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  1. Heavy26R

    Hitch knot storage/line memory

    Thank you! Makes perfect sense about the lanyard hitch not wearing from heat damage like the climbing hitch.
  2. Heavy26R

    Hitch knot storage/line memory

    Is it bad to leave a hitch tied constantly? For example leaving a preconfigured lanyard with VT/pulley ect. Is it okay to just leave it setup attached to my harness all the time. I notice on my practice indoor line with VT on ocean poly hitch cord, it has a great deal of memory when left tied...
  3. Heavy26R

    Why ddrt over srt for beginners?

    Just a thought, replace that screw gate with a triple autolock if it's lifeline support.
  4. Heavy26R

    Norwegian Book: Solid Wood

    Finally came out in U.S. Here's a review I found. http://skillcult.com/blog/2015/10/12/reviewing-norwegian-wood-chopping-stacking-and-drying-wood-the-scandinavian-way-by-lars-mytting
  5. Heavy26R

    Best Selling Norwegian Book: Solid Wood

    ***UPDATE*** Amazon now has description and picture of book cover. Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way Hardcover – September 15, 2015 "The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson–like thriller; it’s a book about chopping...
  6. Heavy26R

    Best Selling Norwegian Book: Solid Wood

    No problem. I grew interested after seeing the TV show post. All I can find on the book in English is posted above. Amazon does have a pre-order for a book by the author titled "Norwegian Wood" coming out December 2015. Perhaps the English version has a different name. Not affiliated with...
  7. Heavy26R

    Best Selling Norwegian Book: Solid Wood

    A whole country as obsessed with firewood as us. I think someone had posted about the tv show, but I was happy to find the book that inspired the show to be coming out in English later this year. Since august 2011, over 230 000 copies are printed in Norway and Sweden alone. The book is also...
  8. Heavy26R

    Why aren't splitter wedges pointed or serrated?

    Indeed. I was thinking strictly wedge blade style splitters. I like the weird questions. They often teach the most. Beats not asking and learning the hard way. "Didn't put enough dirt down. Saw it right off". -Bear Claw (Jeremiah Johnson)-
  9. Heavy26R

    Why aren't splitter wedges pointed or serrated?

    I guess it would depend how hard you want to push the splitter, and if you use it as a cutter. Well it's not really cutting which is using a sawing motion, but pushing through the wood. Sometimes you get to that point that it stops prying and splitting and is pushing through the wood. If a...
  10. Heavy26R

    Why aren't splitter wedges pointed or serrated?

    Handheld splitter or machine? Handheld you may wish a sharper blade to make an easy start especially on large rounds being beaten with a sledge. Machine wedges split by prying not slicing. A sharp blade and or serrations are for a slicing/sawing action. Splitter enters wood and pries apart...
  11. Heavy26R

    Burning Chinese Chestnut

    Chestnut is such great deer mast, I'd build a stand in one instead of cutting it down. Guess Chinese chestnuts are smallish, near the house? Why not bow hunt from your deck?
  12. Heavy26R

    Firewood planting.

    Stratification in fridge and germination are fun. You could start them and keep them bonsai style. I'd consult a local forestry division or whatever agency you have before wild planting around your property. A good resource for growing food plots is QDMA forums...
  13. Heavy26R

    Firewood planting.

    I agree with firebrick43. Stick with indigenous species. While the acorns may not have disease or bugs, you don't know the ramifications of introducing a non-indigenous species into your environment. Sure trees are not typically invasive. They are slow growing and can be cut down, but you...
  14. Heavy26R

    Chimney Brush

    I use a metal brush on my terracotta flue. The brush I got is slightly over-sized. I didn't want it to not scrap the sides enough to remove creosote. It definitely provides resistance when I reverse it. It is more difficult once 15 or 20 feet down. I just brace myself on the top of the...
  15. Heavy26R

    Which Gloves?

    Atlas Therma Fit. Learned about them here on Arboristsite, and love them. First pair lasted all last year's splitting and only died this fall due to working with concrete, they dried solid. My old leather gloves would last one 4-5 hour splitting session. Atlas is the way to go. Buy the 12...
  16. Heavy26R

    FS 90R owners time to share!

    I've had my 90R for 4 years. I've had no problems, no maintenance (well I checked the gear grease once), I don't winterize it. I use only premix. I only use it for home use, 1-2 a week. I have the blade and use it to cut back brush yearly. I've cleared a large patch of 1-3" saplings with no...
  17. Heavy26R

    What's your best cure for PI??

    For itch, hot shower or run area under hot water as hot as you can take it. Will stop itching for a few hours. Mean Green hand cleaner has a chemical composition that sticks to the urushiol oil in PI. It's also has that sandy texture like Fast Orange or other auto mechanic hand cleaners, so...
  18. Heavy26R

    Best Splitting Maul ??

    I like my Wetterlings. My Grandsfor's has a nicer look and shape, but the poll is mushrooming. Wetterlings is as tough as the sledge hammer. Not a scratch on her. I don't like having to pamper my maul. I spend as much time filing the poll as the blade edge on the Grandsfors. Yes I beat the...
  19. Heavy26R

    cover wood or not

    Depends on location. Specifically humidity in summer. I borrowed wood from a cover all year long believer here in VA, full of beatles and punky. I never cover, and even after a winter rain it's dry in two days. I cover before long rains and snow in winter, otherwise naked in sun.
  20. Heavy26R

    any one made there own fire place

    Wranglerstar (Homestead blogger/youtube) built one, here's the vid. He used the posted kit.
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