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  1. Mitch Hoy

    Critter Stories

    I feel like every tree guy story should end: "And then we roped it down, and we took it big. But not too big. The end."
  2. Mitch Hoy

    What's your chipping process? (Moving Brush)

    Chipping procedure is just as variable to type of operation as it is to equipment. When we used to have a smaller chipper, we had to keep a steady flow of material to not bottleneck our process. Now that we have a large chipper that we feed with a machine, we can stockpile huge amounts of...
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    Beefier Log Grapple

    Is there another pin-locking pass-through grapple on the market similar to the Vermeer non-hydraulic rotator? We love the Vermeer grapple. Upgrading to the CTX160, would like a larger opening. I know many like their BMGs and similar grapples. I like them but prefer the locking Vermeer...
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    Critter Stories

    Every early spring when it’s still stupid cold, I will have to evict a nest of baby squirrels from a tree I am removing, usually hollow red Oaks. I used to have a lady who would rescue them, but she went MIA. Now I just hear the screams of a thousand squirrels at night We were removing two...
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    Another aerial friction rigging device?

    They are machining marks from the endmill used to remove stock. No tool change from a rough pass, what type of machine are you using?
  6. Mitch Hoy

    Work Photos

    No crane access, tiny back yard. Swinging the big stuff on a big silver. Blocking down the stem behind me tomorrow, probably a couple double-whip setups.
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    Rope milking & adding splices to smaller diameter lines

    I repurpose some line, but when you replace 3 lines almost twice a year, it’s easy to build a hoard. I needed the room in my workshop! They smell bad, and weren’t sparking joy...
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    Rope milking & adding splices to smaller diameter lines

    Maybe it’s the production batch, or the RR, which I have never used? I threw out a tote full of old 11.7 120’ single splice lines this winter, all of which were either minimally milked or not milked at all. Maybe I just don’t wear my lines as much as some? I religiously de-service lines after...
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    Cabling pricing

    that’s less than my hourly cost of operation.
  10. Mitch Hoy

    Rope milking & adding splices to smaller diameter lines

    I have all my double braid rigging lines spliced at both ends. I have only ever had issues with Samson products milking a lot. I have had no issues with Yale rigging lines in years of using their lines spliced at both ends. I also double splice my yale 11.7 climb lines, except for the hank...
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    Cabling pricing

    Our pricing starts minimum at normal hourly plus hardware. I increase from there based on size and liability. We have only offered the service for a year, but have sold hundreds of feet of cable. At this point I am thinking about marking up the service, but if we get a spiderlift this year I...
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    Double whip vs triple whip configuration question

    My reply was more of a tangent on the application’s potential use in canopy rigging. Mr. ADD here (me). Just as double-whip is to span rigging, your last configuration could be used with more distant anchors. Pendulum rigging is the use of two separate high-angle lowering systems on a single...
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    Double whip vs triple whip configuration question

    I agree with @Reach It’s a cool idea, though. It may have an application in an odd span rig. You could tension and lower from both sides. This would theoretically mean that you could crank more force into your system if you are using a rope that stores energy (like polydyne) because of the...
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    [knotless rigging] 'Ultrasling' lanyards "instead of" half-hitch & bolan for routine rigging?

    No, under no circumstances that I can think of can the slick pin take a load. Even if the shackle is loaded on its side, they engineered enough travel on the pin before the slick pin would be loaded. It’s a really well designed connector. Slick pins are only dicey to me in conditions just...
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    [knotless rigging] 'Ultrasling' lanyards "instead of" half-hitch & bolan for routine rigging?

    They are nice, I have a couple. They are a little too beefy to be throwing around on the end of a 1/2” line all day but they are great for setting up a piece for negative rigging quick. I actually haven’t used them for crane, when we get down to stem picks we use the crane company’s nylons and...
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    [knotless rigging] 'Ultrasling' lanyards "instead of" half-hitch & bolan for routine rigging?

    I buy rope spliced at both ends. I have used iron wizards for years as the termination for my 1/2” rigging line, even negative rigging healthy size pieces. You just have to be aware of how choke angle affects the load of the connector- if there is a piece that is a small diameter but going to...
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    Srt device?

    The akimbo is a great lanyard adjuster. Almost as good as the ART positioner, but better suited for the application you would be using it for. I put one of my akimbos on my main D’s right next to my positioner to perform alternate lanyard technique using my life line. I do this when I...
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    If you had to share 1 thing.....

    It’s easier to go up and down than out and back. Use redirects, multiple TIPs, and even multiple systems to take the stress out of your work. Use the toolbox of SRT to get comfortable. Stress is the mind-killer.
  19. Mitch Hoy

    Timing of sugar maple structural prunes.

    We try not to trim maples during uptake because the high sugar sap stains bark. Pretty sure the stain comes from microbial colonization going after the simple glucose chains. It could be possible that the pruning wounds could be more easily colonized by something adventitious because of the...
  20. Mitch Hoy

    Saw dust on cars

    Whenever I get the creeps while bidding, I up-charge significantly to attempt to bid myself out of their market. I am an optimist, so I used to give the benefit of the doubt. Now that I have done a few jobs for free because of falling into a spider’s web, I follow my gut. Maybe looking at the...

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