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    Ryan’s Garage Sale

    Rock Exotica Rockstar 3D rigging plate Like new $85 Petzl Handled ascender (Right) x 2. One light use, One like new. $40 for used one, $55 for new one Petzl Navajo Size 0. Very light use. Great saddle for kids or very small folks. $100 Petzl Navajo Size 1. Very light use. $100 West...
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    Another fallen brother

    @JontreeHI also known as Jon Matych died yesterday in a logging accident in Michigan. Apparently a snag fell and hit him killing him instantly. He is survived by his parents, his wife Zoe, and their three kids. I worked with Jon Matych on many job sites and always appreciated who and how...
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    Shop, garage, parking, etc.

    I rent yard space at a lot that a local brewery owns. We have flat gravel for the parking for the trucks and for the employees. We also have a 40 foot shipping container for storing all the tools and toys.
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    Large, uprooted doug-fir laying into another doug-fir... thoughts?

    Yup, that was a fun tree. It was one of the craziest trees of my career that also kind of boring because of how smoothly the job went. Having a huge budget because it was covered by insurance certainly helped. I brought in 2 top level contract climbers and another tree service to assist...
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    Small Jobs

    I like little jobs. Every job has the chance to lead to referrals and is a chance to put your ethos and abilities on display.
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    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    This is the most exciting piece of gear I’ve seen in years. I’ve always been an ART fan. Get ready to buy all my shiny stuff on Treebay so I can buy one!
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    That goofy dork looking guy Nick from Tree Stuff can shove it.

    Divided we fall
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    Large, uprooted doug-fir laying into another doug-fir... thoughts?

    Now that I’ve seen the pictures I’ve got a totally different idea of how to do it. Even if you have low ground anchors I think using a grip hoist winch or power puller to a guy rope or two could get a lot of pressure off the supporting tree. What is the soil like under the log? From the...
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    Large, uprooted doug-fir laying into another doug-fir... thoughts?

    With this species when they are hung up where there is a target, my methodology is almost always to secure the tree with multiple lowerable rigging points, climb up and get rid of as much weight as possible, and then either bring it down in pieces or start taking weight off the butt. It...
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    Large, uprooted doug-fir laying into another doug-fir... thoughts?

    The company I contracted for on the project had 3 GRCS units, I had one, and we borrowed another from another contract climber. Currently I own 2 and can’t see buying more. Learning to use a GRCS to tension ropes and load them onto Portawraps is a very useful skill for projects like this when...
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    Large, uprooted doug-fir laying into another doug-fir... thoughts?

    I did one a few years ago that was an absolute monster. We had 5 GRCS units to guy and rig down the tree. Tree was in yard A. Leaning towards garage/office in yard B. Brush left the property out yard C. I took two days to get it rigged and got it down to the contact point. Robert Bundy...
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    What model battery powered saw are yall raving about?

    542i is my go to climbing saw for pruning and removals.
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    Hedge trimmer recommendations

    We have the Husqvarna battery hedge shear and my guys love it. So quiet and functional.
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    ARLO's garage sale

    I figured out why you can’t afford a Throttle.
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    Cleaning pine sap from gear

    If I have gear get pitchy I just clean it with alcohol if it is hardware. If it is a rope or a lanyard I take it out of rotation temporarily and let the pitch dry out. Then I put it around a rough branch or trunk and rub the pitchy spot back and forth until it flakes off. Thankfully we do...
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    pre-emptive WTB Buck Throttle

    I used to be the first in line to try every new piece of gear out on the market. Now I wait until everyone else tries it, I talk to my friends who get to try early versions of it, and once again wait. It doesn’t take long for the patience to pay off and one pops up on Treebay. Inevitably I...
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    pre-emptive WTB Buck Throttle

    I’ll give you $300 since Matias is a cheapskate.
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    Need a new mechanical

    One thing I think would be cool to try is a crane tie in point that has a built on rope wrench or another type of friction device on it. Then you could bomb down with a device and it would add a little friction up top rather than your device having to take all the heat.
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    Need a new mechanical

    Lockjack from ART is the OG mechanical. Midline attachable. Same design with improvements over the decades. Every component is replaceable on the device but it does start adding up over time especially compared with the seemingly bombproof zigzags that last so long. Keeping ropes clean...
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    That goofy dork looking guy Nick from Tree Stuff can shove it.

    Chilling indeed. This whole thing to me is about the chilling of free speech and making an entire populace try to be more invisible than they already are. This guy was just picked at random but the signals this administration is sending are clear. Keep out of sight, don’t do anything...

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