Joe Newton
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Similar: if it's got wheels or tits, it'll cost you
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How often do you have to change the clutch on your positioner Steve? They look cool for sure, but for a £10 micro pulley and a £1.50 bit of cord I simply cannot fault my lanyard, and I'm trying! Plus it's not picky about the rope it grips, unlike my old grillon. (I can be careless with my lanyard...)
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+1 Indeed. The only thing that aches after a full day in the saddle can be my legs. Thats only if I've been on spikes all day. Cramps! After a few days hedgecutting I'm aching in my forearms and neck. Also aching to get back into a tree. And I'm almost 25 now!
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I posted in your Sidewinder thread, Old Mill. I simply cannot fault a hitch/pulley adjuster on my lanyard (mine is left too). Do you think your Sidewinder would work as well without the cinch?
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Big tattoed northerner?
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Sweet, good to know! Best order some grippy gloves too!
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I've heard from another member that the vallorbe (sp) files last much better than stihl ones. Can't give much feedback but the flat file he gave me months ago is still going strong.
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Haha okay, ten mins ago I pussied out and went for Yale blaze, solely because it'll become a company rope and for the price I get 45m for the price of 37m of tachyon. It'll get puffed and frayed before long with silky and chains dangling along side it so I could'nt bear to do it to a posh rope!
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Did you happen to have the same CS30/31 instructor that I did, per chance: Paul Longson? He'd say that on asking why he was exempt from wearing ballistic gloves
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Heard its i pain in the wet.
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I'm choosing between tachyon and blue tongue at the moment after sawing my line like a douche! Tachyon looks nicer but the Yale is a bit thicker and apparently easier to grip. Anyone got feedback?
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Do you think we could truly eradicate them though? Survival of the fittest I'm afraid. Sooner or later it happens.
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I'd happily serve him for you! Rotisserie style.
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Wouldn't it be nice if all animals stayed in the countries they evolved/originated in? I wonder how much diversity we'd have then. Anyway, I'm off for a pint with my mate Nick Griffin...
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It's fun when you can do that:thumb up: Lots of my work is back gardens with awkward access so if I'm climbing I try and piece out chippable bits that can then just be dragged and chipped. Another plus for a small ground saw is it takes five mins to sharpen when the new lad runs it into the ground!
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Got a 211 for a ground saw. Brilliant for cutting branches to drag out of a back garden (if you cut them properly to drag you shouldn't need a saw by the chipper). My boss uses 181s for the same reason: capable brash saws, and cheap enough that if one breaks or your simple groundie leaves it in the drop zone it's not the end of the world!
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The srt lads seem to use them a fair bit. I agree it's not foolproof. I use one for abseiling down rock faces. If I need to stop I can soft lock it. It's worked for me, thus I have faith in it. I don't use it much in arb work, except for tensioning a zip line. I just use my main line as a second strop on chogs.
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It's relatively safe to use choked on a stem for emergency descent. And you can lock off a figure 8. YouTube "figure 8 soft lock".
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Not on ddrt. Rock climbers use it effectively as a belay or ascent device. Some arbs I know use it as a backup descender on chog downs, but in our work it's only recommended with a back up or "auto block"
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Nah, Chris and Paul are just from the shire
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I've got a late '80s 038, you'd like that Wayne
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Sounds promising fella, keep us posted, sure it'll be a cracking day!
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Same, so long as I'm not booked in I'll be there. At Si's I got to use his wrench with the rope walker set up, but didn't give it enough time to use it in a work context. Hope it happens, looking forward to it! Wayne, you reading this? How's the plan coming along?!
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Seconded. Trouble with edited vids is that us ddrt dinosaurs can't get the full picture of what it's like to work with.
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You lucky lucky bugger ! Lots if dry whippy dead twigs too I hope? I got one stab me inside my nostril a while ago, had blood running down my chin! Client looked horrified when she came out!
