Using the floater on your lanyard for better positioning

[@seriousstuff50]

38 years and never thought of that floater… brilliant. Thanks.

[@thegreenrevival4424]

Thanks so much for sharing this! Such a simple yet so highly effective technique.

[@jackberdine]

That's a great safety measure as well, for gaffing out

[@trreeninja6541]

Also, if you don't have the floater you could just do a butterfly knot on your flip line and choke it off with your carabiner so you don't side load it too much and just undo the butterfly when your done. Thanks for the tips on the floater.

[@kishon3061]

Exactly the video needed as I’m progressing as a climber finding good comfortable stable work positioning has been an issue for bigger tops etc after I no longer have a high tie

[@OldGloryTreeCo]

Used this a few times and love it. I keep several ring or thimble prussics around because they are so useful.

[@tylernorman117]

Really really liking the tips that y'all have been putting out lately. This would've been so useful and a leaning spruce removal I had. Kept sliding off the side and couldn't cut as securely as I would've liked.

[@jasonfeazel3806]

Awesome video Brother super helpful! I’ve had a floater on my lanyard for a while now and I have only used it to make my lanyard into a second climbing system but I will definitely be employing this technique especially on chunking down leaning spars. Thank you Brother climb safe and GOD Bless you and your family. 🙏😇

[@mykolajMykolaj]

If you don't want to have something on your line all the time,you can put fig8+carabiner

[@marcofemto9417]

Thanks a lot! Will come in handy when reaching around a leaning tree

[@scatoutdebutter]

nice thorough explanation. Thanks!

[@robertstroh4803]

Thanks for the video, I hadn't thought of using it quite like that.

[@harambereincarnate]

Thanks really cool piece of equipment

[@benjaminlaster3773]

great content. more please!

[@JulioBrisenoJKylz89]

I always use it on leaning palm trees! 👌🏼 It works perfect! You can use a carabineer and a prusik to do so. 👌🏼

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

The floater comes out the top of the thimble as the dalek didn't have it's head if it falls on its back

[@branchmanager1100]

Very lucid and well demonstrated.🤠👌🤝🙏

[@branchmanager1100]

@@BartlettArboristSupply You know it.

[@smctree]

Good stuff! Keep it coming.

[@alotl1kevegas860]

Can this be used for gaff out protection when used with a quickie link?

[@SeptimXIII]

Great little tip, thanks.

[@luluschannel9862]

Could you just use a pruisk as a floater probably would have to choke it farther back but I think it would function the same

[@chasingwaves11]

Nice tip !!! thanks for sharing

[@Mitchbuddha]

Question! Would this technique work on a wirecore flip line? I have a 12.5mm line I'm wanting to add a 8mm thimble prussick to..... I was wondering to if that is a second lanyard you have stored on your tool clip?

[@ericharris893]

I do it with a flipline

[@anythinguploads2161]

Video is only 10 months old. Can't find it anywhere for sale even on Notch Equipment website. Have a link for details?

[@kokkinias]

Tank you for the amazing tip. How Caan I find this small metal protector that you use for the carabiner? Be well and safe

[@EricJemAndes]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing

[@lancerudy6584]

Great video 😊

[@PAOLO_01]

very good

[@BartlettArboristSupply]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@PAOLO_01]

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[@josepodasdemadeira]

​@@BartlettArboristSupply👍💯💯

[@davidpalmer3015]

Looks great but don’t see anything like that in the Bartlett product line.

[@dunstanorchard]

I notice your prusik has quite a bit of length between the wraps and the thimble. Is that important for this to work? Or could the same friction be had with a shorter prusik, where the thimble sits very close to the wraps? (I guess I'm not sure if the friction is being generated from the wraps or from the rest of the cord leading to the thimble.)

[@fancher1448]

The friction comes from the wraps. I think a longer tail just makes it easier to set up, because if the carabiner was back at the wraps you would have a harder time hooking it back to the other side, if that makes sense.

[@bigrigexperience9294]

Great work. Thank you, 3 years latter.

[@BartlettArboristSupply]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TimberTrainer]

Wouldn't it be better to have the gate facing up on the carabiner? I know loading the gate isn't a problem when pulling sideways. It just seems safer in the event of a slip or gaff-out to have the spine against the trunk instead of the gate.

[@BartlettArboristSupply]

Very good suggestion!

[@Snot390]

Take another wrap with your lanyard. I call it a chicken wrap. it helps a ton.

[@1233-b8w]

please tell me this tree was coming down, otherwise why df spure it?

[@bennydafarmer865]

I don’t get it, if you’re cutting down that tree then why do you have one rope attached to the top of the tree like that?

[@BartlettArboristSupply]

It's an informational video. Maybe he cinched his tie in to the spar to rappel rather than hook down, or floating tie in, or tied into another tree🤷‍♂️.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Oh the floater is the smudge to fall from the thimble but to make it look it fell from a dalek

[@jamesbasinger1679]

Good idea. Thank you.

[@theronwinsby]

Great tip!

[@jimpossidente5004]

If the tree is being removed then why not just drive a nail or spike into the side of the tree and work with that for rotational stability? I'm not a tree expert.

[@JefAlanLong]

So many reasons why.. A nail or spike may easily damage your climbing or rigging gear.. Or wind up in your chipper.. Or injure you or one of your ground workers..

[@anthonyfoster303]

Please don’t ever try this. Nails or any protruding objects can end up in you if you lose your footing. They are also very bad on your equipment and ropes.

[@etsdtdygcdgyjdryufufukffu9749]

Thank you

[@totaratree99]

Nice tip thanks.

[@suziehartwright]

Thanks! 😉👍

[@teamja1088]

I use a prussic on a rope lanyard to do this exact thing. However, I have been looking at buying the Petzl Zillion to do this ‘better’. In your expert opinion: would a zillion allow for this same positioning securement better than using a prussic device?

[@BartlettArboristSupply]

Petzl's Zillon, being a mechanical device, will be smoother on adjustment and can be used for the same positioning technique. However, we would recommend reading their technical tips on the Zillon for technique clarification.

[@aaronhope8366]

So that's what those are for . . . that's handy.

[@Billster1955]

Thanks

[@pablowin07]

Where buy?

[@natekoser9440]

What’s the length size of that floater?

[@pakmatherdiverb]

Why are you using spurs on a tree that you might not plan on removing?

[@mikehunt2667]

The spike police are watching !!

[@troyerthedestroyer]

@@mikehunt2667 I always thought taking longer steps was the spur-less technique 🤣

[@narendra672]

😊

[@alfiegallagher1977]

You could just use an eye to eye prusik or English prusik

[@BartlettArboristSupply]

That you could!

[@eddieabbott370]

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[@Beasthornen]

Thats the ticket right there.

[@mvblitzyo]

excellent..

[@arklandscape2350]

The floater is like a choke?

[@arklandscape2350]

What is the floater listed as on your website? I want one, but couldn't locate:(

[@julianalderson6996]

yer great for palms i rekon,

[@travisharris6912]

Could you just cinch off your lanyard?

[@BartlettArboristSupply]

That is definitely a solid option via "The Grip" technique or taking an extra wrap on the spar with the lanyard.

[@anthonygalipo9875]

Get two one on each side

[@lloydlisk6947]

x your lanyard the thimble is a nusense

[@eddieabbott370]

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[@mariomannelli9887]

It’s not life support side load it 😂

[@3147cty]

Venga tío que eso es mas viejo que tú y yo. Vas a talar el árbol o lo lo estás jodiendo con las espuelas para explicar esta antigua técnica..