🤙efficiency is key

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Absolutely

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Glad you you like the video

I’m glad you found this video useful on multiple points, I was hoping there would be some useful stuff in there. Thanks for you comment buddy 🤙

If you have a Zillon don't abandon it. I've heard very good things about them. Thanks for your comment buddy, Climb safe...

I like the Sirius for how easily it runs through the cinch, I've noticed it's not often that i release the lanyard under full weight, which is maybe the difference between our opinions possibly. Thanks for the comment, I'll be sure to check out your video too...

You can just connect to a prussik, it is just a little more efficient with the thimble eye. You need to buy them like that, DMM and sterling make them for sure

More comfortable on the lower Ds because it shares the weight between the lower back and legs. The pressure when connected to the upper Ds is all on the lower back

@@ClimbingArborist i recently tried it while breaking down a tree. Indeed, spreads the waight better and is super comfy. Ill try it more often thx!

No problem!

When tree climbing you should always have your primary rope setup, and then a lanyard which is typically 12-18ft long. This allows you to tie on before you disconnect your main rope for various reasons that may require you too. Also you want your lanyard for use with chainsaws as well as to get you in a stable work position.

I'm not sure off the top of my head if it's an OSHA reg, or I read it somewhere else as a best practice, but I always carry 2 lanyards when climbing on spurs. It's worth the extra 30 seconds to tie in with a second lanyard before you go swinging that chainsaw near your primary. I usually set my secondary a bit below my primary- just in case. When on rope, that is my secondary when sawing. Stay safe, and keep asking good questions. 🙂

Thanks! Yes it makes sense to have a back up safety line. Is there an advantage to using a climbing setup as a second connection to the tree instead of a second lanyard? Also, what is your setup for your climbing line backup?

My confusion is in understanding how the primary rope system is being used when climbing with spurs? Is it solely as a second safety? Or are there other reasons/advantages for the primary rope system & 1 lanyard, instead of 2 lanyards?

@@carontoc It's not a "which is better" answer. You always have to tailor your approach to what the tree's characteristics require. Sometimes we have to get creative. Normally we only wear spurs on something being removed, so in most cases there is nothing left above you to be tied into on rope, unless there is another stem or nearby tree worth using. If you're just starting out, the 3-stand lanyards are fine, and they're relatively inexpensive, and tough. To me their only major con is you have to move the prussic around the tree to shorten the length, which is where the more advanced lanyards discussed in this video excel. When you're in the earlier learning stages, though, keep things simple. IMO, your technique should be ahead of your gear. Good gear doesn't make a good climber; practice does. Upgrade your gear when you run into scenarios where your current setup is holding you back. Hope this helps.

Teufelberger Epicord 9.3mm

Thank you sir.

One more question if you don't mind. What length would you recommend for a VT hitch, 11.7mm rope, and a tending pulley just as you have. Thanks again man. Love all your stuff.

DMM

30” I think

Like a KM111 ? Yes, but there not a huge benefit as the rope will only be a few metres long

Little mention of steel core because I use them about 0.01% of the time. If I used them I would certainly talk about them. We all have our own niche types of work we do with our companies, and mine isn't typically 90cm + DBH Fir trees.

yeah blocking down a spar with a 11.7mm lanyard freaks me out, dont like it lol! 5/8 wire is awesome for spar work. but i learned a lot here about rope lanyard work which i tried a lot in 2020 thanks Dan

I also climbed in a Williams T22 when I first started

@@ClimbingArborist you could get this big metal spreader for between the d rings. Weighed about 10 tons but it stopped the leg squeeze. A really cool gadget in the 70's was the hiebler stai klemmer, it was like a shunt and tree surgeons would use it instead of a prussik. There is a photo of Pete with it in Peter Bridgmans book on tree surgery. I wonder what they would of made of todays gear.

I personally would only ever use steel core flip line when I really need to 'Flip' up a large diameter tree, which is not often. I hate steel core lanyards for every other aspect of tree work so that is why I didn't mention them.

Climbing Arborist Yeah i don't like them either, however i do know that they are much safer when you are working with chainsaws. At least where i live they are even mandatory as a chainsaw operator. Thats why its always kinda weird to see you working with textile. Other than that good video tho!

I use Art 2 swivel positioner on both a steel core flip line as well as a 15ft tachyon line. Great setup!

@@christiandamke They may be required there, but the belief that steel cores are saw-resistant had been disproved by plenty of fallen arborists. You may notice that the manufacturers no longer say they are cut resistant, just that they flip better. I have read that the US Forestry Service uses steel cables, aka wire rope, but not sure how they adjust them. Must be a bear to haul around. Stay safe.

John Behling They may not be cut-proof but they definately provide a good amount of resistance in comparison to a textile lanyard, as you can see in plenty of videos here. I get that they aren't comfortable to work with but thats the case with most types of safetygear..

Haha I've still got some spearmint I downgraded after damage to a very capable pull line.....great rope.

A weighted ball that you throw

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@@ClimbingArborist did anyone else catch it? Lol I wasn't serious bro but I figured it was worth giving you a hard time about it