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Hi Ian what would you rate this system to for a static load remaining with in a safe rigging load? Could you use two of the ISC pulleys back to back so that it self levels sharing the load bewteen the two limbs and removes the need for the karibiners and knots on the rigging plate? Answering my own question, I guess if you want it to be in a set area this wouldn't work.

Martyn If you do tip it could backlash on you a fine for illegal dumping would just add insult to financial injury. I know its hard to not get anoyed when folk fail to pay but be proffesional and do things the right way its them in the wrong not you. You can fill out a small claims application "on line" include interest for delayed payment and claim fees. A trading company cannot afford a CCJ against them it wont be cleared until the payment to you is settled in full so the option for them to pay you off a pound a week is not viable to clear the CCJ they will have to pay in full. Also for any of you trading it is well worth drafting up some terms and conditions of contract acceptance of your quote proves acceptance of your terms. Terms should include payment time interest due for late payments ownership of stock (trees planted etc) having been ripped off for £15,000 in the 90's by a big firm I had a hard lesson and would advise anyone trading to learn from my mistake. Good luck Martyn but keep your cool and do things the right way your then totally blameless and can stand up and slack these arse*o$es off knowing you were totally in the right.

Er PRICE???? LOL I think the STEIN Quests are only about £180 at full retail.

Brilliant High just wanted to know the guys here were aware did a search after this post and noticed you had also popped a thread on re this good o

They look really nice Nigel. Better for the rounded edges.

Anyone who got impatient awaiting the European CE'd version from Gustharts and bought one in from the USA NZ or Australia might want to check if they have one of these unicenders. These were not supplied by Gustharts who are correctly still awaiting the CE'd version. INSPECTION RECALL ON UNICENDERS !!! 8/22/11 – There is an inspection recall on the Unicender. All Rock Exotica Unicenders made before August 2011 are affected. This required inspection is important for the user’s safety and your Unicender should not be used until the inspection has been performed. What Happened: An improperly riveted chain link came apart on one side under use. No fall occurred and the user was not injured. We have checked several other units from the same batch and there were no problems, but because your safety is paramount we have decided that all Unicenders must be inspected. Click link for more information: Rock Exotica Unicender - Recall

INSPECTION RECALL ON UNICENDERS !!! 8/22/11 – There is an inspection recall on the Unicender. All Rock Exotica Unicenders made before August 2011 are affected. This required inspection is important for the user’s safety and your Unicender should not be used until the inspection has been performed. What Happened: An improperly riveted chain link came apart on one side under use. No fall occurred and the user was not injured. We have checked several other units from the same batch and there were no problems, but because your safety is paramount we have decided that all Unicenders must be inspected. Click link for more information: Rock Exotica Unicender - Recall

Just noticed a recall notice from Marlow on the Buxtons website I don't know how many of you are climbing on Aeris but you need to check the batch numbers and return it to your retailer if yours meets this criteria. Potential Quality Issue with Marlow Aeris Climbing Rope - Buxtons Blog - Arborist & Forestry Equipment [Marlow Announcement in Full] It has come to our attention that there may be a potential quality issue with the splices in some batches of Marlow Aeris Climbing Rope. It has been discovered that some ropes may have been inadequately spliced, thereby resulting in a potential safety issue. The part numbers and batches that are potentially affected are detailed below and in the first instance we recommend that any ropes that you may still have in stock be inspected immediately. We also recommend that any Aeris ropes sold to your customers that are still in active use also be returned for batch number confirmation and inspection or replacement where necessary Ropes that pass our factory inspection will be returned and any rope found to have a suspect splice will be replaced free of charge immediately. We stress that this is a precautionary exercise, that not all batched of Aeris rope are affected and that this quality issue only potentially affects the batches detailed. No other spliced Marlow products including Gecko are affected. This issue only affects the splice, the rope itself is unaffected and can continue to be used. We apologise for this issue but confirm that remedial action has been taken to ensure no such problem occurs again. The parts and batches affect are all listed on the Buxtons website but include batch numbers: WKD800 WKD801 WKD811 WKD812 The part number and batch number can be read from the product label fixed at the neck of the splice: [Announcement Ends]

Hi Justin just to clarify I know climbing helmets assembled with PPE do not incur VAT as they are classed as PPE. A helmet sold with no PPE or unassembled (visors and ear defenders ) should have VAT added as it could be used for recreational activities not in line with industrial PPE. Confused ? You should try reading the HMRC guidelines

Your welcome Marc.

Your absolutely right Mabbs the Woodsman boot was really meant for Part time staff or civillians doing a bit of firewood it just isnt built to last for day on day Tree work. Gortex Wintex or Simpatex are all water resistant linings used in boots but will leak when they get dirty so keep the outers well dubbed to prevent water ingress to this layer to a minimumn. Better boots seem to start at the £135 - £160 mark and go up from there well worth trying a few on and looking a the build quality leather thickness and sole/heel is it good or bad for spike use. Best to visit a store to try some on worth considering instant compfort can sometimes be due to thin leathers so may not last the duration tougher boots like the Pfanner Zermatts take three or four days to break in but made of 2.5 mm military grade leather (yes special leather as specified by the swiss and german army) they should last.

Brown there will be a definate tendancy for the outer rope sheath to slip off of the slick wire inside when under load. I would consider very hard how to bind the outer sheath to the inner wire core. Manufactured CE'd wire core lines with an EN number should be tested to ensure this joining is strong enough. I know it may not be relevent to your country but if you want a bigger/longer product why not call the manufacturers to see if thsi is available or can be done? They may not realise its what you guys are wanting. If you look at the Yale website you can ask Jamie their Arb specalist any questions you want and I am sure he would be pleased to try and help. Good luck

Well done guys Can we expect 11.5 mm CE in the near future too ?

