Gear Storage?? How Do You

quercus

Anal retentive van? seriously dude... Don't need to go down that road. You're almost making it sound like it's bad to repect the gear.
Humid and fungus in summer? Not really... There's an aeriator device on top of the van in the roof.

Like I said... Don't need to go looking for a brawl here. Let's keep it nice and polite ok?
You're a real veteran in treecare, but there's no need to scrutinize other people for pounding on you a little bit.

Ekka

James who climbs for me occasionally he has this excellent little builders trailer with flip up lockable sides.

Inside he's sealed it and compartmentalized it like a tree.

Anyway, his gear is all stored in there nice and neat, great set up, be a right bugger if some-one nicked your trailer though.

The tool that gives most grief to store is that flamin Pole Saw (ht75). If I got a cab thing over the back of my ute it wont fit coz it sits up leaning on the bar behind the cab.

I was once thinking 4wd van too, I think Treeseer's got a van too, dont know if it's got to get an anal check up though. But I think a van would be handy ... hey, somewhere around here some-one had a pic of them actually chipping into the back of a van. But they had to shovel it out.

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quercus

Why don't you trade in the HT 75 for an extendable KM 130?
This last one can be taken apart very easily and I've been using it for years. Can even fit an extension hedge trimmer on it. The talk about the fittings being bad is BS. But hey, you can break everything when you want to.

The silky's in my van are the buggers really... They are close to 2.5 meters in retracted position. If my van didn't have the extra half meter of space under the seats, they wouldn't fit in.

and eh... Treevet... If your rope has "memory", try washing it. That'll do the trick. None of my ropes have memory, but when they get real dirty they do tend to get stiff and that's what you call "memory". When you bend them when they are wet, the bend usually dries in and stays in the line when it is dry and that's a problem sometimes. Not so bad on a static line, but on a semi-static or a dynamic line that means that every time the rope is stretched, the fibers on the inside get sanded. I'm saying is that the fibers wear out from stretching with sandgrains between them and that's real bad. The strings within can break one by one if you don't check up on it and there's really no way of seeing something like that. That's why you need to feel with your thumb for parts that are narrower then normal. If you encounter such a part, cut it out and use the line in the new dimensions. Really need to wash it sometimes and when it's real supple, they usually last longer.
And eh... the way the lines are lying around in your garage, I reckon they must have a "memory" of over a 1.000.000 gigabytes....

treevet

Again, wasn t trying to tell any story here, junior, just show the containers mentioned in my previous post. Bet you ve been to hell and back at 17 years old. Might want to take a break.

treevet

"Anal retentive" (Wikipedia) (Based in Freudian Psychology) .....Person deemed to be overly obsessed in minor details........Such attention to detail that the obsession becomes an annoyance to others, and can become a detriment to the Anal Retentive person."

Don t want a brawl either, but never been real good at someone (ones) poking their finger in my chest either. We re both lucky this is on forum as we re just throwing words back and forth at each other. I may be old in age but can go out the door right now and run 10 miles at 7 plus minute miles, can bench press 200 lbs 3 sets of 10 times and curl ll0 lbs 3 sets of 10 etc. Been in over 140 bar fights, street fights etc. I am sure you are likewise physically able
and I am sure you are a very good arborist and a good person. You may try not to be as critical with other s that differ with you all the time. You got into the beef me and Therrin got into (which by the way we settled just fine and are buds now) and made inaccurate statements and assumptions that were unnecessary and uncalled for. I kept my mouth shut as it was over.

I Appreciate your acknowledgement of my experience and status as an Arborist, and would much rather have a friend than an enemy.......but "taking a pounding", I ve never, again, been real good at that and neither prob has any good tree man.

treevet

I ve got to go back to work now so may be reticent with reply after you 2 guys gun something back at me.

Ekka

I didn't know rope had a mammary gland.

Guys, this argument is BS really.

Huffing and puffing but who's house is made of straw?

Just drop it, everyone, we're better than that.

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treevet

I'm ready to ki........, I mean make up if they are. How about it John Dee, Quercus?

Hey, if my rope had mammories on it, I'd NEVER even get up the tree.

JohN Dee

Hey I'm already over it, I stated the facts and that was that.

It was a coincidence that Q replied at the same time as me (not to mention, why did the forum software allow that?[flood control?]).. There was no ganging up involved...

P.S I'm about to update my bio..

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treevet

back atcha

Woody

Have my climbin gear in water-proof bag made by Buckingham and try not to climb in wet weather but if I have to then yeah ropes get strung up in dry area.

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quercus

No worries, mate... We're all good... I wasn't looking for a fight, nor was I gangin up with john to bust your nuts... I've learned over and over again that when veterans speak, I must shut up and listen to what they have to say. But I do feel some form of proudness when I show someone my van. I guess it shows that I take care in being safe and professional.

I just can't help it mate, I'm addicted to gear... It costs enough as it is, and have no intention of having a cure for my addiction.

treevet

Thanks for what you said, Quercus, and I like your van and chipper and saws and lines and the way you take care of them, It is called positive addiction.

You, me and JohnDee now. Awwwwwwwwww

playfordtree

Thats a pretty smooth bike for an old boy like you.

Have you got any more pics?
post them here if you have.
www.treeworld.info/f36/bali-harley-1303.html

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Therrin

Well I started reading this thread and I was thinking "oh this is pretty interesting"

And then it turned to "omg! what a shit fight!"

I actually use milk crates too for most of my stuff. They're as tall as TreeVet's, but they're twice and wide. Ropes and gear fit alot better into them cuz they're a little bigger.

All of my personal safety gear and that rope go into a BlackHawk Gear Bag.

The crates are convenient to haul around, since I have to unload my truck after every day's work.

For drying, well, there's that big 5,000 sq ft steel building you can see in the "arb harpoon" test videos. I hang them up in there, which works really nicely.



And, I'm the one who was chipping into the back of a bread truck (BIG van), but never again!!! What an absolute pain in the ass (and back...and neck, and legs/arms etc)
Unloading that thing took almost 3 hours solid. And it coated the entire inside of the cab and all the windows and controls with a fine sappy-mist spray coated with minichip which hardened like cement... spent another 6 hours cleaning the truck after that project.

Chalk it up to experience!

Bermy

I live on a small island and my van is parked on the mainland so most of my stuff stays right in it. Wet kit gets taken home to dry, just sling it on the balcony in the shade.

You all would laugh at the size of it, but we have strict vehicle size restrictions here...

I have a shelf right across the back load area. 5 chainsaws go underneath, handsaws, levers, sledgehammer go on the sides over the wheelwell.
On top of the shelf I have plastic containers on the sides for slings, crabs, wedges chains...all that little stuff. I attach a portable vice to the shelf for on the spot maintenance.
Gas and oil are in a separate container, like a milk crate with no holes in case there is a spill.
My climbing gear is in one rope bag, and small and medium rigging ropes also in separate rope bags. Spikes, port a wrap in a milk crate. Everything snuggs in, covered with a tarp, close the back no see, no steal!
Pole saws just fit in along the side, snug up behind the drivers seat.
Leaves room for two people in the back seat, or a nice clean space for the groceries going home!

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