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    Article on America's Most Dangerous Jobs

    Re: Article on America\'s Most Dangerous Jobs It is a Sand Mandala created by Tibetan monks. Mandala is a Sanskrit word for circle. Mandala's are symbols of the universe and its energy. The monks create Mandalas to remind us of the cycle of life and death. For one week (for this particular one)...
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    Article on America's Most Dangerous Jobs

    Re: Article on America\'s Most Dangerous Jobs Thanks Mahk for your effort. That is pretty much what i was hoping for - the stats that is, on location of injuries. Regards Davo. Crikey that avatar i created turned out to be a monster!
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    Article on America's Most Dangerous Jobs

    Re: Article on America\'s Most Dangerous Jobs Thanks Mark i would appreciate that. Jimmyq, i went to see a local arborist the other day and noticed two stitches and about an inch and a half scar further up on the left arm of a young bloke he has working for him. I had to ask how, which lead...
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    20 acres of old growth for sale

    Thanks Mark, I can't get my head around that - must be one hell of a buzz climbing a hunderd meter tree. What size weight were you using with the BS? Cheers Davo.
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    Hornets!

    These are a little hard to see in this photo. They are green ants and just about every coastal tree in the Northern Half of Australia is home from between 10 to 30 plus nests. Each nest contains hundreds if not thousands of ants. They make the nests by stitching together the leaves of the trees...
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    Article on America's Most Dangerous Jobs

    Re: Article on America\'s Most Dangerous Jobs Interesting. Would anybody know if there are any recorded statistics on types of injuries arborists sustain? eg Chainsaw wounnds and to what part of the anatomy are most common? Cheers Davo.
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    20 acres of old growth for sale

    No worries mate, I get i get the picture. This was the photo i was refering to (from Gerald's post 28991). Davo.
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    20 acres of old growth for sale

    Thanks for the welcome MasterBlaster. I realize the BS dosen't get you 'up into the tree' in one go but is used as a perliminary tool to get one started. What i meant was in relation to the trees in the photo's, the branches look like they would'nt hold much wieght, therefore no good to shoot a...
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    20 acres of old growth for sale

    G'day my Northern Hemishpere colleagues. Can somebody tell me about the BigShot and how it would be used to get you up one of those Redwoods (Gerald did say he was going to take one with him)? The branches don't look like they would have much diameter - then again the pictures may be deceiving...
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