Tubular webbing on the last few feet of line helps, use tiny zip ties through the winch line weave or light cordage to secure. I also employ a 20' or so hank of old climbing rope, which is nice because you can keep your winch line stowed while stacking branches (orient butts 90 degrees to the...
How long until the manufacturing facilities come online in the US to really make any difference? 10 years? 20 years? That's a long and bumpy and painful road, my friend. Most people's tree care needs will be towards the bottom of their spending list, after simply surviving.
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If the Walmart...
I have Buyer's Products, I think they're called. Seem like a really cheap option. If I can't afford the In The Ditch next time, Highway Products seem nice and Pro Tech are decent
Today I learned about In The Ditch toolboxes! Thanks, Merle! These look so nice. I'm tired of the crappy Buyers brand on my truck. These will go on my next truck for sure.
I'll be there too! Got dinner reservations at a fancy restaurant. For 5pm. Home by 6:30 and happily in my comfy clothes on the couch. Snoozing by 9pm no doubt.
Way back in the day when i was young and dumber, i did A LOT of (uninsured) side jobs on the weekends with a 3/4 ton long bed truck. It's amazing how much debris you can pack in the bed and then do the human chipper shredder with a chainsaw to make it more flat and take up less surface area. I'd...
Freehanding chipper kinves seems like a questionable practice. It would be really easy to go to hard in one section and create a large gap with the anvil.
I saw someone on IG put an eye splice in it and it passed very easily through the ZZ, unlike the Petzl rope, which at least to me, is very difficult to get through the ZZ.
Let me guess... You bought it from FMI who are no longer a dealer. I had a terrible time with them in Spokane, right after the new year in 2023 (edit. FMI are no longer Bandit dealers beginning 2023 if I recall correctly) when they installed my winch. They claimed Bandit is basically...