Ian Flatters
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SRT for beginners?
Ian Flatters replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
So your top anchor is choked say with a running bowline. Take the working end and lift above this point and clip into a sling and a dmm revolver. Repeat this process as you move up the stem. I normally use this when spreading the redirect load across the crown to allow me to work on the extreme tips. A bit like fishing line lowering, multiple slings and pulleys to spread the line load -
SRT for beginners?
Ian Flatters replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
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SRT for beginners?
Ian Flatters replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Through guided instruction? Ok so DRT you'll use say a prussick, SRT, RW, pantin and a distel. The more im thinking about it the more i cannot see why you wouldnt teach SRT to a novice under guidance like you would on DRT -
SRT for beginners?
Ian Flatters replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Yes and different. Yes you can climb up and use it like drt until you reach your tip point. Or you can advance from you throwline point with strops and crabs. I have done this many a time on poplars which have dead tops that cannot be felled out in a 1, it allows you to progress (with high levels of anxiety) -
SRT for beginners?
Ian Flatters replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Thats exactly the point. 2 different systems, still one bit of rope, still the same Achilles heal. So why cant a newbie learn SRTWP instead of DRT -
Arbtalk Christmas Raffle 2012
Ian Flatters replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Arbtalk Christmas Charity Raffle 2012
Just bought mine. -
<p>You buy an alaskan in the end? I got the logosol bigmill basic recently</p>
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SRT for beginners?
Ian Flatters replied to Old Mill Tree Care's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
SRTWP - Yes SRTWA - Maybe I think that they should be fine as we all learn to climb in some way. be it DRT or SRT any accidental cut above the hitch and its trouble. Some advantages of SRT is if you have a base anchor setup. So if they do freeze up and havent locked themselves around a branch the rescue is easy. So personally i cant see why not. -
p.s you'll love the imac mine amazing but steep at £1500 for a computer i thought.
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Shame the weather wasnt great today. Whens the timber getting cleared away?
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Nice set of pictures, i bet it didnt take long to fill the truck up!!
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Yeah sorry all, ive been really busy with the new website and brand design. I will however upload and give the results for the highland, yourkshire, worlds and ireland over christmas as i should have a couple of hungover hours to do it then.
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Sweet setup BenR, like that a lot, kind of gets rid of the need for a hand acsender so theres more use of your hands when when passing a tight limb.
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Oaklands hotel?
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Woodfest, three counties, royal highland, yorkshire, cutter & climbers, Royal welsh and possibly one in kent.
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Beat me to it. in his spiderjackery video. Personally ill stick with my ditty bag as i can stuff loads in there and it rarely gets caught.
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looked like some fun,
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Not the states but europe i get asked by more authority's if im a member of the isa or fca. Once and only recently i lost a felling contract as an AA approved contractor told them you had to be a member of the aa. After they had given they contract realized cancelled the works and issued it on certification and reference works. As long as your a member of some tree related organization i guess it doesnt really matter if your a member of aa,fca or isa.
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No because i feel the FCA and ISA are more benificial for my business. I will explain, during my experiences and conversations worldwide 90% know who the ISA are but only 20% know the AA. FCA i feel is better for the forestry than the AA ever is too.
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Those Southern hemisphere council estates look very dodgy!!! Envious of your location?........ Yep ever so much.
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sorryi miss read wha6t you were asking its better on 11-11.5mm ropes i found but in fairness should work the same on 13mm
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the softer the cord i found worked better, but make sure its heat resilient. Stiff cord seemed to occasionally miss bite even on drt.
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less wraps, i use amour pruss or stein beeline when im not on the lj setup.
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Good to see it being used, i use smaller hitch cord and less wraps like i used to use 2-3 wraps and 4-3 braids on a vt. 2w,4b and 4w,2b Steve, its great for reducing trees, takedowns are either as they both serve the purpose but think that drt favors more climber in that situation and obviously the mechanical advantage. For me im srt 95% of the time, just the advantages for me out weigh the mechanical advantage of drt, except weekends when im susan....
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He said if i stay up for a day or two after the highland he will take me to climb on of these hill. ps the tallest hill in norfolk is about 12m.........
