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No, I think I got fat bastard tree guy all wrapped up.
I like this pic!
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MasterBlaster
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The way you have your lanyard "secured," dunno 'bout dat...
I remember we discussed this.
I remember we discussed this.
Old Monkey
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It worked very well for me and it was what I was taught.
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I have seen a lot of guys that use steel core do that. As far as I have seen & know it is an accepted practice.
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And you can shift/move around w/o it coming loose?
Do you still use it? I was never shown that, I'm sure I'd have done it.
Do you still use it? I was never shown that, I'm sure I'd have done it.
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RIVERRAT
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I have only used that a couple of times myself. With a steel core safety it worked very well. No problems at all....But again I never made it a practice of mine.
Old Monkey
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I stopped using it when I switched to a saddle with smaller dee rings. I never had a problem with it.
Mine is bigger than yours.
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Frans
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It's called a 'cats paw' you youngster!
Of course it only has been used for about 100 years or so... so it might not be safe
I learned on a 3/4" manila cable core flip line and thats how you tie them. Back then I also one handed a rear handle 020..ahhh those were the days. Poor pay, long hours, rude alcoholic bosses and big wood.
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Frans
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this better not turn into a 'fat bastard' thread 
MasterBlaster
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I never said I had any training at all.
Never.
Never.
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Frans
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self taught here. Never did any of those arborloser training. Opps sorry that just slipped out
Old Monkey
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I had never ran a chainsaw or a bucket truck, but because the foreman was a buddy, I was in a Hi-Ranger chopping away with a hydraulic pole saw my first day.
Ha!
Ha!
Poleframer
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A lot of guys used that hitch when I started climbing trees for the FS (some still used 3-strand "gold-braid" in those days), they would lay over limbs by uncliping, holding on one-hand, flip, reclip. I felt safer with two lanyards for laying over till I freeclimbed.
Guess we all seem to have survived.
Guess we all seem to have survived.
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I know I woulda used it if I woulda been shown.
rumination
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I had never ran a chainsaw or a bucket truck, but because the foreman was a buddy, I was in a Hi-Ranger chopping away with a hydraulic pole saw my first day.
Ha!
A primadonna from the start.
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fishhuntcutwood
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You ain't got nothin' on me and my gut Darin! Hell, you're lean and mean in my book.
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fishhuntcutwood
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By no means in the world am I any kind of an expert, but I learned on steel core manilla, and used the cat's paw. I think I saw it in Jerry's book, but can't remember where exactly. Heck, I think I might have first seen it in Darin's picture on this site.
It'll lock down so much you've got to wrestle it loose.
It'll lock down so much you've got to wrestle it loose.
treesandsurf
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Trust fund lobbyist.
The dark cutter.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Very cool pict, High...
catspaw
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Blinky
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Skwerl... it's a 4x5 view camera... you almost never see the ones on monorails like that outside of a studio... I used to shoot ads for a living.
I've got a trampoline shot to add...
Three kids were on it when a tuliptree snapped about 20' up and fell on it. No physical injuries but acute arborphobia ensued.
I've got a trampoline shot to add...
Three kids were on it when a tuliptree snapped about 20' up and fell on it. No physical injuries but acute arborphobia ensued.
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