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    Catastrophic root failure

    This butternut tree was fully live, with a severely compromised root system. The owners had no idea it was in bad shape. It fell over in a mild wind storm. Trees like this are the reason why site inspection is so critical before climbing and rigging in trees. Our only explanation for why the...
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    Songs of Perfection

    Best version of the classic tune by Eric Johnson that I've found, stripped down to the basics. Fantastic.
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    Rope grab recommendations for rigging

    I've had a prusik slip multiple times from guys pulling on fiddle blocks attached to pull lines. The prusik melts to the line, they end up welded together. That would be a fun test with a load cell, see how much pull it takes to do that.
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    Today....

    Good help is hard to find. I'm going to keep this bar for cutting logs with big spike nails in them. Hoping it will just sneak right around them...
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    OLDS-Overhead Lowering...

    Doesn't every single tree guy own a homemade knockoff portawrap-looking-thing, made by themselves or their brother-in-law? That could be its own thread ...
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    OLDS-Overhead Lowering...

    Big fan of make yer own, especially these days.
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    Rope grab recommendations for rigging

    I have a Rockgrab 90 0.625 (the big one 13-16mm) that I modified with a quick-release pin to use for my fiddle block. It works alright. But I usually forget it in my bags of extra gear and just end up using a 3/2 schwabisch on 12mm prusik. Tried and true.
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    Owl dead in tree

    Appreciate it Ed. Number 1 comment on that video is my lack of gloves. I was so caught up in the situation that I wasn't even thinking about it.
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    Is cat rescue tree work?

    Absolutely AJ, cat and wildlife work in trees is tree work. Great work if you can find it.
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    TCIA WTF?

    The future is off-line.
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    Owl dead in tree

    It was delicious
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    TCIA WTF?

    I don't think Mark addressed anything. I think he cut and pasted some PR doublespeak that someone else wanted to be posted here, that's why the text is all in italics. There's no way he wrote that.
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    Owl dead in tree

    Oh wow, very similar position, stuck upside down. A tough way to go.
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    Owl dead in tree

    Interesting climb this afternoon
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    TCIA WTF?

    The fact that Mark is completely absent from the Buzz despite being very active on other social channels says a lot. When the supposed owner spends zero time here it says a lot about the perceived relevance of this forum. This place cannot operate on the fumes of nostalgia forever. Yes it was...
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