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    Lanyard snap preferences

    I don't know if we're talking about the same thing, but that seems incomprehensible to me. So many times I havta whip my lanyard into a higher or more distant crotch ... but I don't always havta climb in close proximity to it. I just need to position and balance myself to make some cuts. then...
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    Lanyard snap preferences

    The way you 'taped' or banded down the excess on your claw... is that easily removable? Cause there's LOTS of times where I need to untie the rope from my snap, otherwise if I tried to pull it thru a narrow crotch far away from me, I'd B fk'd. I do that kind of securing for my split tail, and...
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    Lanyard snap preferences

    This is an old photo. The rope and tails have since been swapped out a few times ... but the configuration has remained exact. I made two of these, from a pic of a pre-made one in the Sherrill catalog 15yrs ago. Always 16 strand 1/2" for the 18' part. Various prusik tails with factory eyes...
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    China fir looks like it's having a bad year - advice pls

    It looks like there's some 'death' in out-facing needles that should be getting full sun. Some roots, guessing 33%, definitely do run under a hardscaped walking path. I'm sure that heats up pretty well, but it doesn't bake in direct sun all day. No construction has been done or altered near...
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    China fir looks like it's having a bad year - advice pls

    Earlier in the spring we did have some consecutive weeks with no rain; a legit drought if i recall. but lately we've been doused. Everything's getting plenty and the vines are TOTALLY out of control. No heat source anywhere near this tree.
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    China fir looks like it's having a bad year - advice pls

    One of my clients has this tree. He told me that it's worth big bucks. But he loves his flora, that's not Y he wants to save it. 'Picture This' says it's Cunninghamia lanceolata - China fir. Me, not being a tree surgeon type guy, has to turn to you big guns for stuff like this. I raked...
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    Bark receding about 1' up around entire base of silver maple

    WOAH!!! So U know something about rigging, then? Goddam I guess I got confused cause one of your sugg's for a client of mine in NE Phila, years ago, was to get a test done by a company who had a lab to ID diseases, and it was one of those companies fit the bill. Beautiful work man. Scary...
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    Bark receding about 1' up around entire base of silver maple

    Yes indeed, @Reach has offered his help, and info, in the past. He works for one of the big full svc co's like Bartlett or whatnot. You guys are great - thanks again.
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    Bark receding about 1' up around entire base of silver maple

    Indeed, after I posted these pics, I was looking at them and thinking, "good Lord!!! There is no conduit of nourishment up into the crown, except for that one small intact strip of bark in the back." It took me a second to realize that girdling doesn't only happen when some numbnuts puts a...
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    Bark receding about 1' up around entire base of silver maple

    No there are no livestock of any kind near this residence. Deer only.
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    Using canola oil for bar lube - oiling issues now. Never in the past

    To follow up, I managed to get the 'yellow gold' running again by blowing air both into the tank (used a makeshift foam seal) and into the lube output slot. So i dodged a repair bill. Yay. Some of your comments are mind blowing. I have never had any crazy stuff growing in my oil tank...
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    Using canola oil for bar lube - oiling issues now. Never in the past

    So the MS200T that was stolen from me, and the various other Stihls I had circa 2009-2020, I've been running canola oil as bar lube for at least as long as since back then. I've never had a problem with them throwing oil, or needing oil pump replacement. My current MS201T-C (16" bar) which I...
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    Bark receding about 1' up around entire base of silver maple

    Because I am dumbass ... ?
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    Bark receding about 1' up around entire base of silver maple

    Thank you for your patience. Yes it was weird to ask the question without pics. Here are the pics, and I was certainly wrong about "the crown looks healthy". No way - moderate die-back clearly evident. I will now go back and read your responses. Thank you.
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    Bark receding about 1' up around entire base of silver maple

    I was doing some storm damage work for a client, when he directed my attention to a different silver on his property. Big mother, trunk dia probly 50" or more, and appears perfectly healthy all thru the crown. But at the base the bark is missing, 360°, and maybe 1' up. The bare wood appears...
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