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  1. Oxman

    Ropin Album

    Ropin Album Here's some roping pics from a locust tree removal on Saturday. Feel free to share. Sorry about my steel core flipline being so frayed. I predict a day will come when the powers that be will renounce their ban on safety precautions that include onehanded chainsaw...
  2. Oxman

    im leaving the buzz

    Re: They Shoot Arborists, Don\'t They? Can you please host the next Treebuzz Gettogether in Hawaii? I've always wanted to climb a Coconut Palm.
  3. Oxman

    Cannon Zipline Race

    Here is a formal race between 2 teams who run cannons across ziplines. Cannon race video
  4. Oxman

    Legendary High Climber

    Here's a video of the timber clown act. Timber Show
  5. Oxman

    Legendary High Climber

    Anybody know who doubled for Paul Newman's climbing scenes in "Sometimes A Great Notion"? Who would know?
  6. Oxman

    Legendary High Climber

    Steve Bartow is actively performing his clown act. Steve Bartow - AKA - Arnold The Clown Here's a video of his son Brian in a pole climbing event at the Evergreen State Fair. Brian Bartow video of Pole Climb One misconception is that the pole climber can slide down to the ground. The...
  7. Oxman

    Wesspur catalog cover

    Thanks for the comment about jettisoning the saw prior to tipping the work. I never have been able to stow the saw one-handed. It is also difficult for me to put it away without seeing the clip visually. My first climbing saw in 1970 was the Homelite Super EZ Automatic 250. This was before I...
  8. Oxman

    Wesspur catalog cover

    Lots of this discussion is how to do it 'the right way'. Part of Daves expertise means being able to pull it off with any of a hundred variations. Video of fancy rigging by our coverboy of the month. STARRS zipline
  9. Oxman

    Wesspur catalog cover

    Here's a larger view of the previous pic. Preventing the climbing lines from coming up over the top of the stem is one benefit of staying under the block.
  10. Oxman

    Wesspur catalog cover

    Don't try anything you can't get away with.
  11. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    My proposition is that the pruning be done prior to deciding 'if' or 'how' cabling is to be done. Lets take the term 'dynamic rigging design' when used in the context of removing large branches. Dynamic means we change our rigging points and load capacity as the various sections are worked on...
  12. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Part 2 What has changed in the 10 years since this was written?
  13. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Here's Part 1 of the November, 2001 article on cabling in Arbor Age magazine. Hope this isn't copyright infringement. It would be better if the old link was live. It has been a dead link on my website for years. http://www.greenmediaonline.com/aa/2001/0111/0111tc.asp
  14. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    I can see each side would need to be able to support the full load. I wonder if there are tables that give load capacity of particular diameter lags in commonly available lengths? The load on a cable termination is determined by weight, angle, and growth that causes increase in future leverage...
  15. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Here's my kit. Top to bottom: Drill bit Hand drill Tape Measure Electrical Tape Cable-Aid Lag Spinner J-lag Thimble EHS Cable Preform Dead End Bolt Cutter Jackstrap Havens Grip Cable Grab
  16. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    This one was fifteen hundred. A thousand for the tree; 200 cable materials; 300 cable labor. No charge for spinning my wheels buying 6' lag rod, or for dancing sugarplums in my head. There is value of marketing by spreading the word that a more versatile palette of services is offered than...
  17. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    This attachment shows the cable stretched by the leather come-a-long called a Jackstrap. Another view if it was shown earlier. It has a cable grab on one end that clamps on the wire that is already attached at the far end of the run. There are 2 pulleys on it with a flat leather belt running to...
  18. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    This attachment photo looks down at the rotten fork. Instructions? First, the decision to install artificial support systems should usually involve only basket cases. The front porch of this house is directly under the rotten fork of this tree, making it a candidate for extreme measures...
  19. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    This is a view of the complete triangle. On the right side of the photo is a powerline & a phone line to get confused about. Notice the Blue Streak climbing line on a hitchclimber pulley in the lower center. A white Safety Blue climbing line is at the left point of the triangle. The right...
  20. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    I believe it is a Modesto Ash. Heres a shot of the during. Notice the cable running past my left shoulder. The configuration ended up being a triangle box.

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