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a HUMMER for me

I got roped into doing some Lineman work over the Xmas period.In NZ one of the prerequisites to becoming a HV Utilities Arbie is that you must first qualify as a HV Lineman up to E1 level,which I had previously done. This has lead to a career change and I am now working full time as a Lineman,which is why I havent been active on the forum this year...enough about me,sorry for the hijack, and all the best wishes to all you Arborists.

Nice pics Drew,are you on vacation already? Instead of embedding,just copy shortcut(right click menu),then paste to thread.

Im in a classic rock groove. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN408v2bS9A]YouTube - Peter Frampton - Lines On My Face Live 1995[/ame] Heres a big hearted Kiwi Tune. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZmCEdS7GU]YouTube - New Zealand - Welcome Home[/ame]

I love your keeness Gavin, but dont give it away.Im sure youll eventually get your fill. Have you heard the one about the two Bulls. The young Bull said,Lets run down the hill and shag us a cow. The old Bull said,Lets just walk down and shag them all.

A couple of beauties there David. Its great to hear that they will be given their space and a tidy.

Nice work Rupe and a great thread.Were all looking forward to the next one.My arms ache looking at the pics,lol.

Were you a rigger,or similar?

Great pics as usual Dave.Do youse use before & after pics for work history records?And did you update the climber to the Howard Hitch?

haha,I dont really know.This is an off the shelf prussic.At a guess Id say it might be a bit of a keeper to keep things(ring & prussic) set.

Thanks for posting Mike,I was just curious about why the tree got the death sentence?

It is simply to make it adjustable and still retrievable Max.Heres a pic.

Id prefer a tenex hollow braid prussic for a Leather cambium saver,especially if your going to use it for choking small stems. Heres a pic of one for a Buckingham leather CS.

You could get a conventional(non adjustable) to start and then add on a prussic/ring if required later.They are available seperately or can be made.Hope that is what you meant.

Welcome to the Forum,swede.Thanks for the info. I found Johnnos vid.There isnt a lot out there about the unicender. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70PXRzmBE0o]YouTube - Johno Smith climbing SRT on the Unicender[/ame]