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Avatar aside as thats just getting silly. Mani I have not said anything to offend you personally and I have no intention of rising to bait of your rusty panel van comments, (wobbly ladder bit obviously upset me). The point I'm making is that you use a technique suitable for the location. Nuclear reactors? Of course I'm having a laugh but you get the idea. Essentially there was no House under that tree so it made no difference what cut they made. It was a training video comparing the differences between step cut and notch cut. Maybe the conclusion they came up with was that a notch cut is better? I can do intelligent conversation but not often! So I reserve it for special occasions.

I'm using a notch here, every situation is different!

As for other forums http://www.arboristsite.com/ have fun!!

Now I'm pissed off!!! MY LADDERS ARE NOT WOBBLY!!

Maybe I should have read page two before replying on page three! Mani, get a grip! People do things in different ways than you, they make decisions based on what they know which of course is different from what you know. How in the world can we all think like you do? Its not possible. For the situation, that video is fine, a point that seems to be agreed upon by some very experienced climbers from this forum, all of whom are here to learn more and help others where they can. I wouldn't cut a notch in small stuff like that, in a woodland, with large bloke pulling on the line! Any possibility of it going the other way and I'd face cut it, have more large blokes pulling, add a winch, give up tree work, whatever. Chillout, we all do what we do, some people video it and some don't.

Step cut does it for me unless we are into proper big stuff with houses, nuclear reactors etc underneath!

Dunno, just found it on you tube!

They turned out to be rubbish! Very short! In one its windy, in the next I make a face cut, wow!!! I needed the wind to get this back leaning final upright to come forward into the landing area, as I made the face cut the wind dropped, so I sat for a while. Whole nother video clip later the wind pics up and I make the back cut! Sorry its all dull....... Theres only one clip of anything happening, groundie and film cameraman all in one is unlikely. Oh and they are all taken sideways too, don't know how to correct that! [ame] [/ame]

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But there wasn't! If there was they would have done it differently. You don't need much direction if you've got a pull line and your in a woodland! The question should be why are they rigging? Other than the GRCS/hobbs nearly getting hit, I would say that was perfectly done. The guy pulling the rope looked fatter than the log, which is a good rule of thumb!

Red Wine!

Whats up steve? Codiene is nasty stuff!!

Its been put to tender and I got it by 50!

The Local Authority are into leaving standing trunks, especially in this park. In the third pic you can see a Beech trunk leaning the opposite way to, and behind, the Poplar. That trunk is an old uprooted Beech that is now chained into another as a standing eco-pile thing. I get to choose if, if I want to fell it in one I can, but they would prefer it left high and I don't want to move the lower trunk section. I have to do some testing to see if I want to climb/rig it (only tarmac path below to worry about, and some other trees) or fell it.

Look like an old limb tear. Not too bad. Good to be nervous, but you have to consider that it has stayed up there in the recent bad weather in full leaf. Wind acting on a tree like that is far great force than a mere tree climber hangin off it. As long as its not windy too on the day you climb it should be ok. When I say recent bad weather I mean every storm for the past few years or so. As long as you make sure that any rigging is not creating additional forces in the unwanted direction then you should be ok, but take it easy is good!

No way. I'm a two man outfit, occasionally three, we use the GRCS all the time, well a couple of jobs per month on average but sometimes it feel like all the time. I can undercut the big companies who either want to use a crane or don't have the climber experience to get the job done quickly, then I make good money with the GRCS and everybody is happy!

Ok, Too many questions! I've just taken the dog for a walk and that means calling in at the pub to make sure they are still in business!! No splicing needed, its a 10mm sling pulled through a length of rope outer sheath. The Krab is only connected to the sling, the rope is there to make the whole thing more durable. A large mallion (pear shape would be best) would probably be better than a Krab, especially due to the twist loading of the Krab. Personally I like a krab, I can undo it and move my TIP without taking the rope out. As long as you check the function of the Krab (weekly loler requirement) all should be ok. The length of the rope is determined by the sling that goes inside it. Wild country only make 10mm dyneema slings in 60 and 120 cm lengths. 60 is too short, 120 is ok, if there were a longer one I would make it longer. Pete, trust you to notice what I'm wearing! BTW this item is based on your re-de which is discussed in the thread "re-de bling" so thanks for the idea. An old butterfly bridge shackle is perfect to catch the rope. The original balls sold with ropeguides won't fit through it. I get ball and shackles from a local boat shop that are similar size.

I've only used it a few times so far so it may need tweaking. Possibly putting the clasp on a bit of cord so it hangs seperate from the bit of Arbormaster.

I don't have any climbing line at home but this is with an old lanyard through it. Hope you get the idea

Heres my latest home made

http://www.treeworker.co.uk/index.html

Its interesting that they have gone back to using rope instead of webbing. THe Mk2 ropeguide was the best by far, I lost mine last year and now only have the Mark 3 one on webbing, its no better. This primus thing looks over engineered, complicating a simple idea. Home made ones are the way forward. The Cocoon is good though.

Hows this

Apparently I need to resize some pics.........

I'm bored of poplars but heres some pics of another job coming up soon. Its not often I take pictures before work starts, usually I forget all together. We won't be doing this until about two weeks time. This is local Authority work, job spec for this tree is pollard to 5-6m. Whether thats a good decision is not really up for debate as its not my decision. The tree has some root plate issues. In the first pic you can see some Heras fencing to the left, that where its twin fell in the lake.