back to basics........

[budroe69moni]

let's get back to the basics......
if you could only choose 3 or 4 pieces of
gear to climb w/ day in and day out, what
would they be??????
budroe

 

[treeclimber165]

I do it every day. Lifeline, locking clip, saddle and lanyard.

This doesn't include PPE, of course. Helmet, safety glasses, etc.

 

[Stumper]

M too-but now that I've started playing with split tails and slack tenders I am hooked.-It IS better.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

and make my lanyard adj.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Where is your saw in that mix? Gonna chew the branches off?

Guess I'd need to tie the line (1) right to my saddle (2). Assuming the scabbard and saw are one peice of gear (3), cip it on my saddle. That leaves me to mull over the last peice of gear... A biner to double end the rope with...chainsaw...decisions, decisions

 

[Tim Gardner]

can u choose a different setup for removals or same as trims? I would need my spikes on some of the removals I do. Is a chainsaw concidered gear? Gotta have the chainsaw on removals too. I remember seeing those large handsaws my dad used way back when he first started climbing. Those had to suck.

 

[Stumper]

No Tim the saws cut, the operator sucked... wind

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

i assumed he meant climbing gear.

Anyway, Throw line might be in the mix somehow.

 

[budroe69moni]

climbing gear is what i'm talking about.
although it would be a little tougher to
choose 4 pieces if hand saws and chain
saws are thrown into the mix
same gear for removals and prunes.
budroe

 

[Treeman14]

1. Bucket truck
2. Crane
3. Loader
4. Tub Grinder

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Dang Brett, all that stuff and no saw!

 

[treeman82]

Mike, why do you need a chain saw when you got all that stuff? Operator goes up in the bucket, sets the cable from the crane in the tree. Crane rips said tree out of the ground, and deposits it right into the tub grinder.

 

[Treeman14]

SAW? I don't need no steenking saw.

 

[budroe69moni]

hahahahaha

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

So Budroe, this is your game, does a split tail setup count as 3 (tail, 'biner and lifeline), 2 (lifeline assumed), 1 (as a system) or 4 (with knot tender)?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Right now my climbing system is as light as it's ever been. On the other hand, it's the most complex. I could go back to just a rope, no steel snap, and just a chain saw. But, what's the point.

Tom

 

[igetbisy]

h20

in all the posts about what gear we use, i never see anyone say anything about a water bottle. I always have a little water with me.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Here's mine: