So whadja do today?

[SilverBlue]

Good stuff there Derek, I think we have some serious compitition for Butch here guys

 

[ORclimber]

We used hooks around the transmission lines in the woods. Went without in peoples yards. Throwballs around the lines are tricky so pretty much used ladders or pull hooks to set ropes to get into the trees. Just picked up a surpluss insulated "long lineman" that folds up to under 6' and extends to 42'. That would work for setting ropes if you could get one. Tom Dunlap posted somewhere that he has his bigshot pole marked to know how high it will shoot. That would be ideal, if you could get it approved by the boss man.

Did you know b.o.s.s. backwards stands for stupid son of a ******? At least that's what my help tells me.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by SilverBlue
Good stuff there Derek, I think we have some serious compitition for Butch here guys

Well, it's a'boot time!!!

 

[Derek]

let the games begin

Is this the start of a pi**ing competion? Hope not most of my really awsome stuff is'nt on film ..it all becomes a bit repeditive after a while..And dont useally take the time..

Hay master can you pull up, and do that quote thing, on this one Dont want to rewrite it ..Very slow typing, just got point and click,
havent even looked at cut and paste yet

too busy lookin at all the great photos Keep posting them...

 

[SilverBlue]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
Well, it's a'boot time!!!

 

[Scars2prove-it]

Today I changed blades and cutting bar on the chipper. Also, I changed the oil and adjusted the wheel bearings. Then I washed the engine. Now it won't start. It's a diesel so I don't know whats up. I'll try it tomorrow after it dries out. I know...boooring!

 

[Derek]

Thanx silverblue love your comments..

orclimber, that pole sounds unreal..folds to 6' wow
i have a couple of long painters poles..Were a bit rough in the bush! Although I dident realise that till i started reading this site a year ago!
year i'd love a big shot,Hard enough to get them to let me use a wire cored flipline!! I've managed to convince them to let me use my "spiderman" (grapplehook) hook. It's rope is attached to me and only 8 m long. I use it alot to pull branches toward me and cut one handed(oopps) But it saves a lot of zaps..Derek

 

[luke montelius]

graple hook?

you got'a post a pic of how you use that..


heres what I did last week

 

[luke montelius]

customer took and sent these nothin outragous just good clear pics

 

[luke montelius]

and another..........

 

[ORclimber]

Derek, Here's a link to some poles. Don't know how the utility crews are there, but here they would give us equipment sometimes if we asked. They are extremely wobbly when fully extended so then only good for setting rope vertically or pulling hangers. http://www.ltl.on.ca/pdfs/hotsticks.pdf

 

[M.D. Vaden]

I worked on my new second additional website. Learned a tiny bit of html code. Helped my wife and kids clean the house for a while and got a movie for tonight.

 

[Derek]

struth

Great shots luke but your gunna get in trouble from glens he's not on 350KB any more.....

Grapple is also for going from tree to tree, simply I take two ends of one rope, pre attatched with prussic loops to biner to harness, fig 8s dangle between my legs. Up I pole strap, put one fig 8 over somthing, and back to me as life line. monkey fist up a heap (I count the meters) of the second end and chuck it in the next tree,over a branch, and while it's still swinging the spidermanhook is out,caught rope,stopped at fig 8 and is "coming home to pappa" Your in the next tree...Derek..

shot in "footplates" (heresgood3) shows it in use, this shot is what ill do without touching ground..Stay safe...Derek..

 

[SteveBullman]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
You don't make at least $100 a day as a climber??????

thats in pounds mb

 

[MasterBlaster]

HA!

No sheet! I knew something was up!

 

[matthias]

In light of Derek's recent pictures (awesome) I thought I'd bring out some of my unposted line clearing pictures. These are back alley lines (8kv) and small trees but when the pictures are flying around I feel I have to jump in.

 

[matthias]

Bucket work.

 

[matthias]

This blowdown was in the District Operators yard so it was no problem for the picker to give us a hand hoisting it up.

 

[matthias]

You barehanded buggers would have a hard time holding the saw in these oven mitts. They're even funner to climb in although your fingers stay alot warmer when they are sitting beside eachother.

 

[matthias]

Neat tree and UFO.:alien: