WeeDee
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Is it made by Klein?
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I haven't a clue about the harness but I'm intrigued. When you say 'you still use it' - what do you use it for?
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Welcome to the show, Red - you're on in 5 minutes!
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I can't see the belt - there's an old hemp harness in the way!
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Uh-Oh! Is this going to be another "who can guess why I was thrown out of Arbtalk" thread? You're at it again!
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Nice one. It sometimes puzzles me when a client seems pleased with your work but then starts to think if they can do the next bit cheaper! Nice video btw.
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Has the client given any indication that it'll be you who continues with future management?
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Nothing funny about Bargain Hunt!
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Petzl Fixe or DMM Pinto?
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Sorry Testcricket for repeating you. I'm too slow on the keys!
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The pulley is there to ease the friction - it'll make any pulling a bit easier. You're right about the knot in the rope as long as it goes through the big end and jams in the small end. I think most of the simple cambium savers are much of a muchness. I've a Stein one (100cm) and a Petzl Treesbee (120cm) that has a big fixed ring and a removable shackle.
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I agree with you on the length of the cambium saver - but funnily enough, I've always had the big ring over-lying the small ring. When the rope is clear of the big ring it tends to lift and let the saver turn on the stem - whereas when I set it up with the small ring over-lying it bears down on the free end and doesn't let the saver slip on the bark. It might depend on the stiffness of the cambium saver.
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If you had a shackle on one 'end' of the sling and a safe krab on the other - the eye of the rope would pass through the larger krab first then snag on the smaller shackle - pulling the whole thing out of the tree with the end of your rope.
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I'm not exactly clear what you mean, Mike - but if you're having problems with the choked cambium saver not retrieving with the rope then choke on the stem as you suggest, then retrieve the cambium saver with a throwline once the climbing line is out of the way and you're on the ground. I might be picturing this the wrong way but it'll not be the first time. Somebody is bound to mention 'ropeguide' but I'm assuming you wont be using one.
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"Carlsberg don't do Arb Forums - but if they did ........."
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I beg to differ. I prefer your image - it's got a hobbit feel about it.
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Don't - that's just what they want you to do!
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ha ha
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I've spliced the large Pinto onto mine - I wanted to leave as much space as possible for the exiting rope eye.
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Mines a bit like that, but I have the addition of a large bucket of curses and blasphemes that are liberally applied when crossovers become a bit tight.
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Just how much does YouTube pay? (sorry for the derail, Dadio, but it was Rich's post that caught my attention)
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Roni, is that Traxion in there as a Traxion, or just as a pulley?
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Do you remember Animal Magic with Johnny Morris?
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Didn't see much snow on the video.
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There should be a diagram on the grab indicating the 'right way up'. The strap is girth-hitched round the eye of the grab and then connected to your harness by usual means, the other end of the line is attached to the other point of the harness. Let me ask - are you figuring this out by youself, or are you planning on getting some training?
