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    Tie-In-Point Backup?

    This is one of the best things about SRT from a base tie or canobase. Multiple branches sharing the load, with branches below as a back up should anything fail. It also allows you to create favorable vector that strengthen the tree, rather than pull it apart. In rigging scenarios I've hung the...
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    Volunteer Trees for growing

    To be clear: are we talking about seedlings or saplings? Seedlings you can often pull up by hand like weeds, and if you get most of the roots out you can transplant on the back of a spade quickly and easily. Not a bad strategy for future proofing a small section of forest. I save the maple...
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    What would you call this cut?

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    Rope grab recommendations for rigging

    I'd love a GRCS and have used them in past lives to dramatic effect, but now I'm a solo brokey working out of a pick up truck, so fiddle blocks it is. I'm not complaining, I really enjoy getting efficient with simple machines. To that end, this thread had me thinking that I really just need to...
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    Rope grab recommendations for rigging

    Quick on off is very important. I have considered using mechanical climbing devices, but it's expensive to experiment with!
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    Rope grab recommendations for rigging

    I'd like to hear recommendations for the best rope grab device to use as a way to attach a set of 4s to a rigging line for pretentioning and lifting, then quickly be removed to lower from a friction device. It would also get used as a way to extend a winch line for repeated advancement pulls...
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    TCIA WTF?

    You would think that a company who prides themselves on Caring about Trees, would have high appreciation for the beauty of natural, organic creativity; the thing which captivates the minds and hearts of all quality tree people. You'd think TCIA would be wholeheartedly spreading the good word of...
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    TCIA WTF?

    I just want to jump on here to point out that these tci articles are absolute trash content that serves no one, even without the controversy. Who is the audience for blatant Ai slop regurgitating a public forum? There is not one single human on earth who wants to read this trash. It's not even...
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    Rock Exotica Down Rigger - SOLD

    Dibs!
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    Best practices for using a lift near exposed roots or patios

    I would be driving to my second job by the time you had the mats unloaded.
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    Ramsey vs Dynamic winch for Bandit 12xp

    It is very slow. But it's faster than me. I personally haven't run into a heat issue yet, but I'm definitely constantly aware that I'm probably approaching a use ceiling / failure point at some point. Strain on the truck frame, battery, alternator, parking brake, controller, winch motor.... So...
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    Ramsey vs Dynamic winch for Bandit 12xp

    I have one in the bumper of my truck that I've been using pretty heavily for the last 6 months. It's a bit slower than a hydraulic, but it pulls extremely hard - much harder than any gas capstan I've used. It'll surely have a shorter lifespan than a hydraulic unit, but for 250 bucks? Pretty hard...
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    Can trees be too big to cable?

    This is very interesting, never heard of it. Any idea where I can find more info?
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    Ramsey vs Dynamic winch for Bandit 12xp

    Has anyone ever slapped an electric winch like a Harbor Freight Badlands to a chipper?
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    Hedge trimmer recommendations

    Maybe I'm just inept, but the search bar produces virtually zero relevant results and many pages of irrelevant results. Google searches such as "treebuzz hedge trimmers shears" doesn't bring up anything good, either. Not saying the info is not out there, just that the old internet is being...
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