Will gear pass thru airport security?

[xtremetrees]

Hey,
Imma fly down south and climb about 8000 vert. feet in 4 days. Throwball some if I can.

Problem is can I get my gear onboard the flight? A bud says Ill be able to push it thru if I dont carry it on. Certaliy I know I cant carry onboard my spikes. Time has ran out to mail it to myself
Any suggestions.

P.S. I sent one static and one NE high vee brand new already look forward to climbing its been 8 months!!!

Post pics when I return show you folks how we smoke trees down south.

 

[xtremetrees]

LOL
Thanks Rocky
How about undercarriage. Not carry on baggage?

 

[Lumberjack]

You could overnight it. You should be able to carry almost anything in cargo that is tree related.

 

[xtremetrees]

Thanks I'll post the pics under this thread when I return.

 

[ORclimber]

Don't try and take a drained chainsaw, I made that mistake once. I called and asked, they said it would be fine as long as it didn't have any gas in it. When I tried to check it got treated like a terrorist. That was pre 9/11.

 

[NickfromWI]

If you can check a gun, you sure as heck should be able to check a chainsaw. I've checked all sorts of stuff for climbing (ascenders, 'biners, rope, handsaw, etc) with no probs.

I vote MasterBlaster for at least a temporary moderator so he can clean up RockyJSquirrels disrespectful post.

love and respect for people of all ethnic backgrounds
nick

 

[ORclimber]

Nick, I don't fly much. But what I came away with was, you can check a new chainsaw that has never had gas in it. But, once it has been fueled it must be ups'd or fed ex'd etc.

Doesn't make sense to me. Look at all the tree guys that drive around with saws on their trucks without blowing up.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by ORclimber


Doesn't make sense to me. Look at all the tree guys that drive around with saws on their trucks without blowing up.

Hahaha! Thats a fact, Jack!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I know a guy who even put water in the tank, still a no go.

There are ways you cvan freight stuff on your same flight. It just takes a little work.

Or just do 3 day to your hotel.

He Butch, wanna moderate the Chainsaw forum ? Darin's all alone there now, unless Dennis has a the Admin. moniker.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by John Paul Sanborn


Hey Butch, wanna moderate the Chainsaw forum

Alls I know about chainsaws is that they better be sharp, and fueled up.

Then, stand outta the way.

:angel:




Rocky, you need to chill.

 

[Jumper]

I got turned back at security because I had some small sections of rope in my carry on that I used to practice knots on. Never mind that my boots laces were longer. The rationale was I could have used it to garrott someone.

 

[xtremetrees]

hey jumper what is garott and how is Kaboul Afganstan?
Got any trees over that way.?

 

[jamie]

searches

off topic again, but on a trip to the states.... my mate an meslef were searched, they found that i had a penknnife in my bag (it lived in there) i was set free to sit with my knife in my bag. my mate however had his belt taken off and searched, every pcoket serched and metal detected loads of times......but i had the knife?????? no questions asked knife ok...belt......better search him

jamie

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Ugly term,

i think garrotte(French) is the more usual spelling.

i think it is meant here in it's original form of a rope or wire around the neck from behind; developed as an execution for a seated victim in olde times; came to be a military strategy for an upright victim; theives made popular for robbing in England, sometimes with knee in the victim's back, and/or knot/trapped weight (helps in whipping over head too) etc. in front to be scraped sideways across adam's apple, then compress in on it for a more immediate effect. As a torture, a stick is twisted in line from rear to tighten and loosen.........

Now, the term is used for formal execution again i beleive, but as a shrinking, bolt driven steel collar, that sits in the same position as choke, but actually crushes into the spine, or knife inserted there!.

 

[NickfromWI]

Wow, spydie, that was way more than I ever thought I'd learn here!

love
nick

 

[NeTree]

Originally posted by Lumberjack
The word came from "no gooder", kinda like howdy... however it is a (normaly) racial word, and should be avoided.

Actually, it dates back to 12th century England as a term for peasants- white people.

It basically means "one who is ignorant". Only in the last couple hundred years has it become a racial thing, as slave catchers used it to refer to their bounty... people who (obviously) were ignorant to the Europeans' ways. (Kind of ironic- being called ignorant by a group of people who couldn't survive in Africa if the locals didn't teach them how to handle the heat, etc, eh?)

Using racial slurs in a public forum is just plain retarded, no matter what you think off-site. I'm disappointed.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

My checked bags came in at 53# one time so I pulled out my 200' of KMIII static line and used it as a carry on. It went through xray but had to be inspected carefully byt TSA. when they gave it back to me I asked what the problem was. The very gruff and assumed-authority answer was, "It's a "large" quantity of rope!" Well Duh? I say to myself, but out loud I ask, politely, "What's the problem with that/" The TSA guy said that LQR used to be on "the list" of suspect baggage. I let it drop and walked on.

There have been many threads on rock climbing forums about gear hassles. The best bet is to put all hardware in the checked luggage. I clip all of the biners, throwbags and other small gear into globs. That way, when, not if, they open my checked luggage all of the stuff is in one gob like a stringer of fish and it will go back in my duffle.

There is about fifty feet of wires in my laptop briefcase for the computer and camera though. No problem with that ???

Tom

 

[underwor]

I ran all my gear through checked luggage when I went to Moscow last summer. Never any questions. Never even opened it up and looked at check in. My camera with the duck tape repaired lense cover and wire twist tie (from bread wrapper) holding strap on got a close scrutiny however.

Bob

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I had some tress cord in my bag returning to VA while working with Dave Bryant.

I showed a buisness card, explaining it was a work tool.

Garrotting is still a military tool for sillently removing sentries. The knotted cord for crushing the trechia, or wire to cut.

It will usually have knots or handles on each end for better grip....but then this is waayyyyy of topic

 

[TREETX]

I have had no problems checking gear domestic or international, pre and post 911, pre and post Zubat.

Chainsaws have been a PITA.

I had mine shipped surface from TX on the 16th. They are now sitting in Hamburg after clearing customs and will be forwarded on down south next week. My only regret is not shipping MORE saws. Saws are expensive here.