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Old 12th July 2007, 05:56 AM   #87 (permalink)
Tree Machine
Over mature heritage tree
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Indianapolis
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Originally Posted by TreeCo
Looking up at our work afterwards I realized just how much of a labor saver total SRT tree work is going to be.
The labor savings comes when you can use SRT when it is most advantageous to do so, not necessarily 'total SRT tree work'.

I am in and out of SRT and the 1:1 and 2:1 doubled rope methods all day long, often during the same climb, sometimes because it suits the moment, but often just because I can.

Mastry over all three of these rope techniques, with one single device, is definitely our long-term goal. Being stuck permanently in 2:1 DdRT should be viewed as a 'sentence' of sorts, a mild punishment because our predecessors haven't figured out a simple tree positioning device for us. So, here we are doing something about it. I'm quite excited!
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