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  1. Arran Turner
    good luck man... never made it to working around europe. met a beatiful kiwi girl and am still in new zealand, living just outside of wellington :big grin: will be back for europe in the future
  2. Arran Turner
    everyone is different, SJ all the way for me, its the only reason i haven't converted to SRT full time, it takes a while to get used to it and a thin static rope is really key. its suited to open trees with good rope angles. I think everyone watched spiderjackery and thought it would be that quick and easy.. that being said it is a wicked tool and i wouldn't be without it. the pros outway the cons for my climbing style
  3. Arran Turner
    8 9 10 all work well, i like 8mm but everyone is different
  4. Arran Turner
    spent the last year in AKL pm if ya got any questions...
  5. Arran Turner
    Good skills, looked cheesy
  6. Arran Turner
    beautiful looking lanyard
  7. Arran Turner
    just don't clip into something that is going to snap off? adding a cable tie into your climbing system is madness...
  8. Arran Turner
    skills mr flatters. got the gear and the knowhow and putting it to good use.
  9. Arran Turner
    Chur bro Singlet Ute Aye A few more
  10. Arran Turner
    Yes every tree
  11. Arran Turner
    Also sometimes if you don't let to of the rope suddenly and you let it slip through your hands the jack will slip... Body looks fine this is mine at the moment, you can see the pin has worn through just for reference if anyone was wondering Edit: the quality of the photo isn't as great on arbtalk it's quite hard to spot
  12. Arran Turner
    Spring is one I've been through loads now, are you using a cambium saver or are your ropes majorly deflected. The added friction without a cambium saver in will stop it biting. Also is the body warn out? If you take the SJ off the rope you can see the pin wearing through where the rope exits the spiderjack. The pin has been showing for ages on mine it's not too big of a deal
  13. Arran Turner
    Not this year bro, had a few mates go though. Was working for Asplundh auckland, in the UK atm about to go back to NZ but to welly to work for treescape, yourself ?
  14. Arran Turner
    2014 ? I was there too... Small world
  15. Arran Turner
    Nice one, thanks for the instruction !!
  16. Arran Turner
    Just bought a mac book and want to edit all the go pro footage I've collected. I downloaded the go pro software on my desktop at home but couldn't make head nor tail of it. Are there any free alternatives that you boys recommend?
  17. Arran Turner
    One cuts one holds, one operates one cuts, also you can put a climber in the tree.. Just be aware of the bucket weight limits...
  18. Arran Turner
    Your right in looking for a plan B ive worked with loads of climbers who are in a bad way and haven't got a choice but to keep climbing and it's killing them... Training sounds like a good path to me
  19. Arran Turner
    On prunes I am more careful for sure, as regards to branches snapping normal they will do it when I'm on the ground as I step through on the pantin to get the slack out the system just before ascent. And are often very small branches or dead ones but it doesn't happen everyday. interesting how different people work
  20. Arran Turner
    I wouldn't call them dangerously brittle, go with what you feel safe with there are a lot more variables than just the size of the branch... Fear is good no one likes falling out a tree
  21. Arran Turner
    I am using Zing it with a 10 and 8 oz bag in a stein cube. For access I just throw a line in and base tie it, its normally over loads of branches and some do sometimes snap but im always backed up by more. Often the case also is that ill throw a line clean over the top of a tree then walk one end of the line (whatevers easiest) back down centre of the tree and base tie again. never do i bother isolating branches im not that patient works for me SRT ascent everytime useless its easier to freeclimb up the middle
  22. Arran Turner
    Like it
  23. Arran Turner
    Will remember that ta, but I'm mechanical now anyway Sirius on my lanyard. It will get replaced when I can see the core.. So probably 2020
  24. Arran Turner
    This is assuming you throw your top anchor?
  25. Arran Turner
    Very nice David, it's nice to get talked through the reason for work. Will the tree now be monitored and have a future maintenance program based on how she reacts to the work? Format was fine I like pictures more than videos anyway

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