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Remember when everyone used to climb with a tautline hitch?
About five years back, I had to pick between sticking with my old trusty tautline or switching to a mechanical ascender for big removals. I went with the ascender after a tough pine job in Knoxville where my hitch kept slipping on the wet rope. It felt weird at first, but the speed and safety on big wood was a game changer. Anyone else make that switch and find it changed how you tackle big trees?
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perry.evan1mo ago
Wait, you were still using a tautline on big removals five years ago? That's wild.
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the_sandra1mo ago
Seriously? It got the job done just fine back then.
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johnson.jason1mo ago
What do you use now instead?
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