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    Today....

    Great story! I once came home from a long day to house and dog sit at my neighbors’s place. Cracked a beer and began going through voicemails. In one message, I thought the client said something about a “Catalpa tree”. Went on to other messages and eventually came back to that one. Oops. She...
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    more fun with knucklebooms

    Also, I do believe that hook is a larger, higher capacity model than mine, which can also have an effect on how fair the rope ends up die to the size of the oval. The base of my oval lines up near the narrowest part of the hook.
  3. oceans

    more fun with knucklebooms

    That’s correct. Their style keep the climbing line below the actual hook, which is nice, though my setup has been fine. I don’t see any interference. A guy by me has his oval in a second shackle, much like your pic but without fiber inbewixt. I do like less connections and complexity. I also...
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    more fun with knucklebooms

    At the end of the fly jib there should be an eye for a shackle, and a hook in that shackle. I use a large, steel rigging oval in that same shackle. The oval ring takes no load except for the climber. Rope installation and retrieval is quick, easy and flawless.
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    more fun with knucklebooms

    Attaboy!
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    Bevel buddy

    The first place I heard about a back grind was 25 years ago. I ran the grinders but often talked to the clearing crew. They ran a 800-some odd hp Model 30 with babbit pockets and all. Very big difference in performance for them when rear loading live floors when the knives dulled out. Since...
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    more fun with knucklebooms

    Something other than descending from a crane! LOL!
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    more fun with knucklebooms

    I’m glad you’re keeping that truck busy. I sure hope you’re doing some good old fashioned tree climbing a couple days a week or so. :)
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    Bevel buddy

    Thanks for the real life test results!
  10. oceans

    Today....

    Looks like a fun day!
  11. oceans

    Part time mechanic

    The shop definitely has to happen. Once it’s squared away, i foresee some happier days. I will just have to temper how much I take on at once.
  12. oceans

    more fun with knucklebooms

    That is extremely unfortunate. No recourse?
  13. oceans

    Trees from a distance

    Rhododendron???
  14. oceans

    Closing Thoughts

    Happy thanksgiving to tou and yours too! Plenty to be grateful for all around. Wow! If I get on the road would they hire me for a day or two? :) I’d love to get into some big trees. I mostly get vine strangled, salt air stunted, half dead heartbreaks. Ash is under pressure. Beech is under...
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    Tall skinny Ash

    You’re welcome. I would suggest it will hold direction if there’s concern for a brittle hinge to break early.
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    Today....

    Nice work! Just curious how long the crack was present before you guys got the preservation. I’ve often wondered how long after a crack forms that closing it is appropriate vs. bracing it as is, or if time of year makes a difference as well. Just thinking about reaction wood and how many times...
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    Tall skinny Ash

    Exactly. It takes a lot of crown weight or otherwise to initiate movement, and if just a bare spar, it can hold the log still when the hinge closes.
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    Closing Thoughts

    That’s quite a post, Steve. Just like you to pour your heart out all over my computer. I’m glad to say I got to be a part of that journey, however small. I know for fact that you have been a positive influence on me and friends of mine that have also shared time with you (and your truck) at...
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    A really cool visualization of trees

    Good share. I was able to watch most of it and have to say it was a throwback to my old ISA study manual with a bit better imagery. I got interested in the narrator explaining how thin the “living part” is. When I describe the CODIT model to clients I go over those points. I usually get into...
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    Tall skinny Ash

    I was able to make due with the Pine spar left over from yesterday. Had to form the cut then force it over via machine. Here goes… Face cut as normal: Plunge through the center of the hinge and out the back: Next, you can adjust the width of the plunge if need be and vertically scribe the...

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