Joe Newton
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Will you do the upgrade for free?
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Ropewrench ascending through crotches - help!
Joe Newton replied to Mark Bolam's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
I got that mate, I meant I'd ascent as high as I could to the fork I wanted to get up through, pull myself back a bit further out on one of the limbs of the fork, until I could get my foot in the fork, or better over the branch outside the fork, then pantin furiously with my other leg to get myself through. It's all academic since I haven't a bloody clue about SRT, only that it's twice as dangerous as Ddrt. -
Oh bugger, so it's either new muffler or a bit of tin foil and a pritt stick then. Anyone got a spare unmodded muffler I could borrow? Or a pritt stick?
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What!? That means I have to buy a new muffler AND figure out how to use a screwdriver! Get real Eddy! It's Stihl's own fault I was forced to take an auger to the can in the first place!
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Good to know, let me know how it goes. Mines developed a couple of small round holes in the exhaust, I hope this won't affect anything.
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Ropewrench ascending through crotches - help!
Joe Newton replied to Mark Bolam's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
I don't use SRT (yet) so I may have missed the blindingly obvious here, but instead of dropping through a fork, could you not Carry a few slings/crabs, and set one up outside the fork as a redirect, so you drop down the outside of a fork, rather than through it? If I drop through a fork ddrt, I usually ascend as high as I can to the fork, then use my arms over my head to pull myself out along the branch, until I can get my foot in the fork. Then my system is plenty far enough away from the fork that I can just use my pantin on the other foot to ascend through it. -
Personally I'd go 13" for fast cutting, with an 8 pin rim. Only because I run a 15" on the 357.
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Fantastic vid of something a bit different. Nice cutting
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Has anyone done this!? I'd be interested to know if it's true or hearsay... Not sure if I've still got the receipt...
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Pah, prime of your life! Did you ever meet that Jesus bloke?
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For what it's worth, if I'm watching a good ol' crash 'n' dash video after five minutes my attention strays. If a vid had some more diverse footage, maybe with a little dialogue at the beginning (Reg often does this to good effect - some of his clips are more like episodes) and a few bits of the job that aren't often documented, I could watch far longer. My early morning dump alone allows me to watch 2 x 15 minute videos.
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It's all I need baby!
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I never said five minutes. If I thought there'd be tits at the end I'd book the day off work!
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As has been said, some videos are just a compilation of cutting clips. Most are of dismantles. It'd be nice to see some more climbing, setting the rigging, and groundwork. A lad on here in Germany did a refreshing oak deadwood vid recently. Oh, and if you fancy leaving your camera on for when you get home for relations, I could watch that too...
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Stihl Ms211. Great little snedding saw. Barely use it nowadays. Pretty sure I clean it more than I use it.
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Yup, and how many of us will always cut at the base, or take the buttresses off?
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No, with a standard felling cut. If the trunk is too thin to bore in, the chances of it splitting are minimal, if you have a decent saw with a sharp chain.
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Agreed. I got my 441 for £400 with less than a dozen tanks through it. If I was buying new it's be a 372xp
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I've got a 441, which I run on a 20", it's good on that. The 25" bar was sluggish in it. 461 for 25" definitely.
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I'm scared of heights. I get trees down quicker because if it!
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Haha, like you buy saws based on marketing... I read that the 201t had a 30% greater cutting efficiency than the 200t, when it was released.
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Your right that a decent lad on the deck can make life easier. Yours doesn't sound that decent though!
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Depends what your doing. Thinnings, sure 15" 8t is optimal. In arb (specifically climbing) fast cutting isn't the be all and end all. How many climbers would take a 372 with an 18" bar up a tree? I run my 357 "GTI" with a 15" 8t and it's incredibly quick. It's also bloody heavy for the bar size, hence it is a dedicated ground saw.
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Thank you for affirming my sexuality, I try very hard to keep my image My post was mainly tongue in cheek. I'm feeling aches and pains slightly from climbing, but these are due to technique (one handing, and holding heavy bits with one hand). I'm not that macho guy that turns down help lifting heavy rings. That's daft. There are so many helpful bits available now that climbing doesn't need to be real tough work. I'll be climbing as long as I'm physically able. My methods might change, but my enthusiasm (or mental age) hopefully won't.
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Carefully Troll, people could misinterpret you as bring anti Dolmar...
