Joe Newton
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You might get good money if you flog you're 346xp with a "full service"! Bloody good clean, new plug, oil and fuel filters. Sounds silly but for less than a tenner a worth of parts people on eBay will pay more!
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Tree kit is what I meant. I don't fancy a hitch cord that's thicker than my main line though...
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I can't even begin to start making a joke here!!!
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Treestuff do it but only in 10mm
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Any idea where? I've got some orange Armor prussik to use up. I liked it until Bolam told me it was rubbish and now I want something different! Comments like this are the reason I've got a poster of you on the ceiling above my bed!
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If that ever happens to you it's your own bloody fault for leaving your boots on the stump you're taking down!
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No you shut up!
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You might have to say it again louder Stevie! Why are you standing behind a curtain, pervert!?
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Yeah got no problem with the HC pulley. Just need to find the right hitch combo. I'll probably use tachyon instead of the velocity as it flattens much less. I've ordered some Velcro, if that doesn't work I'll buy a CT. I'll probably buy one anyway mind. I'm using a homemade tether from vectran, quadrupled, stitched with ten stitches four times along each leg. Few layers of heat shrink over that. It's not ideal though, and I can't be arsed making another. I'll buy a 4srt 30cm one. Gotta set up the croll right too. Gonna try splicing it onto a tenex footloop with a TM gear loop tube and elastic through it.
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I finally spent a day on the wrench. Tipping back and deadwooding a nice spready oak from a house. I found using redirects to drop me to the edge of the crown great! Had a few problems with my pantin kicking out, and my haas needs a bit more dialling in I think. Getting past branches was a pain. I also added more heat shrink to my tether near the wrench, and now it doesn't disengage properly on ascent, so I'm fighting a bit of friction there. Didn't like the combo of a 4 wrap Knut on velocity either. Mixture of the velocity being too soft, and the Knut binding too tight. I'll get there.
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You've gone and made me blush!
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That exhaust looks much bigger than the one you did on mine! I'm sending it back! You done many 201t's Spud? I've done a rudimental muff mod, how much difference does the advance and carb tweak give?
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No, I spent blood and tears removing the clutch to change the sprocket because it made absolutely no difference...
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8 pin sprocket
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8mm AP splice. Eyes are a touch uneven and it's a bit stiff after the eyes. I'll see how it works.
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No sense chucking a new bar. Use it til it's worn, them replace with something better.
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cutandclimb Waterproof Trousers design - what you looking for?
Joe Newton replied to Yve_Clark's topic in General chat
Why is there less work involved? -
I'm looking to get into SRT. I tried a wrench and a runner recently. I preferred the wrench, which I wasn't expecting. Half the price too which works for me.
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You could just buy one and try not to chainsaw your upper body?
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cutandclimb Waterproof Trousers design - what you looking for?
Joe Newton replied to Yve_Clark's topic in General chat
These look fantastic Yve! God help my credit card! -
Not if you tie it tight and clip the tail end back up so it's not dangling down. I "shortened" my strop to 2.5m a while back though, so don't bother with a daisy chain any more.
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I've tried that one. Found it was too heavy and tended my lanyard when I didn't want it to. Daisy chain clipped up to my harness worked better.
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What is the prussik contributing? Clipping a crab back onto the lowering line tightens with it's own weight. With a prussik not only are you adding an extra link into the system, you have to physically tighten it yourself. Seems like it's making more work, not less. Decent steel krab on the end for me. Heavy stuff pop a half hitch in front, really heavy stuff the 18mm line comes out and use knots. Not having a go, just raising a point.
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krab with swivel on the lanyard, yay or nay?
Joe Newton replied to hamilton32's topic in Climbers talk
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krab with swivel on the lanyard, yay or nay?
Joe Newton replied to hamilton32's topic in Climbers talk
Different ends of the system.
