David Goss
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while your at it, if one of them has a spiderjack get a shot of one of those babies and your prussic will be sent to the dunces corner:thumbup1: i just recently (within last 3 or 4 months) got one and i can tell you its like being reborn.
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It may seem like an expensive mistake but if you compare any of these ropes to what you had back in the day then its like the difference between night and day. There isnt a bad rope imo its just we are so spoilt for choice nowadays that we get real picky over little things that we dont like as much as others. Maybe we should take a step back and remember what it used to be like and realise that we dont really have anything to complain about when it comes to equipment.
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Nope there was no lawn and it wasnt raining, although it was a bit damp from the night before. There was a lot of moss around if thats anything to go by. Here is a couple other pics of them to get a better id, sorry i couldnt get any real close ups for some reason my camera wasnt wanting to play that day.
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Welcome to the forum Grandad, it will be good to hear your vievs on many of the subjects that come up nowadays. My first rope was a 3 strand nylon and i am well glad they are a thing of the past now. Although a lot of the new stuff is really nice to work with and makes the job much easier, there is still a lot of old school techniques that i wouldnt change ever. Good to have you on board
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Gotcha yep thats why i ask questions to understand why people do it other ways. I think its always good to ask and be curious. If you dont then you get stuck always doing things one way which may not be the best. every day is a school day even if you have been doing it for 20 years or more:thumbup:
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Some nice autumn colours.
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Cheers mate i like em too:thumbup: Any idea what the worms/caterpillars are up to?
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Ok so is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with slithery things piling up in front of you? This was the other day and when i inspected the pile there was nothing under them, and after an hour or so they all disappeared under a big plastic tool shed:confused1: Anyone got any ideas except for someone opening a can of worms?
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I was told pretty much the same thing by my instructor many moons ago. You dont need the large tree ticket, all you need is a bigger saw. Thats why i said what i posted earlier in this thread.
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I will have another look tomorrow and pay more attention because its close to my house. In fact my car is parked right beside it, I opened the door and went "oh hello, you will look nice on my thread" and promptly got the camera out. Strange how people look at you when your hanging out the car door taking pictures of a stump Will let you know as soon as i can
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it was on an elm stump i think, not 100% cos it was just a stump and long time dead but best guess was elm.
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Ok how about this one then, You tell me...
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Heavy reduction was the call at first but that was before finding the monster cavity that went all the way through the trunk with only a couple inches each side of holding wood. I wasnt for climbing above it so that ruled out the reduction unless we got a mewp in. Cost and position of the tree made me call it a fell. Get it down and plant another seems the safest and most logical solution. Anyway on with the fungi... gotta go search for some more pics.
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haha thats the spirit:thumbup: so what do you think of my call to fell? justified for kretz alone i would say but with the cavity half way up just sealed the deal for me...
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Distel is good too and you can find it here... Distel - Knots Guide | Arbtalk.co.uk
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poor sod did all that work and then gets its brains blown out!
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yep i would say the same:thumbup1:
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Really? i would think the timber hitch would be better on the slippy stuff no? To me it has a better grip on the wood than the bowline and it would for sure be backed up with a half hitch on the slippy stuff. Spot on with the slings though, also with a rigging plate and you can get a bunch of branches in the one go:thumbup1:
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oops ignore the 3rd photo it should have been this instead...
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just call me the baby fungi hunter:001_rolleyes: Ok then here is 3 more fungi all on the same tree! 2 very easy ones that even i know without having to look them up but then there is the 3rd one (4th pic) not sure about that one. Going by the 2nd fungi (3rd pic) i guess the tree is in big trouble but what of the other 2? will they help in its demise? After a climb of it today (sycamore) i found a massive cavity half way up the main stem which made me stop and come back down saying " ok thats for felling, no way i am climbing any higher on that to do a heavy reduction." Last pic is the tree in question, its over a driveway and close enough to destroy a building.
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You forgot the breaker bar as well:thumbup1: Next time i am steering though, bet i could pick up more poo than you:001_tt2:
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Didnt have a big enough card to get the lot of it i guess? Good effort anyway Do you always use the timber hitch? i find it easier to just tie a running bowline and sometimes back it up with a half hitch. All good.
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Can anyone tell me the difference between these pulleys
David Goss replied to mikecotterill's topic in Rigging and roping
price? cant see why you couldnt use 16mm with it. -
also the wheels are good at collecting dog turd if you dont look where you are going
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Overkill is good:thumbup: Thats a short bar for an 880 mind, dont think i have ever used one that will sit straight like that without the bar pulling it over:laugh1:
