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  1. JTree

    Throwline or hook?

    Alright, it's past time I rig up something better for setting little traverse/positioning lines while in the tree. The way I see it, there's really only 2 options worth considering. Throwline and either a grapnel or magnet Or A hook, whether it be epple, DMM, or whatever Polling the...
  2. JTree

    Lithium powered saws?

    I'd like to see another saw manufacturer stand to to toe with the big guys. I used to have a lot of respect for echo top handles (gassers) but less after I went through a couple of them. I hope the battery powered ones are awesome....even though I'm still hoping milwuakee decides to make a good one.
  3. JTree

    Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

    I was away from the buzz for years. I'm thrilled that this thread is still alive. Now I have some catching up to do :)
  4. JTree

    Hitch hiker/2/x thread

    I don't mind seeing a rope malshaped so long as the friction device I'm hanging on provides enough friction to continue hanging on the flattened section. Mine fluffed back up given time to relax and dry, tho, so it looks like I'm good. Arbormaster lives to fight another day.
  5. JTree

    What’s your favourite lanyard set up

    Yeah....hand splicing kern can be done on some cords, but the bury is so long and stiff that there's no way I'd do it for a lanyard. I understand regarding the principle, tho. If it makes you feel any better, I spurred my lanyard today. So there's that Time to splice up another.
  6. JTree

    What’s your favourite lanyard set up

    Dude, I'd be so pissed if I bought a premade lanyard only to find that someone didn't premilk the line before sewing the splices. Like fighting mad. We both know that you are paying for the splicing labor almost as much ad the materials when you buy a premade lanyard. Just splice your own...
  7. JTree

    Hitch hiker/2/x thread

    The rope I'm seeing issue with is 16 strand arbormaster. Haven't spent significant time on the hh and any of my double braids as of yet. I like climbing on 16 strand rope, tho. Not sure why really, TBH. It's bouncy, stretches what feels like 2 feet from unloaded to loaded, and it's not nice on...
  8. JTree

    Hitch hiker/2/x thread

    I'm still rocking a HH1. I'm fighting rope flattening. Not a hug issue as of yet, but today it started raining on me and when I hit the flat parts, I'd slide a bit. Not a fast slide or anything, but enough to be more than a bit annoying. I had the same issue out of the BDB. This, more than...
  9. JTree

    SOLD

    Dang it......in just a little too late. If it falls through I want the hh
  10. JTree

    Lithium powered saws?

    As a father of 3 I appreciate your lame response.
  11. JTree

    Lithium powered saws?

    I'm honestly ready for the tech to catch up and make battery saws actually feasible. Love me some cordless tools. My cordless impacts get used way more than my air tools, and nowadays they even out power the air wrenches. I don't see battery saws ever being as powerful as gasers, but if they...
  12. JTree

    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    Yeah one of these days I want to go play around for a couple of days with the local harvesters and see what's what on the big saws. I've always been a stihl guy but if the big husky saws really are better I'm willing to have my mind changed.
  13. JTree

    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    Lol, IDK man. The 440 never seemed to be able to do much more than a 361 and was noticeably heavier.
  14. JTree

    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    I've run a 42 on a 660. It works, but you can bring it to a dead stop easily if your rakers are even just a *little* too low. Never had the opportunity to run a large husky.
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    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    For multiple city trees at 36" dbh, I'd take the two 660s. 1) Trees that size usually have metal in them near the bottom when they are growing in town. When you hit metal, you hand the saw off to a good groundie to sharpen and he hands you the other one. 2) at 36" dbh, you are only going to...
  16. JTree

    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    Last 3 removals I did were over 60" in diameter. I was using practically all of the 36" bar on both sides to get through the heartwood. All of them were oaks (1 white, 2 post).....so yeah, an 880 would have been really nice......and a longer bar. 36" wasn't enough to do the thing properly.
  17. JTree

    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    That's something to consider. IDK. I usually end up with the big trees overhanging 500,000 immovable antique Chinese vases, gramma's petunias, and at least one fence line. It seems like half the time I would benefit from having a way to lift largish limbs quickly and control their decent in...
  18. JTree

    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    My current line up is a 201t, a 361, and a 660.....soon to add the 261 back in. Just figuring out where I want to buy it. The top handle and the 261 are for in tree use. The other two for the ground. If I had it to do over I would have forked out the extra cash for an 880 instead of the 660...
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    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    And I am shocked yall don't all love the 361. The power to weight ratio is really amazing.
  20. JTree

    Long bar on a top handle saw.

    ....and I'm in the market for a 261. Yes, I could just use the 361 once the handle comes in, and I will when it is the tool I need, but I usually like to keep the 361 set up with an aggressively filed chain for ground work and keep something smoother on the larger climbing saw. Not nessicarily a...

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