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    Husky or stihl

    They're both orange and they both cut wood! It's really a matter of personal preference / comparing different points in the product lines / comparing local availability. For reference, I just got a Stihl MS461 with a 25" bar, which it handles easily. But, I wouldn't recommend this saw if it's...
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    Wireless router to buy or trade?

    Seconding the recommendation on Ubiquiti stuff -- really nice gear, though the setup is a bit more complex than the usual consumer-grade "all in one" box. Basically you end up with three pieces: Modem: Converts the signal from your ISP (cable / dsl / fiber / satellite / etc.) to Ethernet...
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    New medium-large saw... 562, 576, MS461...?

    Apparently I'm not a patient man.... Picked up an MS461 with a 25" bar yesterday and gave it a try today working on cutting up the fallen bitternut hickory. At the stage we were at with this tree, we spent more time cutting up brush and small diameter firewood with the Husky 435 to even get at...
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    Topping trees

    And work for someone for 3 years... "The ISA Credentialing Council requires a candidate to have a minimum of three years of full-time experience in arboriculture...Documentation of work experience is required with submittal of application."
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    Alley finds

    One year in college I collected probably 8-10 minifridges from the trash piles. Cleaned them up, tested them, and re-sold them in the fall. On the other hand, I have a barn full of electronics bits and pieces and old computers that I've collected for free over the years, and now I'm slowly...
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    New medium-large saw... 562, 576, MS461...?

    This and the Stihl MS462 look like interesting future-availability-hopefully saws. Why do the Europeans get to have nice stuff months before the US! :P I've almost sold myself on an MS461... maybe they'll get cheaper because the 462 is coming soon? But the 462 is a pound lighter...
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    New medium-large saw... 562, 576, MS461...?

    Aha, but the 1 tree is just the excuse, I'll always take any excuse I get to acquire more tools ;) bit of a weakness... We also have a number of big dead or nearly dead ash that I'd like to cut and mill into something before they rot away, and in general just expanding my capabilities. Point...
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    Small carabiner

    Have you looked at the ISC Mini HMS? http://www.iscwales.com/Uploads/Product/Datasheets/1-117-2-693-1-KH214-Mini-HMS-Karabiner.pdf Looks basically the same outer dimensions as the RockO (just a few mm shorter), but if you installed it so that the gate was facing away from your rope, the...
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    New medium-large saw... 562, 576, MS461...?

    We had a big tree come down in a storm a couple weeks ago, to which my dad commented "might need a bigger chainsaw" and which looks like an excuse to get a new saw to me.... Currently in the family we have: Husqvarna 435 w/ 16" bar (if I remember right...) -- good very lightweight little saw...
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    Show off them splices

    Send help, I might have a problem... third 16-strand splice of the day. 60' piece of Braided Safety Blue Hi-Vee, also from a rope bag -- spliced a tight eye on one end to make a shorty climbing line. I made a better wire fid, and this one was the smoothest of the three, although there's one...
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    Show off them splices

    Had about 30' of Yale XTC Fire from a treestuff rope bag, turned it into a lanyard this morning (and yesterday evening and the evening before...) I've only got improvised tools, and had never done 16 strand before, so it was pretty tricky at first... but the second splice went a lot faster than...
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    TreeStuff Flash Sale! Rope Runner $275, Zig Zag $220, many other items.

    I'm on their email list, so I saw the sale a few days ago.... whoops, there goes another $500! Hoping the zigzag will be easier for shorter people (my wife) to climb with -- I found that between the bridge, a carabiner, hitch climber, and distel hitch, the climbing system is too tall for...
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    One Handing a Top Handle Chain Saw? Yes or No

    Just a thought I had while reading this thread: Has anyone tried using a battery-powered reciprocating saw ("Sawzall") with an aggressive blade as a tool in between a chainsaw and a handsaw in both safety and speed? There are some "pruning" blades available (for example...
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    retracting reels

    Ha, fantastic! Have been following this thread and was thinking "hmm, pretty sure I have a tape measure that the hook on the end broke, maybe that could be modified...". (How did I break the end off? Tape measures are also good for fishing wires through wall / ceiling cavities...) Already...
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    Large black walnut options

    :ROFLMAO: that video... Hmm, my dad also enjoys woodworking.... maybe thaaaat's the reason he wants the tree down! ;)
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    Noob question on taking tree down in sections

    Here's my advice, from someone who's also a new climber and not a pro, just a guy who likes trees: Keep researching climbing -- terminology, equipment, safety, techniques. It's fun! Once you know some of the basics, start getting equipment -- although you can climb with just a rope and a...
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    Large black walnut options

    Yeah, the crack is almost perfectly oriented to NOT hit anything if it split cleanly. Here's a satellite image of the site -- The orange line is the approximate plane of the crack. I've also added notations of where the first four photo angles are from. Photo 5 is taken from near the house...
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    Reep Schnur splicing method?

    @Santiago Casanova Is there lock stitching through the rope under the whipping? I haven't seen that style in the instructions I've seen, just the style I did (2 lines of 3-4 stitches through the splice, at 90 degrees off) -- but your whipping looks cleaner.
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    Large black walnut options

    Inspired by the recent few "case studies" threads, I've got a tree looking for options. The tree is large black walnut at my father's house, it's a nice shade tree but is quite close to the house and kind of looks like it wants to split in half. It's also on the west side of the house, which...
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    vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

    I'm in Ohio (near Cleveland), would be interested depending on when / where

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