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Originally Posted by Ozinus How do they unspool is it tapered?? |
No, cylindrical. The first 1/3 of the line is applied strategically to create the taper.
The final 2/3 of the length of line finishes the taper / slope and the remainder is wound for maximum deploymentability. Last on, first off, is the promise you don't necessarily get with stuff-sacks and F-cubes. And stuffing is so painfully slow.
This thread is not for the discussion of the reel itself, but how it affects or is implemented in the company for new hires as part of a kit. We should talk about those things.
Communication, I think is so important, yet on a TREE JOBSITE you have noisy stuff going on, men wearing muffs, distances between men. On-site, jobsite, clear connection to one another is challenging. I'm considering radio headset/com hearing protection. When it's quiet and you can hear one another, not running machinery and you're close enough, You use voice.
But if you are 60 feet up in a tree and you're keeping a keen eye on the tail end of your new lifeline, and the guy feeding the chipper isn't seeing that his brush has your tail in a tangle. While he is diligently feeding chipper like the big dog that he is, I really need to speak clearly into his ear, "Dude, my rope!"
That's all. It's all chip technology.
So much of what goes on in a tree jobsite, most everything of instruction, or safety, needs to be done as-needed and in-the-moment. That is not unique to treecare. This is ANYWHERE where jobsite noise and communication across distances, and that's about everywhere that uses gas-powered tools.
Situation above...Without walkie-talkie type communication, I will scream and wave and hopefully remembered to wear my whistle, and he's got muffs on and is doing his job and can't hear me. I hope he doesn't get caught up in the rope when it goes through....... I have three seconds to unclip from this line.......