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    Tall Cottonwood = scary? Made to top!

    Last time I was in a big tree was a poplar maybe 110'er. I roped a big broken 25' snag from the neighbouring dead big poplar but my main imprint was how the normal size maples etc directly underneath looked like bushes from above. Wee bit of the tummy zing too. (adrenalin)
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    Ban bamboo.

    What prompted the pear tree ban? In my neighbourhood they're mediocre healthy fruit bearers.
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    Nerd Alert

    Woodstove Testing This nugget escaped from its paywall prison. Enlightening. Small point I noticed resistance wood moisture meters are dry basis wheras firewood measurements are usually wet basis. There's a few percent difference in the 15 to 20% range of interest and they can be converted...
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    New device from ISC

    Here goes at an attempted explanation. On bending/friction type devices the dimensions and angles dictate how much occurs. Case in point RW the space between the bollards and the angle of the lever arm determines how aggressive it is. On a zigzag or that family of devices the chain structure...
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    I've got a possibly better recollection that the slipping issue may have been aggravated by plastic parts dimension changes on cold to hot and vice versa days. I.e the telescope clamp. I think I also pulled at least one clamp.bushing assembly apart from the fiberglass bottom during use...
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    The click button assembly, positive lock, was probably done because on the pruning stik the extension position is held by friction lock and always slips using the saw blade. You can tweak it but then it's hard to telescope. I'll measure my pruning stik aluminum tube and then it can be...
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    Add quick buckle to TM Essential

    I once added a bridge to my son's saddle by using so called certified parts in the form of petzl openable rings. Only liability then is that you've altered configuration, but maybe that's as much of a legal sin as using non-cert parts. ? Jimmying a latch or buckle may set you up too.
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    A friend of mine, now retired, ran a comprehensive grass landscaping business. Small, crew total 2 to 4, fast in fast out on lawns, hated doing flower beds, was trained climbing mainly spurs and the new-invention micropulley DRT tending. He zipped around town clock chasing doing lawns and...
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    Energy absorber for rock climbing.

    The last thread I recall on this was based in part of the debut review of these elastomer absorbers on Hownot2 with drop testing and I think also pull testing. IIRC screamers offered more catch snubbing capability. Constant force vs increasing via spring extension force. Devices like this are...
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    Treatment for board/ lag bolt compressed trees from a treehouse swing.

    Assess for targets in the weak direction and let it grow if ok. The cambium layer might still be ok as the face doesn't look rotted dried or dead. A Meilleur way to spell it ;) (better)
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    Is it time to replace the bungee on my Big Shot?

    For clarification, mine is home brew so its bare steel rod inside the latex. Still, my cracking is on the outside. I cut my tubing in the free air portion and roll it off the horn. I use slightly lighter tubing and re-use my pouch - home made leather stitched :)
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    tool/chainsaw lanyard attachment options while in a bucket truck?

    Have you ever experienced "why is this screw sticking to my screwdriver?" why the heck is my screwdriver magnetised? So's my hacksaw blade. ...... cripes. oh,, my magnetic pickup tool was lying there :( Picture magnetised saw, handsaw etc and all the ensuing fun - especially chain...
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    Mounting a pulley for my moving rope system in a tree

    Kinda spoils the party. I'm aware of those but was being a good, creative guiding parent :) At least you still have the ground of choosing total grip sheave style, conventional smooth groove or some home tuned middle ground design - also diameter to tune performance. Hint: smaller dia starts...
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    tool/chainsaw lanyard attachment options while in a bucket truck?

    Muggs, check out hownot2 vids where they go to a rope mfr and drop test, One vid is inside like an elevator shaft and another is an outdoor frame, there might also be a big indoor frame too. In these tests they often reach a puzzled conclusion "It shouldn't have broken" and they leave it at...
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    Mounting a pulley for my moving rope system in a tree

    I you want to be cutting edge make a pulley with a sprague clutch or similar so the pulley free spins for ascent and acts as a bollard for descent. Either rope end pulley or framed jig pulley. Probably work so good it would spoil you for natural crotch DRT. I climbed pre-rigged tips via...
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    Mounting a pulley for my moving rope system in a tree

    On a crimped ends multi-strand steel cable you have to trust/monitor for fatigue failure at the crimps. Case in point steel core lanyards. It's always best to be able to check just before use which contradicts leaving it in the tree. If you're confident liabiiity wise with a constructed metal...
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    Is it time to replace the bungee on my Big Shot?

    If the cracking is onl at the end you can milk a bit more out of it by cutting off the cracked section back to good rubberand remounting the slightly shorter assembly. I always seemed to get cracking first right near the horn mount before anywhere else. Iron and latex unhappy chemistry...
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    MS362 and other saws service bulletin

    Intake tract leak!
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    Nerd Alert

    Consumer Laser Welding Google served this up to me. Weld, cut, clean. Bit spooky about eye and shine-thru or reflection safety. Watch a variety besides this one. None of the vids were comprehensive but might add insight.
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    tool/chainsaw lanyard attachment options while in a bucket truck?

    Dynamic/stretchy anchor point is equally as important :)

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