Look into the echo 355t fairly reasonable and is a good saw! Especially for the price I’m thinking around $325-$350. As far as your climbing set up sounds about like what I’ve got. 16 strand rope with a split tail and Blake’s hitch. I’ve tried the pulley but haven’t had a ton of luck. Have you ever tied a second Blake’s hitch with the tail of your split tail onto the other side of your rope to automatically advance your Main hitch?
That saw keeps being recommended, so that will prolly be the choice. It seems like a great saw at a more than reasonable cost, and I think they have a 5 year warranty. I have been having trouble posting pics lately, or I would share some pics from the first three removals I did.
I have not tried the second blakes hitch yet, but yes the pulley didn't seem to self tend at all. I just figured I was doing something wrong lol.
Nah I had trouble with it plus it seemed odd to pull up on the rope to tend it. Just found this pic online of the double hitch set up
I might try that or play with a different hitch. I used the vt once and it was a a lot smoother than the blakes.
No worries from me as far as hijacking goes. I used to practice with Guy German in Sitka. He's the guy that invented for spurs. I wasn't even remotely in his league. I climbed , he ran vertically. He broke about every record there was. Now I think they have all been broke again by younger guys. I never wore toe spurs. And I never dropped out of the top. Friend of mine used to . He got a bit discombobulated coming down fast , spured out when he wanted to stick a bit and free fell about 30' then 1 gaff caught. Shattered his femur vertically. I got enuf problems without stuff like that happening. It looks cool till they have to call the medivac . I hyper flexed both knees a few years ago in an unrelated line of work , so my climbing is very slow now a days. But, I still get to the top . still turn a problem into a stump and logs or firewood. I try to encourage young guys to take up climbing, but none of them do.
I learned to climb in 82 . Topped my first tree in 82. I was using my Sachs Dolmar 116. 20" b+c . Top sat back on my saw. Thot I was going to black out I pushed so hard on that top. But , Praise God !!! I goter! I didn't even know how to tie a cat's paw , sheet bend. At the time. But I could tie a bowline quicker the you can think. 4 years of being a deck hand on ships in the USCG in Alaska served me well . I've taught a few guys how to climb. Just can't get any of this younger generation interested in it.
I got hooked on the Hitch Hiker. Its smooth as silk and utterly bomb proof. Its one of the best pieces of climbing gear I've ever owned. The Petzel Zig Zag is a great idea. But every one of them I heard about had links that cracked and broke. . I sometimes use a Blake's hitch then a Rescue 8 underneath it. . I use the Blake's mostly when transferring from tree to tree. The Blake's is pretty idiot pruf and dependable so I like it.
Thank you for sharing your story's and thread. We should have our own climbing thread soon thanks to Scotty Overkill . I am just starting out climbing, but I'm not exactly real young either lol. I wish there was someone local to me that had the skills like you and others have, and were willing to teach.
Yes. 80' tulip poplar uprooted during a hurricane. It was only about 10' from the house so it didn't have time to build up much momentum and do any serious damage. Here's another pic. The other end of that yellow strap is attached to a 30 ton crane in the neighbors yard. This is preparing for the final cut before we take the rest in one piece. The crane picked up the final 30' of the log. No notch. I just started cutting my way around the base while he kept a little tension on it. The 066 with a 3' bar just made it to the center of the log. His scale weighed it at 6800 lbs.
Poor house ;-) . I have far too many trees around the cabin we live in. But , we rent so I can't get rid of the trees. I have a bunch of climbing pics on my Photobucket account. But I can't post them anywhere.
