Today I acquired...........

[James1979]

Its all just play time, i haven't been commercial for about 5 years only back it due to covid and not fancying being in tight canteens or sites.

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Ive done my fair share of abseiling window cleaning and building work
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The tree work is great if you are mechanically minded helps in rigging and understanding forces
It also provides lots of mechanical work and fabrication.

Where is that? Looks like somewhere I used to work.

tree work and engineering are really intertwined. More so than people would think. My background is heavy stuff and shipping. Lots of rigging and lifting. Surprised me when I did a bit for a few arb firms how related it all is. Like you say, they provided me with plenty of fab and mech work. Usually beefing stuff up to the level of ‘donk proof’ then some!

 

[mtt.tr]

ID is industry standard for level 1s. Rig is good but can go wrong if rope installed wrong way

Id and asap bloody awful things. Especially when swinging and dropping past something asap locks on at the wrong moment.

Rig and duck you can almost free fall great when racing, getting the rope in the wrong direction should be a case of any sense you would leave the trade

 

[mtt.tr]

Where is that? Looks like somewhere I used to work.

tree work and engineering are really intertwined. More so than people would think. My background is heavy stuff and shipping. Lots of rigging and lifting. Surprised me when I did a bit for a few arb firms how related it all is. Like you say, they provided me with plenty of fab and mech work. Usually beefing stuff up to the level of ‘donk proof’ then some!

Cant remember the building name,it was in holden way from memory.

I know my power steering pump blew up on the newly tarmaced drive. Did the right thing and parked few bays away.

 

[mtt.tr]

@Brad93 was getting through a rig every 6months starts creaping steadily creeping quicker lol

 

[Brad93]

Id and asap bloody awful things. Especially when swinging and dropping past something asap locks on at the wrong moment.

Rig and duck you can almost free fall great when racing, getting the rope in the wrong direction should be a case of any sense you would leave the trade

Not a fan of shunts or ducks. I quite like an ASAP LOCK. Don’t like the original Asap

Grillion will be my next purchase.

 

[mtt.tr]

Not a fan of shunts or ducks. I quite like an ASAP LOCK. Don’t like the original Asap

Grillion will be my next purchase.

Not designed for descending the grillion sadly.

Duck i like but totally relies on the user letting go of the toe cord.

I would seriously consider something from camp, i have thier harness best abseiling harness ive owned. Always hated petzl harneses

 

[Brad93]

@Brad93 was getting through a rig every 6months starts creaping steadily creeping quicker lol

I was working with a level 3 with a few ten thousand hours the other day and he said he is starting to move away from the Petzl gear
Noticed a drop in the quality

 

[Brad93]

Not designed for descending the grillion sadly.

Duck i like but totally relies on the user letting go of the toe cord.

I would seriously consider something from camp, i have thier harness best abseiling harness ive owned. Always hated petzl harneses

Yeah purely for work positioning/edge restraint

 

[mtt.tr]

I was working with a level 3 with a few ten thousand hours the other day and he said he is starting to move away from the Petzl gear
Noticed a drop in the quality

All the old school boys i know seem to be moving away.

Look at the time it took them to sort out the zig zag cracking issue.

Petzl avo harness was really uncomfortable, the new one with poor buckles shame really.

Singing rock are pretty good for the money

 

[Brad93]

All the old school boys i know seem to be moving away.

Look at the time it took them to sort out the zig zag cracking issue.

Petzl avo harness was really uncomfortable, the new one with poor buckles shame really.

Singing rock are pretty good for the money

My Petzl Avao harness crap compared to the old Navaho. New Astro looks somewhat better. People raving about the singing rock harness

 

[mtt.tr]

My Petzl Avao harness crap compared to the old Navaho. New Astro looks somewhat better. People raving about the singing rock harness

The singing rocks are basically a Navaho

Camp gt access is cream of the crop, rope bridge means you can lean into awakard spots without fighting the attachment point

 

[Mick Annick]

@mtt.tr @Brad93 what are you two talking about? I’ve put it into Google translate but that was no help

 

[Moose McAlpine]

@mtt.tr @Brad93 what are you two talking about? I’ve put it into Google translate but that was no help

Harnesses for working at height.

 

[Cosantoir]

Power file... It seemed like every second person I spoke to suggested one

 

[Mick Annick]

Harnesses for working at height.

Keep up Moose, I kinda knew that, and you know I know

 

[Arc Tourist]

On the way to pick up some boots I ordered, we noticed a discount clearance shop that recently opened up. I acquired two Hurricane Lanterns for the price of £2.oo each.
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[fizzy]

Clearing one of the many crates in my warehouse I reaquired these.
Been looking for the big Record croppers for years

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

For my eldest.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

For my eldest.

I still have my 400 in one set.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I still have my 400 in one set.

He should enjoy that. Been playing with a box of components and a little oscilloscope for months

He's got some more bits like this in his Xmas box