rumination
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As the tree workers here in Hong Kong would say to me, "You don't want to buy that, it's made in China!"
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This thread makes me really want a dog. Great pictures everyone.
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That looks like nice stuff. What is it called?
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If you can find it, HRC is my current favorite. I'm not sure if it's available in the UK, though.
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Jamie, how long was the bury/taper on that splice that you had tested?
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Matt, if you want more information you can ask Wesley (KoaMan) or Roger (rbtree) over at the TreeHouse. They both have one.
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You can't let rope slide through a grab when you have your weight on your lanyard. You can with a friction hitch. I used a Gibbs ascender for a few years and was quite happy with it. However, once I switched to a friction hitch there was no going back.
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At a trade show last year the Husky rep told me that sometime later this year or early next year Husky will release a totally newly designed top handled saw. Hopefully it's a good one.
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Darin, I really liked that Sharon Jones song. Thanks.
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It's all adjustable Steve.
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I didn't know Butch had friends over here.
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Thanks Ed, I'm digging it.
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New Portishead album due out April 28th.
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Reed, you'll be happy to know that Wal Mart is now in China.
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If you're not often in conifers or other pitchy/sappy trees I think a friction hitch with tender makes the best lanyard adjustment there is. Easy one handed adjustment in both directions.
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Count me in please.
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Very sad.
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TreeWiseMen, the palm in the first photo is either a Latania or a Bismarckia. I always get them mixed up. The others are foxtail palms (Wodyetia bifurcata), not ponytail palms.
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Either the 3120 or 088 will do fine for the Alaskan Mill. It's probably best to go with the better dealer support. An auxiliary oiler is a good idea.
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One of the advantages of using the throwline for retrieval is that if the friction saver gets stuck you can tug on the throwline to unstick it.
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Yup! The throwline will make kind of a small spider web through the ring and ring and over the branch, but it all comes down nice and smooth and controlled. Once you've got your rope back on the ground untie the throwline and pull it back out and your done.
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If it's a regular ring and ring friction saver then you can do a controlled removal from the ground. Just tie a throwline to the spliced eye side (or terminal attachment point side) of your climbing line and retrieve as you normally would. By keeping a hand lightly on the throwline you can prevent the friction saver from plummeting to the ground.
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I've done that before, but didn't have a drill so had the groundies crank me up instead. Somehow I never got them to do it again.
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I clicky the button but nothing happens.
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what knots work best?
rumination replied to Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.'s topic in Rigging and roping
Good instructions for the constrictor hitch can be found here: http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/constrictorhitch.htm
