The Official Work Pictures Thread

[CurSedVoyce]

Yup...

 

[ch74]

Thanks y'all I needed that, got a lot going on.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Every day it gets better.

Until the day comes when it gets worse...

 

[Mick!]

Until the day comes when it gets worse...

Blimey, you're a ray of sunshine at the moment. You'll be putting out a welcome mat for that meteorite next.

 

[Steve Mack]

Every day it gets better.

Until the day comes when it gets worse...

That day is here, things can't get much worse than they are at the moment.

 

[MasterBlaster]

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[SouthSoundTree-]

Thanks, woodslinger, im still building my confidence on just gaffs n flipline. But thanks man much appreciated.

Didn't see the video on my phone. Sounds like you're learning and processing by leaps and bounds.

I don't get the wanting to be able to climb on sports and flip line only.

Personally I'm both safer and faster when I've got a climb line installed. Easier on the body, too. I can believe getting a good DdRT climb line isolated and a friction saver installed allows a person down a lot.

This will wear out your body, IMO, especially in tree gaffs.

I am possibly in the minority here.

Again, congrats on skill development.

 

[Raj]

Little contract climb today, no groundies were sent, again, self lowered some branches overhanging a neighbours house and fence, kinda make out the mini porty I welded up behind the mini block, I was going to cut smaller, decided to rig it instead. First time in a long time I've had to drag brush, thankfully it wasn't anything.

 

[stig]

Nice drop, Charles.
Gotta love it when a big top goes off like that

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

What is your lowering system, there? Looks complicated, and heavy, Peter. No offense meant, just asking. I hardly take a block into a tree, working solo, especially. Lowering device, mostly for a spar.

You could easily weld up a crude Belay Spool, non swiveling side plates, but functional.

 

[ch74]

Nice drop, Charles.
Gotta love it when a big top goes off like that

Thanks stig, yea it was a rush. But im trying to b humble.

 

[Raj]

Just saw the video, nice!

 

[ch74]

Thanks man. I appreciate it.

 

[ch74]

Didn't see the video on my phone. Sounds like you're learning and processing by leaps and bounds.

I don't get the wanting to be able to climb on sports and flip line only.

Personally I'm both safer and faster when I've got a climb line installed. Easier on the body, too. I can believe getting a good DdRT climb line isolated and a friction saver installed allows a person down a lot.

This will wear out your body, IMO, especially in tree gaffs.

I am possibly in the minority here.

Again, congrats on skill development.

Gaffing and flipping is were I lack, I get better at that the rest is easy, im at the point right now we're someday I trust my gear n somedays I don't. Wish I could figure that out.

 

[Raj]

What is your lowering system, there? Looks complicated, and heavy, Peter. No offense meant, just asking. I hardly take a block into a tree, working solo, especially. Lowering device, mostly for a spar.

You could easily weld up a crude Belay Spool, non swiveling side plates, but functional.

No problem. A rigging rope bowline around an anchor point, sling choking the branch to be lowered, biner clips on rigging rope, mini block, on a loopie, and a mini porty on a loopy. Lower the limb, untie bowline, pull through and back up. It all fit in my speedline backpack. I just clipped it with the rigging line to the tail end of my climb line and pulled it up once I got up.

I had it in my head some of the branches were going to need be lifted up and over a fence, so I opted this way.

I am going to make a belay spool, only issue is finding suitable square tubing with a nice radius on the corners. That's what's holding me up. I'm going to make it like a block, with a captured thimble and one cheek swivels.

Besides.... bought the damn mini block I'm gonna use it where I can!

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Peter, that's a Double Whip Tackle, allowing your to retrieve your rope. Are you attaching midline at all? First limb on the end, next part way down clipped on a bowline on a bight, perhaps, or just tie directly to the limb.

What about a piece of square tubing, and add some weld to the corners, and grind smooth, or something? The BS has "radiused corners". Its not a huge bend radius, though. I always thought of that as a limitation. I don't know if they throw out a rescue line after one use, where you don't care about cycles to failure or dynamic loading.

If you look on TreeBuzz, half way down the page http://portal.treebuzz.com/where-should-friction-be-in-our-rope-rigging-systems-672, you will see Glenn Riggs homemade device. Looks welded and ground smooth, maybe.

 

[Raj]

I just got a call back from metal supermarket, I was thinking some solid 3inch aluminum and I can round the edges in my lathe, $48/ foot. I might also bend up some flat plate out of steel, bend a good radius in it in my 20 ton press, gotta dig out some dies I have.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

I'd keep an eye on Ebay at those prices.

Rajan just got the one for $60. I wonder if it is the same one that I'd seen before, for $60.

You may have read my affinity for the Munter-Mule-overhand knot, useful for self-lowering top-tied pieces http://www.animatedknots.com/muntermule/index.php?Categ=climbing

You can lock it off, and release under load. You could attach a MA system easily enough, if needed to lift.

 

[bonner1040]

We have a larger, sling mountable version of the belay spool coming out soon.

 

[bonner1040]

The sideplates swivel and are larger to prevent the rope from pinching.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

When?

What kind of bend radius?

With the Belay Spool, my take on it was always that it had a bad/ non-ideal bend radius. I like it though.

Any ETA?

Rope capacity? 1/2" or greater?

 

[BIGTWIG]

Thanks for the help naming the mini guys.

Got a fun project this week

Lonnie rigging out a Doug Fir



Good views, Gallatin river below

 

[BIGTWIG]

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice shot with the traverse !
Pretty office mang

 

[BIGTWIG]

Hard to beat the views some days...









Cottonwood removal last week