MattyF

Looking at another new bar !! I'm tempted to go for the sugihara but I'm put off by it being noticeably heavier , what are people running and if there's any one noticing the weight with the sugi.

I know what you mean though,in the transition from using srt to just access to working a crown is hard if you have been used to double ropes and was quite out of my comfort zone not having the ropes in the supporting manor a double rope provides until it all clicks in your mind it's fine!! , I definitely did what your students did in the first few climbs , I still like to clip it on so the system is in front of you for coming back of limbs and taking out the slack as it feels not so alien and feels easier.

It's nice to keep up the bridge like in D MC s photo so it's all in front of you instead of dragging by your feet, adjusting my neck tether so it's slack allows this ... Also with elastic you can move ,unlike a rigid tether I just find it hassle constantly unclipping and re clipping in to kit...

Great idea ! Rec climbing the other day I noticed if we got the tail of the rope redirected high on a wrench set up it was really easy to pull kids up and control to the redirect point and control there descent if needed, kind of the reverse to that set up but worked really well and they had a great time!! You could even pull up adults with a bit more effort!

Just advancing the line it's clipped on... But I can slacken it right off if It's not a major limb to get out on. D MC I tried the hitch exactly as recommended in the instructions and like I said it was a great tool for transition in to srt... Your set up looks good and would work well amending the problems I found hindering my HH set up. Will try them out, thanks.

How do you find it coming back in james ??, I've found with the adjustable elastic neck loop it can pretty much stay on most of the time and really makes the climb easier , only really clip it off for long descents, I've put two tree motion push elastic adjusters on near the clip to make it slacker but still give support branch walking and shorter for straight up ascents.

Just a loop to keep any device to advance and tend , but Personally like the loop large, so it's not restrictive in movement , you only seem to be able to get away with this on the wrench if you want it to still self tend effectively... The others seem to require a chest style tethers.. Is that the correct term?? Or very short loop ,Might work completely different for other people though! This is what I'm using at the minute although I've shortened the hitch a bit as I kept getting fingers stuck in the wrench lol!

Ha ha , cheers shavey... I tried googling if Sachs came up as a separate company still but came as no mention to do with power tools.

I've ran genuine parts on a none OEM crankcase for a 372 no bother so Parts can't be that bad , looking on eBay you could build a 372 for under £200 ! Even if you put OEM bearings in.

Why did they drop the Sachs part from the name ?

Agree it was a great tool for transitioning for my self when I got in to climbing SRT but after playing around with other devices I came to the conclusion it was not fluid enough for me , what I didn't like was that like other SRT devices it works best with a chest harness or ridged tether as its heavy,this I find very restrictive branch walking as your almost face planting the rope and there is no freedom of movement and coming back in off branches SRT systems work better not hanging by your feet so I've found a real sweet spot with tree motion elastic and tubing wrapped in hitch cord sheath as a tether clipped in to the top eye of the hitch climber RW combo , this gives so much better movement and self tends spot on for me ,also I don't like the way the cordage on the HH works, seems I could never find a sweet spot ! Any way every climber is going to have a different opinion on what system suits them so try them all if you can , to me the HH started off great but I like the RW which I hated at first but because I've found it works best with my tethers and ascenders to achieve what I feel is the ultimate climbing system.... Apart from that RW drag !! So there's always room for improvement the ultimate is yet to be found!

Doubt you will ever need more than 3 wraps .... If you needed one more wrap on 14mm rope some thing in the system would probably give negative rigging... I'll use the 3001 or a Hobbs style device for heavy rigging on 16mm rarely a 19mm. 13mm and a portawrap for light stuff it's pretty amazing what you can get away with on that light set up if your not Heavy negative rigging.

Enjoyed that one , nice work

Hodge is right it's 6 weeks , have not done one for a year but I've got a whole folder of hundreds I've had to do! 6 weeks from when they make the application for the works in the CA

I thought there was a 4 week time scale to decide to TPO the tree, if you work on trees in a CA in that time scale with out permission unless it's dead ,dangerous or dying you get prosecuted.

Good boots , had a few pairs averaging about 2 years a pair , the movement is a lot better than the pfanner tirrol fighters but I'm alternating between them and the Andrews that I brought back in feb that all ready have popped eyes the pfanners are a lot better spiking boot, I would probably go for more zermatts next, meindles are too narrow for my feet.

Can we see some pics of the tree in its current state ?

Pretty fond of both...

Uhmm ,I've put in recommendations to fell over included unions and still had them turned down with recommended specs for remedial work instead but that's been on already TPOed trees , really we need to see pics of the unions ,wounds and die back but unless it's already TPOed the out come does not look good.

I'd still ring them and get through and speak to the TO , obviously that photo with your email would help unless it's been ravaged by bleeding canker and is now a half dead cankered up wreck with half the bark hanging off its cambium like many aesculous ,I would say you have a very good chance.

Get on the phone on Monday discuss with the tree officer and get a TPO in place and make sure they are aware of it.

This would be the only route that would be worth a shot ... Tree officers can over ride a decision made by parish councils the problem is if it's gone through planning already as its in a conservation area and it's been approved you don't have a chance!

Do they sell carbs on eBay ? Just picked up a Chinese 200t one for 20 quid and it works fine.

Does not go to well!! Given it a good work out, recon drilling for small dmm Biner is possibly the answer.

Box of springs from down the market .... Sits ok and hasn't kicked out whilst ascending still easy enough to take out rope... See how it goes.