Arbormaster Lightweight harness.

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If work cover drive past and see you up a tree with a chainsaw you might think diferently, not busting your balls just pointing it out.

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"Just cause i don't use it, don't make it wrong!"

Willard Holmen

Thanks Cole for the advice. Yes now I see the connection, North American Training Solutions is the sister company of www.arborcanada.com , the people who put the course on for me last year.
Another harness is the Buckingham Black Widow developed by another instructor I trained with, he is Canadian Frank Chipps [previous world record holder in the ITCC foot lock competition]

Willard.

Cole

hey willard good training camps hey i reckon there awesome. kool yeah i dont go much on buckingham harnesses sept for the ergo, the black widow looks shit wouldnt waste my time honestly.... id buy a petzl over it anyday.. what sorts of harness have u owned worn willard..

dov

So they're going to fine me for not wearing a helmet? All my ground crew guys wear a helmet etc btw. I take good care of my workers.

Thankfully the Workcover guys spend more of their time around factories and building sites than criss-crossing suburban streets on the faint whiff of a chance that they might spy a tree-faller or two up a tree without a helmet.

dov

Ye I always try to avoid any situation where that could potentially happen if you take my drift. I have a rule on my job sites. One person in a tree at a time. Me. My guys aren't even allowed to come up a ladder if I'm up the tree. Also I'm pretty careful with my cuts and when I get tired enough that I'm likely to make a mistake, I GET OUT OF THE TREE. There just should never be anything substantial coming down from above my head. Don't mean it won't happen I guess, but I'm not going to bother until I've got the money for a proper climbing helmet that wont get in my way while climbing.

Actually I probably won't even bother then.

Cole

Hey can anyone hear those guide dogs barking.....shhh listen there coming for dov.... get some saftey glasses man impact resistant there are inexpensive ones out there, crist ive got three helmets man u can pick up a noraml hard hat with chin strap for like $12.00.....its not just branches and falling debris its protecting you from, UV protection as well my friend.... the seqoia looks good,
PS hope u took the micrograb of the maxi sport brought one the other day i dont use wirecore ever but i dont mind the sport because its so light and small.

dov

hmm. $120, not $12.

Ye I've got a stack of safety glasses. Love 'em. Not a fan of sawdust/bark/whatever in my eyes while climbing. Notice that the photo I posted was a practice climb in my new gear. No chainsaw etc and not much climbing, so hang off a bit eh?

Cole

regardless im sure you earn more than 120 each week, sell your micrograb to one of your buddies and buy one

Willard Holmen

I have been using only one harness , Buckingham Traverse for 10 yrs now since I first started climbing.
It is a tough heavy duty harness perfect for learning on, I like the long flat bridge which I use 2 HDP rollers with Petzl ball locks. Blakes on safety blue splitail, 13mm blue streak advanced with micro pulley. This setup I have used since day one thanks to the proper training I have taken.
I agree the Black Widow is shit, it looks like vinyl. But I think Frank used it only for competition.
I like the idea of a rope bridge ,My rollers on a flat bridge works slick but just a little too much gear I don't need.
Just to make things simple I'm buying both the TreeMotion and Ergo.

Willard.

Cole

hahah ive grown a new found respect for you......i like your attitude, take the pads of the tree motion to an upholster and get some 1" thick ones made makes it more comfortable, yeah the rope bridge definetly shits over the old traverse bridge, hello you can make it what ever length you want, you can add swivels rings etc etc etc, you can replace it for less than the price for a 6 pack of beers, plus its smoother..

Willard Holmen

Good point on the padding. I see these rope bridges come with a steel or aluminum ring ,seeing I only climb with 2 tie ins to the bridge on a dynamic system would it be better to replace the ring with a mouse ear pulley?

Willard.

Cole

i run a petzl swivel with a tree motion hitch climber, ive got two petzl alum rings as well on there, you can untie and add remove things from the bridge as you want, i ran a pulley on the rope bridge before i got the swivel, but then again we both have diffrent climbing outfits, needs etc just trying to help out, mouse ear pulley..... you mean the CMI double tie in micro pulley, hehe.....there good but get the motion hitch climber has a bit more versatility with its rigging plate. you've got years of experiance and i think you would like the extra things its capable of. ive got the cmi works well on there but its freaking sensative used on a bridge and moves pretty fast i would just run two rings with biners, to accomodate your typical set-up.

Cole

hey willard ive run this set-up a few times before moving onto the swivel,

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Willard Holmen

Thanks Cole for the ideas, I like the looks and versatility of the hitch climber pulley. But your right just two rings for my setup is all I need.
Willard.

Willard Holmen

Nice setup. Do you still use the rope guide regularly?

Willard.

Cole

yeah i use it to install my high point piggy back system, which i only set up in large tree's and or dangerous tree's just incase the climber is rendered unconcious etc we can do a remote rescue thats faster and safer than a self rescue, yeah two rings is the go you pretty much have to use rings so that the biner that clips to your pulley is facing the right way...if you get me, im sure you do, if you were going to clip two biner's onto the bridge your harness it creates a pain in the arse scenario with the micro pulley etc

Cole

then again willard you can ditch the two rings and install a small rigging plate such as the petxl mini paw or ISC rigging pad, you can install the plate straight onto the bridge or use a biner. and also theres bridge pulley which you can attach to a biner two diffrent ways, ill take some more photos of set-ups that you may may not have seen before

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Willard Holmen

Yeah I looked at the paw or ISC pad but seeing I'm used to a fast HDP roller system the hitch climber pulley would be a better alternative over the slower plates. I find my rollers allow enough space between the 2 lines and splittail for easy hand grasp while ascending on a footlock. But the pulley can do the same from some pictures I'm looking at from my Vermeer Sherril catalogue. I can eliminate my micro pulley and the dog leash snap. Plus the pulley offers a couple of cool double crotch setups.
Willard.

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Willard Holmen

Speaking of aerial rescue, If I needed rescueing I would have to rely on the local fire dept. because I'm the only climbing arborist in 400 miles radius around my location

Willard

Cole

youve been in the game long enough willard u dont seem like you would be the type to attempt something stupid heres some pics of hitch set-up and my home made removable re-direct

Cole

heres a couple o set-ups willard hope i havent lost you.

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Willard Holmen

Brilliant setups you got there Cole, I think I'll just stick to the blakes at my stage of the game for the moment. I can definately build around the hitch pulley especially in double crotching. Thanks again for your ideas.
Willard.

Cole

yeah probly a good idea willard the VT is fast i only run two wraps with one or two crosses you only have to touch that little barstad and your on your way, setting the double crotch with the hitch climber is great ive been using it with a pulley and english prussic to eliminate friction but also using the prussic to capture my progress when using it to traverse, ive also generally got foot ascender on too that helps having two hands to operate the system.