Matias's latest activity
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I can’t really see what happened, but load sharing across the crown and/or a rigging ring or similar half way down the trunk is... -
Ugly column of rot there Steve and hard to pick up in the preclimb assessment. Glad you are ok and no real damage. We have been seeing...
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It was a Willow Oak. I didn't see any Fungal signs but all the old pruning cuts were decayed. I didn't find a single cut that...
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Also worm drive winches are better than planetary as rule, whether electric or hydraulic. No load line speed isn’t as fast, but loaded...
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The limit of the electric winch is duty cycle. It pays to research and abide by that. Also, don’t operate them with low power very much...
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Matias replied to the thread tree working and hernias.damn, that sux to get it twice, but glad you're already past surgery. Mine took 8 weeks for light duty work, but still felt like I...
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Had my second inguinal mesh repair a month ago, was laid out hard for ~2weeks and super rough shape. Did a pretty strenuous hike with...
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Got the mesh implant two years ago and was out of work for about 8 wks. Worked with it for 10mo b4 the surgery and it was an...
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Matias replied to the thread Help with Planting Large Trees.You can shave them down, but some are too far gone sometimes, and then what? I suppose that is what I need to ask each nursery
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First sentence there clarified some things for me: "Growing trees in boxes is the predominant way by nurseries in the desert southwest...
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Thanks for sharing Steve. Hard to tell the structure from the pictures but it looks like the rigging created a lever arm? I can't...
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I'm glad this went as well as it did and thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for the learning lesson. It looks like there could have been parasitic rot, so even though there was a good bit of meat...
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What kind of tree? Glad it wasn't worse and you're ok.
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Here is a good read written by Carl Whitcomb: https://rootmaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/BoxE.pdf If you are not familiar with...
