Frank

I can imagine one guy holding the end of the line and the throwbag swinging tantalisingly about 4ft above the other guys head whilst he jumps up and down for an hour mimicking an NBA player. Haha

Oh yeah. I never thought of that. Considering I'm not in blooming N.Z. Haha fool.

Exactly. I can just see it now. Large multiple stemmed broad leaf, stems leaveain trunk at about 15ft then the main central stem that's perfect for the anchor point doesn't have another limb for about 45ft. Good luck mate. Hahaha

Cheers Reg. I pretty much figured that even within an inch it maybe aprox 55% / 45% i just wondered if much research or maths had gone into working out what forces would exerted on to the higher percentage taking pulley, I.e how much energy the pulle catching first would take out of the force before the 2nd one took affect and whether it was such a large amount to begin with that it would almost render the second one obsolete. Ever since you posted the thread about designing your own friction block I have been thinking loads about rigging principles. Love what you do and am genuinely impressed with every contribution you make, not only to arbtalk but to the whole industry. Oh and the comment about the secondary friction point for the tagline was a joke really, bit I do believe sometimes it is a really good idea to configure something into the system to elimate any chance of the guy on the tagline slipping on gravel or something whilst trying to control a big lump, in a world of more and more RA and H&S.

Come on guys, who is gonna be the first to produce a chainsaw protective proper climbing shoe. How hard would it be really to take a pair of them acu's or scarpas or whatever and bung some chainsaw protective layers in them. I'd buy them befoe they had chance to make a box for them. Anyone else agree?

You halved the 150ft? What on earth for? How do you get your throwbag to the top of a tree? Zzzzzzzzing it here with an 8oz and a 10oz either end stored in a cube.

So chuffed for you mate. Many congrats to you and the Missus. Good times.

I have just started wearing gloves full time in the last fortnight. Finally found some I can get on with. Not sure how happy I will be about them when it really heats up though.

As long as it outlasts the tree your working on then it's ok hahahaha

Been wirelessly enjoying arbtalk from the comfort of my sofa using the iphone recently and cant seem to upload pics from it. Boohoo. So I'm back on the P.C and heres some more still images for your perusal:

I'm sick of hearing about blooming Gloria. Now every time I go and look at a job I'm sussing out if I could justify a Gloria. Haha

What on earth did they think they were going to achieve. Did they not realise the tree wouldn't just melt away quietly. That couldve been dangerous in a few years. I hope you slapped them all in the face with a large adjustable spanner. Haha.

Yeah, as tommer said, his working life. Haha

Nice work as always Reg. Couple of questions. 1: why in the video does it seem you alternate between timber hitch and bowline after your half hitch? 2: if the double pulley setup isn't set exactly level, would the weight be caught on a single side first (matter of split seconds), and would this make any noticable difference to swl's? 3: can't really see from the video but could you have setup some sort of friction device for the tag line on the tree opposite to make life easier for the poor lad attached to them big lumps?

Can you imagine any if them guys complaining about minimum wage working past four p.m or having a week of with a silky wound. It has made me take stock of a few things and I'm now going to be wearing check shirts and braces all the time. Haha.

Let me poke my rifle sight around the area and I'll give you the results soon

Definately a lesser spotted Badger.

Yeah, watch it, then tell me if anyone fancies being a "topper" for the week. haha. Real men, in real shirts, with real braces, doing real work.

appears that copying and pasting via iphone doesnt work in the real internet world. Edited it with a normal P.C and now it works. hehe

Grrrrrrr iPhones.

Watch it.

Don't know if this has appeared on here before but it's a cool video that shows just how easy we have it today. [ame] [/ame]

To test out the new felcos obviously. Haha