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C'mon Josh, don't be that guy. With regard to my suggestion of putting the snatch block at the base should be considered in light of the variables of the site. Yes, there is a risk going near the base, you will evaluate this yourself. I would approach the tree from behind, and maybe consider setting the block and sling with the aid of a hooked stick. There's also the distinct possibility of the hanger crashing down on your block and sling. A way to avoid this (maybe) is this: 1. Fire a throw line over. 2. Pull a rope over. 3. Pull the tirfor cable over. 4. Secure the hook end on the cable to the base, with a choked sling. 5. Run the tail of the cable through the block, attached to the base with a long sling. As you tension the cable, the "flying block" should come out away from the tree at an angle, hopefully putting it out of the path of the falling hanger. The cable running over the top of the hanger will produce some friction but also some mechanical advantage. Since it is "pushing" the hanger, it should land on top of it, instead of being smashed into the ground. I'll post a picture. The advantage of this setup is you can always retrieve the cable if it doesn't work.

News to me. Shocking how easily we are spoonfed....

Doesn't look like anything beneath it from the photo. Set a snatch block at the base of the pine, run rope or cable through it, so you're pulling straight down.

How do you grease the bearings, Spud? And what type of grease?

I'm sure there is a weight difference. And I'm sure they're excellent tools. But... But . But .. Battery not gonna work for me, I promise. I have a battery top handle. The old 131 is the workhorse, I don't see tree guys using anything else. It's the motor - 31.4cc four stroke, none of the competition pole saws come close in power and torque. I use mine on stuff a foot in diameter at times. People say the new shafts and heads are not as good though...

Yeah, I use mine hard, need lots of power.

Thus it ever was, my friend, and ever will be! 🙂

It's 2022 and everyone is a Nazi. Ukrainians are Nazis. Russian are Nazis. Canadian truckers are Nazis. Canadian government are Nazis. People who didn't get the vaccine are Nazis. People who promote the vaccine are Nazis. Conservatives are Nazis. Liberals are Nazis. Israelis are Nazis. Palestinians are Nazis. And so on, ad tedium. The problem with being a Nazi today, is we all have a different definition of what Nazism is, and everyone denies being a Nazi, or denies their friends are Nazis. It's like something out of Black Adder.

Seems strange. I've not had mine long. Looked at the workings of it yesterday, with regard to this issue, and I can't see why the cam spring would experience more pressure on a single leg. Looks like the cam spring is only there to give a tiny bit of positive pressure, to initiate the friction for the grab. It has very little travel. Can't get my head around it.

The west have no qualms about "liberating" other countries when it suits our agenda. Or fomenting bloody revolution and installing puppet governments. We don't have moral superiority in this matter.

Keep telling yourself that, Andy.

I found my prediction! (It was on a Covid thread) 11th Sep 2021... If anyone cares, the Pluto return I was talking about happened a couple days ago.

Yes, the infamous astrology hijack. That was a long thread, I'll get looking....

Handy cut that. What percentage of diameter of tree do you leave the hinge? 15 - 20% to start. Then brute force it. If necessary, back off the tension and deepen the kerf cuts a little, and repeat

Some months ago, I posted a prediction: "February 2022 all hell's gonna break loose" I can't find it. I need to figure out how to scroll back through all my posts, is there such a feature?

Its a beautiful piece of engineering.

That's it mate, you got it! Can make multiple back cuts if needed, like in the kerf bending pics in Ped's post... Not something I do very often, but it's an option. Only works on a sound tree obviously. Did a 18 inch diameter dying ash thus way last summer, wee plants all over beneath. Bent it right over with a tirfor, in the end the stem was horizontal to the ground, still attached.

There's a neat way to fell weird trees without smashing the bushes etc to bits. I've described it before.. First you install a hand winch. You cut a super wide gob. Then you widen out the hinge in the back of the gob - vertically - about four inches. Then you make two back cuts, one four inches above the other. Leave lots of holding wood. Then you pull the tree over with the winch. It will slowly bend at the hinge, but not break off. You pretty much have to winch it down all the way. As the canopy comes closer to the ground/ understory, you can work it with a pole saw.

I'm pretty sure it's rated for single line. Chokered lanyard etc. Can't be used as a primary ascent/descent device though - it's far too jerky. Shortening the lanyard it's fine, but when it comes to paying out rope, it's really stop-start, nothing remotely as smooth as a prussic or zigzag.

Maybe some kind of Fitbit app?

They're banning everything nowadays...

Could be. Actually I prefer the look of that one. These "budget" winches look overcomplicated, like bits attached to other bits with fabbed steel plate holding it all together. I'm drawn increasingly to the Docmas. There's mention on the Treadlight sight that the docmas have an "automatic break". Can anyone varify what thus means? Does it mean a true progress capture device, like a cam? Can't see any such thing in the photos or vids

Yeah, just spike up it, moving your multisaver chokered climb line up as you go. Keep the climb line tight. If you fall off no biggie. Get to top, then assess. Use slings then if it helps your positioning. https://youtu.be/Uo2NR8zcSgI

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Similar but not the same, I'd say... The Bluebird has the throttle control attached to the rope, like the Eders/Docmas, so the capstan only turns when you pull on the rope. I like this. The Canadian Portable Winches don't seem to have this feature, why not, I can't imagine.