MattyF
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I have never seen it on 550’s and 60’s before , so the 560 I’ve just rebuilt and the others should have had sealant as well as gaskets in place ?
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You will have to go to Dickinson’s in Hexham mate surely just a new ring will fix it ?? I may even have a spare 550 ring but it’s possibly not a genuine one will check in the morning.
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Is that a sealant on the gasket ??? That’s what I meant !
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I’ve never stripped a 550 head and seen it look like that ?
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Big shot mate , and use a tip tie easy to isolate a limb if you hit good target and play with a 16oz bag on the other end to get a nice line route.. I only use base anchors if the tie in looks dodge or I could not get in where I wanted and will usually go in for a tip tie unless it’s just for a couple of branches.
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I think it comes in to its own on large spread trees , a lot easier to move and get a good swing out on to the tips with a single line and there is no branch friction from rubbing lines also redirects make a whole new realm to climbing on awkward limbs.
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I just use a side strop like I would Double rope but most of the write ups seem to talk about using two climbing lines for positioning SRT. Does take a bit of getting used to if your conditioned to climb double rope I think especially coming back in off limbs as your so used to holding half your weight in the rope and pulling your self in that way the whole balance thing feels wrong .. I find coming back in off a long limb that if I clip on my tending tether it helps drops rope slack and keep your knots /device where they should be instead of dangling by your knees giving you a lot more comfort.. I think once you get used to it and it clicks you will enjoy it , I spent at least a year transitioning between the two and was doing a lot of Rec climbing at the time.
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I get your point Sean but that’s not a healthy Tree!
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Continuous talk mate , can get annoying if they are using saws ! I just clip the receiver on the back head band , put one ear piece in the helmet muff the other with the mike is velcroed on to the inside of the lid so you can’t hear from that one but have not found it to be an issue.
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I use the same and you definitely can’t complain for the money , only issue is you can only pair three sets but to be honest we only use two any way when rigging, I love them, no shouting brings so much less stress to the job being able to calmly talk through what needs doing.
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A lot better mate.
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Yes mate ,maybe a bit of a weird idea I had to keep weight down on my hook kit but gave me some thing to do for the afternoon and cost barely nothing as you can get rope wrench spares for under a tenner From Tree stuff, and you just trace the original RW outline on some sheet and mark the holes and maybe modify the shape a bit... I figured as It won’t be treated like a main line wrench and used heavy and more carefully whilst in use as you don’t want to dislodge that hook on great swings and knot burn out decent it will be good , works fine though and hasn’t really worn at all.
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Use it SRT style for traversing , not a massive fan of the captain though find the throat to small but it does throw nice.
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Had quite a couple of the stein saw strops break prematurely just putting a saw down , they seem to have sorted that one out but good to know it would work !
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I would rather have a Jake any way with the terrain up here. Winching and stacking on some of the slopes I thought it would of been handy on to have a crane mount it would of disappeared off the sides .
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No instructions... it won’t be hard though !
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Sounds expensive Jonny so hope it’s not ,ours was a steal until it turned out it needed a new clutch. You not tempted seeing as it is at Wilson’s to give them a bit more for that roof mount at the same time ?? You know Christmas is coming up and all
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Yes mate , with the gate off as it’s quick in easy to get saws on/off like quick draw McGraw ! They break once in a while prob do one every two years or so but worth it IMO?
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Joe has a very valid point and it really annoys me that company’s and people see no issue with selling metal saw hooks , I climbed on a metal hook for about 10 years so know the risks and would never use another ,stick with the caritool ... if you rig big and think you need a big strong hook for your big saw think about what happens when that big lump of a top folds around but does not quite fold enough to give you clearance and the line brushes past you snagging the hook... only takes one time and it has potential to do a lot of damage, I’ve had it happen on small bits and that’s no worries but once rigging a big multi stemmed ash out over badger sets I had a whole top sit in the hook ..I had to cut my strop and take the swing with the lump as I could not move and was getting torn in half ! Ached for a long time after and I would consider that very lucky.
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What's the longest you've spent throwing a throw bag?
MattyF replied to billpierce's topic in Climbers talk
I have spent 40 mins or more trying to get a line in before , can throw pretty accurate usually ! -
I have an older one, does the job and have cut plenty of building materials with it for barns. Would like some thing faster although I’m tempted to change the engine as it’s only an 18hp Koehler... does the job and they are priced according to there abilities.
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Check the earths Jonny , our Valmet has given us loads of grief and was all fixed when they re-earthed the switch’s. We also have problems now with the gears going from high to low box’s but that’s linkage .. get underneath and wiggle and it’s fine!
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Was there any die back in the upper crown? Looks to have healed well.. I’ve seen folks kill mature broad leaves doing that though.
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Get sleep and forget working hard to play hard , burning the candle at both ends and all that .. this job will burn you out and mess you up for life if you go beast mode 24-7.. human body and mind is more fragile than you think and needs to recover.
