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    Anyone conceal carry while working?

    I'm told Trump (Drumph?) has a solution for that, and we don't even have to pay for it. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Are We Shooting Ourselves in the Foot?

    See, that "pick the safest plan" part is the crux of this to me, because I doubt that many folks on the Buzz lack git'er done, intestinal fortitude, or the professional's drive for continuous improvement (in other words @Jem4417, I agree with you). I my experience, there is frequently not a...
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    Sequoia Rope Bridge

    Used an anchor bend on mine for a while with velocity, worked just fine. If it's good enough for Matt Cornell, it's good enough for me. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Anyone conceal carry while working?

    No, he is trying to put us back in the driver's seat so we can have a legitimate conversation about our privacy rights, and then make a considered compromise decision. Super-revolutionary in the age of unlimited campaign contributions, free speech for artificial persons, and political...
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    Is a Spider Leg considered a Sling according to OSHA?

    These standards are so frustrating. It does say that, but there's also language about hitches, which, to me, means that the "not knot in lieu of splice" means the part on the hook, and the hitch, by definition, refers to the load. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Rig N' Wrench

    Haven't you heard? Orange is the new black. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    Is a Spider Leg considered a Sling according to OSHA?

    This refers to splicing three-strand rope. The tucks are weaved back into the rope. A short splice is used to make a loop in three strand or repair a broken rope, but it increases the diameter at the join. A long splice requires way more work and takes longer, but maintains diameter because it's...
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    To Run or not to run or that is the question?

    I never thought I'd be proud of being a dumper, but Ben is just that good.
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    Rope Runner vs Rope Wrench for spar work

    I hate pitch too, and I have found that sometimes different knots are slightly better than others. In general, I think that knots which have parts that are wrapped inside, like a michoican, get gummed up faster and worse than those like the valdotain, which don't. YMMV, and all hitches will...
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    To Run or not to run or that is the question?

    Just to make what the other guys are saying explicit, velocity does not have any effect on the rigging/anchor, only changes in velocity. With 80' of room, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a piece I rope and the wind on your rigging point, and my leather gloves would look like...
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    Sunny February Day

    This makes me feel validated after being looked at sideways often over the years for being fussy with flaking, frequently milking hockles off the end between pieces, and taking the time to put on leather gloves and take off half a wrap. x2, and the beauty is you don't even have to be that...
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    Re-thinking the need for a pulley saver or friction-less tie in point.

    ABR #1 rigging thimble is about the same OD and $, but much larger ID. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    "Don't expect much"

    I would have settled for A throw line, A notch, and A pull. And Seriously, who made the higher cuts? I've seen livestock castrations that looked more comfortable than that climb. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    just suppose....(stihl guys only)

    For a 3 or 4 person crew with at least 2 climbers and a mix of job types: 150 tce 201 tcm 261 cmq 441 cmq with a 20" bar that never gets within 4' of the ground on pain of death 241 cm to keep my climbing saws out of the dirt and FNG limbs attached 461 or 661 cm depending on pruning:removal...
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    Quickie

    I think they're talking about using it where you'd put a quick link or a ring in the eye of an alpine butterfly or bowline-ona-bight. It's on Treestuff now, $56 with the "online" discount code.
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    Time for an arborist

    If you're going to wear it doing tree work, it's going to break eventually. I love analog watches, especially automatics, but they're just too nice for work. I'd just get something cheap like this and swap it for your nice watch at the end of the day. If you are going to wear something nice...
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    Callus versus woundwood

    Alright, to put voice southbound's next question, "so what?" My initial answer would be that the undifferentiated callus is both less resistant to decay organisms and less strong in compression, owing to the lack of lignin, and less resistant to changes in the environment, owing to the lack of...
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    Mini Skids

    I'm portly, and that's why I'm good on the Ditch Witch, if that says anything. In fact, I have frequently acted as a human counterweight on the DWs, hanging on next to the operator and sticking my badonkadonk out as far as possible. the 650 and 755 are beasts. I haven't been responsible for...
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    Rig N' Wrench

    Just tack on a royalty surcharge :-) Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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    ms 241/261 Snellorized

    It's the old Husky of comparable size, replaced by auto tune 550, I think. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

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