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  1. New2trees

    Finally got my first tree job at 62

    Got my new saw today at 2 and spent about 4.5 hrs today, making the pile of pine in the first picture. Its coming along pretty well, the second picture shows what I left and I feel I should be able to finish it tomorrow. PS the wood along the wall in the second picture is oak from the tree I...
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    Finally got my first tree job at 62

    Did it for 550, don't have to dispose of the wood....just distribute it next to the wall were I already have the remains of my Oak (the one with the ropes hanging from it). The other thing is all but the first 5 feet of the portion on the ground is laying behind my house so I was going to cut it...
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    Finally got my first tree job at 62

    About a year and half ago I got some basic climbing gear and a top handle saw to take off some limbs on a large willow oak and wreck another dead oak at the back of my property. Well after the next door neighbor saw me take down my tree she decided she wanted me to take down a large pine at the...
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    Service drop power line - Pay Attention!

    Was doing some network cabling years ago in a commercial building in DC which was a 277/480 3 phase building. While working on a ladder I popped a tile and stuck my head and shoulders up into the ceiling to take a look around... I had one hand on a guy wire to a florescent fixture and as I...
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    Service drop power line - Pay Attention!

    Makes you wonder if these guys are just contractors and if so whether they are really licensed electricians or just kids sent out to do the job. First variable would be is the drop "triplex" (three strand twisted cable) or the original individual 3 conductor drop. If its triplex its pretty safe...
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    Potential ramrod mini skid steer buyers beware

    Glad to hear your credit card company took care of this for you...so sad how many "businesses" operate in this manner these days.
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    In the blink of an eye!

    Thanks for posting, hope all goes well with the back trauma.
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    Sideloading climbing rings

    Hey my mistake. The tests I saw were on a bad batch of rings, not representative of rated rings in the industry. I looked for the thread but it seems the entire thread has been taken down, perhaps to protect the company that was accidently distributing them not knowing they were defective.
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    Sideloading climbing rings

    One thing that bothers me (from the little I know) is seeing the Aluminum rings that have failed without deformation. I think it would be a good idea if rings either steel or aluminum were spec-d of material with more toughness rather than strictly a maximum strength material, so that if you...
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    Do college tree climbing classes lead to unemployablity?

    Hell give her my number...I am old as dirt and have two residential tree jobs under my belt (both on my own property)...You can tell her I am licensed and insured... I have a class C in MD and my truck has full coverage.
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    Do college tree climbing classes lead to unemployablity?

    I never did college but my Goddaughter did a 4yr degree in public health at UMD and wound up in a completely unrelated job sourcing furniture etc. for Hilton. A few of the wide variety of skills she learned in a completely unrelated field (public speaking, advanced powerpoint and excel) were...
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    Mark Chisholm B-Day !

    Happy Birthday and thanks for all the great videos.
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    SCAM 3:1 MA and Remotely Retrievable Redirect

    Not me, I worked with a bunch of classic music guys and they were always listening to baroque music, so I had applied the same humor to that crap many times...
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    Potential career ender.

    Hate to double post, but here goes. As said seek several opinions and try to see someone with sports credentials. You need to accurately diagnose the cause of the problem and seek appropriate treatment. They may well prescribe some time off before or during rehab to let the knee get healthy...
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    Potential career ender.

    I had a different issue about the same age (I am 62 now). I was a car mechanic and ruptured my l3-l4 and compressed l4-l5 severely, at one point they wanted to fuse everything between L3-L5 which basically would have meant I would be a stick man and no more working as a mechanic. Well I said the...
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    truck exhaust near operators seat

    Run a hose long enough and don't loose any sleep. If you want to reduce the back pressure use as much smooth non corrugated metal tubing as you can and only use the flex sections for the bends and joints. Keep in mind the exhaust pipe is sized to allow for maximum power when wide open in the...
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    PortaWrap Dead Eye Sling with a Running Bow

    Hey I am just a old guy playing with trees for fun as a hobby, so take this for what its worth... It seems like instead of making your cross at the splice and then taking out the slack at the knot, you could make the cross at either the portawrap or the intersection of the rope to portawrap and...
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    Bucket truck failure

    Normally only one however.... They knew that one person would not be able to cut and hold the weight of the branch, so they used two, one to cut the other to hang on to the limb while the cutter/operator lowered the bucket :)
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    throwing a large asah top over a maple

    Great vid and great to see alternative methods of getting things done.
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    Career Change to Arboriculture: Reality vs Romanticism

    Hey guys I did not read the whole thread but has anyone mentioned the pay cut yet? I had worked as an auto mechanic and recently have been doing some gym equipment repair as a kind of retirement gig. I also did some IT work in my past. I was myself regretting being too old to do tree work for a...

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