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Here's my effort. Worked better than I expected it to. I'll get the real thing when I replace my TM EVO but this set up cost me about a tenner. Ideal really.

Haix Protector Timber Chainsaw Boots - Radmore & Tucker WWW.RADMORETUCKER.CO.UK Upper Material Velour leather, hydrophobized, breathable, 2.8 – 3.0 mm thick Cut Protection Class 1 cut... I'm very happy with these. Very light and streamlined design for climbing. Most others are way too bulky for me. Not sure about durability as have not had for long.

Hi Have a Oleo Mac dealer in my town-southwest garden machinery. I picked up the GS371 35 CC saw for small felling, snedding etc. It is fantastic quality little saw and I'm very happy with its performance. I have a 550xp, 560xp and numerous other bigger saws but find I always reach for the GS if possible as starts on first pull and is light, nimble and powerful for its size. As I understand it the GSHs are Chinese but the GS models are Italian made? I will absolutely buy the bigger 411 or 451 soon as well for thinning and slightly bigger trees. Very impressed.

Just received mine. Nice bit of kit. Not used yet other then a brief set up hanging from a beam in the garage. I feel the adjustable friction point will be an improvement.

Well worth it for me. I wouldn't have anything else.

I have the 120 version and the old treestuff version from years ago as well. I use them all the all the time for small to medium size rigging jobs. Highly recommend.

I use the tree austria shoulder straps on my tree motion for precisely that reason. Also great for SRWP. Highly recommend.

I've used mine last two days. Really impressed with it. Smooth and predictable. I always struggled to get that with friction hitches. Feels good to finally have a fully CE marked SRT work positioning device at last.

I have had the LD1 for a few years now. It is brilliant although the working load limit is less than the other two. Saves so much effort and time and I really like the spinlock clutch feature as I work with different groundsmen with varying levels of experience. It's nice to know the load can be locked off while taking wraps off or lifting. The LD2 is available now which has a massive WLL and still has the spinlock clutch. Highly recommend.

On my third trango cinch now. Great for single line useage. Am I right in saying that the positioner can't be weighted eintirely with climbers weight and used in a single leg? I've never used one but read this on a review a while back. I use Mammut dyna safe 11mm rope with the Cinch. Can't fault it at all.

I Have these boots. Really like em. Very comfy in every way. I had air streams and couldn't see what all the fuss was about as I found them really uncomfortable. I'm size 11 with quite wide feet and 46's fit well.

Chose the LD1 mostly because of the price. Knowing what I know now I'd be inclined to have spent extra for the LD2 as it is the updated model. Having said that my LD1 has been well capable of everything I've thrown at it so don't really need the bigger one. The LD2 is the next best thing to a crane....awesome lifting power.

for anyone who's not seen one.....

LD1 Arb pro here. Has saved me so much time and hassle. I sometimes wander how I did any thing prior to buying it as I literally look for reasons to use it. Wouldn't be without this or similar now.

Recently bought the 'shaoline' from teufelberger. Very stiff and not had a single tangle yet with it. For years I've used dynaglide and got fed up with it tangling every other throw. Stiffer the better for throwlines in my opinion. Recommended.

OR something I meant!

I tried this configuration with my HH2 and quickie shackle and unfortunately does not fit as the quickie rubs against the protruding bolt heads of the HH2. The HH in that vid is different to the HH2. Looks like a prototype of something?

I'm just over the border in the badlands of Launceston but am currently working all over Devon. Sometimes near Exeter if any use. I'll drop you a PM when I'm over that way if useful. I use 11-12mm rope but I know a few who prefer 12-13mm rope with rope wrench. Purely personal preference.

I'm in your neck of the woods and gladly show you a simple rope wrench setup if any help. Will be safer,more efficient and give you many more options then your current system. No reason why SRT can't be used on larger ropes.

I have the Rig n wrench and have found it very useful. My version is the ZK2 and pinto rig setup bought from treestuff. I use 12 mm marlow braid rigging rope which works brilliantly. I have used Blaze with this setup but it does not provide enough friction I'm guessing as you can't adjust pulley on the zk2 like you can the bollard on the zk1. The devise shines in situations where there is a very small crew and also for 'drifting' loads with a winch system on the ground and rig n wrench in the tree with me. I have found it quite incredible how much weight can be held stationary with it but when you step over the line weight wise it can be a bit scary. Smallish sections only with the rig n wrench.

After half an hour of climbing on the ZK1 for the first time when it came out it dawned on me that there were new,easier and more ergonomic ways of tree climbing on the horizon. I had to use Someone else's gear recently to climb a very large Chesnut as I didn't have my kit. I used DDRT with typical Valdotain setup. I found it utterly arduous. Any experienced SRT climber will know the potential of the technique and the options that are open when climbing this way. If find it bizzare that as stated previously in this thread that the 'heavy hitters' of the Arb equipment world are so slow to produce a really great arborist SRT device that can be used for work positioning and access as well. It all seems very stuffy and out of date to me. There are no European best practice guides for SRT in arboriculture and this could be why they are so slow to embrace the idea. Just look at how out of date our UK best practice guide is (guide to good climbing practice). Good at the time but laughable by today's standards. There are also no EN numbers specific to rigging equipment yet there is an array of rigging gear widely available in Germany. I wonder if they will ban all of that as well? My device of choice is the Bull dog bone. It just blows everything else I've used out of the water for ease of use, quick attachment and it just doesn't seem to wear out. Obviously that's only my opinion based on my experiences.

I have the LD1. Absolutely love it. The groundsman I usually work with finds the spin lock clutch really useful for locking off loads. The LD1 Harken winch will only take up to 14'' diameter rope but to be fair I sold my 16'' rope as I only ever seem to use 12-14" rigging rope even for large dismantles. Very glad I bought this device and will look at buying th LD2 at some point too.

I also have the 'quickie' . Very versatile piece of kit. A good way of replacing a running bowline or similar top tie without the side/gate loading issues of a carabiner.

If using BDB or RR it's possible for the device to disengage if you lean backwards into your chest harness (or neck tether I would guess-I don't use one) and put to much weight on the tending point. I know this wouldn't happen under normal use but the potential is there.