Dan Curtis

Will have to be suffolk Adnams though, none of that cizzzzzzzzzer!

Yep, and you can still have all the benefits of the lj on srt. Self tailing, pulling slack from the top etc. Oh, what a joy it is to use Check this out too if you haven't seen it; http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/video-forum/51093-will-lockjack-work-srt.html

Yeah it is a zk1, but it's the same with the zk2, the picture is from last year. M/a means mechanical advantage, you get this by creating the bight by pulling the rope upwards from underneath the rw. What I mean by keeping them apart is concentrate on tending the rw and the lj will naturally follow, making the operation more user friendly and making a stiff tether, in this situation, redundant:001_smile:

Yes, and for that matter, anyone else who has new toys going through r&d:sneaky2:

Welcome to the forum Steve. Yes a pulley would aid in returning from limb walks. The picture shows the kind of thing you'd be after, though there are almost inexhaustable options for pulley/hitch combinations. A prussik knot has a tendancy to bind, which makes it difficult for the pulley to do its job correctly, so maybe look at changing hitch. If you're happy climbing underhand with the knot above, I'd suggest trying either a blakes (in the photo) or a klemheist. Personally for a hitch with a slack tending pulley, I'd go for something more compact, which you can pull overhand. Perhaps look at the treemagineers hitchclimber, though other pulleys can be used in the same configuration. Try to keep the hitch as compact as possible in this situation to minimise sitback and maximise efficiency. For further reading on hitchclimber type setups have a look at the hitchclimbers guide to the canopy http://treemagineers.com/downloads/hitch_climbers_guide.pdf

I found the sj a bit cumbersome with the rw, the brake got in the way. The lj however, is amazing with the rw. I didn't think so at first but I persisted with it and finally got on. The key is the tending. Don't climb as though you're on a hitch with the rw. I personally found that you should tend the rw as you would a hitchclimber then let the lj self tail-see the picture. Keep them separate and you can tend with one hand, don't let them bunch up. This way you also have a slight m/a, be it inverted, leaving one hand free to aid balance etc. Even makes coming up from droopers easy as ddrt

Imo, a stiff tether isn't all that great on a Lj. It kinda spoils being able to tend the wrench and letting the lj self tend. Plus they don't pull smooth underneath like a hc, so defeats most of the point of a stiff tether for the wrench. Just my opinion, others may see it differently:001_smile:

To repeat myself

Just found this while looking for the plane; Britain's record-breaking trees identified - Telegraph

Get some pics up when you do it. I think the biggest hardwood in the uk is a plane, down in Devon somewhere I believe

Nice;)

Only just seen this rob. I think that's the main cause of my trouble, I'll have to make I set the bar in absolutely spot on. Haven't had the mill out since I posted on here so haven't had the chance for a vid yet. 60" pah! Now you're showing off:D

Been posted before but always a good one!

Awesome vids, thanks for sharing!

Don't watch films much anymore, though have been watching eastbound and down recently, Kenny powers!

Awesome. There's a vid on YouTube of the tractors on corkscrews, they look amazing fun:D

Hopefully make it down there, I think Mr Flatters and Mr Bourne were both planning on it too

Cheers mate, I'll see how he gets on. Who knows, you may get a picture like John Hancock's from a few years ago

Oh, and the pheasants are enjoying my dad's bird feeder:lol: They've got a feeder at ground level but they soon empty that so they tend to gather and have one on top to knock it all down for the rest, counted 13 stood there together the other morning.

I found this little fella in the yard a few weeks ago, I think he'd hit a window and was stunned so I picked him up and held onto him for a while. Ten minutes later he suddenly perked up and flew off. Over the last few weeks it's been hanging around and getting really close, even to the point where he was sat on the step of the landy while I was fixing the mudguard:biggrin: A little bit of time and seed and he was eating out of my hand, gonna pick him up some mealworms tomorrow and see how he gets on. I'd really like to think it's the same bird. The one from today still seems a bit dopey so similar charateristics! There's three other robins that frequent the bird table, and I'm pretty sure he's not one of them.

Certainly was Jon! If it carries on I'll be out again this week:thumbup:

Thanks, got a funny vid too:lol: Did a backflip off the sledge shortly after that photo was taken. Amazingly I managed to convince my 3 year old nephew to ride the sledge behind the truck on his own, boy has he got some gusto to do that! ps. don't tell the health and safety brigade:post: