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My gut instinct's to be happy it works goin up, and leave it at that. That kicking out to initiate the cinching, then swiveling up's an unusual maneuver, and reversing it to go down, a challenge and quite possibly dangerous. Fluidity of motion goin up's been achieved. Whether it can work goin...

So I'm at the airport, ready for launch, raise foot, kick out, swivel upwards, repeat with other foot, no problem goin up. Ah but coming down brothers, that was embarrassingly tedious n time consuming! I still believe it's doable both up n down, but it'll require greater and uniform spring...

Palm Stepper's,old school ancient Sierra Moreno Euc Man saddle n nyebuck lanyard, weighing in at a hair over 18 lbs. What most climbers don't realize about pruning skinny peeled wash fans? The only pruning tools needed are two razor sharp carpet knives, one as backup. They weigh nothing...

Lengthened and ready for launch!

No It's a monocot thing! Monocots are incapable of forming callous tissue period..... Al Shigo told me so! Jomo

Didn't know palms could heal themselves..... Jomo

Yeah well, I was tryin to break the ARP7, and it broke. Major design flaw on my part, now fixed n sorted. I will start a new thread Marc, on the ARP8 Aluminum model with bait casting reel n twin triggers. Today it's getting another 3-4 inches of girth outta me palm steppin gizmos! Didn't even...

Well today's tests were both humiliatin bitter stingin failures!! Palm Stepper's 3 inches short of girth to wrap all the way round a peeled wash fan! But what really stung was the ARP7's pistol handle dislocating on the first heavy 50 lb load, swiveled back to the point I couldn't reach the...

Looks as though I'll be testing both my Palm Stepper's and ARP7 tomorrow in real trees wearin real boots.

It's a somewhat bizarre feeling having both feet tethered to the trunk, I assure yu! My first few steps upward were done wearing flipflops, and were smooth n easy enough, but destroyed the rubber grommets in fairly short order. My new old tire square grommets will have to survive testing in my...

Where the rubber meets the trunk! Hankook no less!

Yeah, but hundred foot bucket's are relatively new in the tree industry Mick. I believe my brother's got one in LA at United Pacific Company. http://www.united-pac.com/treeservice.html Most mature wash fans get removed due to gaff trails up the highside IME. Jomo

Just like a lineman, gaffs n lanyard. The city's palm contract entails some 4.5K street trees, and the company I've subbed for the longest, had that contract for two decades. My longtime friend Brian did them with a bucket, averaging 45 trees a day. Taking over for him when he took vacations...

Lots n lots of wannabe climbers hair out on SoCal's most famous iconic trees. I'll never forget peeling butt wraps off wash fans on the beach of Coronado, when a huge C135 cargo jet came in low to land on North Island, dang wash off that thing bout blew me outta the tree!

I really hope you won't mind me fuggin about a bit more Stig? I'm just tryin tu get a grip....... Jomo

When mutinous scalliwags tell me to get real n get a grip? I replies aye mateys, that's zactly what I intend to!

No no no Jomo, These high cable wear friction points? They must be eliminated entirely! Do you have any idea how badly you'd hurt your most precious spheres if that cable snapped? It's very similar to leaning back in your stirrups to stop a horse, raise a leg, kick outward while leaning...

I couldn't think of a more appropriate place.......for a hellbound old buzzard like me, livin off death so lucratively! Oh I'm deeply trapped in my own karmic groove, there's no escape. Jomo

Old School meet's Old Fool? There's gonna be a disaster! Rollin Rollin Rollin...like a runnin bowline....

I predict three sets of palm stepper's will be needed to prune most palm species. From reclinatas to fat boy dates. Great means of recycling old tires too. What I need's a one inch square punch! Jomo