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  1. treewill

    Oregon white Oak advice.

    Whoa, no need to be overly concerned. In my experience, codominant stems in garryanas usually develop a cavity given enough time. That's different from saying it's significant, and that's up to you to judge. My point is that whatever compartmentalized tissue exists between those stems you would...
  2. treewill

    Oregon white Oak advice.

    Hey Willy, I think you are definitely on the right track with weight reduction and a support system. With bracing, one would probably be drilling into a cavity, potentially disrupting the tree's ability to keep the cavity compartmentalized. However, potentially this action could limit movement...
  3. treewill

    Full time, busy year round. SF Bay Area.

    Ha! Dude you got me. I was just in the UK and all I could get was tea, served like 5 times over a normal working day! I would have given anything to turn those teas into a venti iced mocha with sprinkles and whipped cream.
  4. treewill

    Full time, busy year round. SF Bay Area.

    This is a sweet opportunity! A chance to work with great guys doing high-quality work on awesome trees (lots of oaks.) The only downside is that they might try to make you drink frappacinos. Nobody's perfect I suppose.
  5. treewill

    Pruning a 350 year old tree

    Word up, I reread your post after writing and saw that you were making te distinction. My bad. Far as your question about cankers, I would say yes. But I don't have a study to cite for that, anyone care to suggest one?
  6. treewill

    Pruning a 350 year old tree

    Well hold on there now, that was not my statement, it was John's. If you ask me though, I would have to agree but with some additional qualifications. I would argue that in longer lived trees that are healthy (as in producing lots of reaction wood) and do not have significant cankered areas...
  7. treewill

    Pruning a 350 year old tree

    http://www.ecosync.com/tdworld/Branch%20Failure%20Investigation.pdf Great study by John Goodfellow up in Washington. The whole thing is worth a read, but check out page 56. John presented some newer research at biomechanics week in 2010, and I believe the number he used was 10%. As in...
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    Skylotec Kolibri Click

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  9. treewill

    Biomechanics Week

    I'll be there. Learned a TON in 2010, just had to go again this year. I'll be teching up in the trees.
  10. treewill

    Potential Job Opportunity

    Yeah, I hear you about those sorts of jobs being harder to land than to lose. I've gotten used to having a lot of freedom to pursue ATG work as well as to travel (right now doing tree work in South Africa), and it's hard to picture giving that up. I think last year I was in Portland for...
  11. treewill

    Hitch Hiker in Comps

    [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] It should be remembered that the itcc is an athletic event and not meant to represent innovation or different work practices. It is like bike racing which has very strict rules regarding bike construction. This helps decide who is the most fit, flexible, fastest...
  12. treewill

    We Lost Super Sal

    Sal was a super guy indeed. I teched the footlock tree with him in Parramatta and it was an absolute pleasure to hang out it a big Eucalyptus all day with that man. His positive attitude and enthusiasm remind me of the things I love most about tree people.
  13. treewill

    Potential Job Opportunity

    Jeez Sean, I'd be all over this if it wasn't a state position. Sounds damn near perfect as far as the work. If WA gov employment is anything like OR, I'd envision some serious disagreements about taking time off...
  14. treewill

    broken balancing tree

    http://youtu.be/6oOZpLirjy0 Bore cut=not always boring:)
  15. treewill

    Spiderjack causing thumb problems

    Dude I had that problem too. Seemed worse when I climbed on thinner ropes, which require more pressure on the brake. Climbing on the thicker blue moon make it better, thankfully now there's the rope wrench and I don't have to mess with that. It is like crack though; hard to stop even though...
  16. treewill

    Rock exotica banned?

    [ QUOTE ] I was just talking to this guy inBaltimore who said if he made it to another masters challenge he was going to do it using a tauntline. I would love to see everyone go caveman. [/ QUOTE ] I'm finding this discussion incredibly ironic since that's more or less what's already...
  17. treewill

    SRT Re-Tie Ins ???

    I really like the basal tie. I often use 4 or more redirects through multiple trees and the line always comes out (though sometimes it takes some persuading) I think the answer to what Tom D called the 'flop factor' and what Nick talked about with the line wanting to pull you over the TIP is...
  18. treewill

    A rope Climbing Race

    [ QUOTE ] Make it over a hundred feet and even higher ,wraptor wins every time. [/ QUOTE ] Jeez really guys? I climb pretty dang tall trees all the time and it has never occurred to me that the couple minutes per 100' it takes to ascend SRT is what is slowing things down. When climbing tall...
  19. treewill

    redirects for double rope (with the ropeman)

    It's a variation on a technique published a while back in one of VTIO's articles: http://vtio.org.au/Content/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Introduction-to-Redirects.pdf Go to page 15. I kinda like the version in the video better because it only uses one carabiner. Either way I think these are...
  20. treewill

    Hurricane sandy clean up

    HA! That was AWESOME, best tree work video I've seen since the Tahune airwalk thing. My fave part was in the second vid when you checked the tension on the lines by tapping them with the bar of your climb saw. Priceless! On a sad note, I think watching this I lost motivation to put together a...

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