Dan Curtis
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As in tie in and lose all your dead rope at your TIP, so as to leave just the tail of your rope at ground level, avoiding having anything on the floor to get stood on, dragged towards the chipper etc. On the odd occasion I do it i bundle all my spare rope up at the top TIP then tie in with a running bowline on a bight. The other way is to use a lowerable base tie and tailor the rope to have just enough tail to touch the ground. If you do drop though any redirects and need more rope, your groundsman can let some through the base anchor for you. If you do use this method and have a splice, when you need stuff, it can be clipped directly to splice, no tying knots.
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No mate, I don't have any 13mm anymore. Any chance of a video? How do you find the load is shared? I'd imagine the SJ takes the vast majority?
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Nice one Ian, and thanks for the climb. That oak would be a wicked day if we'd be allowed, maybe a few tree boats and a bbq?
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Wouldn't the krab need to be on the 8? Looks good though. How does it perform?
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Cool, for use with the lj? Have you tried it?
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Any progress with the hc? Did you get a video?
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Maybe but then you've got three metal components in a row, any twist could create some nasty torque. I'll try it and see though. Cheers
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The purple one? I'm sure I've seen this one too though
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Also, if you make a mini footloop with a croll, some bungee and a sling, your hands are free to do whatever you want. Once you get the technique and posture, you won't even need to use your hands to keep you aligned.
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I think Ewan means having the bolts countersunk with flush heads. To do that I'd imagine would need much thicker and therefore more bulky side plates. Personally I never use LOTS with the wrench, just my left hand underneath to advance it, Some people find this awkward I know but the main thing is to position your hand to gain the most leverage, i.e. right at the back of the wrench on the tether.
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Dear little thing! Have you posted pics of this before? I'm sure I've seen it somewhere
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Bit of a derail but I use a 21cm dyneema, girthed onto the shackle. I'd like to try to put on a 7cm cut away I have but can'f figure out how to attach it without removing the shackle off the LJ, plus I don't have one of those weird three pin tools for it.
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Yeah, lj and rw everyday for me:thumbup: Are you getting at a similar thing to a F8 revolver? I see how that would work but would impede ascent
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:lol:
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Bit of a high stump:001_tongue:
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That would be good. You may have to tend in a similar way I do witht the wrench. Pull slack up through the hc, let it self tail through the sj
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No idea, I'll try the hc with my weight tomorrow, and if it goes well, maybe try with Ian's sj on saturday
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If the sheave were a bar do you mean?
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Scrap the hitch part, use a hc with a krab in each of the two end parts, clip both into the dyneema bit of the sj. It has a lot of friction on a test pull, but I'll wait until tomorrow to put my weight on it.
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It makes sense in my head but I'll have to try it. Give me a while
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No..I remember a few years back when they were doing a big research project on pseudomonas, they got in contact with someone I know asking loads of questions and could they look at their trees. As soon as he did they were rather aloof and didn't seem interested anymore
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using two krabs and a hitch on top but with the krabs arranged differently so as to offset the hc from its intended working position. If that makes sense?! It doesn't quite make sense in my head at the moment, I'll have to try it!
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Just had a thought about using a hc set up the wrong way, I'll put it together and try it.
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Hourly rate is irrelevant if you don't get paid the hours you work, fair bit of that goes on so I hear
