Recent content by hammsarborcare

  1. hammsarborcare

    Cow hitch roll out

    your intellect is truly dizzying:) , but well said and I did follow and that is exactly what happened. The double half hitches held on. The horizontal load with movement has potential for the unexpected.
  2. hammsarborcare

    Cow hitch roll out

    Three GRCS's actually and the first has serial number 4 on it:) Early adopter:)
  3. hammsarborcare

    Cow hitch roll out

    Earlier this summer my son Taylor and I were taking care of some storm work. It was a horizontally hung limb involving two trees. Taylor placed a block in each tree and secured both ends with separate ropes and we had two GRCS' for lowering the limb. I was alone on the ground so having the...
  4. hammsarborcare

    Working alone: Is it the most dangerous thing you can do?

    My point exactly. We have many safety features in place. I just use the risk assessment as an awareness tool. We have headsets on every crew member. I like the discussion this generates. There are so many aspects to what we do we can't put safety on any simple formula. A super competent...
  5. hammsarborcare

    Working alone: Is it the most dangerous thing you can do?

    On Thursday April 20, 2000 my brother was sick and I went to work anyway alone. I misconnected but didn't visually inspect and foot-locked up to 33 feet, put my feet on a stub, started my Husky 339 to cut a branch and fell backwards to the ground landing on my head and shoulders with my head...
  6. hammsarborcare

    Social media comments....

    My social media guy opened this account in March to promote our new efforts on youtube. He wasn't at all adept at communicating with arborists and got lots of comments like that right here:) My apologies for not checking up on him sooner. I think a lot of people want to feel like they are in...
  7. hammsarborcare

    [felling shorter, FAT trunks] Some Q's on crash-pads, and on "butt-tying" trunks (yup, butt tying a trunk, you read it right!)

    Two Alterna Mats side by side perpendicular to the fell then a third mat centered on the seam of the bottom two. 3 or 4 old tires down the middle of the top pad then a 12 inch diameter log across the tires. Sounds like you may not have any branch wood laying around so if the space is real...
  8. hammsarborcare

    Lead by serving, own what you do, operate from a mindset of abundance and bring that abundance...

    Lead by serving, own what you do, operate from a mindset of abundance and bring that abundance to others.
  9. hammsarborcare

    Bridge rope construction

    In general double braid construction doesn't do well under friction. That's why I switched back to 16 strand. Like another comment above, why not have simple construction to inspect on something so critical. the only thing it needs to do is hold me, no other factors really matter:)
  10. hammsarborcare

    Career awaits!!!

    Be careful what you ask for. Tree care is one of the last frontiers that can start a business on true grit and desire. Many of us did that. Interesting that once many get there with established businesses, they want to go to the legislature and litigate the little guy out of the very ladder...
  11. hammsarborcare

    Dealing with a major entitled neighbor on the worksite

    Again, an act of God destroyed the one side and they are separate stems at the ground. A true co-dominant stem shares the same xylem below the crotch. if you injected die at the base of the stem I removed, I am quite certain none of it would get into the apposing stem. I would wager you could...
  12. hammsarborcare

    Dealing with a major entitled neighbor on the worksite

    I totally agree. Don't we all rely on "neighborhood" work. This guy left a bogus google review for the President of the non-profit just to get back at him. The president is just a local business man who is literally the nicest guy and polite in every way. The problem is another local company...
  13. hammsarborcare

    Dealing with a major entitled neighbor on the worksite

    The outriggers were one foot over a very funcky property line situation where three properties share a corner. The other neighbor never approached us but I switched to the driveway setup shortly after that clip to be "above reproach". We actually work hard to please the neighbors. We been in...
  14. hammsarborcare

    Career awaits!!!

    Here's the deal, its a gig culture. You will never win against the short term thinking of the opportunist. That contract climber makes more than any employee, but he is doing big jobs everyday that normal employees can't and working with good crews and bad alike. They also play in a field...
  15. hammsarborcare

    Dealing with a major entitled neighbor on the worksite

    So I have officially taken over the posting on tree buzz from my social media editor:) He was posting on behalf of the company, but I will personally take that responsibility to stay within the purpose and mission of this forum. Thanks for all the feedback guys, Kevin Hamm
See more

New threads New posts

Kask Stihl NORTHEASTERN Arborists Wesspur TreeStuff.com Teufelberger Westminster X-Rigging Teufelberger
Back
Top Bottom