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Alright Coleman, Check out Mike Popham. He does all the loler inspections for tree care. And he passed my hand splices before i left the uk. Nice bloke and a reasonable price. LolerUK is his company name.
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Taking 200ft tops and blowing up trees Vancouver island BC
BenR replied to evo0001's topic in Video forum
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Nice work bro!
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I don't think 100 quid is very expensive for a well made product. If its too expensive make yourself a wooden wrench to try it out. Or buy the old one and regret it when you try the zk2
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In Melbourne, Looking for Sponsorship.
BenR replied to Mowen's topic in International Arborist Forum
Daryls tree care and surgery have an opening coming up. Based in Box Hill South. Email them! Ive worked there for the last year or so but I'm leaving very soon. Your tickets do help a lot mate. Level 3 over here is worth trying to get at somepoint -
Yea that setup is really tidy adam. The becket on the pinto looks useful for setting up a rope walker. Like ewan says, running it all off one biner reduces the slop in the system and the rope wrench engages quicker too. Worcswuss it would be double the weight if you used a low friction pulley. So the friction on the fork reduces it a bit. Good to bear in mind if you are base anchoring out from the stem on something smaller.
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Considering the doubled force on the primary support point with base anchoring I can understand that. I base anchor for access happily, but put the rope a couple of forks below my ideal final tie in point. Gives me more confidence in base anchoring. 90% of the time I re anchor at the top with a pulldown. If I ever do work off a base anchor I try to get the anchor side of the line away from the stem by running it through another fork as Ewan mentioned. I'm not a big fan of base anchors either but sometimes they can be pretty useful.
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OP, AP or Beeline. Beeline is a good combination of cheap and long lasting. I personally think AP is the best, I dont get on with OP. Running it on a ropeguide or cambium saver I don't think it lasts long enough... The 8mm beeline seems to last longer than the 10mm beeline too. I think they have different ratios of heat resistant to non heat resistant fibres in the cover.
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Do you climb on a ropeguide or cambium saver stig? I would personally get something heat resistant if you are not just using a natural crotch. Ive ruined silverstreak in one climb before..
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That middle picture is the best mate:001_tt2: ahhheeeem:lol:
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Big Tree Measuring Expedition - Lincolnshire Saturday 12th Jan
BenR replied to Dan Curtis's topic in Climbers talk
Sounds like it will be a good laugh! Have fun and post lots of pictures! -
Looks good! I'd always be happy to test new versions too. I like the potential the bulldog has.
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Hey Mog, there was a guy called moray on treebuzz a while back who did some destruction tests on 8mm beeline with a class one double braid splice. Although not the right splice technically I seem to remember him getting some fairly high breaks. Have you looked on the splicing section of treebuzz?
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Have you tried lock stitching the crossover before you bury it MOG? I feel more comfortable putting my whipping a bit further from the eye if I know the crossover is stitched. To be fair though the stitching or whipping should only be there to hold it all together when the splice is not under load. As long as its within a couple of inches of the eye Im not usually stressed about it. Ive got some of those darker needles HighScale. They seem to be much stronger. The ones I have are triangular in profile for stitching leather I think but they work really well through rope.
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The advantage of the floating pulley is you only need the line to be double the length of the anchor point, rather that triple in the case of a SRWP base anchor. A negative is due to the doubled force on the anchor point, its not always possible to get your anchor point as high as you would like in the tree. If you are rocking a lowerable system i guess a soft strop or a cutaway are important.
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The tallest UK broadleaf tree is a london plane in dorset thats around 50m if i remember rightly. Climbed a wellingtonia in the new forest that was around the 50m mark too. Was a while ago though, its probably grown. One tree im looking forward to doing when im back in the UK is the london plane at the london wetland centre in barnes, SW london. It is HUGE in spread and height. Towers over the rest of the forest! I also know of a fairly large beech in surrey thats pretty secluded, both could do with measuring!
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I used to use 8mm beeline in a knut hitch on xtc, was perfect.
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Hey guys, ive broken one needle and it was at the eye trying to pull it through without pliers because I was wiggling the needle. Some tips Old Snake gave me a while back:thumbup1: If you are pushing the needle in close to throat of the splice it can be real hard, if you bend the splice when you try and push the needle through its just compressing the fibres in one side and putting the other side under tension making it harder to push the needle through with the sailmakers palm and increasing the chance of you flexing the needle. Once its part way through get some smooth flat pliers and try and pull it out straight. Lock stitching near the splice can be a PITA:001_rolleyes:
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Mostly i send up a running bowline, srt up, advance DdRT and then depending on the tree and the type of job I work the tree DdRT or SRWP. Leaning towards SRWP for everything at the moment.
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That's a good test Ian. I will have to remember that!
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-_GUggGMmM]DLRW - YouTube[/ame]
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I used to just go down the woods and find cool trees to climb, never asked anyone. Is it illegal to climb a tree officer? With big trees in cool places I can't imagine getting permission to climb just for fun. However I used to mention studying lichens for my dissertation and usually that helped. Theory mumbojumbo used to help me bs my way into getting up trees on public and private property. Most people would just ask what I was up to and then move on mate.
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What do the squares mean? Am I missing something?
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Nice photos Jake. Gotta love the dandenongs! You been up any mountain ash yet?
