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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    Maybe another option in a hand pruner with an extension pole. Just for fun I bought one of these and it's probably about as good as the Milwaulkee pole pruner (above) in terms of cuts, bit shorter reach tho. More light duty but at the price, and you can use it as a hand pruner too. They are...
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    Energy absorber for rock climbing.

    I haven't seen screamers used to belay on rock. There you place rated pro in good rock in good placements (excusing for a moment the generally crappy sedimentary rock we have in the Alberta Rockies or on the N face of the Eiger which are all in the process of falling apart). Ah the granite of...
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    New device from ISC

    I don't have a Reflex (or Blackbird) to try but I have noticed that with both the ZZ and Zillon, the links seem to elongate or spread out more on thinner diameter ropes. So this might be an explanation a bit for coping with wear - the wear points change a bit as the rope diameter gets larger? On...
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    New device from ISC

    Thanks Kevin. I do wish folks who are doing on-line reviews would state what rope(s) they are using and with what weight on the device. Some of the ropes can be guessed from the colour/ pattern but others not so much. Had an old Prof who always admonished us when doing science/ engineering to...
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    New device from ISC

    Bino H tried his Reflex on a buncha 11.7's on his Youtube channel - they seemed fine too. I'd like to hear about 11.5's like good ole Tachyon, or Drayer StatX ("thick" feeling and "stiffer" 11.5) or Sterling Scion (maybe a "smaller" feeling 11.5 based on settings for an AK2 for example)( ISC...
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    Is it time to replace the bungee on my Big Shot?

    This has been a good thread for me. The rubber condition on the BS is now added to the daily pre-work inspection checklist. Possibilty of a rubber band breaking on you while stretched is one reason I like using a pulley and trigger setup and have the thing on the ground when shooting (as above)...
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    Topping, Pollarding, or what??

    I've always tried to cut each stem individually, finish cut above the branch collar. The times I've done these, trying to cut small stems all at once, say with a top handle, ripped the stems more than cut them cleanly. It would be like trying to trim a hedge with a chainsaw, which can leave a...
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    tool/chainsaw lanyard attachment options while in a bucket truck?

    I've wondered now and then if one couldn't have "calibrated" magnets on a breakaway tool lanyard - the old vinyl covered magnets with hooks glued into them that Richard Mumford used to sell for his Mag Throwbag rig are really really strong. Could suface area of the mating faces be manipulated to...
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    Mounting a pulley for my moving rope system in a tree

    As well, Petzl makes wire slings or strops you can buy in various lengths you could add biners or pulley/ whatever to. I use these where I have to get back up into something over night or a few days later and just leave cheap cord or throwline installed in the rig - pull a rope up next day...
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    Ad Picture Change Shifts Everything

    Me too on all the various versions of Safari on MACs that we own, if that helps. The pages just jump up and down maddeningly.
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    Prescription Pruning Qualification PPQ

    Too funny On a thought more in keeping with the thread, is there any thought to putting one of these sessions onto DVD or a website for streaming somewhere?
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    Today....

    Another option might be some small cleats every 16" or so up the ramp - just thin hardwood strips, screwed in. Advantage is that when goop builds up, you can sweep them off easily or even hit em with a pressure washer if it's sticky mud. They use these on boat ramps and gangways. Cheers
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    Today....

    One thing about grating on a walking surface, from my experience, is once the spaces fill up with snow or mud, you kinda can be back to square one on the traction thing. In large process projects I worked on, operations always made sure that grating was a specific size/ "coarseness"/ depth and...
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    Saw lanyard review

    Not sure if this saw hanger has been widely seen - I saw it on Walker Saw Shop's website - they only had them for Stihl top handles when I last looked. Cheers
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    Topping, Pollarding, or what??

    This was my morning giggle today! Remember first time I heard that from a HO and kinda went Eh, What? Then a bit of a pause . . . .
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    Topping, Pollarding, or what??

    When pollarding perhaps advise HO that they're pretty much buying into a yearly or bi-annual thing if they want to keep the height down (say for sun). This growth is big enough it should be chainsaw-able to form a "knuckle" eventually with continued pruning. I've seen cuts done down to some...
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    Why Is It So Expensive to Cut Down a Tree?

    There's some interesting comments on the Tree First YouTube channel too. I remember the first time I saw a crane and tub grinder pull up to a great big huge elm in a metro area city on the prairies here. The maybe 150 yr old elm was completely gone in about an hour or two and stump ground before...
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    The Akimbo 2

    So, had my first not so hot experience with AK2 and sap to any degree on a 70' black spruce. The tree was kinda dry till about 2/3 of the way up when the branches started to have sap covered cones. The top had masses of cones, all with glistening sap. Up until the uppper part of the tree, all...
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    45° limbs

    I'll second that. You didn't say how tall the willow is but any time I've played with them, I've always used more than one rope and also braced the tree with rigging, not just climb line/ redirects. It's splity wood that also decays quite quickly. 'Bout as much fun as a two+ year dead column...
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    New device from ISC

    Good manual/instructions. Looks like only above ~300 lbs you'll need extra friction from a tether (rescue?) - P8. I like that it'll work on kernmantle 11's too. Oh oh, maybe new shiny thing- itis again!

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