sawinredneck
Treehouser
..................... I'm not actually quite as stupid as I look.
Duh, that's my job!
Duh, that's my job!
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I dunno. I've reservations about a climber with all their gear, but no rope.
T
TreeDimensional
Guest
Don't you have a kit for $359.00 with a rope and no spurs?
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I climbed in the woods for many years with no rope. Nuttin to it.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Not clearing high lines you didn't.
Burnham
Woods walker
Butch, there is nothing that says Wesspur's spur kit is appropriate for everyone, and certainly not for line clearance. Spur only climbing is done every day by hundreds of loggers. You need to get out more.
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MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Well, I'm not gonna disagree with your last sentence, for sure.
I'm talking about a climber, not a logger fliplining up and down (not unlike a lineman?) a tree. I am aware they're out there doing just that - logging.
I'm on about climbing.
And always looking awesome!
I'm talking about a climber, not a logger fliplining up and down (not unlike a lineman?) a tree. I am aware they're out there doing just that - logging.
I'm on about climbing.
And always looking awesome!
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
As a note, I believe that linemen typically climb without a flipline (until this newer pole cinching Buckingham type strap). The smooth pole will not hold the flipline (aka scare strap) if the climber spurs out. My former lineman friend said that they climb with their hands so that if they spur out, they can grab the pole and re-spur in. He said that he knew a guy that slid down a pole and got splinters under his rib cage. Could have killed him. He said that they called fliplining up the pole "hitch hiking" and was very not SOP for the reason above.
Cobleskill
Treehouser
30 years ago I drove my cousins van back from the farmer's market. He was a telephone lineman. I noticed his hooks and buck strap were in the front of the van. I took them out to a pole and slowly climbed up and then down. No problem, i thought. Now I will try it faster. I was jamming them in good and moving right up. All of a sudden I was kissing the pole and sliding down. It was a real old cedar pole and I had jammed into a big split and it didn't hold when i pulled the other hook out. I called it a day.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
And always looking awesome!
Well nowadays I'd never even consider climbing without a climbline, for just that very reason!
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Actually, I meant in general - always look awesome!
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Well I do and I still did even when climbing with just spikes and a belt. But let's just say it makes me look even more awesome!
Ax-Man
Don't make me chop you
A competitor of Wespur is offering the same kit with no climbing rope. Strange deal!!! The kit is being advertised as everything you need to do basic tree removal. Same company also has a deluxe kit with a better more pricey saddle for doing tree removals. They are running a Christmas special for the basic kit so it is cheaper than Wespur at this time.
Must be for evergreen removals only. I wouldn't climb without a rope either. That rope has saved my hide more than once. I am pretty much self taught also but I was shown the bare bones basics when I worked for a landscape company that also ran a tree crew.
On the other side of the coin Wespur's competitor is selling rope climbing kits to get newbie's up into a tree. No spurs though.
Which in a way is a good thing. I guess.
One question. Why the climbing gear if a 35 year old vetern is taking down the trees??? Got plans for the gear after the removals are done???
Must be for evergreen removals only. I wouldn't climb without a rope either. That rope has saved my hide more than once. I am pretty much self taught also but I was shown the bare bones basics when I worked for a landscape company that also ran a tree crew.
On the other side of the coin Wespur's competitor is selling rope climbing kits to get newbie's up into a tree. No spurs though.
Which in a way is a good thing. I guess. One question. Why the climbing gear if a 35 year old vetern is taking down the trees??? Got plans for the gear after the removals are done???
B
Bounce
Guest
Yup, that is the basic rope climbing kit. The rope climbing kits contain everything you need to climb spurless in the doubled rope technique. The spur climbing kits on the other hand contain just the 1 flipline, with the either the climbing line or a secondary flipline offered as upgrades. BTW, I just got off the phone with a climber who wondered what the climbing line was for. He said he has been a professional climber doing residential work for 25 years and never even seen a climbing line used before. It made me wonder just how good somebody could really be, without even knowing what a climbing line was. But if you ask him, he is as good as it gets. I guess you could say the same of most of us though - we all think we're doing things the best way, and yet we all do things a little differently.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I'mma guessing he's not the best. Or atleast certainly not on trims. Lol.
My first spreading tree I got into residentially had me looking for more info on how it's done. And that's part of how I found The Treehouse.
My first spreading tree I got into residentially had me looking for more info on how it's done. And that's part of how I found The Treehouse.
