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got me a rope wrench

I got it yesterday and couldn't wait to try it out. I am not sure what to think. As far as desending goes...its sweet...period. Its the going up part that makes me wonder. I am not good now nor will I prolly ever be, good at footlocking. I am ok with that. Seems like info worth sharing since I am lookn for advice here. Anyway, I started out with a pantin and a foot loop on an asender. Well, the stand up part was fine but then I still had to use one hand to move my hitch up farther so that when I sat back down to move the asender up I wouldn't lose so much of my progress. I felt like everything was just a big cluster F. The wrench was in my face OR when I wanted to move the wrench up I couldnt because the asender was in the way. So I got rid of asender and went with pantin only. It was alittle tough using only one leg after awhile but it was nice not having that asender in my way. I found myself wishing I had a chest harness with a croll. Or will that just get in the way also? Maybe a pantin on both feet inorder to switch legs every so often? I guess I just need to practice and see what I come up with. Oh ya..I also tried using my lanyard over my shoulder in order to help pull up my hitch pulley and that was somewhat successful for me. I would like any opinions on how to make this work best for me.View attachment 196501
 
TreeAce said:
when I wanted to move the wrench up I couldnt because the asender was in the way.
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Is the length of your footstrap adjustable? I made one and used a hitch to adjust the length until I know how long I want it.


TreeAce said:
I found myself wishing I had a chest harness with a croll.
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I would like to try one too. For now the lanyard works for me though.



TreeAce said:
Oh ya..I also tried using my lanyard over my shoulder in order to help pull up my hitch pulley and that was somewhat successful for me. I would like any opinions on how to make this work best for me.View attachment 196501
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I'm still fine tuning myself but it's by far the best method I've used.
 
Finished my 3 large removals today. About 10 hours in the whole job. I had to take off in the middle of the day yesterday to take care of groundy #### but got back to work by 2:30 (was hot as #### anyway). Was finished with all of our part by 10 this morning. From there it was arranging stump grinding and whatnot. Dropped three baby squirrels out of a nest yesterday... Only two of them survived. Didn't even have their eyes open yet... WTF, I thought the squirrels where already half grown this time of year!!! Called the game warden and he sent someone out there to pic them up who would raise them. LOL, sweet little old lady showed up as I was talking with the customer yesterday evening (worked till 7). Clients were very happy. I sold some Winter pruning on their Oaks and decent vista pruning job at the entrance of their development (they either own or control the purse for the HOA because she gave me the go ahead without batting an eye) to begin at will. She's a bigtime realtor in town and says she will keep me busy... And so far she hasn't lied...

Anyway, the conversation between me and my groundy yesterday afternoon was "do you want me to let you clean up before I drop some more ####"??? Groundy: "you just do what you do"... so I buried him... LOL. Did my last two removals in about 2 hours... I had my groundy so buried he couldn't get out... Like he was in a maze. LOL. Of course I had to help him cut and drag brush... too much for just one guy. Anyway, we made it happen.

Bid another large job today... Half dead HUGE Oak over the house and two 90' pines. I think he's going to go with me... Just have to actually put that big MF on the ground then... It's a craner.

I'm actually feeling pretty good. Had my 2 beer minimum tonight and a taco salad... My mind is telling me to go out and play but my body is telling me to lay down and go to sleep...
 
Thx Mike. Its obv to me that the system works. Just gotta practice with it and see. I just ordered a pin from the link u gave in that srt thread from the other day. I have to admit that I am not so sure about working an entire tree srt. Hard for me to wrap my mind around it, just hard to picture. But why bother going all the way up just to switch to Ddrt and then likely just to drop back down some n start working....when U can just shoot a line to the top , get rigged up srt, an get to work that much faster?? I can def wrap my mind around that.
 
here's the attached pic ... looks good

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Mike Cantolina said:
I'm still fine tuning myself but it's by far the best method I've used.
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prentice110 said:
OMFG!!!!!! What are you ####ing retarded?!!? I vote for dirty as a mod, and the first thing he should do is ban your ass! I hope the next tree you cut has concrete in it you aerial abortion!
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They wont ban him, he is good entertainment. Were else are ya going watch a complete tool make videos of himself that just reinforces the fact...............that he is a tool.
 
Used the Skidloader yesterday, it was SOOOOOOOOOOOO nice, not having to cut everything up. Ran real smooth, were removing a pretty darn big elm, trunk 4.5-5ft. Picked a big chunk up a threw it in the dump with no problems. Would have taken me hours to buzz the whole thing up. Get the grapple next week, and my truck back. It will be like Christmas!
 
Congratulations on your new acquisition ...

TreeAce said:
...I also tried using my lanyard over my shoulder in order to help pull up my hitch pulley and that was somewhat successful for me. I would like any opinions on how to make this work best for me.View attachment 196501
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How about running the climbing line up and through the rope wrench from your hitch pulley then the pressure from the pantin locks it as you step up? This is how I use my Kong dbbl handled ascender with a DMM Revolver as a pulley for the rope.
 
Did my first job in two and a half months for about 40 euros - removal of two decent size limbs about 50 feet high- probably will sell all my gear and get the hell out of business- right now it is a really expensive hobby! Last 16 estimates I did was too high - And I left me about 3 euros per hour of work - thats about 5USD - I refuse to climb for less money than that! All of those guys with a one husky 55 is a specialist arborists now- so screw it!:angry:
 
Just cleared some service drops. Half a mulberry dropped on the servisec cut them free left all the brush. Id hate to be the homeowners

WE-9341A
 
Nice to see ya'll still beatin on AA and ridin OD's wood. :msp_tongue:

Ahh, yous all can do what you want to, God knows I do. Ropes, it probably don't show but you have been in my thoughts, hope the outlook is good. Sell the 40 and everything else, RETIRE NOW, drive a school bus a few hours a week.


I got this for Blakes:


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The red clevis locks onto the crane cable just above the ball, run the climbing line through the STEEL ring, I use a beener for a fatter bend radius. Still, if the ball assembly ever came off the cable its BYE BYE. They say all you can do at that point is suck in air and start flapping, they say that's an involuntary relflex. I believe them.
I was looking at one of my Havens grips. Something like this could be used as a secondary tie in point. Well, that's if yer candy ass needs a second tie in point.:msp_tongue: If you want to know where I got the crane tie in strap let me know.
 

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