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Arran Turner

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  1. Just use it for everything even when it feels like it's making you slower you'll soon work it out after a few months. I've been on mine a year now and wouldn't change it. I've been using mine with a cambium saver because I'm too lazy to buy a pulley saver and it's ok but not as good. Don't ever use it without a friction saver as it just creeps and slips. And when you bomb out of trees you glaze your rope on the branch it's over... Always use the block when descending. If your using 11ish mm rope adjust the block forward a bit. When limb walking you have to throw a load of rope out in front of you as the SJ doesn't like funny rope angles. It's crap with a rope wrench I've tried it. Get used to using it with both hands as much as possible it's useless only being able to descend with one hand smoothly You will knock the leaver by accident when you are on the tip of a branch just to make your alive. The list could go on forever just go get busy
  2. Could be wrong but is it the links hitting that part and making the wear marks? Does the bottom links touch at a certain angle?
  3. 2nd that, I hope that I stay so enthusiastic as I get older, you family is lucky to have someone so enthusiastic about them and life
  4. Saw a bloke use this set up in a comp In NZ looked good to me if your bombing about. Not my cup of tea though.
  5. I've got the SRT harness without the croll and have climbed in it for the best part of a year with the top harness on all the time, Good for using big saws as it puts the weight in your shoulders Good for awkward trees where you are level lining a lot or climbing above your main anchor as the shoulder straps stop the harness being pulled off your ass Can use for mewp work I don't think I would climb without the shoulder straps on the SRT harness as the waist straps seem to loosen themself off Doesn't really make a difference for SRT unless you have the croll attachment but I don't see why you would use it, it's more versatile to use a rope wrench in arb work. Everyone who picks up my harness also says how heavy it feels and with the top harness but not a problem for me Strangely enough if I climb without the top harness on now I feel odd and exposed also can store chocolate bars on the top harness which is essential
  6. Make sure you charge by the hour
  7. I have climbed on both and there is a massive difference. Cougar is lot more bouncy and milks like you wouldn't believe, cougar blue is a lot more static. That's my opinion anyway other people may say different things.. What's the cost for cougar and cougar blue in the UK, it's not cheap in NZ but cheaper in the US
  8. Awesome explanation, being methodical is so important relaxing and just getting on with it, on top of this a good anchor point and good rope angles if possible All about flow. You sometimes just get them trees that work for you and other days you feel like your fighting it
  9. Arran Turner

    U-saver

    Have you used it yet bro? Am looking at buying one
  10. Hand tight is fine
  11. Another old style pantin these from camp look good but not sure when they are out
  12. Bring Sally up bring Sally down is good fun, when I do it my arms are tucked right in by my sides when doing the press up. Wide arms is another level... Another one is do 1 press up stand up then go straight back down and do 2 press ups and go straight back down and do 3 etc etc you shouldn't have an issue of 10+
  13. I think we miss understood each other. All I was trying to say was that you need to pass your cs tickets up to cs39 ( or whatever the equivalent Units are now) and an Ipaf 1b to work out a mewp. This is my understanding of what you need? Or do cs47 instead of Ipaf
  14. I meant cs39 sorry. ipaf and cs39 is what I have. Are you saying NPTC, lantra and ipaf are not adequate training?
  15. Not sure about YouTube but if you go on the NPTC or lantra website I can't remember which one and download the training booklet and read through it loads that will help a heap
  16. Beat me to it by 19 seconds haha
  17. Up to cs38 and ipaf 1b. There is a cs unit for mewp but I believe ipaf is more recognised.
  18. Glad all is well, yeh I missed all the shows this year typical ay get back in time for winter Haha. It's winter in NZ now aswell it's been raining for 3 weeks I think I have I am just going to keep using them til I've warn through the body completely or they start slipping even with a new cam in them. I will put pictures up of my 2 spiderjacks with warn out bodies. I need to sort out a pulley saver soon i will probably get tree tools to make me something up
  19. Picture still didn't work but I am super keen to see how much you've warn it out, is there any chance you could email the picture to me please on [email protected] thank you
  20. Need a pully saver or similar soon, I'm all good man. Got just under 4 months left in NZ then back to the uk for a few of months. Hope all is well your end and business is going well
  21. Dude the picture isn't working but keen to see how far you let it go into the pin
  22. Buy some good gloves on that helps with grip if you wear already
  23. Sounds good. I am well divided on what to buy now, will have to work it out soon before the boots fall off my feet haha. Hiax sound good but I know what the Airstreams are all about. Might have an issue buying the right hiax in NZ
  24. So do you mean you can wear through till the bolt is exposed and just keep replacing the bolt as it wears away? I understand you can buy new body's aswell
  25. I've been through loads of clutches you can see on the body where it wears through to the pin

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