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  1. Frankkytree

    Quality Control on Purchased Splice

    I bought some line to use for anchor line on a small sailboat. I ordered it from a very reputable outfit. The line is 1/2 inch nylon 8 strand. For an extra 30ish dollars I added a splice to the order. So I’m not sure if I’m spoiled by the quality of splices I’ve gotten from the arb industry or...
  2. Frankkytree

    Perenniporia fraxinea

    That all makes a lot of sense. I forgot the price has gone up on Safari? We haven’t used much. Although now I’d say we’ll switch to imidacloprid for certain situations. The situations on river or streams with hemlocks and injecting is a good call. You have a pretty good handle on this info! And...
  3. Frankkytree

    Perenniporia fraxinea

    I’ll do some research. It would make sense if we can treat with dino— we could treat with imidacloprid. Both being neonicotinoid. And the article from MSU I was looking at is 12 or more years old! Need to check my dates better. I’m pretty sure I heard a talk at the last TCIA event or other...
  4. Frankkytree

    Perenniporia fraxinea

    Cool. Thanks for responding. I was reading the other thread about alternative options to drilling. Would drenching imidacloprid work on trees greater than 15 inch DBH? Think I read an article from Michigan State University saying it wasn’t great. The label we had for safari said it could treat...
  5. Frankkytree

    Perenniporia fraxinea

    Update. We have three trees next to each other with what looks like perenniporia fraxinea on them. One tree in the group only has some fungus on a piece of deadwood. Healthy otherwise. (Although the deadwood fungus might be something else. I can’t positively ID from ground right now.) The trees...
  6. Frankkytree

    Perenniporia fraxinea

    It had a canopy of at least 75 percent. We removed the tree about a year ago so I can’t quite remember. I found this google image from five years ago. It was one of these two. It was on a 2 year treatment cycle. We had one nearby with similar amount of fungus at the base fail with a full canopy...
  7. Frankkytree

    Perenniporia fraxinea

    Sorry about that. I should’ve gave context on the pic. It was an ash tree we removed. Those were the injection sites for plugs to treat Emerald ash borer. The fungus I think got into the tree from a drill bit someone was using and not sanitizing. Or maybe the open wounds were how the fungus...
  8. Frankkytree

    Perenniporia fraxinea

    Has anyone treated perenniporia fraxinea with fungicide? Or done any other mitigation when they see this white rot? I’ve been seeing more of it on urban trees. Usually higher in the canopy and in some cases the person injected may have spread the fungus at injection sites?
  9. Frankkytree

    Deciding between soil injectors?

    That does look like a nice root feeder! Thanks for sharing that.
  10. Frankkytree

    Deciding between soil injectors?

    Thanks for replying! I almost deleted this thread. I posted this a while ago and never really updated. I ended up with the HTI. It did cost me more than the Arborjet soil injector. I can’t really speak on which one is better. I’ve found both reps in my area are amazing people. (I own the air...
  11. Frankkytree

    Show me your SNAGS

    Thanks! That makes sense. It is a great article.
  12. Frankkytree

    Show me your SNAGS

    Not sure this relates to snags. But in the ISA article “Arborists and Wildlife: Retaining Trees for Wildlife Habitat” By Brian French. He talks about bat kerf, bat slit, or inset bat house? Has anyone done one of these or have pictures of what that might look like?
  13. Frankkytree

    Show me your SNAGS

    Here’s a snag! Or habitat tree. Not quite as impressive of some the trees posted on here.
  14. Frankkytree

    Deciding between soil injectors?

    I’m deciding between soil injectors for the use of plant growth regulators mainly. What deciding factors go into this choice? Would you avoid Rainbow because of some things they did in the past? Or you like some of the other products and research? Or maybe go with Arborjet because of they’re...
  15. Frankkytree

    Aerial Lift Wisdom

    Thanks for inquiring for me from the bucket truck guys. I’ve run an Altec for a while and the TIP wasn’t inside the basket. It was more on the end of the boom. Thanks for the insight on the rings! I’m glad we’re having this conversation. There’s just not a ton of people doing any self rescue...
  16. Frankkytree

    Aerial Lift Wisdom

    Nicely done! Seems like a legit way of doing it. Did you have any trouble exiting basket or did you have any other thoughts on doing it differently? (Just out of curiosity.) I still need to talk with my co worker on some options. Our lift has a 300lb limit too, so only one of us could be in it...
  17. Frankkytree

    Aerial Lift Wisdom

    We have a Platform lift 72’. It came with pads. But would like to upgrade to some larger pads.
  18. Frankkytree

    Aerial Lift Wisdom

    These are good points, and I suppose the likelihood of needing to rappel out tying off in basket is low. Our tie in point is inside basket and below knees. If I come up with something though, I’ll try to share it on here!
  19. Frankkytree

    Aerial Lift Wisdom

    When the mechanic came to service our lift it was a great time to pick his brain on service and tips for maintenance. Because some things had changed since the machine was bought. Oddly some mechanics have different procedures for parts. We had to replace our remote because water had gotten into...
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