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    Arbortec treehog 70L duffel bag

    https://www.us.arbortec.com/products/70l-kit-bag Website for product information above. Bag is in great shape and was barely used $40 + shipping out of OH. OBO Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Suspended by a thread

    MB. Has a built in whistle that I discovered a year after owning them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    What would you do for this Cedar?

    I think that was mostly my point, that years or even decades of observing the effects of reduction pruning is not nearly adequate, in my opinion. I’m of the mindset that trees know best how to be trees, they’ve been doing it for an extremely long time. For the most part, I don’t think trees need...
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    ID apps

    Picture This is decent with the non-obscure but I wouldn’t bank on its accuracy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    What would you do for this Cedar?

    Very little is known about the effects of reduction pruning. Anyone who claims otherwise is speaking in decades at the very most. For most species, that’s a shorter section of their life and a speck in their overall existence. In reducing that limb by 1/3, you are drastically changing (in one...
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    What would you do for this Cedar?

    I’m going to catch shit for this - No targets underneath, leave it be. I don’t believe there is any hard evidence that weight reduction prevents or stops a failure. Taking the top off that limb will reduce the amount of load experienced at the questionable union but it will also force that limb...
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    Arbsession

    #arbsessed for 10% off
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    Why 1/3 notch depth?

    boy, you’re an exhausting personality. i fear there are people who have to interact with you on a daily basis
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    Ropes

    curious how the glazing happened if you know. i have the same rope. i run it mrs on natural crotches and bombing down after setting crane picks with hitch cord and akimbo. srs with akimbo and rope wrench. no glazing yet. a buddy of mine had the purple and said it frayed to the point where he...
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    Why 1/3 notch depth?

    great answer
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    Rope sleeve or cambium saver for rigging

    i’m sure it’s been said already but ring and ring sling. set up and retrieve from the ground. have a to be a little picky with the union you choose though or set up and retrieval can be a pain or impossible. i guess a sleeve you might have more options for the union you choose
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    Munter hitch for lowering limbs

    never rude to question something or someone, it’s how our world became round. you make some interesting points. i’m sure double braids can handle their fair share of natural crotch rigging but i like the ability to inspect the load bearing portion of the rope. kernmantle is usually too hard to...
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    How do you tell if a rope has been overloaded?

    this is my approach. ropes generally get retired before their life is very close to the end which i’ll accept so that i never have to find the end of its life in a critical situation. my natural crotch rigging lines usually get downgraded throughout their life. for example, when it’s in new to...
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    proper cut for a piece that is tip-tied

    if i have any doubt in my rope man’s ability to let it run away from me and the structure then i like to control the butt also. as mentioned above, mid tie that slightly favors the tips is one of my favorite places to tie
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    Munter hitch for lowering limbs

    the key is smooth predictable friction
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