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  1. Rich Rule
    I have both. They both work great. For me it is more the task at hand. See top post on this page. I will add to that IMO the RRPro is a lot more refined. BUT the BDB is bombproof. Mine is a bit old and worn now but has seen a shit ton of work.
  2. Rich Rule
    Always just mount in the leather. Again had all sizes of saw hanging off there. I find it hard to believe the RE or other tool carriers will not fit. I have the Dmm vault on one TM and large carry tool on the other. Not fitted either to my Evo yet. Are you saying they do not fit?
  3. Rich Rule
    Boootiful as Bernard Matthews would say.
  4. Rich Rule
    Scorton seems to have gone a bit up market these last 15 years. It was all council houses and workers cottages when my grandparents lived there. Lots of farms etc. Now it seems the smaller landowners have sold out and there are a few Stud farms there or wealthy folk who have bought in. Lost count of the number of times my grandads onions or marrows got first place at Scorton Feast. Although, I havent been back to the Uk for obvious reason this last couple of years. I used to do a fair bit of shooting on the farms around Scorton and the Cowtons with my old man. Happy times.
  5. Rich Rule
    My dad grew up in that area. Grandparents lived in Scorton. My dad has many a story of going to Richmond on a weekend to fight the squaddies. Rum Bastard! Beautiful area of the world.
  6. Rich Rule
    Are you in Scorton Mike?
  7. Rich Rule
    Ash often leaves the chain brown and dry. Nothing new there.
  8. Rich Rule
    Did you make good money on them then?
  9. Rich Rule
    Steve, I am not gonna even pretend to be a runner but gotta admire you for doing it. A friend of mine from back in London has been training for the last few years for that race. Last 2 being cancelled so all that training for next to nothing. He also raised a fair bit of money for charity by running the London marathon during lockdown around his garden. James Page Garden Marathon | Blog | The Fix Events THEFIXEVENTS.COM Top fella. I used to train at the same gym as him and his family. I would get in touch if you can and he is a very helpful guy and bloody determined. All the best.
  10. Rich Rule
    Of course they do. Silly statement. Every manufacturer has had problems in the past. TW are no different. One guy I worked for in the UK had one brand new. It didn’t even make it to the first job. The axle snapped and a wheel fell off. Lots of the early 230’s had chassis problems. Take everything you read on the internet with pinch of salt.
  11. Rich Rule

    Ray Mears

    Rich Rule replied to sime42's topic in General chat

    Really? I was asked by the Fire Arms officer when I lived in London, why do you want a .223 and a .17hmr? I said pest control, foxes. He replied, the .17hmr will take down a fox but it isnt legal. To which I replied, why are you telling me this? Have the regs changed in recent years?
  12. Rich Rule
    @mikedrums69 Just wondering how you would use the ring. As the conversation was about using a quickie for top anchors. If a ring had been used in that way for a top anchor which is retrievable you would have to pass the climbing end of the line through the ring. 25m tree and maybe another 15 metre if it is a wide crown and you might use a couple of redirects. I wasn’t referring to advancing you anchor. In the scenario of getting top anchor with a throw line but deciding to change to a canopy anchor. I pull a bit of slack though, enough to tie a alpine butterfly and the use the quickie and it’s done. How would ring be used in that scenario?
  13. Rich Rule
    @mikedrums69 At least your honest about taking an age to pass 30-40 metres of rope through a ring. I get setting it from the floor but how would you do that if you were already aloft and wanted to change base tie to a top anchor?
  14. Rich Rule

    Ray Mears

    Rich Rule replied to sime42's topic in General chat

    I like Ed Stafford and the dude who used to present Tribe, Bruce Parry. I remember in Tribe he had to put his hand in a stump full of Bullet ants. You could just tell from the expressions that it was something he shouldn’t have done.
  15. Rich Rule
    Mainly gets used for a top anchor. Just set it so the back of the pin is against the trunk. I fail to see how it could come open. I also make sure I set it with the pin in my climbing end, not in the alpine. That way it just spins when you retrieve it.
  16. Rich Rule
    I use one daily. Sits on my harness. So as not to clutter my kit bag.
  17. Rich Rule
    Hand throwing. Joe (my mate) had both his throw lines stuck. My main throw line was stuck also. I used a second line which I have lost the Harrison rocket, so threw with a sawpod / throw pod. Luckily didn’t get a “Rick ‘O’ Shea” and it went over 2nd shot. I dont like using the throwpod around buildings. I once fired one with a big shot, it untied the throw line somehow in flight. It went perfectly through the crotch at the top of a bit Larch... then kept on going and going and going. We heard a smack as it hit a roof somewhere in the distance and found it two gardens away. It came down from a great height, I was very surprised it didn’t smash some roof tiles.
  18. Rich Rule
    It was a bit, but two up and done in 1.5 hours. hardest part was setting lines. 3 throw lines stuck and luckily on the last cube I got top anchor.
  19. Rich Rule
    This mornings job. Large elm to prune in a tight courtyard. Deadwood, light thin and cut back from the building balconies.
  20. Rich Rule
    I have been on Pfanner a since for quite a few years. Onto my 7th pair now. +7cm are great. I am also 6’4”.
  21. Rich Rule
    I don’t tend to get all over RJ’s these days. So it isn’t too bad, even though it can be hard yakker! Whereas in the UK I used to get loads. They became a chore and I hated pretty much every bit of the jobs apart from the final decent out of the tree.
  22. Rich Rule
    Me too, in the past I have asked them why they didn't get a second climber in? It is usually the guys who can’t do it them selves. Expect you to perform a miracle, so I ask them to get up there and show me how it’s done! Sometimes they listen and have rebooked as it was an honest mistake. A couple of occasions I have walked away and never looked back. I don’t have time to work for people like that.
  23. Rich Rule
    Worked out we did 4.5 hours climbing for 2 guys. So technically 9 man hours to complete the job. One guy might be able to finish it in a 9 hour shift but tbh, I reckon they’d be goosed afterwards and possibly wouldn’t be able to keep the same pace throughout the day.
  24. Rich Rule
    Can’t speak for Matty but my job was a PITA. It would have been demoralising for one climber.
  25. Rich Rule
    We had to try and tidy a previously boshed Beech tree today. Very spindly regrowth with plenty of redirects to get to the ends. We removed up to 4 metres in places. 2 climbers but sadly no before pictures.

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