Grrrrr!!! Gaff problems
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Lumberjack
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Yea, aluminum and iron don't mix too well. But comeon do you think that Butch would use aluminum? Too hi tech. 
Or does he ?
Carl
Or does he ?Carl
xander9727
The Silverback
Give him time....within a year will have him hanging from a VT.
Lumberjack
Banned
Or a petzel i'D with his radical SRT setup. He is gonna see it this summer hopefully.
Carl
Carl
Lumberjack
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Originally posted by netree
Gee, do ya think we can work a chain brake and a proper hard-hat in there somewhere??
Maybe. I like my lid. I am gonna take off the visor and leave the muffs I think. The muffs are better for when I am just gonna be running sporatically. They are easier than foamies. The visor is too small, hangs down to far, and isn't easy to see out of. The helment is great. Noone has ever seen one around here before.
Oh well
Carl
xander9727
The Silverback
What kind of helmet do you wear Carl? Sounds like a regular hard hat.
Lumberjack
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Heck no... I decided a long time ago to get the best regardless of price... It is the petzel Erin Roc. Fits like a glove... The chinstap is there for looks most of the time, but I still wear it. I like the suspension adjustment, you can have it comfortable, but still stick to your head after you get the nape set, and you can turn upside down, and it stay on. In a bump upside down is when the chinstap comes into play.
Carl
Carl
Lumberjack
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Oh and I got the muffs and visor set from sherrill... don't know how I like the visor... it will probably go like I said.
Carl
Carl
SilverBlue
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What the heck are you guys doing to me? I just finished a 200T for Butch and now I have to add a chainbreak?
xander9727
The Silverback
I wear a pro-tec helmet in the tree. It fully protects the back of your head as well as your ears. They are light weight and cool in the summer.
igetbisy
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locktite comes in different strengths for different purposes, the stronger of which says right on the bottle, that heat will be required for disassembly. if you don't want to heat it for some reason, a good punch for the job, and tap the screw on both sides, and work around the head, back and fourth solid, firm, and consistent tapping. that will break the locktite, it works (alot like super glue).
But before you try all that, is it possible that the screw has been peened on the other side after it was installed, just like they do on scisors. if that's the case, it's pretty hard to extract the screw in one peice, and next to impossible to reuse. what you'll have to do, is break the head off, then turn it clockwise and screw it out the other side, usually a drill bit is all you need for that, but since the screw in the main objective anyway, if itt's peened on the back, just forget about that screw, and find or buy a replacement for the sheared off screw in the other gaff.
what sort of "pro" do you take a gaff that you cant get a screw out of to, anyway? so that you can use the screw on another gaff! LMAO I think that giving in to the challenge of removing that screw, and taking it to a "pro" would never have even crossed my mind. I can just imagine some dude wearing some round wire frame glasses, and an apron, standing there telling me that its a good thing I brought it to him, because its dangerous work, and how many joe-treeman guys have lost their lives meddling around with that particular screw.
But before you try all that, is it possible that the screw has been peened on the other side after it was installed, just like they do on scisors. if that's the case, it's pretty hard to extract the screw in one peice, and next to impossible to reuse. what you'll have to do, is break the head off, then turn it clockwise and screw it out the other side, usually a drill bit is all you need for that, but since the screw in the main objective anyway, if itt's peened on the back, just forget about that screw, and find or buy a replacement for the sheared off screw in the other gaff.
what sort of "pro" do you take a gaff that you cant get a screw out of to, anyway? so that you can use the screw on another gaff! LMAO I think that giving in to the challenge of removing that screw, and taking it to a "pro" would never have even crossed my mind. I can just imagine some dude wearing some round wire frame glasses, and an apron, standing there telling me that its a good thing I brought it to him, because its dangerous work, and how many joe-treeman guys have lost their lives meddling around with that particular screw.
City climber
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getting unscrewed
Butch on the bashlins the screw goes all the way thru .drill the screw out from the opposite end not thehead end.with the screwhead gone there is no pressure tohold it plus the drilling may just back the screw out.
Butch on the bashlins the screw goes all the way thru .drill the screw out from the opposite end not thehead end.with the screwhead gone there is no pressure tohold it plus the drilling may just back the screw out.
MasterBlaster
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I dropped the gaff off at a machine shop. I'm gonna let them get the sheared off bolt out of it. They said they might have it done by this afternoon for $10.
Then I'll go get a proper screw.
Then I'll go get a proper screw.
SilverBlue
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Don't kid yourself and claim you need a bigger one than what your replacing and make sure it's the proper hardness eh?
