MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Undubiously!!!
Erik doesn't like Asians.
I wish I was still over there; we'd have more members then, just from the AS (and even TB) sig with a link.
Spread the TH Word, ya'll. Please! I'll owe ya!
He told the customer to record it. Kind of like the Zodiac killer, giving an announcement before the deed.
Have you seen his thread on breaking the TrueBlue?
"It was 1/2" true blue... never had a problem with it before...Defintely should have taken the cut in two, and I was still surprised...
Large oak limb.. one thing is I was using a big shackle insteard of the rigging block...I was planning on dumping the top and figures I save a trip back up there to untie the block and sling, by using a big shckle, which I didn;t mind bombing with the top... The bell on that shackle is at least 1.5"... So that created quite a bit more bend in the line.. Looks like it broke at the shackle...
Also I was using a near balance point tie off with the piece leaning away from the shackle, and was expeting it to swing the piece to the side as it moved through its arc... That could have created a leveraged situation.. Seems like the piece was still on the hinge when the rope failed. There was some talk about that possible force multiplier effect in the near balance point riggin thread... Piece might have weighed 700-800... just a guess...
Groundie reminded me this morning that he called me greedy, and I assured him "it'll be alright"... If he had just said, .."take that in two", I might have as I usually listen to him. Fine line there though in teamwork and communication.
Took out the service lines and Fios lines.. Managed to get the service lines back up... Got some video of the tree, but ran out of tape.. Customer recorded the cut at my request on her phone.. I thougt it would look cool. gotta watch those expectations..
Rope was getting kind of old too... some glazing.. no nicks though.. I should probably switch out lowering lines more often... Many lessons learned... "
Got a message from Murphy; it seems he can't post, or is having a hard time posting, and asked me to relay that info along.