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  1. Haironyourchest
    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...
  2. Haironyourchest
    Yeah, I use mine hard, need lots of power.
  3. Haironyourchest
    Thus it ever was, my friend, and ever will be! 🙂
  4. Haironyourchest
    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.
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    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.
  6. Haironyourchest
    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.
  7. Haironyourchest
    Keep telling yourself that, Andy.
  8. Haironyourchest
    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.
  9. Haironyourchest
    Yes, the infamous astrology hijack. That was a long thread, I'll get looking....
  10. Haironyourchest
    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
  11. Haironyourchest
    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?
  12. Haironyourchest
    Its a beautiful piece of engineering.
  13. Haironyourchest
    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.
  14. Haironyourchest
    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.
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    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.
  16. Haironyourchest
    Maybe some kind of Fitbit app?
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    They're banning everything nowadays...
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    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
  19. Haironyourchest
    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
  20. Haironyourchest
    And margarine. Remember the "better for your heart" campaigns? Hydrogenated sunflower oil. Better then butter, for your heart. Can't believe it's not butter... All lies. Anyone who is tired of being lied to can now watch the evidence all compiled in one place, right here... Grand Jury GRAND-JURY.NET
  21. Haironyourchest
    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.
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    If you need to advance past a union, just bring a bunch of slings. Make them, or buy various lengths of ready made sewn tape slings, they're cheap. Leave them in situ as you go up... An underappreciated tool. Instant handholds on branchless stems, footholds when yr creeping out on an upward angled limb etc.
  23. Haironyourchest
    Blue Bird 2-stroke winch , best deal on AgriEuro WWW.AGRIEURO.CO.UK Blue Bird Industries 2-stroke winch with semiautomatic acceleration Anyone got one? They're going for €650 odd. Not much on YouTube about them. Look kind of junky compared to the higher end Eder/Docma/Portawinch etc but half the price. What think you?
  24. Haironyourchest
    Consider/experiment with using chokered slings instead of spikes. Or in conjunction with spikes. Use the slings as footholds, chokered just above groin hight and long enough that you can stand in them like stirrups. Keep your groin in contact with the stem... Something along these lines. Depends on the severity of the lean. If it's really bad, you're gonna need to straddle the stem and use the weight of your legs/feet as a counterweight to your upper body. But you're still gonna need something to stand on.
  25. Haironyourchest
    A family member tried it on some roof trusses, as an aesthetic feature. Very light charring followed by oil. Looks good.

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