RobDog

this is a shot of footlockin with an ascender with Vt on a pulley set with anchor line.....

This will do! SingSnap | Fever by robdog

Kind word and a true understanding while kickin arrse in the big ones......

The top probably weighed about 250lbs , easily within the Limits of the gear. Like I said before many times trial and error takes place before using your tools.Caribiners,rope,pulleys say one thing and might do another.I test them out before useing them on a dangerous removal.Some pulleys ,clips ,slings have failed and I dont use them.If I told you about some of the bad gear sold at the best arborist houses you might be supprised.

I always go back to Harry Carey Sr in "angel and the badman" " Quirt Evans You dont rate a new rope with me" always use a new rope with each SL job I suppose you all might feel different if you were on one of my SL jobs? I am confident of it.

Got it SOP . Never heard it before I guess it dosent make my less than others.Yes I am proud of my Son he is probably one of the best survival trainers in the Air Force. he wants to deploy but hopefully he wont have to.When a tree service survives this long we might just know what we are doing.

I guess I should change everything I do to make the Arborist board happy?

Maybe unsafe for those who cannot see themselves doing it.Presuming to judge a technique that you can not handle or havent been a part of is offensive to me. This is the reason I dont use subs as climbers.many loose cannons or "cowboys" think they are better than others and try to get too much money.I train my guys and If I can not do the tree I dont send them up. Labeling my work as unsafe without knowing WTH you are blowin is enough to listen too. let people be critics,some can see the new way is better. Oh what is "SOP" ?

The system was perfect and in no way unsafe.I assumed the video showed this,sorry if You guys dont understand.This was a great day for my crew.

Only a prussux loop six wrap.The climb will have a belay backup and you can never grab the rope on or above the loop

Ox sorry I read this so late.I too have a son named Robert and he is now S.E.R.E airforce in spokane (your neck of the woods) Hope your Boy is doing well. Remember this?

Set an anchor line and attach a pulley to the end and insert a VT system in the pulley.You can single line footlock off the vt and pulley settup....no friction and even use an ascender.

Why not it is as safe as a climbing line.This version is longer and shows the climber rideing the speedline after the top is cut. [ame=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=38339918]wts speedline Video by rob - MySpace Video[/ame]