Thanks Rupes thats much better you know your way around here far more than I do : )

Hardly fair chap, already wacking the Stein inbuilt com system as over priced. You might want to compare it to the other systems currently on the market for twice the price! Any configured system needs testing marketing and retail support all these things cost money. You want to walk in to your local store to buy arb related stuff but dont want the poor guys supplying you to earn a living, mmmmm The STEIn systems will be multi way radio systems operational to the entire team over the working distance of the radios they are connected too. You can have as many sets on site as you need with everyone able to communicate without shouting accross a noisy site. Ideal for stop go's on roads or communication during crane or manual take downs. I have used the STEIN prototypes on site during a rigging operation recently and they worked brilliantly we even managed to jointly convince the boss to buy lunch over them. winner

Having read the threads on Arbtalk moaning about the lack of camping in previous years I pushed quite hard for the on site camping at the post show meeting in 2011. The AA listened and supported the idea .............What happened to you all? The shower block alone cost the AA about £800 for the weekend and as Steve said pitching costs on 12 tents returned £120. I'm not sure they will be offering this again next year unless more of you pledge your support for next year. What else do you want to see at the show how can we make it better? Any ideas? Maybe we need a pole on here for ideas to improve the show.

Was working on the STEIN rigging demos at the AA trade fair and we were demonstrating using the new 14 mm Yale Multi-slings (available from 13mm - 26 mm!) we had them both attatched to the main 16mm rigging line with the Klemheist hitch these were then roped off to the timber using clove hitches backed up with two half hitch's. I remembered seeing a page on some other potential rigging knots think they might be an improvement on the clove hitch as they tend to bight down tighter on the log being rigged. have a look and see what you think: Picket, Constrictor, Snuggle or Clove ? I have no idea what these knots would effect the ropes strength but as they avoid the tight turns of termination knots used when working with Karibiners I would have thought they would be stronger? Does anyone know?

Have a look at Rupes great Video on TCC Videos on Arbtalk. Will try to add a link on here for you to follow: Rupes Vid

We ended up with only 34 climbers this year. Attendance was unfortunately down at the show in general and seeing the size of the tree may have put off some of the novice climbers who might otherwise have had a go. However this meant there were good odds for those who took part as there was 12 prizes to be had accross the three categories. Premier Climbers won 1st Place Husky Top handle chainsaw 2nd New Stein Sentinal Type C trousers 3rd Kask recriational climbing helmet and 4th four Stein Throw bags and two dyneema throw line's. Expert Climbers Won 1st Tree Austria 3 Climbing Harness 2nd New Stein Sentinal Type C trousers 3rd Kask recreational climbing helmet and 4th Pair Arbotech Chainsaw boots Novice Climbers Won 1st Yale Imori climbing line 2nd New Stein Sentinal Type C trousers 3rd Kask recreational climbing helmet and 4th Arbotech Chainsaw boots In addition 1st placed climbers all got a years free membership to the Arboricultural Association. 1st 2nd and 3rd places also got AA Polo shirts. FR Jones and Sons donating a further £75 voucher to the person showing most spirit in the competition. For every £10 entry fee and climb you got an Arbjobs goody bag that amongst tool clips from Stein and ISC also included a Stein Throw line cube worth £25! and of course their exclusive "I was Arb enough " T - Shirt. Tickets for free entry to the AA show worth £8.00 was also sent out to those who booked their climb far enough in advance. Was it worth the £10 entry fee to compete in the 3ATC? See more of you at the Kent 3ATC on the 15th & 16th of July ? Entry forms and more information on the website: www.3ATC.com

I hope so Peter you and the family were missed

Don't ask I think its a saw point

Oh yes and of course a lot of the climbers use this hitch for footlocking up their lines. Just another use I am sure you are already aware of.

Hi Steve I had one national contractor recently recomended the Klemheist for use as a non return hitch above a pulley of an assisted fell system. Routing the rope from the tree to a swing cheek rigging pulley attatched to a suitable anchour point allows the groundy to stand off set to the potential fell zone and if the tree for any reason sits back the hitch if configured correctly will stop the tree going the wrong way. They do only use this system on trees standing vertical or already leaning or weighted towards to direction of fell as without a fiddler block system its doubtfull the groundy could pull the tree over using a simple system like this. Its configuration is for assisted fell only not rope hauler. Hope this helps Nick

Glad you enjoyed it Ben be nice to hear what some of the other competitors thought so we can try and get it right for you all ? Were the rules understandable? Did you get enough information to understand what you needed to do? Was there enough in everyones goody bags to make it worth the entry fee? Would you come again? Would you recommend it to other climbers? All this information and more will help us try to work towards running a better tree climbing event for you all. If you don't want to say anything on the public section feel free to PM me. Nick

Novice and Expert climbers both get to start from the top of the tree using our pre located anchor point. Premier climbers have to instal their own line from the ground before they access the tree they also need to do a visual and verbal tree and site safety breif before they start their climb it's worth looking at the score sheets when you arrive to see how they work and how you can reduce your climb time by picking up time bonuses as you work around the canopy. You will need all the bonuses to stand a chance of winning. Poor climbing technique will get you time penalties that will be added to your climb time, you don't want these ! So again well worth seeing how these occur. I'm off to help get the site ready so good luck hope to see some of you there. Elaine will be able to take advance bookings right up to Thursday night and during the show if we have space so still time to book your climb at the moment. We have some fantastic prizes this year a husky saw for the winner in premier a tree austria 3 harness for the expert level and some imori climbing rope for the novice winners. Prizes to third place for eac category and the goody bags alone are worth your entry fee as they include a £25 stein throwline cube along with other goodies.