Dan Curtis

Primarily, we're based on the east coast, but we travel the country for various events:thumbup:

If you had trouble with a sj DdRT, the uni will mean you need to carry spare underwear. Both can be got used to, but the uni is far less intuitive than the sj IMO. Having said that, I love mine and wouldn't replace it with anything else:thumbup:

I've heard that, but seems silly to have to grind the chain buffers! Some people I know have said it's a bit tight to start with but should loosen up and be responsive. I had mine retuned a couple of weeks ago and it's even more awesome now. The power is there when you want and expect it, the throttle control is second to none

No, but I know what you mean. Sounds like what the 201 does. Is it the same after a good warm up?

Looks cool, pretty much the same as adding a rw from what I can make out. Looks like you'd lose the use of the top attachment so neck loops etc would have to be re-thought, but seemingly worthwhile. Have you used it Dave?

Is that the one that you programmed and it drove itself about?

Mine are waiting for their next lease of life with the next generation of the family:biggrin:

Still got them too! My nephew is now about the right age but I can't find any Britains stuff for him. I did pick this up the other day though. He'll have to wait a few years but I can play with it in the interim

Still got all of mine packed away:001_tongue:

Technically I still have it, but it's a long way from being my daily drive. Makes me a bit sad when I look at it now. Photo from better times

Whereabouts are you based? Nomadic Climbers run various SRT workshops and two of our guys will be at this year's Arb Show demoing setups/available for general tree climbing questioning.

Really nice work mate, you've given me some ideas:thumbup:

Made a few benches in mine. Then stuck a few abstract offcuts in aswell, all organic material. I'll get some pictures next time I'm in there:)

Depends on what I'm doing. Sometimes I can get a couple of hours, but if you rinse it big time 25 mins. That's full throttle non stop though

They certainly do, mines run around 40 tanks, and is now on aspen. It's an absolute screamer!

Is that the one that is on the A11 dualling site? Saw one similar there last saturday

Yes, but mine is yet to be formally diagnosed. Went through being told to retire due to HAVS, then after electrode tests was told it wasn't carpal or HAVS but unknown. Another physio I'm seeing for something else said perhaps cubital as mine is mainly in the middle to little finger. Apparently one difference between carpal and cubital is the location. Carpal is thumb and index finger, cubital is the rest.

Yeesh, sounds bad. Thankfully mine is mostly loss of sensation, only pain when its cold. Get yourself sorted mate, work can wait

I recieved my tether from Adam at the weekend and gave it a good run today. Being a unicender or lj/rw man, I'm not keen on hitches but this tether made climbing on a hitch again a dream. The two legs are perfect length that they straddle and grab the top of the hc, which keeps everything permenantly in line. Fantastic quality and brilliant functionality. Well worth it if anyone's thinking about getting one:thumbup1:

I've spent a lot of time on both a 66 and a 395. Personally, I love the stihl, but running anything over 25 I'd always go for the 395. The 66 has always seemed to be a bit lacking on bigger bars ime

Thanks fella's, standby for the next installment. I estimate it'll be around August judging by time taken to get this far!

Went scouting for a future nomadic climbers site earlier today. It's basically a large land drainage pit, taking water from up to 50/60acres. The water level is permenantly changing, meaning soil levels change, root plates become covered and uncovered with water. On one bank stands an ash, which has clearly lost most of the origional soil it grew in. Several of the exposed roots are decayed and dead. The interior of the base is completely hollow, perhaps 10/15% holding wood left. The interesting part I found was that there was more mycelium/mycelial felt than wood inside. The felts were in plates, and layered vertically, as though they had grown in between annual rings, which had then decayed and disappeared. Hopefully you can make that out in the photo, my camera wouldn't fit inside the tree!

Couple more...

So, it's been a few months since I had a chance to crack on with the castle. Nephew number two is now born and rapidly growing. I had a job postponed for today and thought I'd take advantage of the glorious weather and see how far I could get. Today I've taken a ring of the top to flatten it back out, shaped up the window (though I'm not entirely happy with it yet), sorted the steps out a bit and cut faux blockwork on the outside. Gave it a quick wash down after I'd finished as the sawdust was accumulating on the uneven surfaces. The blockwork went a bit wrong where the steps are, mainly due to the lines left from overcutting when I put the steps in. Bear in mind pretty much the whole thing has been done freehand and by eye, very little chalking out has been done. The little hole in the stairs will be an access point to raise and lower the drawbridge externally. Next steps; clad the inside back wall, fit drawbridge, continue to ponder how to install battlements, debate the pros and cons of a zipline from the top, consider making another tower/turret to sit alongside.

Woohooo! What a photo!