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    Positioner swivel benefits?

    Rope. I’m a what’s-next-in-the-bag-of-rope type of guy for my lanyards so I’ve ran a couple different ones. Larger ropes seem to run better.
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    Positioner swivel benefits?

    I own both. Bought the non-swivel first, got the swivel shortly thereafter. The swivel version not only tends more easily but sets more consistently as well. Not that I feel it is unsafe or anything - I still use both (but would swap out for 2 swivels in a heartbeat). Just in some awkward...
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    Shop talk

    The drop price for 3-phase is ridiculous. I had looked into it for my wood shop. For what I paid for my converter I could have gotten all of 2 feet from the pole. You need to be playing a very long return game or using a lot of heavy machinery to make it pay off. Only possible downside of the...
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    Arbsession.com

    Arbsession and Gap are tops in service. I haven’t even looked anywhere else in the last 6 months.
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    Some things you can't unlearn - you are warned

    So a new study shows that plants "scream" in the ultrasonic range when cut or dry. Try not to think about that during your next removal. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/507590v4.full
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    Tough news out of Rhode Island

    I wonder if he panicked and backed up? One of the local woodchucks told me that, in normal forestry operations, if you lose a tall log like that the best course of action is to stay close and/or push forward so that the majority of the weight/energy continues on past the machine and is...
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    Tough news out of Rhode Island

    Terrible. Wish his family the best. I wonder if it was a freak accident where there was a defect in his FOPS or if he was using a non-forestry skid steer for logging. Those specialized forestry packages can take a serious blow and it would take a lot to generate enough force in the amount of...
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    Employing lanyard SRT-style: descending?

    That can be accomplished using an MRS friction saver set using the same method as from the ground. Then tie a stopper knot at a point that removes the tension going to the basal tie.
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    Brotherhood Tree old growth redwood climb

    Your “top” is bigger than most of the trees I get to climb all year.
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    Pant's

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    Mini skid winch

    Those little ramps they make for working on your car in the driveway would work great there. 6-8” of lift and a smooth entrance. Backup use as spare chocks.
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    Stein RC2000 FLoating LD

    Not so much the ones that help me from time to time. I trust them, that’s why I bring them along. I still contract climb for some others though and theirs are another story. I just got into a habit because of that and I see no problem with one more fail safe that takes maybe 45 sec to a minute...
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    Stein RC2000 FLoating LD

    I use a second sling for the black swan event of the lower one giving way. Just in case someone working around the base nicked it with their saw. Not that groundies are ever careless with their saws, cut ropes, or neglect to tell you if they did...
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    Stein RC2000 FLoating LD

    RC2000. I prefer that my lowering device stays off the ground and out of the dirt. No accidentally dropping it on a rock near the base of the tree and gouging the bollard. The pretensioning capability is huge as well.
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    Electric over hydraulic

    If dropped and stopped quickly with enough force you can get a water hammer effect.
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