Joe Newton
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I have tried it. The guy who taught me is very much like that, and he's a solid climber. I find the increased friction tedious, up top or on the deck.
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Hmm, I rarely use natural crotch rigging. I love my micro pulleys, and they make friction much more predictable. A sling, crab and pinto is usually the only thing on my harness.
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That's just it guys, I've seen vids where people block down a stem when there's absolutely no need. That was the point I was making. The other thing is that the firm I work for doesn't have very many big saws, do if the climber has the bigger saw the lads on the ground don't always have a saw big enough to ring up the timber I enjoy neg rigging, very much so. I just find that usually for me it's quicker to ring the stem down and I don't come down to a dz full of logs! Adam, it's rare that I get an opportunity to free fall larger lumps of timber, as in your vid. As such I don't have a wealth of experience on it. The last time was a big dead HC, about 30+" at 30' up, with a back lean, and my saw choices were a 461 on a 25" bar, or a dying 056 on a 36" bar! I went for the 461 and had 8' lumps winched off! Great fun, apart from the cubic foot of sawdust under each eyelid!
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Here we go, I was hoping if hear from the other camp. I guess it depends what your work is and what you're good at. As a contract climber, Rich, I'm assuming that your job is to get your tree on the deck in a day. If the company you're subbing to has to go back another day to ring up the timber it's not the end of the world I guess. As an employed climber, sometimes with one or two lads on the deck, I can keep them both busy shifting manageable chogs out the back garden. Whereas if I blocked it down on a pulley, id be spending more time setting up rigging, and they'd be swamped trying to lower timber, undo the rope, ring it up, and get it out, whilst I was waiting to snatch another lump. I'll use neg rigging when it's appropriate, but I favour chogging when the option is there.
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I wouldn't have wasted 5 years as a green keeper! Straight into the tree game at seventeen, and I might be half decent by now!
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Cool, were on the same page. I see some people that seem to do it as a matter of course!
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Over greenhouses I just tell the client there's going to be some holes
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Sometimes if it's just to save damage to a lawn, or avoid crashing big lumps onto a border, I prefer to leave a brash cushion or push smaller chogs a greater distance to avoid borders.
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Get a vid up! I wonder how the minuscule cutting gear will deal with the upgrade in power.
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No worries. FWIW I find that I'm quicker just chogging down thicker timber than negative rigging, with the time it takes to reset the pulley. I'm sure there are plenty who are far quicker than me though.
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For a moment there I thought you might be linking Bolams "Cedar Snatch Fail" for him!
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I don't reckon you could spend any more than five minutes online without getting sidetracked by lemon party.
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Go on the ClimbingArborist website. He's done a vid on negative rigging.
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How many miles had it done when you got it? That's an excellent price!
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Seconded. Wayyyyyy tougher than HiFlex, very light and comfy. I've been wearing mine day in day you for almost a year and they're still in great condition. I can put up a photo for proof if you like . Loads of handy pockets too -
I climb on 11mm rope on a hitchclimber, 8mm friction cord. It's lovely but a bit hard on the hands. I'll be getting Cougar Blue next. For 13mm Yale XTC is hard to beat.
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Loving the roof on your pickup!
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It's alright Steve we know that you once climbed a couple of trees back in yer prime! Haha brilliant!
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Hell, you're not that old are you?! Glad to hear you're better. I use being physically active and in my mid twenties as a carte Blanche to basically eat, smoke and drink as much as I like. I always thought of heart attacks and strokes as something that happen when you're old!
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It's on my to do list. I love ddrt though. I need to man up, buy some kit, and go play with it. The thing that puts me off is faffing around with redirects etc. I'm not sure if I'd have the patience to make SRT efficient for me. Do you honestly reckon you're quicker on a single line?
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Hot seat? Just wrapping the rope around your backside? Or something more technical? I sometimes use a softlocked fig8 if I can be bothered. Not very often.
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Too bloody right. You gotta be quick of you want any biscuits left! Of course SRT does solve this problem.
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Ah, it was the post I quoted too, which you later quoted in a different thread. My post, on it's own, seems depressingly apathetic. It was meant as a satirical reply to the deleted post. My hostility was out of order in the other thread Matt, it felt petty at the time, but out of context I get your point. Apologies.
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So what's the protocol here for if you're on a stem, with your lanyard round the trunk, and your main line underneath, and you do yourself a mischief and need to bail fast? My options are pulleysaver, fig8 softlocked on a single line, or buy a wrench just for that scenario. I reckon you should always have a quick descent option for if you need it, but how many others dont have one on a chog down?
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If you got money to burn the Ropetek Sidewinder seems like the solution to your problem.
