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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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    I've named my telescopic reach tool...

    Following up on this post, I've used some small dia. paracord and a little metal jewelry claw to keep all the inner telescope tubes from extending. The paracord and clip keep the tool retracted when not in use. Unlike my trusty old Sidekick, this 'cable reach' solution does NOT lock closed...
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    Undercutting hung up trees

    This leaner is a bit bigger than it looks in the pic. The illiustration w/the green line REDIRECTED is what I SHOULD HAVE done. But I ran it straight down to my pulley system. Far away, which I thought would soften the angle enuff - but no. Eventually I realized the angle was too oblique...
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    Best choice for hardy visual barrier/privacy screen in Northeast PA?

    drainage... yes of course, very important. i forgot, i have pics from when i took his box elder down. that's when we met. i'd havta talk to him about which way the water goes, but no, it's not asphalt, it's a garden bed. was totally overgrown w/klingers(?) (sorry! CLEAVERS) and other such...
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    Best choice for hardy visual barrier/privacy screen in Northeast PA?

    interesting - not sure i am familiar w/English. i know Japanese yew vry well. grew up pruning a 60' wide wall of that s__t every few years for dad. :rolleyes: i'll check out columnar English variety.
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    Best choice for hardy visual barrier/privacy screen in Northeast PA?

    Best choice for hardy visual barrier/privacy screen in Northeast PA? A friend of mine would like to block out a very rude 'neighbor' in back of his property. This guy has parked (and left to rot) an fugly, dead box truck right along the rear of the property line. It's a regular neighborhood...
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    Did TuffBurger actually DISCONTINUE the dual-rope bridge on TreeMotion?

    I totes McGoats appreciate this info on the MonkeyBeaver. Don't kno this one. it seems I am obliged to check it out, cause my bestie's 4 yr old grandaughter Sadie Mayhem has been trained (by her pop-pop) to call me MONKEYBUTT. :rolleyes: always like to know what's the haps in the world of...
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    Did TuffBurger actually DISCONTINUE the dual-rope bridge on TreeMotion?

    Holy God itz a good thing i wasn't sipping coffee when i read that. Jesus thatz funny. I don't speak German or Swedish or whatev, but... STILL FUNNY!!!! OMG. 'if U do, send the vid to Tuffberg...' :oops: :p:ROFLMAO: "ACTION NEWS: This just in... PA resident accused of sending inappropriate...
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    I like big butt(ress) and I cannot lie

    Here's a flying buttress from a giant redwood
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