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  1. Tony

    Bandit 12XP & Winch Capabilities Video

    We do this quite regularly with crane picks. Tony
  2. Tony

    Bandit 12XP & Winch Capabilities Video

    Seems like you have a well reasoned handle on the situation. Tony
  3. Tony

    Bandit 12XP & Winch Capabilities Video

    I would also recommend you switch to a cordage low elongation winch cable if you have not already. We get ours from a 4x4 supplier. And splice a Chook on the end with a brummel splice. Don’t bother making it a möbius or locking brummel. You will be replacing it as it wears. Make the bury REAL...
  4. Tony

    Bandit 12XP & Winch Capabilities Video

    When winching long pieces on the ground. Pull enough cable out and put a 1/2 hitch at the butt. Then put the choke with the end of the cable further up the stem where you will need it for the final feed. When the piece is on the in-feed deck, loosen the winch cable, undo the 1/2 hitch then...
  5. Tony

    TreeActions Podcast

    With a lifetime in this industry as a 2nd generation arborist, it took me a while to see the unique culture and the unique people who do tree work. Like any occupation, there are levels on levels within subsets! Like any occupation, there is a spectrum of skill, knowledge, motivation, and...
  6. Tony

    Liriodendron cabling

    In looking at the picks, if those unions at the base are not actively cracking, this tree would be a fine candidate for a synthetic, non invasive, (no hardware) system. Could be installed easily at the proper height, and maintained for many years while providing good hazard mitigation. I would...
  7. Tony

    Audio Version of Free Falling: an Aboreal Novel now available

    So a funny story about writing this book. One of my goals was to portray the ITCC to those outside the industry and give an accurate accounting of it as I saw it as a long time competitor and longer time volunteer. I wnated to paint a picture of the culture, the family, the professionalism and...
  8. Tony

    Wedges or Rope?

    This is an excellent point. I would call what Rico stated not as safer but more efficient. “Safer” to me implies that a hazard has been reduced, mitigated, and or eliminated. Often times this is just the other side of the coin with efficiency. Those differences in definition and the end goal...
  9. Tony

    Wedges or Rope?

    Sounds like they were applying a logging standard for some odd reason. The height limit and terminology is similar. Tony
  10. Tony

    Wedges or Rope?

    This is almost always true for my ground felling work. I consider Wedges and a hammer PPE for felling and always have 3-4 wedges with me when running a saw. I require the crews to have a rope in every tree we are felling unless there is a specific reason not too. The rope does the majority...
  11. Tony

    Wedges or Rope?

    The force on the hinge will be the same is the rope is pulling in line with the lay, or the wedge is lifting perpendicular to the hinge, back leaning or not. On a perfect tree with good hinge wood and no lean the answer is still yes! Unless you anchor a pull line very low or pull from a...
  12. Tony

    Wedges or Rope?

    I agree with Southsound and Reach So the definitive answer is: Yes Tony
  13. Tony

    Audio Version of Free Falling: an Aboreal Novel now available

    Thanks!
  14. Tony

    Audio Version of Free Falling: an Aboreal Novel now available

    My novel Free Falling Published in 2013 is now available in audio. I recorded and edited it in-house. You can hear the story in my voice. As an author, I always wanted to do this. If you are interested I am asking $15 for access to it. You access it through a personalized podcast link. You...
  15. Tony

    Liriodendron cabling

    If the structural weakness is an active crack, then you should proably seriously consider bracing rods as well as cables and crown reduction. They respond particularly well to timely and proper crown reduction. If you are just concerned about ultimate movement and mitigating possible future...
  16. Tony

    Liriodendron cabling

    I too have cabeled and braced many Tulip Trees in eastern Pennsylvania. For existing splits over targets we use EHS cable with forged eye through bolts. With proper installation, ie. hole size, cable placement, tension, tighten of hardware, etc a healthy tree responds well with good...
  17. Tony

    Rope Flattening Issues

    You can come too. Bit of a commute… Tony
  18. Tony

    Rope Flattening Issues

    Those PHC guys! Thanks for the compliment. We take great pride in how we are perceived. Our clients spend hard earned money for our services. We owe it to them to be professional. We ask and train our team to do the highest quality work. They should have safe, clean hight quality...
  19. Tony

    Rope Flattening Issues

    I am with islandarb (swing) here. You can debate the merits of one rope over another for days. You can compare and contrast construction till your blue in the face. At the end of the day, all the ropes we use, that are designed for tree work specifically offer pros and cons, but not to the...
  20. Tony

    Large Oak Tree

    Hollowness is not the real problem. Your home is hollow, yet it stands. You live in it. A cylinder is a strong structure, think pipe, silo, etc. Structural issues came when part of the circumference is compromised, hence the mallet for sounding is two-fold. It is like the ’ol trick of...

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