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Same goes for two ropes.

You are simply making the very same point I am.

And if we all drove at 5MPH we could probably eliminate road deaths.

I would be very surprised if your right.

Steve, I tried to add a picture to a post, I clicked "choose files" and nothing happened, I dragged the picture over, but it just disappeared ?

I had one a few years ago, put notice in, waited 6weeks, on the very last day the TPO arrived by recorded delivery.

No I haven't, that's just more fiction.

Thanks, that's useful know. I got the figure of 340mm from the manufacturer's specifications. Can I ask why you no longer have yours? Cheers. Tom. Just wasn’t using it enough, manly because I started drying smaller material in lengths and then cutting to length with a saw before putting it into my boiler. I have a poshe 350 processor and a very large 60tonne splitter, I just found I didn’t have time to use them all.

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Its not as simple as that, go back and read Paul's (AA Tecky) post. I have not said its OK to climb with only one attachment. I have said and stand by the fact that I don't believe your story about the farmer. Will the HSE prosecute a sole trader, Co director etc? Yes of cause they may. Will they treat a farmer, putting his own life at risk, breaking the rules and cocking up the same as someone who sends another person to risk their life, without adequate measures to protect them, the same? No, I don't believe they will. Do you not think it was likely to get up people noses that you come on here, with limited experience of the industry and start preaching to seasoned pro's, talking down to them like they are fools? I thought you would have learned your lesson on the insurance thread. You were told you were wrong, but went on and on. And when proved wrong just made excuses. There are many, many ways of doing any job. Different people are happy doing things different ways. Why not just concentrate on the way YOU want to do things and leave others to do things their way.

Does it defiantly take 340mm? I had one and am pretty sure the largest log diameter it would take 8inch, which is a little over 200mm. If it will take the size of material you require, then yes I think it will work extremely well. IME they are best run on a large high HP tractor. That way you can keep the revs low, which means it operates at a more manageable speed and you will get larger more uniform logs. On a small low HP tractor you need the revs fairly high, the machine runs very fast and you tend to get much smaller logs and a lot of smashed up bits.

Thing is that's not what you did on this thread and others. You put forward your point of view, be it correct or not. If people don't agree you start telling them they are fools and will find themselves without insurance cover and face life destroying prosecution. You then go on to tell a little story that fully supports your opinion, but never have a link to this supposedly real life example.

It's a good poll Mick, I'm going to use it as defence to fight the £60K prosecution, that's apparently heading my way.

But can and do, better to be in a position to get yourself to safety ASAP, IMO. Not intended as anything but a warning to others, I'm pretty embarrassed it happed.

Yeah, David Orange was taking down a large dead Elm, knocked off a large limb, it hit the deck and out flew a swarm of anger bees, the headed straight back to where the limb and the hive had been. His rope was a fair bit too short, he prussiced off the end, hit the ground running, fortunately he was working in the grounds of a hospital, ran straight in. Think he had around 200 stings, would have been in really trouble if not treated so swiftly.

Thats ok so long as you don't do this or worse 60ft up...

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Thank you!!! Was driving me nuts too!

In the past it was always seen as acceptable to descend , stop, reroute rope and then complete the descent, hence the need for a knot to stop you dropping off the end of the rope. Not something I've ever done, always used long enough rope and never had a knot.

Is this new? Was never a requirement in the old best practice.

Pretty sure that's not actually a requirement, hence the need for a knot in the end of your rope. Crazy, IMO.

It's two separate anchors, if one fails your still safe, so ticks the boxes, IMO.

It's great till you drop a lump on the loop.

Both ends, old school.