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I have plain ended rope, I tie a long bowline to clip to the top of my hc, works fine. I have a short line set up with the same basic principle using a short length of OP and an ISC swing cheek pulley -
Knots....? Just fisherman's..... Is it the wire core itself which has failed...? You can buy plain wire core flip lines with hard eyes for not a lot of money.... If yours has a 3 way snap in the splice, cut the splice to get the snap out and insert a soft link with a larks head knot to the splice in the new strop and then the snap. You can transfer the rope grab or friction hitch from the old strop to the new one.
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I swear apple have gone mental. How do you load your cd's into iTunes then....? I have an ipad and iPhone 5 and they're the biggest load of over-hyped tosh I've ever come across.... Crud in so many ways.... I used to be DEEPLY anti windows but actually, windows XP is probably the best os ever made. Just a pain that you can't get it anymore......
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SRT+alpine butterfly+redirects
WorcsWuss replied to mistahbenn's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Exactly right, it's just so easy to work the whole tree SRT, friction free:thumbup: -
Or the better solution, which is to ignore him completely, don't respond to his emails, don't even read then, add him to the junk mail list and get on with life...
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I have a 10+ year old MS260 which I've had from new and is still totally reliable and a pleasure to use, have 14 and 16 inch bars for this. Also have a 460 with 20 & 25 inch bars and a few stihl top handles in various states of rebuild. Using a tanaka top handle at the moment but the long term plan is to get one of the MS200T's rebuilt to 'as new' condition and use that. There's also an 025 on the shelf as well which doesn't get a lot of use these days but still runs very well.
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French prusik clipped to a leg loop and you only need one hand on the top of the prusik. Keeps the line away from gaffs as well.
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That's what I use, choke my line on with a butterfly, long tail, soft locked fig8. Quick smooth bail out, minimal clutter.
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SRT+alpine butterfly+redirects
WorcsWuss replied to mistahbenn's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
I used the butterfly & pulley method yesterday to get a slightly higher tip. It was great to be able to install it where & when I wanted midline. I didn't test its retrievability though, removed it before descent, I was running through 4 natural redirects as well, it was as much as I could do to pull those back. -
:lol: what a pillock! Always worth checking your maths before making such a strong statement! :lol:
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Need someone for a job in Fowey, South coast Cornwall
WorcsWuss replied to WorcsWuss's topic in Employment
:lol: Quite right Barrie! :lol: -
Need someone for a job in Fowey, South coast Cornwall
WorcsWuss replied to WorcsWuss's topic in Employment
Mutters the Cornish! Like them lot from Devon, who calls in-comers grockles if memory serves me right! :lol: -
Talented boy!
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Sounds like great fun
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You're a legend Steve. Doesn't your misses think you're a bit sad though, moving threads on a Saturday night
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How exciting. I was loving it today. I really thought it was overkill for these little apple trees we were on today but it was freakin' awesome even there.... We going to get the existing threads moved over....?
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Simon's 'looking for some help' thread - around Tenbury Wells usually
WorcsWuss replied to WorcsWuss's topic in Employment
Well today went well! Reduced 30 odd metres of overgrown mature laurel hedge and made a decent hole in deadwooding and shaping some very old apple trees. Jack who helped out was a star, I've left a reference on his profile page, reproduced here for anyone interested.... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/members/caveman27.html Got a few oaks to crown lift in the morning for the old man while he's ploughing up behind home. Think I should be ok on my lonesome on those though.... -
<p>Jack</p>
<p>Having worked alongside you today I wanted to take a few minutes to leave a reference for you.</p>
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<p>Although still young Jack is no cocky overconfident know it all.</p>
<p>He is a very quiet and unassuming young man with a ready smile and a nice attitude.</p>
<p>Jack was very pleasant to have on site, nothing was too much trouble and he was quick to pick up a branch rather than his saw when were all pitching in clearing up. He's obviously not afraid of hard work.</p>
<p>He was absolutely punctual, turned out with all his own PPE and a decent new saw, everything in good condition.</p>
<p>Jack's saw handling was safe and precise, engaging the chain brake when repositioning himself at the end of each cut, something I like to see.</p>
<p>I was quite comfortable letting Jack carry out small fells himself in a tight garden. </p>
<p>I look forward to working with Jack again and I would recommend him to anyone looking for a decent, hard working groundie.</p>
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<p>Thanks for our efforts today Jack! <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/thumbup1.gif.b3bf398c4e4c934001283d01d1645efa.gif" alt=":thumbup1:" /></p>
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Ask Justin to order you one from Lyon. Or speak to a hobbit....
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I lost count of the number of times I clipped myself to an electric pole stay today!
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Good catch! Lights easy to replace on those?!
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:lol: charming as ever Mick!
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Some people! beech reduction, too much?
WorcsWuss replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
I'd agree with the above. Personally think it was a horrid looking tree in the original photo, you've turned it into a nice looking tree now Tony. -
He's a bell end who is presumably struggling for business, massively insecure and no doubt has a small tinkle to make things even worse for him. I'd personally just ignore him. Was it a direct email or through eBay? If through eBay report him to them. What a dickweed!
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Can't think you could use it with a hitch hiker, the cord is an integral part of the tool. See no reason why it couldn't be used with a wrench though, apart from maybe Petzl saying it can't, because ISC made it....
