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  1. Old Mill Tree Care
    I loved that but it wore out after lasting a long time. Where do you get it from? Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  2. Old Mill Tree Care
    You also need a chest harness, loop sling and snap gate will do. Read the Hitch Hiker thread for all the info you need. Enjoy. Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  3. Old Mill Tree Care
    That's right cos they won't post any little spare parts to you! Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  4. Old Mill Tree Care
    My bar has not been oiled since day one. The oiler works perfectly, the bar is clean, i assume the hole lines up but no oil travels along the bar. It's as if the hole doesn't line up because oil does leak out around the bar. I've had the bar off so many times to clean it I'm fed up. Any suggestions? Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  5. Old Mill Tree Care
    I like that Drew. It does the same as a Maillon for more money however, the pinto radius is softer on the working side of the rope than a Maillon and that's a good thing. Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  6. Old Mill Tree Care
    Well you can do it that way too and I have done. It depends on the tree and the situation. Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  7. Old Mill Tree Care
    My favourite is free, split and stacked by someone else.
  8. Old Mill Tree Care
    Have a look at this thread and use the Search button to look for the other Boxer and Mini Skid steer threads. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/66131-boxer-attachments.html I haven't read and dribbled over them all!!!
  9. Old Mill Tree Care
    The thing with the swivel snap is that it won't just clip to my loop sling like a snap gate carabiner does. DMc has his snap on a proper Petzl chest harness. I realise that some time, patience and stitching will produce a perfect product but I can't be arced.
  10. Old Mill Tree Care
    Oh I see. I was guessing at an Alpine Butterfly. I've never seen my Maillon damage the tree.
  11. Old Mill Tree Care
    I'll try and remember but in the mean time, picture this. Throw your rope right over the top of a tree then tie one end to the base of the trunk. Pull down on the other side and observe the rope 'nestling' into branch forks across the top of the crown. The combined surface area of all these forks is much greater than one large fork therefore easily capable of supporting your weight. Of course, every tree is different and should be considered differently. Furthermore, what I have just written is not an instruction on how to climb and I can't responsible for what other people choose to do.
  12. Old Mill Tree Care
    I'm afraid not cos I can't remember the thread or location but he was basically disagreeing with me. He explained that by using multiple TIPs and a base anchor, the climbers weight is lightly distributed over all the TIPs instead of concentrated on one or two. I tried it and he's right. Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  13. Old Mill Tree Care
    Assuming you mean an Alpine Butterfly, I see no problem. Just be careful on a skinny TIP because the carabiner spine could be stressed against the tree. Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  14. Old Mill Tree Care
    That's two against one Adam. Makes us the winners! Hahaha! Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  15. Old Mill Tree Care
    Gerbutt, loops are tight. I too thought if a rubber grommet thingy but saw a rubbish bin first. DMc, I'm using a loop sling fig8 over the shoulders. I like the swivelling brass snap idea. High Scale, mine looks like yours and I can see the left side of yours moving along the spine of the biner. Conclusion: I'll try a swivelling biner or snap and a rubber grommet thingy. However, I'll keep the bin close by! Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  16. Old Mill Tree Care
    I made a little loop of 6mm cord for the chest harness to clip to. It works really......... badly! The problem is that both the chest biner and loop are horizontal so the biner twists the loop when I clip it. This in turn causes one side of the loop to move down the spine of the biner and rotate it. If I then sit down, the biner is cross loaded. Also, because it's all twisted, the HH won't advance up the rope. The loop that I lovingly created is now in the damn bin. Any suggestions? Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  17. Old Mill Tree Care
    Hahaha. No mate, I just mean that threading the rope through the ring first takes up time. I think a Butterfly, a Maillon and sit down is easier. Less gear too. However, as we all know it is personal preference. Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  18. Old Mill Tree Care
    My method is to listen to the hydraulic pump when tipping at the tip site. If it sounds like a woman squeezing out a really massive poo, I know the truck is overloaded!
  19. Old Mill Tree Care
    Curse you for starting this thread! I'd love a Boxer but don't have enough work per month to justify buying one. Every thread on them makes me nauseous with envy!
  20. Old Mill Tree Care
    Erm, if you can access through the floor, what stops you falling out whilst asleep?
  21. Old Mill Tree Care
    It's good but it's so much more complicated and time consuming than an Alpine Butterfly with a 10mm Oval Maillon on the 'dead' side and attach the Maillon to my working side. It cinches up, done.
  22. Old Mill Tree Care
    Cool Stan. Presumably you set it up a couple of feet off the ground and just slide in? If I had trees in the right places in my garden i'd buy one right now. My boys would love it!
  23. Old Mill Tree Care
    Definitely.
  24. Old Mill Tree Care
    I'd be more worried about VOSA than if my overloaded van would break down. Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!
  25. Old Mill Tree Care
    How can I tell tell difference between the old and the new? I don't know which one I've got. Sent with my iPhone from me, to you!

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