O.C.G.D. Thread, part two

[CurSedVoyce]

No doubt. And to be honest, it takes turn with my regular SRT kit. But when we need it...

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's there!!!

 

[Burnham]

Earns it's pay every day.

 

[PCTREE]

Bodean what is the serial number on that thing???

 

[Bodean]

It has 111607 stamped on the side.

Wow, Stephen... that's an incredible use. How many miles?

It's amazing how rebuildable it is too...

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[Tim_B.]

I ordered some more of that wonderful RQ3 figure 8 that Burnham turned me on to.
They do wear out and since shipping is about the same, whether it is one or three items in that weight class, I figured I might as well get one for each of the crew.View attachment 32301

I've been trying to dig through Burnham's old posts to locate the one in which he recommened this item. I found one of his posts that contained an old link to this product, plus a link to this post by Stig. I really appreciate the fact that Stig chose to post this photo of the item, because now I know what to look for. Surfing on the website on my handheld has me digging through too many pages to try to find it, so I might try again later on my laptop.

I appreciate the great review you did here, Stig, and the help from Burnham in finding this post in the first place. I think the original link to the product in Burnham's post might be a dead link at this point in time, but I was able to find the basic address of the website from the notice I got.

Thanks again for this information, Burnham and Stig.

Tim

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's an awesome looking 8!!!

 

[stig]

Place where I buy them is this:

ttps://rescuesource.com/shop/hardware/ascending-descending-devices/rescue-q-eight/

Glad to be of help, Tim.

 

[Burnham]

 

[Tim_B.]

Place where I buy them is this:

https://rescuesource.com/shop/hardware/ascending-descending-devices/rescue-q-eight/

Glad to be of help, Tim.

I appreciate the link, stig. It'll save me a bunch of time looking for it. I've saved it as a favorite place, now, for ordering in the near future.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[Burnham]

Best descent 8 ever, by miles.

 

[stig]

Agreed, Burnham.

Never come across anything that can match it, except the Petzl Piranha.
But like Jerry said, One good rappel from a Redwood on a dirty rope, and those are worn through.

RQ3s last a lot longer.

I'll have to order some new ones, though.
They do wear out eventually.

 

[treebilly]

One of the guys at work bought a few of these and handed me one to demo. He?s stuck on clearance pruning for a while so he won?t have a use for them. He?s a lot like me. The boss supplies gear, but we bring a lot of extras to make our lives easier. Also one can never own to many blocks. I haven?t held this and the isc mini at the same time but I think it?s a bit lighter and rated higher. Could be wrong though. Looking forward to tomorrow

 

[cory]

Fine looking piece of gear, for sure.

 

[SeanKroll]

How's the bend radius?

Looks small and cool.

 

[treebilly]

Also was sent this piece of eye candy. Our mech sent it to me with ?How do you like my new service truck?? It?s a demo but they will probably buy it since our SC60TRX is worn out with only 1037 hours. The Rayco is a superior machine but I?m just irritated about it. I still think it?s to small for the amount we do. That sc 60 is less than 2 years old and beat to death. They buy brand new chippers and grinders and pick ups but our newest bucket is 12 years old

 

[treebilly]

I’ll check it out more tomorrow Sean. It should be ok for half inch. I would suspect CMI knows what they’re doing

 

[Mick!]

Sweet grinder Rich, 1000 hrs for a bigger grinder doesn’t seem a lot, do they run it on blunt teeth? Greasing schedule?

What’s gone on the vermeer? Bushes/bearings?

 

[flushcut]

I don't really need another small block but those are darn cute!
Rich I would think you guys would be running a huge steel track 200+hp grinder.

 

[treebilly]

They just beat the hell out of it Mick. A couple of turbos and sets of injectors have gone in it.
And yes we should have some big monster grinder

 

[kevin bingham]

bend radius should be fine as long as your not rigging 21,900 lbs.

 

[kevin bingham]

I would be surprised if cmi is aware of bend radius norms. still a cute block.

 

[DMc]

What makes you say that, Kevin?

 

[treebilly]

Cute little block is right. In the hand they have got to be within an ounce or two of each other. To close to really notice a difference for me. The screw lock takes a few more seconds to install on a sling. The pin on the isc sticks out much further though. Used it this morning. It did it?s job. It?s good to have options.