Recent content by Burnham

https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/201t-210tc-face-off.23309/page-2#post-1030829 :)

Can you say, "heavy leaner"? :D

I faintly remember the days when being up and at 'em for 18 hrs was nothing, and I could do it for days on end. Nowadays, it would take me three days to recover, if I even made it through at all :). Youth is a wonderful thing!

Or giving you the finger :).

That looks like a pain in the butt.

What a choreographed dance that is. One false move and it all goes to hell, no doubt.

Well, at least you have a powered winch to put to the job as required. I applaud. I needed the well-used and often neglected Lewis winch, powered by an ancient but reliable Stihl 056, more than a few times when the truck mounted Warn couldn't be put in play.

Irregular thread? Please explain?

Well done. What tricks has it been treated to? The 3/4 wrap handle is a must in my world. I loved the USFS owned 066 I ran for at least 15 years when working as a govt. slave wage peep :). The Hotshot crew's stock 660 I used a few times on fireline work was a disappointment in comparison...

Winch for the win. I'd have been left with few palatable choices many a time in my USFS work without the big Warn on the front bumper of my succession of several assigned 4x4 trucks. I have not heard yet any real reason why so few arb services have one or more on their rigs...maybe it is pure...

Agreed. I like the Petzl Macrocender adjuster on my cable cored lanyard of that diameter. It handles pitch admirably and otherwise has proven to be pretty much bombproof.

Frightenedly awesome :).

Here is one thread... https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/worlds-best-most-expensive-tree-climbing-spurs.18064/

A subject with much coverage here over the years. I think it's about the best possible way to gaff yourself, but others disagree :).

Both ways have been done...I learned it first with a small face, but Gerry learned it without a face. I have used both techniques with success.