or not being 100% carefull with your fids imo
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i was of the undertanding that marlow removed very little when constructing their splices so brute force was needed to bury them
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no, im not sure why i would need to
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the scrambling boots i wear cost the same as chainsaw boots
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id say they want to be 6 inches thick
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i tend not to use step cuts when lifting stem sections, i usually just cut straight through as it reduces the chances of the sudden bounce you got at 2.50ish as the step cuts suddenly releases wear a decent pair of leather rigging gloves to get the most out of the grcs. im on my second pair of these, not the cheapest but pretty good Sailing Gloves ive never used the additional fixed bollard, always just rigged onto the winch. maybe if i was dropping heavy heavy stem sections with a 19mm rope i would but anything with a 16mm line id just drop onto the winch have you tried pulling slack in as a piece goes over then letting it run, great sound a very effective
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link not working mate
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Yep, he can do a 2ft stump in 5-10mins with his 7015, now is that cheap or expensive?
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arnt you based in bristol?
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communication is key when using the grcs your groundsman cranking like its going out of fashion (6:50ish) is a reciepie for snapping out rigging points
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i saw that bar at robs before he sent it, monster
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so you pointed a glorified hair dryer at a piece of rope, what does that prove:confused1: its not really being subjected to the forces involded in rigging is it
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briefly, and wasnt overly impressed. hence looking at a quadchip
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remember, you need to consider wether the people towing your machine are able to legally. the 190 is over 750kg
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your pine looks strangely like a Douglas fir at 44 secs
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i wish id done that, my 40/41 training was the most pointless thing ive ever done
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armor prus hitch cord and used blue tongue resplice from this evening
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Some people! beech reduction, too much?
John Shutler replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
imo this should be addressed at the quote stage -
better than my TW, higher output, easier to feed, better designed in terms of maintenance, vertical rollers are far better than horizontal it seems like they have really thought about it from design to manufacture around 16k
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i used the new greenmech quadchip this week and was impressed
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I'm pretty sure nod only has the crestas now, and in limited sizes
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Fine, I don't wear spikes much though. Bee type?
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AKU boots are awesome My last pair had 2 years daily use, climbing and on the ground
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the cresta gtx are fine with spikes:blushing:
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no no no no no no no stop right there those arnt the one you want.... AKU Cresta GTX 2010 | Footwear | Live for the Outdoors these are the correct ones. i got a pair of the cresta weg gtx and they are mega clumpy. infact ive a little worn pair sat in the cupboard at my yard
