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    Lightning kills line clearance worker

    So here's some of my experiences with lightning over the last 25 - 30 or so years. As a long time soccer ref, we lived in fear of thunderstorms out in the open on a big a$$ field. Many years ago, while ref'ing an evening game we saw a whispy white little cloud float over. There was a sudden...
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    FIDO Finds Fly

    New one on me for routing out spotted lanternfly . . . Go FIDO
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    Wildfires

    Southern Alberta has for the most part been clear - maybe one day or two of smelly air but thats about it. Been lucky. And we're heading into our first couple weeks of warmer weather - haven't hit +30C yet!
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    Wildfires

    This has made the news all over Canada and Europe - gives new meaning to "At Work We Were Kinda Close To The Fire" . . . . Wonder how those wooden railroad ties are faring?
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    Nesting birds and tree workers

    I still remember a job where we were working some spruces and one of them had a magpie nest (around here there are literally clouds of them to the exclusion of all other bird life). When the stem and branches/ large nest (condo?) hit the deck, a whole bunch of magpies congregated over the magpie...
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    Nesting birds and tree workers

    I was working on buncha spruce this spring getting rid of deadwood and scragglers - on one of the tree trunks was a small birdhouse. When I started on that tree Mama Nuthatch made a great amount of noise and went up (headfirst) and down (headfirst upside down) the trunk. As soon as the noise...
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    New device from ISC

    I used an old HH a fair bit (then moved on to stuff like a D4) but for Spratt type climbing on structure (first words heard those summers - "Here Scrape and Paint This"), not trees after the first trials. I found the hitch susceptible to sap, just like HCP or wrench setups, but without the...
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    Break test on a climbing line that has been “spiked”

    Tonight, under the influence of some single malt, I remembered this rope experiment from a while back . . . another perspective on rope wear.
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    Break test on a climbing line that has been “spiked”

    Some stuff from online Samson info
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    Small update on Regs new device

    Reg also talks about his new mechanical in the previous video 20 minutes of Tree Talk Q&A from a week ago. Sounds like they're really trying to nail it and kudos to them for that. Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there!
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    New device from ISC

    Maple Leaf Ropes in Brampton shows available 01-Jun-2026 if that helps, in Canada. Maybe some more Trump tariffs delaying stuff down there a bit? Dunno. Freeworker in Germany looks like they have some but HoneyBrothers in UK are out too. Good luck.
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    Tie-In-Point Backup?

    Are you sure she wasn't his physiotherapist post trauma? :)
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    Safety Incentive Program

    Incentives for safety to me always said that there's something wrong with the culture in the company in the first place. Posting so many days without a lost time accident OK. But I'd rather have safety as a "core value" and work in a place where everybody has your back and looks out for each...
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    EAB fungal infections

    Go woodpeckers ! An interesting angle on the problem I thought.
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    Passing of Boomslang

    This is story on a fatal tree care accident in NB - they don't name the deceased but it looked like the same company/ incident date. There is a local story as well (behind a paywall), but with no more details than the CBC story. Condolences to the family - this is such a tragedy.
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