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    Vermeer SC372 Diesel

    Hydraulic pumps and motors wear out and it might be hard to assess what degree of "used up" you're getting and used-up/wear is also a function of maintenance that was done which has to e taken on faith. Hourmeter yes, but there's hard hrs and less hard hours. With big hp pump/motor deficiency...
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    First time rope and harness tree climber shows the best attitude

    For DRT a trick was to use a small prussic a foot or two up the line you're tied to dragging up a micropulley under the hitch to advance it. You had to pull the rope tail underneath the tending micropulley. This was instead of tending the slack leg/tail upwards to motivate the tending pulley...
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    another big back leaner... (real tree cutting for a change around here)

    Straight out of your Stihl chainsaw owner manual cutting instructions .. ;) If you're using a shorter bar ... then it would match up a-ok ;)
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    Looking for a descender or climbing device with a "neutral" mode

    Does "until loaded" mean until you try to feed rope through it as if you were descending? ie normal auto engagement I think it's playing with fire to have a hitch-compressor, hitch-RW collapse-er, bird hold down etc on a life support ppe piece of equipment. you could see why - one mistake...
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    Looking for a descender or climbing device with a "neutral" mode

    The ID is referred to as a whistle stop device eg hands off it locks. It's basicly a grigri with anti-panic handle. When I did my 200' west coast climb I was transitioned to an ID at the top for top time and then for descent. You feel out the antipanic spot and then pull the lever to just...
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    Looking for a descender or climbing device with a "neutral" mode

    Your desired feature is a direct contradiction of the hands-off automatic safety "catch" behaviour. I don't think there's a device out there. I've got a super secret secondary device that locks out but its not ppe/life support, and my power ascender also can shift into neutral - but again...
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    Yellow jacket teeth prices about tripled

    How far/deep do you guys chase the "volcano" surrounding the root flare? A city guy went about 1 ft around the stump, left about 3" of volcano with root about 2" under the volcano edge. I chased the hole about another 1 1/2 ft radially after he left so no volcano, some soil depth and level...
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    Diesel fuel addative.

    IIRC he said 5 years reliable oil shelf life. Since grease carries oil, presumably also with additives and subject to oxidation, I wonder if it has a similar shelf life? Oxidation may be less important because grease is rarely (?) subject to combustion chamber cylinder wall temperatures. ...
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    Courant Squir

    I think a downside of crispy clean washing a rope is that the construction lube also reduces the fiber to fiber inner wear and tear during use. No lube = more wear. This is likely not a big factor in large factor of safety use ropes like life support (x10?) with light loading. But, rope...
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    another big back leaner... (real tree cutting for a change around here)

    Sounded like one or two big crack sounds and the hinge fibers looked blocky. Collapsed on impact. Seemed like a brittle possibly bit decayed pollarded situation? I correct my comment. They were separated, distinct, but there were 7 or 8 pop sounds. I just keyed in on the initial pops.
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    Diesel fuel addative.

    Oil Geek tends to inspire confidence in me when I see his presentations. I've got some 26 year old oil which I'm now going to reconsider because it was a brand that mostly didn't separate and oxidise in his testing.
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    Linear Force as a Dimension Model

    Kenny have you considered plying your trade on youtube? You'd stand out from the crowd. Maybe get rich. :) Happy face, but I'm being serious.
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    Courant Squir

    Many moons ago I toured a rope making plant (also did textiles) and lubricants in the manufacturing process is a thing. When we were bonding textiles cleaning was part of the prep.
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    Dump bed issues

    A method for testing low resistances like big wires is to load them with current and measure the resultant mV drops along its length. You could debug with a similar strategy. The power path is battery terminal to (ie clean the battey posts!) terminal connector to wire's conductors to (insert...
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    Wildfires

    Are you incurring any unusual or no-good-deed-goes-unpunished risk by having your report on file now, ie do you think there's any way they could turn it against you in future years/events? Kudos on being a good guy.
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