jomoco
Tree Freak
So I am guessing two bills for the cutter right?
There's a link in either this cabling thread or Mitchell's to both the ratcheting and Felco cutters Rope.
More like 3 bills.
jomoco
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So I am guessing two bills for the cutter right?
There's a link in either this cabling thread or Mitchell's to both the ratcheting and Felco cutters Rope.
More like 3 bills.
jomoco
Jomoco,
Since this is a great thread about cabling in general (Mitchell's thread very educational as well, but more single job specific) I will ask my questions about wirestops here.
The "Rigguy" wirestops cabling system: Doesn't the fact that the interior side of the drilled hole never gets "plugged" mean that it will be a permanent route for moisture migration along the cable? That this moisture and small accretions of crud will then surely persist on that very part of the cable that you cannot inspect?
Also: Wouldn't the movement of the cabled limb in even gentle winds result in a constant side-to-side "radiusing" of the through hole, in effect negating the trees every attempt to establish the 4th CODIT wall, possibly setting up a permanent site for fungal attack?
Now, I've never seen a wirestop installation, just the vids on the "Rigguy" website. But several years ago I responded to a cabling failure with a conventional through bolt that had never been properly snugged up, and all of the concerns I list above were factors in the failure, persistent moisture migration resulting in degradation of the eyebolt, but most significantly - side-to-side motion transfer of friction to the limb/eyebolt juncture instead of the thimble resulting in decay of the limb at the point of cabling.
Needless to say this was a cable installation that had not been properly re-inspected, properties change hands, tree companies go out of business...
So I was wondering if anyone with experience with cablestops might address these concerns.
RedlineIt
3 days to install 4 cables and clip out some old ones. Why so long?
...people are after the highest quality work they can get when they hire me, not the cheap shoddy improper work they pay me well for to correct.
jomoco
I have lots of still pics of the old and new cables in this tree, but I'm having trouble posting them as they are all over 700 kb, and this site has a 300 kb limit on pic size.
Great thread! When it comes to proper alignment, what factors are considered?
Great thread! When it comes to proper alignment, what factors are considered?
I really like EHS 7 strand for supporting serious weight, however, if you use tree grips and thimbles at the eyebolts, there is no need to bend EHS cable. it definitely doesn't like to bend at all, using tree grips, all I have to do is cut it to length for each span, very accurately of course.
The strength ratings between EHS and soft lay cable is staggering.
I'm startin cablin next week, so I should have some decent vids of 3 different cabling jobs in the coming weeks, right up to new year.
jomoco
Hey jomoco get a program like Ifranview (free) and resize those pics for us!
http://www.irfanview.com/
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