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No. Faff, mechanically unsympathetic, unrealistic.
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Front (drive) wheels turning, back wheels (handbrake) skidding. Should have tried it in gear. Load cell arriving in the post today.
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We've all used a car, van etc for a quick anchor point, driving it to pull something over or just static. A car weighs a tonne so that'll be fine, right. Not necessarily. I and an esteemed fellow member were winching stuff the other day, measuring with a crane scale. Volvo V50, 1445kg kerb weight, handbrake on, compacted gravel road. It moved with a 350kg pull at the same height as the towing eye, not even an upwards pull as if rope up tree. Surprisingly little.
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Value of gloves vs value of not having skin cancer on your hands and/or cock?
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Why did the Arrest Blair campaign fizzle out?
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I remember sitting at an outside café table in the grounds of a castle ruin in Italy. Next door table had their dog tied to it. The guy I was with threw a scrap of posh ham for it. Table everywhere. Italian chaos. I can’t remember whether I laughed at the time but I’m not sure I would now. Ruined their day.
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My Eucalyptus tree finally died :( Any advice on how best to remove ?
AHPP replied to Julie123's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Wood worthless. Facebook free firewood group might get people to take it. -
Could just be I’m not tying them well enough. Either way, I’m not buying a whoopie now. I’m using a Dempsey strap!
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One warning then p45.
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And cheaper than Rotatech! What I said above, cubed.
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Oh aye. Chipper blades are a product you primarily want to be cheap. They go round at god knows what rpm, are subject to extreme violence from bits of tree jammed into them and rely on good, consistent, can’t-fail heat treating to not shatter and spray shrapnel fvckknows where. I’ll have the expensive ones please.
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As I evidently failed to comprehend when you too rambled it off after two bottles of wine and without providing a photo.
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The real hero of this thread has been overlooked since page two btw. Pikey or not, that works.
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Polyester melts at 295 degrees celsius and you can do that glazing it on a bollard. Christ.
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It's often sheathed. How good is the heat insulation from that do you think?
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At your leisure and convenience.
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Mainly no. High up, you let it run and catch it slowly. Low down, you have to stop it dead anyway. Usually. Perhaps some use case if you want to run the piece into the ground but have it on a line so it doesn't then bounce. Or if your rigger is crap and you have no choice but to use him. Then you have to log the heavy lobs the rope has taken. You'll be aware from rock climbing that that's only ten or twenty before it has to be retired. Best solution - find a way to avoid negative rigging. The ropes are heavy and expensive and then it's violent.
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There's static and static. Double braid like Sirius is stretchier than dyneema like arborWINCH (both Teufelberger). I'm aware this is academic. Nobody's going to snatch anything big on arborWINCH. Just curious if it was mentioned?
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Any mention of forces if you used static rope?
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I have it memorised as 14x but I could have easily added a bit of my own for safety. What's your source for 11x? Related story: A bloke I climb for messages. "Got a client with a big redwood. They want it down in 10m sections. No crane access. Can you rig it?" "Can we get a helicopter?" "Possibly but give me options." I drew it up, calculated the weights and then factored in the 14x for negative, dead-stop catches. Mental numbers. Made a shopping list for four double whip systems. Four bloody thick ropes, eight safeblocs, four bollards, twelve chokers. It was thousands in gear that would be used once and frankly ridiculous anyway. Oddly enough it didn't go ahead.
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Despite being (typically) slightly snide with it, Joe’s the only one to understand and answer the question so far. Thank you, Joe. You’re a beacon of light in the dark. I hope normal service in your household is quickly restored. I’m not asking about overall portawrap floppiness. I’m asking about the choke staying low and snug and whether the fancy slings are any better than deadeyes for that. Would welcome further input on that subject.
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This isn't answering my original question btw. Is anyone sober or not valentines daying the wife?
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Ratchet strap where on the portawrap?
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I am likewise in danger of misunderstanding. Though probably a few units behind you. Got a photo of what you mean please? I didn't totally follow the last time you said it.
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I've always used dead eyes for rings/pulleys up the tree because you can leave your rigging line threaded. I now find myself needing to set up portawrap chokes on the ground regularly. However well I tie a timber hitch or a cow hitch, the knot always tightens a bit and the portawrap stretches up to chest level. Are whoopies/loopies/ultras noteworthily tighter? i.e. If I snug one up at shin level, will the eye stay at pretty much shin level? Or is it more to do with the rope type? My dead eyes are double braid. Loopies/whoopies/ultras are all that hollow stuff, like tREX, which is apparently less stretchy. "tREX is a low-stretch hollow braid rope consisting of 12 strands"
