MattyF

Looks that it is .. must of been wish full thinking on my part.

I thought they had stopped the 4 mix engines? I would not buy another either Ian.

Fair enough .. If you think about the tests with the ropeman actually this could work as you would want the carabiner to fail first any way.. there is a 5-6" drop to the stopper. The xrse is rated at 4kn.. maybe too much.

It's not supporting anything Ian as the ropeman is biting and stopping against the ring alsothe bridge is still backed by a stopper, I would have to bin it for an dmm xsre though

Think this is the one on augusts /samurai Joe's belt http://yoke-niagara.com/n-660/ Good link on the shizzle ! I've not yet found a use for mine.

No worries mate it's probably not what you want to hear though , I would still use one for work positioning if I had too and did for years but would not have it on my primary system !

I've got a husky long reach hedge cutter that's been abused and it's been good. Our pole pruner is an ancient Stihl that's only brought out a few times a year but it replaced an echo that I didn't think much too as it kept breaking every time it was used fully extended.

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http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/23156-wild-country-rope-man-2-a.html Original thread. Take a look at august hunickes YouTube channel as he's put done a lot of experimenting with adjustable bridges for his new harness .. its a very grey area though in terms of finding a suitable adjuster I still don't think there is one but possibly A kong duck or ropeman mk3 may be a better option as 4kn is not a lot!

Copied from another link that I posted years ago from arb talk .... sorry I forget the source , it was probably the tree buzz forum though. The Ropeman fell from grace with tree climbers following a number of tests conducted by concerned safety authorities, the HSE in England in particular. Ideally a 'rope clamp', like a prussic knot, should slide on the rope when somewhere between 2.5 kN and 6 kN of static force is applied - the Ropeman didn't slip at all and severed the rope sheath completely at 4 kN. (See table below - Ropeman HSE Review available for download here - full HSE Report here). Not an encouraging test result for Wild Country! It's thought the Ropeman's sheath severing ability is due to the aggressive horizontal tooth pattern on the cam and the way the cam utilizes the relatively thin bar of the carabiner as a base for the cam when its under load. To be fair, Wild Country responded to these concerns and developed the Ropeman II which is a significant improvement over the Ropeman I on thinner diameter ropes - 8.5-11mm.

Nice I used to use a rope man on my side strop, one thing to bear in mind and why I stopped using it was it was found on drop tests it would cut through a rope! I think that would make me feel very uncomfortable having it on my main line now.

You can use a haas and pantin combo drt ,it would be my choice if I had to make a long ascent drt with nothing to body thrust off.

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I've been watching and hoping it would not, many people's child hood princess , there was cheers when she appears in rouge one when we where at the cinema ... gutted.

Why david brown instead of the Finnish valmet / valtra tractor ?

Looks a hell of a machine that tractor !

Been climbing with one of these duralocks as a anchor crab for srt retrievable anchors for a good few months now and really like them.

Your more likely to do that with a neck loop! I've only climbed in one once I prefer the neck loop... but can't imagine the scenario you put out ever happening with a Chester , I just don't think it would be possible.

Look at the 4srt Chester this is what I would recommend from my experience with the hitch hiker. I personally found it too heavy and too much drag to work with the neck tether, also I could not tie the climbing knot loose enough for my liking. Not sure why the RW was hitting you in the face

Hitch hiker was to heavy for a neck loop from my experience, definitely a chest harness or something ... that is why I went back to a wrench.

Beech , as long as it is bone dry is a great climbing tree.

Yes , used with a hitch like a vt on a double rope you will climb pulling the rope down arm over arm say 4-5 times locking off with one arm and pull the slack through with the other until you get high enough for the weight of the rope to pull it self through by itself. Or climb srt ... possibilities are endless with a hitch climber! unless you do lots of one handing in which case your still leaving your self open to tennis elbow and hand tendon damage.

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I'd run it on normal pump fuel and the highest quality husky 2 stroke you can get. My girlfriend runs her 550 on aspen and it has still needed a rebuild also she has recently ran it on pump fuel because it was impossible to get aspen on that day and had no choice and it made it run very badly not to mention the cost. I've ran saws/ hedge cutters myself from new on aspen and personally don't think it made a difference to longevity and if any thing they don't like been chopped and changed between alkylate and pump fuel which unless you have a dealer on your door step for it will happen !although it is more pleasant for working in tight spaces or hedges with no breeze but actually found just using a high quality two stroke nearly as beneficial.

40hp should be easy and fairly cheap. The clearance is not too great with the a 40hp agt though very easy to hang up on stumps.