canadiantreeman
TreeHouser
Maybe because he knows how to secure a block to a tree?
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Maybe because he knows how to secure a block to a tree?
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bill22
Guest
I think the same thing when I hear guys saying they've seen rigging strip. Set it right, and take smaller chunks.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Ever had a Hobbs race up the tree you're in?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Ha, heck NO.
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Blinky
Guest
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I'm still waiting on mine.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Yessir! Dead ringer for Darin
Old Monkey
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Ha!
tophopper
The resident asshole
Ever removed a dead Red Elm?
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
A long time ago I was on the cover of 'Fine Woodworking' magazine. 
I think I still have five of those issues. 
I think I still have five of those issues. 
SkwerI
Treehouser
Jay, you might consider auctioning a couple of them off here at the Treehouse if you get low on funds. 
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
I haven't looked recently, but I think the issues are still in mint condition.
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bill22
Guest
Nope, I don't even think we have them down here.
tophopper
The resident asshole
Thats what I figured.
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Blinky
Guest
I usually keep my FC down low like mid-thigh or knee level and my lanyard above the block.
A sweetgum split and stripped on me last week (chunking, not blocking)... It snatched me into the tree before it tore off but it didn't hurt or anything.
A sweetgum split and stripped on me last week (chunking, not blocking)... It snatched me into the tree before it tore off but it didn't hurt or anything.
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Bounce
Guest
If you put your lanyard above the block, then you run the risk of it coming off the spar if things shake back and forth too hard. If you put your lanyard below the block, then you risk it getting pulled down if the rigging slips down the trunk. Either way you run a risk and it's a matter of opinion as to which risk you think is smaller, but both sides of the debate have good reasoning behind them. Personally, I think that most of the time the chances of the the rigging peeling down the trunk are less than the chances of the flipline getting shaken off the spar (assuming you are not cutting monster pieces or anything crazy like that).
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
What Stig does.
Burnham
Woods walker
I've never, in nearly 30 years of climbing, had the top rigging peel down the tree. I have been ragdolled a few too many times. I put my lanyard right in between the top of the block clevis and it's rigging sling...there is always enough room without risk of the block pinching the lanyard. In the old days that was it.
More recently, I placed a second lanyard down low below the block a couple of feet. Even more recently, I use an adjustable friction saver for my climb line in place of the second lanyard.
More recently, I placed a second lanyard down low below the block a couple of feet. Even more recently, I use an adjustable friction saver for my climb line in place of the second lanyard.
I've had my block and sling slip down a foot or so, tree with loose platey bark...I go with lanyard and climb line above, never come close to shaking it off the top, even on a whippy coconut I took a ride on...but hey, you never know, so make sure ya got a backup eh!
Whatever...cool pics, I thought he was such a super strong super cool tree guy that the rear handle, one handing was like, natural for him...right?
Whatever...cool pics, I thought he was such a super strong super cool tree guy that the rear handle, one handing was like, natural for him...right?
