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  1. Mark Bolam
    Same.
  2. Mark Bolam
    Why so old school? You at least need to get a pulley in there.
  3. Mark Bolam
    Dids would nick the chain round here and weigh it in!
  4. Mark Bolam
    Haha, I remember him telling me about it. Those black powder blanks are loud! No, haven’t caught up for ages, even before the madness. I’d love to see him again, he’s a proper character. Sorry for the slight derail Paddy. Some excellent advice on here, the more layers of security the better.
  5. Mark Bolam
    Was that Mick mate?
  6. Mark Bolam
    Gutted to hear this. His fight against Hearns was one of the best ever. RIP Marvin.
  7. Mark Bolam
    Nice one Don. Like that tune, what is it?
  8. Mark Bolam
    The wind actually helped us as well, blowing the brush over the underplanting of baby yews. That tree had shat itself at the plate last week as well, so big relief to get the top out.
  9. Mark Bolam
    It bloody was Jay!
  10. Mark Bolam
    Patrick Fitch. Pretty sure the link will only work if you have FB.
  11. Mark Bolam
    https://www.facebook.com/100002232644050/posts/3648136595270726/?d=w
  12. Mark Bolam
    You’re right Brocky, it is sewn, probably why it works so well! My bad. I’d stick with double fisherman’s for terminations for hitches then, although they can be a bit chunky. Think Fitch is some American climber dude, I’ll get a link from FB.
  13. Mark Bolam
    There’s an extra wrap in the Fitch hitch there, 5 instead of 4.
  14. Mark Bolam
    I totally agree with Rich about splices affecting the function of the hitch, but have just experimented with a factory spliced OP on non-CE cougar blue with a short Fitch hitch and it’s running beautifully. Glides up the rope and locks instantly. This is in the workshop, mind. I will probably plummet to my death tomorrow. @TommyB is definitely the man for splicing advice. 8EADAB2C-21B5-4FBF-BD7B-30309FB80E65.MOV
  15. Mark Bolam
    Aye, I wondered that. Do you mean vertically Jake?
  16. Mark Bolam
    You’re comparing apples to oranges. A solid isn’t as good as a pneumatic, goes without saying, but it’s a thousand times better than a pneumatic with a puncture. Zero downtime.
  17. Mark Bolam
    No, they aren’t.
  18. Mark Bolam
    This one. From memory came with different spacers.
  19. Mark Bolam
    I went puncture proof from Fixings Warehouse years ago and never looked back. Seemed a bit pricey at the time, but a big money saver in real terms. Still has a nice bit of ‘give’ in it for low kerbs etc. when you’re heavily loaded.
  20. Mark Bolam
    Pleasant change to have a decent arb discussion fellas! I think the points we have gathered so far is that different trees in different conditions sometimes call for different approaches.
  21. Mark Bolam
    I totally agree with you on the inertia thing, the top definitely helps to tone down the twanging, but I often get the top out as soon as possible for a few reasons depending on the situation. One is wind, as you mentioned. Another is mental, when the tops out I feel I’ve already won. On a busy conny I’ll often cut a channel on the way up. I can then lay the tops on to the lower limbs if I’m cutting and chucking, which eases the shock on my broken old shoulders. I can then manoeuvre the tops and throw them down the channel. The last one is purely due to my dislike of exposure. I’ve always hated rigging long but skinny tops when I’m spiked to a 4” diameter stem with ‘nothing’ below me rigging a 30’ leader on itself. Lombardies are particularly bad for this!
  22. Mark Bolam
    Nightmare drag on the first job.
  23. Mark Bolam
    Check out the HAAS mate, used with a foot ascender. You don’t need a full chest harness, just something similar to a 4SRT chester.
  24. Mark Bolam
    That won’t help Eggs Tommy. There probably isn’t a ‘Working in even more confined spaces’ ticket.
  25. Mark Bolam
    Chipper is behind a Hilux on bigger jobs Mick. We overload the 2 Transits with chip and logs....

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