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    Why Is It So Expensive to Cut Down a Tree?

    There's some interesting comments on the Tree First YouTube channel too. I remember the first time I saw a crane and tub grinder pull up to a great big huge elm in a metro area city on the prairies here. The maybe 150 yr old elm was completely gone in about an hour or two and stump ground before...
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    The Akimbo 2

    So, had my first not so hot experience with AK2 and sap to any degree on a 70' black spruce. The tree was kinda dry till about 2/3 of the way up when the branches started to have sap covered cones. The top had masses of cones, all with glistening sap. Up until the uppper part of the tree, all...
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    45° limbs

    I'll second that. You didn't say how tall the willow is but any time I've played with them, I've always used more than one rope and also braced the tree with rigging, not just climb line/ redirects. It's splity wood that also decays quite quickly. 'Bout as much fun as a two+ year dead column...
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    New device from ISC

    Good manual/instructions. Looks like only above ~300 lbs you'll need extra friction from a tether (rescue?) - P8. I like that it'll work on kernmantle 11's too. Oh oh, maybe new shiny thing- itis again!
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    The Akimbo 2

    I'm still playing around a bit with AK2 settings on a buncha ropes - one thing I've found for me is that if a rope is very tight trying to go into the AK2 cams, then the friction setting will probably be too high for me. It should go into each upper and lower cam pretty easily to be on the right...
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    Anyone transition from utility to residential?

    Funny. Some guys (and we all may be there eventually) just don't know when to hang it up. I had a job where the hubby absolutely had to help out rigging stuff down. Then . . . . he came out of the house using a walker and his wife brought him a chair. Not being one to dash enthusiasm completely...
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    Battery explosions

    Yeah, I watch our neighbours in back do about a third of their backyard lawn with a double battery mower, then it charges overnight, then they do another third and then the third day finish the rest. For us, Toro and a complex mixture of naturally occurring hydrocarbons is still our friend when...
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    Battery explosions

    Never store your batteries wrapped in bacon . . . . .
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    Battery explosions

    I ordered some batteries this December and they came, in individual boxes with enough warning stickers on each that the cargo plane was probably overweight. Maybe they know something we don't about these things. Anyway this thread is giving me pause for sober second thought looking at the rows...
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    Battery explosions

    I didn't really think tool batteries were a problem either, but there are some warnings about tool batteries it seems. Just an FYI: https://www.workplacesafetynorth.ca/en/article-hazard-alert/hazard-alert-more-fires-linked-power-tool-batteries...
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    The Akimbo 2

    I had tried the same but with a wiregate Ceros (same kind of horn but not HMS) - maybe my grommet wasn't big enough but I still found it flopped around more than I like (esp. on return from nether regions out on a limb). Suggested to DMM they come up with a biner with a BIG horn for the AK2...
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    Battery explosions

    As I remember it, if the battery runaway reaction (not really a fire) results in a jet, the temperature of the jet can be really really high - probably melt thru a "bag" or any metal box. I remember this thread from a while ago with some more comments from folks. Also the combustion products are...
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    Battery explosions

    I am getting such a collection of batteries and chargers it's silly. I thought I might try some of the Amazon battery bags/ boxes - just search "battery fireproof containers". Can't verify the efficacy but seemed to be better than just a Milwaulkee bag in the truck. Cheers
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    AI affect on arborculture

    In winter, I've often thought about some business with a fleet of robot snow sweepers (for sticks and leaves etc I guess too) that come off the trailer on command and sweep those light snows off drives and sidewalks. There are YouTube videos about single units already. I suppose the tech now...
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    Cold and snowy climbing/ working

    So, waiting on some taps and fasteners etc. so yesterday afternoon went for a long walk in a Chinook at +8 degC - it was hot in the sun with a Carhartt jacket on. As I write this next morning, it's -19 degC and threatening snow. I wish it would make up it's mind what season it wants to be . . .
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