beastmaster
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I enviously look at all the fancy gear people use for speed lining, but I have been doing it for over 20 years with a bull-rope and clavis tied to a trucker hitch on a stable platform(tree,truck,etc.) Taking tops and good size chunks. For smaller branches I often use a steel biner and a lower rope. It has always worked well with me. I braid a piece of 3 strand with a loop on one side and that's what I hook the clavis/carabiner to. Maybe a little old school but simple and safe.
