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    I fell yesterday

    Addenda: Tom/ Mark and all the guys that are way, way more experienced than me - I'v always thought how useful it would be to work on a list of tree species that are known for having week unions/ propensity for falling apart, for the newer folks getting into tree work (and for old farts that...
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    I fell yesterday

    Matias, glad you're OK and hope you're not all bruised up at minimum. Sometimes it takes a while for this stuff to come out. A 20' whipper is nothing to play with, gravity being a squared dimension. In good light, check your harness (tree gear isn't meant for fall protection just work...
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    Cleaning pine sap from gear

    I used to use 95% isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) for sap removal from both hardware and ropes - everything - until there was a TreeBuzz discussion on rope material (nylon and polyester) chemical compatibility a couple of years ago. According to the charts, rope textiles don't really like...
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    Need a new mechanical

    Cross post to comments on ZZ and Arbsession Caralink II tether with ISC Apex for SRT - you'd still have the ZZ for DdRT and together with a friction saver (I'm partial to the leather rope sleeves with my ZZ) you have an easy to switch over system, for both SRT ascent and working the tree DdRT...
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    pre-emptive WTB Buck Throttle

    Spot on. Ryan, I am curious what you would think of an Arbsession CaraLink II tether with an ISC Apex run on a ZigZag for SRT. Seems it would convert over from SRT for ascent to a normal double rope ZZ setup (maybe now with a friction saver installed) for working the tree pretty easily. I...
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    Cleaning pine sap from gear

    I use a white rag and 95% isopropyl alcohol on metal parts or everclear (almost absolute ethanol) on poly/ nylon ropes. There's older threads on sap removal (just use search) on Buzz and commercial sap removers from vendors like Wesspur. But the alcohols are quick and easy on prussik cords and...
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    Manipulated odometer

    Also reported was that lots of cars were parked in all sorts of lots/ malls or something sittin there. Dunno - just spectacular sales figures suddenly for a weekend or so. Musta been huge lineups! Chinese manufacturers had scads (thousands) of cars parked in fields years ago - their gov't...
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    Manipulated odometer

    Nothing surprises me anymore . . "There were reports of an unusually high number of Tesla sales in Canada during the weekend when the federal EV rebate program was paused, raising concerns about potential misuse of the program. Specifically, four Tesla-owned dealerships claimed to have sold...
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    Dump trailer and Powerhorse Chipper

    My own two cents would be that the wheels/ axles are now too far forward on the trailer when you have the extra 500 lbs of swing weight out back there. Changes the center of gravity of the trailer. Funny story, I saw the same kind of thing years ago when working commissary for an airline for...
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    Unable to post pictures this morning?

    iPhone also has a format setting to save photos as HEIC format - Apples own I think. Some sites don't allow you to upload in this format but just jpg etc. There's a setting no doubt somewhere to change the format of photos you save on your phone model - just google it.
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    That goofy dork looking guy Nick from Tree Stuff can shove it.

    Perhaps some food for thought on economic theory (maybe some things never change?) https://mises.org/library/book/essay-economic-theory
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    That goofy dork looking guy Nick from Tree Stuff can shove it.

    Every time I have spoken to Nick/ emailed him he made it right and was a gentleman. I think, regardless of whatever hiccups we have with the company or the venture capitalists, etc. he's a credit to the industry. Everyone has to cope with their own "system" in business which can at times be a...
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    Chipper winch line protection

    Seen a guy use a skidding cone - beats an old VW beetle hood! The cone gets the line off the ground a little bit. Maybe you could use short sections of rubber hose over the winch line for the first couple of feet?
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    Should I turn down tree trimming jobs during summer time?

    Many jurisdictions have bylaws or ordinances that outright prohibit elm pruning between April 01 and Sept 30th (dates may vary) to prevent the spread of Dutch Elm Disease (and prohibit moving or storing elm wood with bark on). Cuts will release a pheromone that elm bark beetles hone in on, hence...
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    Lakeside Work

    Really interesting - years ago I was on the way to a gas plant on lease roads (gravel) in wooded hilly areas up north. The field operators had warned us to be out by about ~11:00 AM in the spring for couple of weeks. What happened they related, was the sun would hit the shrub covered hills...
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    Throw line/ throw weight thread

    Cross post to another bigshot thread kinda related?
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    Portawrap to rope

    More and more, an eye sling of either 3/4' Tenex or Teuf TRex (3/4" is 20450 lbs MBS and 7/8" is 28770 lbs MBS) for me for the top with a block or ring. I'm kinda re-doing my eye slings, for up top, bit by bit over the winters into all larger diam tat and not worrying too much about carry weight...
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    Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

    I always think of this skit when deadwooding spruces - "Bring me your dead, bring me your dead. He's not dead (a swift stroke with the Silky) There, yes he is . . . " It's a lot like this (nice piano). Cheers all
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    Fid Size vs Rope Size

    For tuff to bury stuff I like the D-Splicer soft fids too - available in various sizes.
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    Effective and Inexpensive Homemade Penetrating Oil-Better than PB Blaster and Kroil

    This sounds like a good idea - gotta try it out. But just remember acetone spotted on to the corner of a rag is one thing, but acetone in any volume is really flammable (including clothes or rags) and it evaporates at room temp like skunk and can fill low spots or enclosed areas and light off...

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