Recent content by Graiskye

Sent LuckyDad a PM. Burning the midnight oil....o yeah.:tomcat:

Not too belabor a point, and not too single out TN as I am sure he is not alone here, but dont listen, LOOK. Trust your eyes, not your ears. The snap of the lanyard clip closing can fool you into thinking your clipped into a metal D, when your not. I dont ever lean back on my lanyard till I see...

Why would anyone use a crane for that ? Clear LZ, Ben did a nice job with it. Doing utility, we often work on high banks oiver highways etc, and more than once we have had to leave stems tied to either the stumps or other sutable anchor point for safety. In fact just a bit ago I was back up on...

Obviously way too easy for some people to even contemplate. I never even noticed it was made of plastic, at all, so thanks for pointing that out Tuck:P. That said, one shouldnt judge, or pass off modern plastics too quickly, we have come a long way plastics can be made pretty tough...

Check it out, just saw one of these on this invention show on the Tube. While obviously not industrial grade I just thought it was a neat idea and one that has a ton of applications for us arbos. I give you the.....Boomerope. http://www.boomerope.com/product/

Amsteel blue for winch lines, being Dyneema, explains the lack of violent snapback. So this is a case of the actual winch line being sucked into the chipper and then ensnaring the guys ? Or was it actually a whipping cable that did the damage ? Perhaps being sucked into a whisper(chuk n duk)...

Theres two models of caddy pad, both made by Opsal, at least I have never seen another pad other than an Opsal. Perhaps sometime someone tried to make another type ?? Opsal makes the half wrap, and the full wrap, straight shank. Now they have in the past made angled shank, they are hard to...

One thing, no matter the circumstances, these guys were obviously being complacent, they had probably winched hundreds of logs to the chipper with that same cable and whammo, 1 guy dead, another in crit con. Very sorry for the deceased's family, I mean no disrespect whatsoever, only to alert...

MS200, the ultimate hand saw. The Silky saws are nice, if a bit expensive. The newer Coronas are decent and very cheap. Look at them, or better yet try one before you decide. Found very little difference, save price, between the new 13" Corona and a 13-14 silky. If your not worried about what...

I can honeslty say this is the first NewTribe that I really feel like I would like climbing in it. Either version looks great, but I am more partial to web bridges. Subsequently, its the first NT Ive felt an urge to buy, thanks for the preview pictures Nick, it looks like a ballsy saddle made...

Have fun with new lanyard, but I would seriously reconsider using it as a second climbing line, steel core reacts differently with the micro/macrograbs than regular rope. Regular rope will grab 100% every time, but the steel core seems to have enough stiffness to it that they can open the gate...

I dont keep up with current events, dont have a TV, dont even read papers very often, occasionally I do catch some news on the radio but thats about it. Ignorance truly is blissful....lol. But on a more serious note, the day I start losing sleep over new strains of diseases, or flesh eating...

Galvanic corrosion ????? Ummm standing on a metal plate mounted on an aluminum shaft. The metal plate would slowly but surely cut thru your spur shank. Steel hard, aluminum soft. It says the climbers have to be inspected daily for wear, the plate is quite loose fitting so if they are telling...

Lol you told me to start yanking around 300' of 5/8 cable for tree work, Id tell you to get bent, do it yourself or buy a rope, no doubt it got left outside to rot, by your last groundman Im sure. PS: I use a tirfor almost every day, we have three sizes, small, medium, and big, the big uses...

You seem to have found a tool that works for you. Cant really argue that if your happy with it. And the Marvins are bloody heavy and not really suited for the finer pruning so on those points I gotta agree with you. Im whacking branches off trees in a ROW, 95% of the time, so the odd ugly cut...