Jake416
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Funny, i didn't think this would end up about tapes. Oh well..... I'll hangout in the background till firewooder's show up.
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dhskier2
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Huh. Is the tension held just by those detents? Seems kinda janky, but the hook looks good.
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
Spencer knockoff ?
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
English knockoff ?
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
Maybe this thread should have been called "No Winding". Lol
I wonder how the plastic housing of the Husky tape would stand up to the cold?
I wonder how the plastic housing of the Husky tape would stand up to the cold?
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
I wonder how that would work on a real limby spruce? LolFirewood tape ...
That Protape up there says "US Tape" on it... US Tape is the company that bought Spencer, and is who decided it was a good idea to make the gears out of powdered aluminum instead of stamped steel. I'm guessing that the internals are identical to a 50' Spencer.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
John did you keep a professional photographer on staff in those days? Nice stick by the way.
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
Ya, I wish I had taken more vids than what I did, but there is still lots of time and so much more timber.BTw, that's a 75 Spencer, as though I ever needed one that long. Lol
Us forestry types use the 75 footers almost exclusively because we need to get to 66 feet to use the topo scale on our clinometers for measuring heights. We also use the double-sided tape refills with diameter on the opposite side, which means we can only wrap the first 4 inches with tape so we don't cover up the zero on the diameter side. We break them mostly by walking off the end and grinding the gears, or by snapping the nail end off rewinding.
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
I seldom had to go over 50, because in hardwoods max mertchantable averaged 32' plus the crown.
I think I have one 50' refill and the dispensor. Like bootlaces Im gentle on the tape.
Sometimes I kick the tag end out, depends on what the trees worth. Lol
Spencer is the best product, I don't care what Shane (WC90) says. He's just another coastal cull. Lol
I think I have one 50' refill and the dispensor. Like bootlaces Im gentle on the tape.
Sometimes I kick the tag end out, depends on what the trees worth. Lol
Spencer is the best product, I don't care what Shane (WC90) says. He's just another coastal cull. Lol
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
i just checked in on this thread after a but. i'm behind! my tapes are out in the truck way down the driveway
i will get a pic in the AM.
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
here's one from google for now though. they are the best. i used to think spencer tapes couldn't be matched til i tried these. way better. you can see the notches on the drum where the latch locks in. the tension can be adjusted in seconds and it can be pulled apart for a full service without any tools at all without a headache in the woods in the pissing rain. spencers suck! LOL none of the guys out here manage to kill them. also keep in mind i was a spencer guy before i tried these. john is the master of all culls!!!
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
do you actually work in forestry? think i saw a pic of you in the PNW GTG thread. you surely did not look like a hardened forestry professional!
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
You're sounding like that lumberjack dude from Salmon Arm B.C! Lol
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
i'm just glad you didn't say i'm starting to sound like the yukon culls.
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
The Yukon is in Oklahoma, a place I want to go to.
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