Rupe
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Generally, yes its good value. £130 something plus vat. Picture quality and colour is good, sound poor but music soundtrack would be better than me huffing and puffing up a tree! If you guys can eactually see what is going on then its workign better than any of the other cheapo ones on the meerkat!
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These are brand knew duracells Mick, straight outof the packet, not rechargeble ones.!!!!!
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No. Works with any set up. The marlin spike knot is to stop the system self closing which probably wouldn't happen with a prussik knot. i.e. the if friction hitch gets snagged or touches a branch, then as you pull you would advance the hitch up the rope making the sytem shorter and it won't come back to you. A prussike is less liekly to do this but a marlin knot is still advisable. (I should have set the knot better as it came back to me in a bit of a mess)
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Half an hour!!!!!!!!!!! On standby most of that time too.... Have just found a settign that turns off the LCD screen whilst in use, thats good cos if its on yer head then you don't need the screen on. That should save the batteries a bit.
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Really not worth the effort. It requires 2 throwlines or something silly like that. Srt or footlock up then install it, much quicker/easier.
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Yep, same as Steve's. Mic seensitivity is Hi so I guess thats as good as it gets unless something is wrong with it. If I ever made a video I guess I would put a soundtrack on it. Quality does seem ok when viewed on here. ANy larger and its not so good. Battery life seems to be a problem though.
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Ok. First the excuses........ what a rubbish tree to climb, wobbly, prickly old acacia. Job to shorten one large limb and remove another plus a bit of deadwood. Batteries ran out half way through, I guess I should move faster!!!!! Anyway, nothing of any interest just testing the new headcam. A couple of good one handers and a rope switch at the end but some pretty poor climbing! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ2qzzVeKnY]YouTube - acacia.wmv[/ame]
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I remember Rob, he was a top bloke. He came to a few tree climbing comps in 2002-2003 ish, he was great. First comp: Willans + prussik, second comp: all new shiny gear and a new enthusiasm for his work that he had been involved in for years. What a sad story for this time of year. My thoughts to his family.
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More for a lanyard than a flip line. Just tie it on the end of the lanyard. Cant see how they are any better than a micro krab.
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Will do. I think he only really wants the silhouette, sunset type arty pics, and I want the rigging ones. We'll see.
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I've read the form, pretty standard, there is a clause that they can't be used for porn so I'm not goign to end up on a "workman calendar". I'll sign it, I have no problem with it other than potential HSE infringements, if you photo someone all day you'll get something.
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Yep I'm interested too.
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There is a lot of tree there, not massively tall, probably ony 70+ feet but lots of big limbs that come out a long way. Price is to ground level and a crane would be no good without a road closure so was never considered by any of the people quoting, so you on the right track. Your right I won't say how much though, maybe after its done, but maybe not.
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Ummm, about that! He wants me to sign a model release form then I can have "some" of the photos! What do you think?
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I hope the homowners were out or else they would have thought that the homos are in!
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Plenty of subaru pics in here, don't get me started!
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OOps extra pic.....
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Pillars and iron railing under it, you can just see top of Beech hedge to the rear, then driveway along side, some garden space on the opposite side from the road but not much. The tree next to it is the identical twin to the one we removed in the original beech take down thread, that will be next to come down hopefully, maybe next winter.
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Well not that old, just wonderign if anyone has a motorola RAZR2 v9 knocking around that they don't want before I go and buy a new phone of some sort. I would like to replace with this model if possible. Will pay reasonable amount, or swap with Samsung blade?
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I detect some sarcasm from our southern hemisphere friends there..........thanks bro. Heres the next tree taken form the other end so you can see it this time!!, went past it today.
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if look is really not important then 35-50%. but 35% should really be maximum. Also its often more work to do a 50% than it is to fell the lot. Easier work, more clear up often equals the work involved in climbing.
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Yep, if there is green growth in the bottom half they will be fine, although sometimes the lower growth is much thinner than it looks, and you only realise once the top is gone. Its hard to kill Leylandii though! I usually say one third maximum. Any more than that and you risk ending up woth something wider than it is tall and a real hassle in the future to top again cos the anchor points have gone.
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No seriously, its not that great!
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Thats a lovely bit of wood. A true butchers block is made using the end grain though. What you have got there is big chopping board. Nice though.
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Quick delete this thread!
