Luke Osborne

I go with the DMM Rhino. I use a split leg tether and it just gives a little more room

I'm a big fan of the cambium saver. Especially after multiple redirects there is a lot less friction on retrieval

I used to love my ms 660..... Until I got my 661

I like mine around 70-75cm using a Knut hitch. 4 wraps on a 70 or 5 on 75. Stitched eyed OP

Yeah exact same as DdRT. You've just got a knot in your rope halfway through pulling it out.

I only use it when pruning. Most of my work is takedowns though. The other week I had it tied off like this and ended up transferring across 7 or 8 trees weaving through them all as I went. They were only thin but it would have been a nightmare retrieving or having to climb back through to my tie in point. It took a couple of us to start pulling it through until the friction eased off a bit.

I use a multisling/cambium saver and tie off with alpine butterfly backed up with crab on the non working side just like drt. It's tied in at the top and easily retrievable no matter where your working rope is in the tree

I use Blue Tongue for both SRT and DdRT. I've got 4 different lengths of it. I love it.

I spent 8 years with a wire core flip line and switched to a rope lanyard a few years ago. I love the versatility of a rope lanyard. Being able to have a custom length depending on what I am climbing. I have 3 different lengths ready to go. That and being able to release under load is a big difference which I wasn't able to do with my flip line.

Was working with a great crew late last week. Area below the tree was always clean, rope came back with some urgency and lowering was smooth. I think what helped was that the groundsman on the rope has extensive experience up the tree on the other end if it. Another tip of mine would be once it comes to blocking down the wood, moving the logs out of the drop zone so that the next log won't bounce off it. A couple of things as a climber I try to do to help out the ground crew is to make cuts at the fork so they won't need to be cut again to go through the chipper. Also when cutting and throwing smaller limbs, facing the butts towards the chipper so those on the ground don't have to turn them around when they go to drag them out.

Congratulations to you both

Agreed. Try this one then, watch them lower down the limb, piece it up and then untie it. Once untied, flick to rope to the side making sure it dips in the pool and them drag out the branches and chip. Once finished having a chat about it all, then return to the tree and send rope back to climber. That's what I go to deal with last week

Thanks for that. Definitely some useful tips I can pass on. There's nothing worse than watching the end of the rope slipping through the pulley. They were a bit better on getting the rope back to me today. Now I've just got to teach them how to control the lowering.

Hi all. As a freelance/contract climber in west oz, I often find myself taking down some large trees with ground crews that completely frustrate me with little support. For example we were removing a large gum last week in a terrible location requiring 95% to be rigged down. After lowering down each piece, it took between 2 and 5 minutes for the ground workers to get the line back to me. Working with different companies on a daily basis, I don't have the time to train everyone on what I need from workers on the ground. I'm thinking of writing a brief manual with tips for ground to make the whole job run a lot smoother. Does anyone have any tips I could possibly add? Thanks in advance. Luke.