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Cheers pete.

scarpa pro ascents are the best boot hands down for grip, pruning and comp climbing,. I've tired a lot and they just seem to grip better than any others. the down side is that they are super tight and narrow. I averaged two years out my scarps before the soles wear through and thats with wearing them everyday from march to november (apart from the odd hazard removal thrown in) unfortunately found they were too tight on my feet though and have now switched em out for the salewas which are going on 18 months so far, the hooks are pretty hit and miss though......super easy to snap off.

Hey Matty, the cutting and processing time for the tree was probably around an hour with 3 guys on the ground. we had two containers , one for the branches and one for the stem wood. There were 4 stems left on the property above that we also craned out in-between picks so that the guys processing weren't to buried. The job ran in conjunction with an architecture company who were re doing the neighbouring house, so those lads used the crane in the afternoon to lift up tiles, building materials etc. All together with crane setup, lifting odd bits up and the other stems down took around half a day. we were out of there by midday and I went off to do an 8 meter hornbeam removal after :thumb: aint not glory in our job mate haha.

Hey John, yeah mate i'm over here in g land. rules state you must use normal means of access unless there is a safety issue preventing you to do so.............. I saw there were multiple hangers in the tree and just wrote down on the job sheet it was to dangerous to for normal access methods. no harm no foul Ive done a lot of work with tommy and his crane so I'm never worried about riding the hook with him

cheers lads , appreciate the love. Mark...... I can always count on you for a laugh. I'd recommend anyone wearing hearing aids due to old age hearing loss, turn them right down as the music is rather whippersnappery. the next one will be a silent black and white film so you feel a little more comfortable ;P jokes aside cheers for the feedback Silky,mark,grey,mick and john .

I've got a couple of friends around that way , I will message them and see if they know of anything.

Quick little edit from a removal earlier in the week, finally remembered to bring the go pro. sick day for for it ! [ame] [/ame]

When using en rated ropes on a base tie then yes but when using a much more static rope then no, you can generate some serious force on a base anchor when using a rope with less stretch . A natural crotch for an anchor takes away a lot of the doubling, most of the time with a fork in the perfect position directly above with lines parallel you will will be lucky to get 1.5 x the force, this is changed when you take a fall in the line or load it heavily with two climbers(pre climb check). when this happens the friction at the top its taken away and does little to nothing(on a very static line, on an en rated rope.. its no so dramatic) but i found it never to get above 1.8x even on a very small crotch with barely any friction and loaded with two people. Base tying srt is a tricky one. One thing that should also be noted when using natural redirects is the force exerted on the anchor points when redirects are being forced together e.g. when traversing through two skinny tall trees or skinny long leaders , not only is your weight on there but the actual force of the trees flexing and wanting to get back to their natural position too. It can sometimes be a much larger amount of force then you'd expect. @marc i really enjoyed reading your posts dude, knowing where and how to add friction along your climb can allow you to anchor places you couldn't safely anchor on a traditional toptie. I climb with very static ropes and majority of my srt climbing is done on a base tie.

Haha sorry to disappoint 😉 Thanks darrin , I see what you did there mate 😜 I clearly see two hands on the saw mate haha that the rule isn't it ?

Prove it mr 😜

So it's been a while guys but I thought I'd share This . The new go pros first outing and it performed really well. No real action but some really nice quality footage ... hope you enjoy

Nylon allows the rope to comply with en1891 as it has more stretch than polyester

Ill be a test rat gordon ;P having it grip in single leg mode makes it a very cool device indeed:thumbup1:

nylon core for the ce certified cougars and ivy ........ poly core for the good stuff

Real talk:thumbup1:

Totally agree, a 200t can handle a 14 no problems and the super light bars are awesome. My 150 comes out for pruning and I have the 10 on that.

use it for access to start with and then move onto using it for working on the way up. soon enough you will be confident using it for what ever application is suitable.

Base tie , the redirects and stretch of the rope will do the rest ;P

I will hold you to that mate 🍻🍻 Haha darrin 👍

Nice reg, I enjoyed that one mate, thanks for sharing.

hahahaha I didn't notice that , he was there with the crane company having a look and possibly eating an apple

yes sir , first week of july we should try and catch up if your around.

haha cheers silky

I'm not sure mate , I guess I needed to keep myself occupied until the crane came back?? I added it into the clip because it gave scale to the trunk but as to why i was doing it , I can't say Mick

I usually get picked up and set them from the crane but it depends on the tree mate. for the next vid I will add in some more of the setup yeah i tend not to think about that too much, I just make sure the chains are set well with the right amount of pretension and the hooks in the right position then use a chainsaw to cut the wood that the chains are attached to:confused1: its worked well enough so far haha. thanks adam always appreciate the props bro