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I do not disagree with a single thing you've said. But for now... I've got a free hook for tugging down hung-up branches.
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Oh my lord! My poor heartstrings...
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I am 100% certain that the years of research and development Reg and Notch have put in has come up with a better design that I did, in 10 minutes, for free, using the assorted shite I have scattered around my shed. I'd be shocked and surprised if that wasn't the case. Is it 200 euros better? That would be a question worth investigating, and if anyone wants to send me a Notch Grapple, I'd be happy to do some side-by-side empirical testing to find out.
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I just threw this together quickly. I remembered I had an old fall protection lanyard tucked away, so I cut off the screamer strop and sproingy metalwork from the hook. Tried it with the black eyelet at the barrel knot, but I didn't like the shape of it, so tried it nude. Much better. Might give it a go with a maillon as well, but nude is probably best. Threw it around at ground level, hooks well on skinny bits obviously, and I could swing it around and hook the rope instead for bigger bits. 70mm opening, which is just fine for yanking hung up limbs around. Retrieval was grand, flick it about enough and you could wobble it off whatever it had grabbed. I'll lob in around in a tree at some point and see if I can move around on it.
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Holy God.
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Is there a genuine reason for sale?
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Two potential outcomes: Tyson beats Paul, and he loses to a 58 year old retiree. Paul beats Tyson, and he wins against a 58 year old retiree. There are no winners at all in this situation, except for the people who are 7 or 8 figures richer. So, everyone? Man, what am I doing with my life getting scratched to f*ck in a hedgerow hunting for ivy-covered logs for pennies. I should have been a shitheel youtuber millionaire.
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Provenance would be a question for me. If they were imported nursery stock they should be gotten rid of, if they were proper natives I'd keep any that look like they've got a bit of fight in them.
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Great, innit. I've not got any on my arb kit, but we use maillons on our ground anchors for rope rescue. Definitely adding this to all 12 of them.
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Elegant. Thanks for sharing.
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Closing down sale at an outdoor shop.
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Dry November. Longest f*cking month of my life so far, I swear!
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Yeah, I've seen that, they can just keel over in any direction, any time they want. Scary stuff.
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They do look like a fairly straightforward tree to dismantle, given the size of it. Doesn't look like there's much head scratching to be done, which is a good thing for a Friday. I got a mewp earlier in the week to take these gristly ash apart. It'll be firewood for the owner's neighbour up the lane, but my God, the ivy. I've had enough of it for one week.
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Best thing for them. Reduce them down to ground level and start again 🌳
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C J Ashby Forestry bowled over by the clean power of Aspen Fuel
peds commented on Steve Bullman's record in News
I'm into things like organic eggs and free range chicken, so obviously I'm the sort of guy who uses Aspen. -
Snow out here at some point soon, they say!
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Fair enough, I'm worried about the same thing. I saw it on a honeybrothers clip the other day though, speaking on this exact same topic, so it must be an industry-wide thing... It's just interesting how two communities (arborists and alpinists) have taken to using a different term for the same thing. What other names or phrases could be shortened one of two ways... Crunchy ... frog Rusty ... trombone Ah, enough of this. Kids to school, then off to work.
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I was, but only because I'm too cheap to pay full price for anything. Then a zigzag came along at 50% of the usual price and I've never looked back. I still prusik up and around things occasionally though.
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I hate that the Alpine butterfly seems to have found an abbreviation among tree climbers as the alpine, rather than the abbreviation preferred by mountaineers (or in fact, alpinists), the butterfly. It's as disappointing as the shortening of "golden retriever" to simply a "golden". Golden what? Handshake? Umbrella? Shower?
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Exactly, an occasional rope on rope is fine, but if it's habitual it creates unnecessary wear. Knots are great, but sometimes they need help.
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Is there no room for improvement on a bowline cinched up?
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That's a good idea. Attached with a shred of accessory cord or wire or what?
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Just flip it the other way up, then it will float downwards 👍
