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    Chipped-up climbing gear

    I had a pair of those atlas gloves get yanked out of my back pocket the other day. right through the chipper, but there wasnt a scratch on them when I pulled out of the chips
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    leg scabbard for silky saw

    I love my silky natanoko handsaw but I was getting jealous of those fancy new leg scabbards from buckingham. So I decided to make one myself. I just bought two velcro straps with d-rings on them from the hardware store and riveted them right to the scabbard. voila, easy attachment to leg and one...
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    line bags

    It's faster to put your line in a bag, and it takes more time to learn how to coil properly than it does to learn how to stuff a bag. plus you can throw a rope bag out of a tree and it will go right to the ground, try that with a coil and it will hang up everywhere. and also it protects your...
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    crane pics

    last thursday, i did a crane job where we removed a large multistemmed maple from a back yard. One of the leads had broken out and fallen on the neighbors house. I set two chokers and the crane lifted the storm damaged lead out in one piece. anyways after that we took out the remaining spars...
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    Big trees 'n' rumours

    Re: Big trees \'n\' rumours why would you want to kick someone's ass at 125 ft.? I think that as professional arborists we would do well to remove ourselves from this kind of thuggery. we should mind our own business and let big timber take care of its own problems. not to mention the fact that...
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    schwabisch prusik cords

    thanks for the info i feel better about using these prusik cords now maybe i will just tie my own in the future though
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    schwabisch prusik cords

    I was wondering if any has any experience with the tenex eye and eye prusik cords from Sherrill? the ends of the splice keep coming out through the cover in the middle of the cord. it is really annoying because at first glance it looks like the cord has been cut but at closer inspection you can...
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