Dan Curtis

Try again

Bit of ingenuity just needs a touch more weight

Unicender self tends like a beauty and is midline attachable:thumbup:

Haha, not to worry, it was my zk1 we tested with. Poor old thing is retired now, added it to the trophy cabinet

Well said that man:thumbup:

If it is the same one I saw a few weeks ago yes, made me cringe!

I know a company who have that in their quote acceptance forms, to my knowledge they've never had a problem with people signing it

Oh,I thought a highball was something different. I do like the look of that. Maybe I shouldn't read this thread, it might make me buy things! Do you buy direct from Sherill or go through an importer?

Personally I don't bother with medium saws, I have small ones and a bigger one. The biggun is a 395xp which usually has a 28" but I've got a 36" that it will just about run. Anything that won't do it's 88 time with a 4 footer:001_cool: 395s are ok to run all day, the weight isn't an issue as long as its in the kerf. New 660's don't seem as grunty or well made as the 066 to me, hence why I have the (sort of) husky alternative

Nice one, keep us posted how you get on:thumbup1:

Congratulations mate , when's the off?

Nice work mate. Did you srt it? Looks like a nasty line angle in the shot with you in it

Got to use the jack twice in one week:biggrin: I've made up a plate to sit on top to stop it sinking in, it's in the last shot. First was the chestnut on Wednesday, back weighted over a main road, I stood it upright on the jack then two lads with a 5:1 pulled it the rest of the way. Would've been a winch job otherwise, with lots of huffing and puffing on the tirfor. And a gnarly cherry from Wednesday's job, didn't do anything to it, just thought I'd share:001_smile: Second was the Ash this morning. Covered in Inonotus hispidus and ganoderma spp. brackets. It was for a farmer, who kindly brought out a big Fendt to pull it with. I didn't like the look of the top, couldn't trust a high pull so again jacked it upright then let him pull it the rest of the way. The pull was only set just above half way up. When the tree came down, it split right above where I'd set the pull in, and I'm sure if we'd only relied on a pull or put it higher, we'd have pulled the top out before the tree came down. Felled it high to avoid the multiple barbed wires sticking out:001_rolleyes: Alas no before shots, unless someone kind can send me some. Just the aftermath.

Apparently its got the same volume of traffic as the A15, wouldn't surprise me. Been elsewhere today but I should think they've finished off roadside now

Thats amazing! I take it its home made? How do you find it on getting stuck?

No, an inverted wrench presses the top of the hitch, as you say, not giving it space to grab. The LJ works in a different way, pressure on the top cannot open it once it's cammed:thumbup1:

Being as the RW is a product created by Kevin I think its right that he has done some testing of what could happen in certain scenarios. As far as drop testing a lockjack with a rope wrench, well, no one has ever done it, so what could happen was really an unknown. Until now that is:biggrin: There are more and more people experimenting with different srt configurations, particularly the rope wrench, and some of those people have lockjacks/spiderjacks. The initial theory for wrench failure with a lockjack was that the camming action of the lj could potentially sever the rope, or remain open resulting in a freefall. I felt that this should be tested to see just how safe the configuration is, for the benefit of the wider climbing community, not just my own piece of mind

Get on it! I'm excited to see the video and I was there to see it live!

I occasionally still use trunk wraps and natural crotches....and three strand....dun dun duuuun

We would've dropped a sj but couldn't find anyone to donate one:confused: Adam Bourne kindly donated a lj for us to break. The vid shouldn't be far away, you might be surprised by the results.....

I felled the one on the end of the row. The rest are being retained but heavily reduced due to several structural defects. We finished roadside today but gotta finish two of then on the inside. Traffic on that road is a nightmare!

Last Saturday Ian Flatters and I did some drop tests on the rw with a lockjack, very similar tests to Kevin's. Hopefully once Ian has a chance to edit the footage they'll be posted here, and of use to people considering srt set ups:)

Ahh, wise fung master, can you identify by mycelium alone?

I did ponder that but it didn't seem too comparable to the pictures on the app. I'll take a better look at it in daylight, cheers David.