DemonHedgeMaster

Go for it Dougal. I bought one of Fleabay and use it when I'm snedding. I use an MS260c with an extended bar, not very heavy but when stooping over branches again and again and for long periods of time it pushes my vertebrae out. It never really helps when I'm lifting things, I just lift properly and don't lift too much! One spine buddy look after it

you need to name and shame that guy, stop him before he hurts anyone else

Horrible! chucked it away in the end! Got meself a new pre spliced line! nice, keep us posted!

I use it for force doublers but switch to a bowline on a bight for heavier rigging. using it on the end of tag lines to change the load angle on my wrists and a string of them at 1ft intervals makes a handy little rope ladder!

jesus! Have seen practices that involve chokering your mainline round the stem, might just make that rule of thumb!

Sweet dude, how did you anchor it into the tree? just knots? any tensioners?

Sup guys I've been practising bonsai for 9 years, after all this time the main piece of advice I have is grow birches! They will recover from almost anything, including neglect!!

it doesnt really show up on the camera, I did think about it! Cheers WorcsWuss, I think Im going to circumvent any doubt or hazard and just replace the mofo

its a pretty new bit of kit, used twice so far, the damage is also localised and consistent with abrasive or loading forces

I climb mainly on the trees in my village and about Saffron walden. Theres some really big poplars down by our yard I've got an eye on and theres an estate thats open to the public which has several species of trees ranging from small to big, haven't had chance to get up there yet though. Thats Saffron Walden Have also been thinking about royston heath, thats got a small forest on it with some real whoppers in! Theres a really huge, epic forest in castle camps which is outside of haverhill, Theres no end of big trees in the field partitions, which most of the south cambs villages are surrounded by! Shelford Recreation ground has got some massive trees on it, it is a public space though, past experience has taught me not to climb in public areas, partly because of being moved on for being a huge potential hazard, and partly because some grotty little teenager might decide its funny to tie the end of your rope to something!

it is an old rope, well washed but still with lingering dark bits. I did consider abrasion from the rope but the anodised layer has not been worn through, nor does the smaller of the rings show any sign of wear Are your dmm rings steel or aluminium?

Sup Oracle, Im based in south cambs and Im looking to link up with people for a rec climb as well, weather is just a bit too horrible for my liking at the moment! Have you got any idea of where you want to hit up? Do you have your own gear as well?

Sup guys, Have made myself a cambium saver from some bits and the large 25kN aluminium anchor ring has started to dimple on the inside, the smaller one has not. I believe this is being caused by the rope as I've used it twice and two have appeared. Ally is a weak metal and once fractured is critically weakened, it is probably alloyed with something more resistant but I'm pretty alarmed that it has deformed like this. Does anyone one on here use these rings and if so, is this normal?

No !!

Oh ok excellent, I was wondering if it was a point of potencial failure, clearly not!

Have you even seen army gear?

Nice looking splice, have you disected it yet to work out what the little wobble is, on the lower side of the eye?

Use army gear, cheap, rugged and looks good!

We had a lad at work who got into stuffing ketamin up his nose in his spare time. He became unpleasant, unreliable and aggressive. It transpired that he'd been doing at work for some time and I asked him to stop and told him I wasn't going to report him as he was an important asset to me on site but I wasn't going to stand for it. A week later, right in front of me he made himself a huge line of the siht and snorted it all down. I was totally aghast as we were sitting not thirty foot away from a copper who was mowing his lawn next door! After the rasher had put his mower away and bggrd off, I blew up at him asking what he fudge he thought he was doing, the lighting fast reply came as 'fcuk off' I totally lost it and belted him round the face, very funny to watch the powder come squirting out his nose as I did it, but definately the wrong way to deal with subordinates The next day I got to work to find out the boss had sent him home with a weeks suspended pay because he'd come out of his house with snot encrusted polos round his nose, a week later he smashed a £400 bit of kit into a customers patio cracking the customers (rather expensive) paving and irreprably damaging the unit. It also got back to us sometime later that he'd been stealing from customers. Don't tolerate drugs at work! Do what towelly does, do a good days work then reward yourself afterwards!

Cheers Drew, agreed its not quite right is it! I did indeed taper the core, however the last strand I plucked out was connected to the first one I cut so it looked dodgy before it even went in. Perhaps this is what caused it? I ended up casting the T fid away as I found the wire one much easier to use! It didnt take long to knock it together, a few years of engineering experience means I know a few tricks to make things move quicker! My hands were grey as steel once I was done though! Going to snip it off and test it to destruction at work next week. Will publish results. Right! What can I splice next!!

Four days of research, a small USB full of PDFs and much head scratching and here it is, my first attempt at a class I double braid splice on 9mm Marlow friction rope! + home made fids. Its a good feeling when that core disappears, one that can be summed up in a single word.... 'Aaaaaayyyyyy'

On closed fires! I fueled my barbie with some cut two days previously and smoked everyone off the patio!

Alright there snake, turning my hand to splicing and would like to know if that Marlow boa friction rope in your 2nd to last picture?

With some rotting, deciduous leaves make good soil improver, mulch and seed sowing medium. The sycamores heavy fall would mean more of its nutrient is returned into the earth with each season. More of a gardeners perspective but thats my two cents!

Hmmm Yeah it is a used bit, the Marlow website has nothing pertaining to its gecko rope. Sounds like the samson method is the way forward. Im going to have a crack anyways! worst comes to worst I'll have to chuck away my grotty old flipline and buy a new one! thanks for the help mate