I'd like to thank @southsoundtree fir the knowledge of took to make this project happen. The chain and wedge trick is one he just taught me.
I really feel like I need to read Jerry B's books now.
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Pretty much. I said $1400, non-negotiable. It would have been a $250 notch and drop had he called me monday morning.
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They didn't like my $1400 price tag at first, but when they saw the amount of rigging it took, plus the precision with which I dropped it, they were thanking me for showing up so fast.
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I got a call at 4:30 today for this failed tree. The homeowner thought he could pull it over against the back lean with a clothes line and an ancient block. The tree barber chaired on him during his back cut and sat down on a historic home with solar panels on the roof.
I set a bull line in...
@rico I actually leave Tuesday for the Pacific Northwest. No Beetle trees but I'll be back in some big conifers. Two weeks of contract climbing for South Sound tree should be a blast
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The worst part about climbing the beetle kill Pines was having to peel the sheets of bark off that hadn't Fallen yet. A lot of times I would carry a hatchet or an axe just to break through that thick Ponderosa bark so I could get my spurs into some solid wood. I made the mistake of not debarking...
If you leave a gap between your two rings roughly the length of your two Fists put together end-to-end there should be enough compression on the friction saver that it will pinch The Spar without any issues. The beetle kill trees We Are Climbing in California didn't have any bark half the time...
I have climbed beetle kill Pines in California with no bark that held an adjustable friction saver with no issues on the way down. As long as you're leaving roughly two fists width between your rings that should be enough Force pinching the system together to keep it on the spar
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When doing utility contracts, I turn it in to a sort of game. How much fun can i have whilst still playing by the rules.
Bonus points for style and creativity.
I love being picked to do that tree that everybody else turns down in these situations.
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