So we headed off for a job about 65kms away, thought I had loaded everything we needed.
We got there, parked, set up and 'oh S*&T...where's the throwline bucket?? I had the bigshot pole, but no head, no lines, no bags.
Here comes 'old school'...set the first line from a ladder with the polesaw, hike up, and then changeover all the way to the top, lanyard and main line. (not too far thankfully, about 40-50')
At first I was like 'oh no' it's going to take forever and 'what am I going to do!' Then after a bit of a think, it was 'well, do it like I used to BEFORE the days of throwbags and bigshots.'
In fact with this tree which was a big branchy blackwood, I reckon I got a better final TIP by climbing all the way up there than I would have with the bigshot. It's my second time in that tree and the first time I did have a hard time firing up through all the branches, so actually when all was said and done 'old school' was actually more effective on the day!
We got there, parked, set up and 'oh S*&T...where's the throwline bucket?? I had the bigshot pole, but no head, no lines, no bags.
Here comes 'old school'...set the first line from a ladder with the polesaw, hike up, and then changeover all the way to the top, lanyard and main line. (not too far thankfully, about 40-50')
At first I was like 'oh no' it's going to take forever and 'what am I going to do!' Then after a bit of a think, it was 'well, do it like I used to BEFORE the days of throwbags and bigshots.'
In fact with this tree which was a big branchy blackwood, I reckon I got a better final TIP by climbing all the way up there than I would have with the bigshot. It's my second time in that tree and the first time I did have a hard time firing up through all the branches, so actually when all was said and done 'old school' was actually more effective on the day!