MattyF
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Didn’t like the Bdb myself .. felt too heavy , lots of drag and fickle on ropes it was used on ... the akimbo was great on new ropes and definitely the easiest to use in a Tree especially for mid line attachment it just didn’t like sap of conifers ,saw dust or just being around them it seemed it would stick and lock up and not tend... hopefully the production model will have sussed a few issues , I did get a spare spring off rich but do too many conifers to make it work for me. .. had to go back to the reliable hitch climber and cord set up.
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I’ve probably shortened it a few inches since or binned that cord .. was looking at the photo and thinking I retied one of the fisherman’s as I had just taken one off to re wrap with tape ..it just happened to be the only photo I could find on the phone of how I tie that hitch! I seem to remember that was a sporty reduction climb though so maybe I didn’t!
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This is what I’m on , looks ridiculous as the legs are long but love it, never binds and tends slack pretty much instantly .. you have to dress it and there is a bit of sit back but have yet to loose it in too free fall ..just got to watch the gloves in the wrench ! Find having the wrench close to the knot really helps with drag on limb walks with being able to pull the wrench on to the knot and still have control with one hand but I doubt there are many who would want to use it ,I have tried the HItch hiker , bulldog bone , akimbo , and ZZ all seem to have there issues but with a hitch you can tune it and make it fluid for movement so much easier
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I think it’s what you get used too .. I climbed on a Prussic for an Ariel rescue last week and it amazed me how much it slipped and binded up ascending , really didn’t like it. Don’t mind sit back or having to dress the hitch as long as it self tends, self tending with any system is what I want but really don’t like the zigzag and find it binds and does not self tend as well as a super loose vt type knot but I’ve only really used it on a ropewrench , been on 8mm armour prus for years, great stuff and very difficult to burn out , I was using liros before and having it last one climb.
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Can’t like that post , sorry to hear your going through this Dom ,I know the angst you will be going through right now too well.. hope you get some where with recovery of any gear or catch the bastards !
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I think that one is 2002! It’s a bit like triggers broom though...
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More mate I think
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In a Feild in the north Tyne valley nr Hexham ,Northumberland mate. Next door have a huge stack of oak that Scott’s turned down , chatting to the guy and he said as soon as there was any branch on a trunk they are not interested. He was getting good money for clean sticks but he looked at my photos and said that’s fire Wöod laddie! Shame as ring count was about 250.. I would mill it for posts before fire wood though.
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What are the opinions on the smaller branches on the stem decreasing value ?
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Was chasing it up off the stump , I recon another 8” and it will be fine bill... didn’t want to cut any more off! And I had taken a tooth off the 88 with a stone on the stump.)
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5m to first fork by 1m log interested to know to give him a fair price if I buy it for my mill but have seen oak prices vary wildly and it does have a few smaller branches on the 5 m straight length I was thinking around £200?
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So for instance your leylandii , you can not see what they are resting against at the top so when you get to the top that 1” twig that was keeping them straight breaks and they twist even with some on the bottom they will still twist..
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Have seen people twice go through conifers off ladders breaking ribs.. one of the cringeworthy things I’ve seen was a guy on the top run trying to get to the first branch on a massive beech .. in the end he tied a half a brick to the end of his climbing line as a throw weight which came back down on its first attempt right between his eyes and off the ladder he came.
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A, send it to spud B, learn to sharpen properly, any saws performance is only as good as the chain is sharp, you could have a ported 880 on a 15 “ bar but if it’s blunt it’s useless... also the quickest way to burn out a saw is force it through every cut and also probably the best way to have a saw accident by having to push the saw instead of it dropping through Wöod like butter.
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The best thing about Arb talk is the pictures right? That’s all instagram is , also a great way to see what old friends are doing and seeing what folk around the world are up too with my main passions trees and fishing there is loads of bits to keep you happy,really enjoyed watching say the Icelandic fishing guides week with his customers and wishing I was there this season with out the constant drivel that is posted on the likes of Facebook with it !
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Or that Argocat
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Think one of those county’s has your name on it Stevie.
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Exactly,break out the ladders I’m a Tree expert.... ffs , the amount of shocking shite tree work ive seen it with out a doubt all of been done by a cowboy off ladders. I agree with you dave, I hate the things carrying them ,storing them and working off them.
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Pfanner arborist for sure , the new ish stihls I won in the Christmas raffle are pretty good and unfortunately better than the husky’s for a change ...in cooler weather any way. Save them for best and the Husky’s for pine and Sitka killing.
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Alaskan milling is the last time I used a straight ladder! I’m petrified of the things these days and if I use them now will probably clip in before going up a big Tree on them.. Another thing is they can encourage really unsafe and sloppy Tree work from my experience.. having done some really amazingly stupid things myself just to get a job finished quick or if it’s over ran off ladders the temptation is there if they are.
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You could of at least taken your spikes off David!
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I think there’s 101 videos on you tube that show why you should not use ladders for Tree work.. hedges with steps yes ,pollards maybe unless I can get the cherry picker close enough... small trees off steps maybe but for the others I’ll take my pole saw and throw line.
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Alpine butterfly is what I use for any SRT anchors mate... maybe a bowline on a base tie but I really don’t like base anchors so rarely use one.
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Bin the ladders mate and then you have no choice ! I think that’s how I got to grips with it , kept getting long walks with the ladders and thought maybe I should use that rope wrench thing I brought years ago and sat at the bottom of my kit bag.
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SRT on dismantles is mint joe , I love spiking and the slack falling through the wrench and hitch climber , you can always be secure with a retrievable tip tie on a fat stem with out leaving pegs , just pull the tail and it slides down so you can knock another section out , so much easier than setting a rope guide up and you can set it at any point... safer as well if you need to bail out.
