James Atkinson
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anyone got any ideas i have tried corks and bits of hose, don't really work, they just fall off and get lost, any one got any ingenious ideas, or should i just bye some, if so are they any good?
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i went for a tachyon in the end, i am very happy with it, just got to get the hight above it then your away, i used to use 13mm before, really wasn't as good as tachyon, but it was xtc
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Beginners guide to rigging.......
James Atkinson replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Rigging and roping
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i recon its the dad cutting it, the wife shouting and the son filming, if that was my dad i think i would find it funny too haha
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Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!
James Atkinson replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
another two willows from a while back, i really should take before pics
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Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!
James Atkinson replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
thanks tony and scotty, yea the tp is great chipper, i actually prefer the side entry, it was a good buy, by the boss, I'm gone be honest i was impressed with the other climber, even though his side took quite a bit longer, he is still at collage and this was his first biggish reduction. -
Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!
James Atkinson replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Picture Forum
this is my first post of a reduction because you all so good! this was a nice oak we did today two climbers, took about 4 hours to complete was ok apart from no room the other side because of a car port and conservatory, but we had done it about 5 years ago so not a huge amount to come off, just 6 foot all around, good job i took this pic, i hadn't noticed that bit on the bottom left until i stud this far back haha
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it should hold all of that just, but I'm going to be honest with you, the bottom fell out of mine after about 6months, iv got a gelert expedition 90l now, seems bait tougher, but i might have just had a crap one lol
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i have a job every so often that requires me walking out about 30 mins from the truck to a site for large sycamore felling, i use a army berghaus cyclops bag, it just! fits in a stihl ms440 my lunch, water, flask, felling lever attached to the outside, hi lift wedge and normal wedge and sharpening kit, i put the ms440 in handle first then fit everything in around it, the blade sticking out the top makes a nice head rest lol, it is so much easier if you can carry your saw in a rucksack than carry it over your shoulder, i did that a few times then solved it in my rucksack, never looked back, just take your saw to a army surplus store or outdoor place and ask if you can try it before you buy
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Ear defenders/plugs - advice and recommendations?
James Atkinson replied to mikebarnard's topic in General chat
who uses them for climbing and if so which ones? -
aaah i was just about to start a post asking what rope the tree motion bridge is, globe 3000 you say? to me it looks like it would make a nice lanyard too
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samson ropes, whats the difference?
James Atkinson replied to James Atkinson's topic in Rigging and roping
good point would just get the 16mm out but i had a polydyne 14mm and loved it until my ground cut it in half, nice knowing it was always strong enough, i dunno lol -
simple question I'm after a 14mm lowering rope and was just wondering what is the difference between the samson stable braid and nystron? is the nystron worth the extra money?
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i could live with that lol
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and when are u going to sell them in england?
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mine was well cheap to make, i already had the crabs and pulley but if i didn't it would all add up to around 60quid i think, much cheaper than the one in question, posted these pics before but this is how i have mine, added a small sling because i was too tight to buy a hitch climber or pinto haha,
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yea that would be nice MOG id love a GCRS, like i said mark it most likely was me and the grounds, but the grounds we uses all prefer a fixed bollard just seems smoother and easier for them
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you must be planning some big stuff adam!
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i always used dragonfly which wasn't that comfy really, it pinched my hips and just generally made me burn, never used a butterfly but unfortunately the reports are not great, i was scarred of switching to a harness without a seat incase i got ball crushed, but i went to tree motion and after about a month of adjustment (there is a lot) its the best most comfortable harness i have ever used, many people right it off because they don't give the time to adjust it, but once you have its perfect, i would sell your two harness's on ebay and put it towards a tree motion
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out of interest why did you switch mate?
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do you keep the crap on your rope all the time then scotty?
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like has been said heights isn't a problem its falling form them. I'm pretty lucky that when i was learning i was pretty much forced to do stuff, it didn't matter how long it took me as long as i did it attitude, the ones that get me are any kind of popular, had a row of previously topped out pops, that had rot in the old cuts with about 70 foot above them, ropeing is never fun when u can pull the top which is a couple of metres away to your face to tie on haha
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my biner never comes off the sling so its not a problem, just leave it on and its great, and i find the biner sitting the way it does now a lot better, just seems more streamline and no twisting of sling like when we all used to make out own set up. you getting in practice for rope wrench atree?
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now this is the kinda thing i was looking for
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i had a loverly polydyne 14mm which got cut in half by the ground in about a week and i can't afford to replace it grrr whats the sirius 14mm bull rope like?
