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    Matias replied to the thread Help with Planting Large Trees.
    I was thinking about having the airspade handy
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    Matias reacted to Brando CalPankian's post in the thread Help with Planting Large Trees with Like Like.
    We have a shrub bucket on our tractor, like a spade shovel, that we use for digging and to carry large root balls (strap it to the...
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    Matias reacted to colb's post in the thread Help with Planting Large Trees with Like Like.
    There are only two ways to verify root quality: procure bare root trees or destructively test a sample of trees by removing the soil...
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    Matias reacted to flushcut's post in the thread Help with Planting Large Trees with Love Love.
    I use a 36”, 24”,and 12” auger for tree planting with the mini skid. Drill the hole, trim the sides to get rid of any soil compaction...
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    Matias reacted to Mick Dempsey!'s post in the thread Rigging Point Failure with Like Like.
    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...
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    Matias reacted to oldoakman's post in the thread Rigging Point Failure with Like Like.
    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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    Matias reacted to Steve Connally's post in the thread Rigging Point Failure with Like Like.
    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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    Matias reacted to davidwyby's post in the thread Work Photos with Like Like.
    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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    Matias reacted to davidwyby's post in the thread Work Photos with Like Like.
    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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    Matias reacted to Serf Life's post in the thread tree working and hernias with Like Like.
    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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    Matias reacted to Serf Life's post in the thread tree working and hernias with Like Like.
    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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    Matias reacted to ATH's post in the thread Help with Planting Large Trees with Like Like.
    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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    Matias reacted to Muggs's post in the thread Rigging Point Failure with Like Like.
    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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