Going to order from HoneyBros

[Adam_P]

I'm going to be placing an order from HB in about a week. Anyone interested in going in on it and splitting shipping?

It's usually around $60 to ship across the pond but a lot of stuff is way cheaper. A good example is spiderjack cams are $39 here and $9 from there. Petzl and silky stuff is also cheaper.

I've done an order like this once before with some other people and it worked out great. Everyone ended up paying around $10 to get things shipped from HB and another $5 or so once I sent it out USPS.

Hope it's ok that I posted this here. Anyone interested post up or send me a message. I'll probably be placing an order next Thurs or Fri.

 

[NickfromWI]

Cool idea! I don't think i need anything right now.

Got a link to their website? Might get more buy in if you make it easier for people to check out their stuff.


love
nick

 

[MasterBlaster]

Got a link to their website?

This!

 

[Tree Reb]

http://www.honeybros.co.uk/

 

[Adam_P]

Thank you kind sir.

For us US guys they're a lot cheaper than imported stuff. All the ART stuff is WAY cheaper than what sherrill marks it up to. Petzl stuff is cheaper etc etc. Like Nick, you were looking for a croll right? $38 usd from HB. Obviously with shipping that doesn't work out to much of a deal for you but if you're getting more than a few things and splitting shipping a few ways you can get some good deals.

 

[Bermy]

HB has a great range of stuff...if you were going to order sooner, I'd be tempted, I'm coming through Boston late next week, so I'll probably just hit Mayer Tree...

Ordering from HB is a good way to get hold of the Euro style chainsaw trousers, Tirfor winches, hi-lift wedges...

 

[Burnham]

That hi-lift the strangest felling wedge I've ever seen. Can you elaborate, Fi?

 

[FJR]

I would do it for the chainsaw pants. I just ordered some from tree stuff, but I would like to try other options as well. How soon are you looking to order?

 

[Burnham]

I'm going to be placing an order from HB in about a week. Anyone interested in going in on it and splitting shipping?

It's usually around $60 to ship across the pond but a lot of stuff is way cheaper. A good example is spiderjack cams are $39 here and $9 from there. Petzl and silky stuff is also cheaper.

I've done an order like this once before with some other people and it worked out great. Everyone ended up paying around $10 to get things shipped from HB and another $5 or so once I sent it out USPS.

Hope it's ok that I posted this here. Anyone interested post up or send me a message. I'll probably be placing an order next Thurs or Fri.

 

[Bermy]

That hi-lift the strangest felling wedge I've ever seen. Can you elaborate, Fi?

Lets see if I can find a photo...
http://www.honeybros.com/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=WEDGE_High_Lift_Wedge

I can't find my photo of a wedge in action, but what you see on their website is the components of the wedge, loosely assembled. The ring is slid over the wooden shaft and banged down to the striking end to stop the wood from splitting, then the wooden shaft gets banged into the alloy tip, you can put a screw in the little hole in the side if you want...
They equal two of the normal orange plastic ones stacked. Each bit is replaceable.

I use mine in the back cut, opposite the preferred lay, I used one last Monday, with an orange plastic on on each side...with the hi-lift banged right in, both plastic ones were slack with space to spare. I had to overcome a bit of back lean and I had a bit of lift to spare...not much, but enough.

 

[Burnham]

Thanks, I couldn't make sense of the ring at all. Now I get it. I'm going to bet you don't use those for bigger stems...not much MA on a short, steep wedge like that.

 

[Adam_P]

Yea it's definitely going to be late next week. I sent out some messages and some people take a while to reply.

Fiona want me to get you a wedge and ship it down there? I wish I could hop back on a boston -> bermuda cruise again and deliver it myself. I went down there in 05 and rotted on the beach at tobacco bay for like 3 straight days.

 

[Bermy]

Yea it's definitely going to be late next week. I sent out some messages and some people take a while to reply.

Fiona want me to get you a wedge and ship it down there? I wish I could hop back on a boston -> bermuda cruise again and deliver it myself. I went down there in 05 and rotted on the beach at tobacco bay for like 3 straight days.

Awesome, Tobacco Bay's down my end of the rock!

I really need one/two to take to Tasmania...I have one in Bermyland already, Mind you one supplier in TAS has them for $60AUD, not bad really given exchange rate and shipping. Thanks anyway.

Burnham, I admit I'm not a wedge and felling specialist, but without running out to the truck in the dark in my PJ's clasping a tape measure...the alloy bit is probably 6" long and the shaft that again with a bit more lift if you bang it deeper than the alloy...I do use it on my bigger trees. (Keeping 'big' as a relative term, isolated oceanic island VS the great PNW!)

 

[Bermy]

See the hi lift in the top kerf? Gives an indication of the size...

 

[Burnham]

Very interesting. I don't want one at all .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[stig]

No, they are completely hopeless for felling big stuff ( sorry Fi, but knocking a topped, limbed stem over, doesn't count as "big stuff").
The wood is too compressable and absorbs most of the impact from the maul/axe/clawhammer. This combined with an extremely blunt angled wedge means you can hammer on the thing till the cows come home and not get it into the cut at all.
Because they are so fat, they work well as a safety measure on a pull tre, though. Saves you from having to stack wedges.
But then I have put two old hardheads together with screws, for that purpose, and that works just as well.

 

[Bermy]

No problem, I'm always glad to learn, I know I'm a newbie in the felling/wedging game and tend to expose my slip sometimes in my ignorance
Hmmm, time to do some more research instead of just staying in my comfort zone.

 

[stig]

The funny thing is that you praise the European high lift wedges, while I, the Euro faller, have turned to the smaller taper American wedges.
The Hardhead wedge lifts better than anything else I've come across. Combine them with some nylon stacking plates and you can move the world

 

[emr]

I have never heard of nylon stacking plates. Where do you get those?

 

[Burnham]

Stig invented them, to replace the commonly (in Denmark) used steel plates.

 

[stig]

I make them myself.
They are my own invention. Traditionally loggers here used steel wedges and stacking plates.
After switching to nylon wedges, I cut some nylon plates to cut down on the weight, I had to drag around the woods.
Not getting any younger, you know.

Using stacking plates instead of simply stacking wedges, eliminates the wedges spitting out.

 

[stig]

Oooops, I see that Burnham was faster on the draw

 

[Burnham]

Your reply was much more informative, my friend .