Buckingham makes stuff for linemen and arbororists Im pretty sure they have a similar product for them. I think the thing with the bucksqueeze is that it has a lot of built in safety stuff like the locking buckles and carabiners. I dont climb so Im not up to date on a lot of that stuff but I work with linemen almost every day I am considering a move in that direction of the industry too so who knows.
Nice video did make the butt pucker a bit when the top came off. Guess that's why I'm still in the marble league.
Stinny, they make it look easy on the video, but add your tools and the fact that the cable and telephone guys don't give a chit bout us and it can be a real pain. Plus the company i work for has a ground to ground rubber glove and sleeve policy. Those nice buckles quickly become a pain in the but. They are a little betternow than when we first got them but it took all the art out of climbing. What line of work you in Matt?
Im a contractor I work in substations with relay techs we do all the control work for them. Im trying to get on with the power company though and substation electrician is one of the jobs Im looking at.
Man that relay stuff is to technical for me. The bulk of what i do in stations is switching. I would take every other call if someone else wanted to do the switching. Some companies have designated switchmen but not us. At least you have a leg up experience wise. Lineman is not a job for everyone, but i love it. It can be hard on the body and has some chitty hours sometimes, but its got a ton of good things. I would not have 3/4 of the stuff I have nowadays without this job. Let me know how it goes. You cn PM me if you want about it.
I don't drink coffee. I would have a Pepsi or Mountain Dew. If I had the _ _ _ _ s to get up there like that!
Scotty Overkill maybe you can answer this for me. Kinda along the lines of Stinny question. If you cut out can you squeeze your arms together while holding your flip rope and get it to cinch the tree to slow you down to try to cut back in? Most of the tree trimmers i work with can't hook a tree because they are alive and not taking them to the ground.
I've been in situations where I've slipped a little and yes, I have pulled the rope with my arms to "stop" the slip. Now granted, I mainly climb with spikes and I don't spike a tree that I'm only going to prune. I only use rope and occasional the bucket truck when I prune, and I don't do too much pruning. As for flip lines I always have at least two or three on my harness, for working around crotches and obstacles on the ascent/descent. Those extra flip lines come in handy also when you make cuts in the tops, I'll take one loose and choke it around the tree to give me a "guaranteed" solid tie off and run it through my ascender on my D-ring, especially when I'm in a hairy spot/skinny leader. It never hurts to have at least two tie offs when cutting, just in case you'd bump the saw into one of your ropes!
Little off the thread, but some pictures of a working Spar tree! These pictures were taken by one of my older brothers around 1956. He was about 17 years of age at the time. The high rigger starting up the tree! Getting ready to take the top off. The Donkey is yarding the setting into the cold deck. The pile is close to the top of the tree! The fellow who ran this donkey earned his keep. This donkey had to yard itself up the mountain from the beach and lower itself back down when finished. A lot of wood in this cold deck. The A-Frame at the beach getting ready to swing the pile into the water.
