Ms2004life

Theres a rubber gusset in the rope biner hole to stop it from sliding to side load which is awesome. I was using a similar setup but on the biner. I still reckon the rope end biner needs looking at too as thats where problem lay. I cant wait till it comes to new zealand, i miss my zz1 soooo good

Yeah after all that i think if your drinking or taking drugs at work there are bigger issues. The fact of the matter is your work buddy needs it to get through the day, that should be the focus not some pigeonhole rubbish. The danger isnt just in them its in you for not doing something about it. Firing someone isnt a solution its not taking responsibility in your team.

Does the customer know the reports youve done; seen them? He may not realise the amount of work you've put in. If they do get rid of them theres no loyalty there and its only a matter of time before they burn you again.

Taupo tree man thats a new zealand wide mentality, its all very knee jerk arboriculture here, sh&t we have people advertising for tree topping here. Where in europe your asked to consult here people tell you what you should be doing? Tree care as a whole is. Ommonly thrown into the same bucket as loggers or the fricken axmen, the thought of someone being skilled and caring about an inanimate object is foreign to most. A long bumpy road till joe public realise the benefits of arboriculture.

I use a sugoi for dismantles absolute beast and a zubat for prunes nice dress cuts. The sugoi will cut through a 2" branch by the time youve pulled your saw up and grabbed the pull cord

Man this problems global, while doing a clear fell we had tape and two sets of signs and vehicles blocking a road and the council had signs informing of the felling. Big hangers were in some trees and some woman had to walk through all of that plus over two trees we had felled to tell us we were ruining her favourite walk. When we told her it was dangerous to be there she replies "ive done alot of gardening im well aware of the risks". WTF?

No queenstown new zealand, well arrowtown. Many poplars were planted as fence post 100 years ago they took and grew into huge trees which are now a problem as they are falling over( one person has been squashed by one).

I will try and get some photos up of these trees for you guys. They seem to grow pretty fricken large round here and full of rot.

This is interesting in that i quoted a job recently 7 lombardis about 160 feet high(in my area they quite common) maybe 7 feet through at the base maybe more for some up to 15 leaders per tree we quoted 2 days a tree (a limited drop zone lots of rigging) and chipping on top of course for about 12000 standard rate being 2 guys and chipper 850-890 a day we got beaten by the orange machine to do the whole job for 5000. I cant work out the math on this as to how anyone could do the job over the same amount of time for that ????? Do they do the job to lose money and squeeze us out in the search of world domination

Theres also a chart in the book the art and science of practical rigging which may be of help..

Hey there i have quite a bit of experience in this. Drilling is okay, the problem with the compartmentalizing is the bolts will continue to cut because of wind and limb movement. How we have overcome this is drilling a slightly larger hole then put a sleeve for the bolt to sit inside. This is quite important as the swinging motion of the tree not only helps the rods to cut into the tree but the galvinizingstarts to come off and enters the sapwood. We have found a galvinizy type sap exiting cuts when the trees have been pruned. I can help ya with any info you need and can throw some photos on for you to look at if you want its awesome fun

Always use a wire core got a few different diameters and lengths. I find them far better than rope, they can cut thru as easy as rope on the right angle and the right day but survive nicks better than rope and are easier to use day after day for me. I havent used a rope lanyard for years so they may be better now but with the work i do i find the wirecores far better

Mate those have gotta be the healthiest poplars i have seen if i can i'll throw some photos on of the dead and dying junk ive got to s$:t myself in doing some sweet ones over a vineyard at the moment. Well done man

Metolius rock climbing biners are as small as accessory biners and are rated to 23kn

Been using a blue moon 11.7 absolutetly sweet with the zigzag. Gotta say it is so much better than i thought it was gonna be, a buddy has a lockjack after using my zigzag on a rec climb now has zz envy