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  1. MikoDel

    Today....

    Triage repair onna slate roof? LOL i'd B using a piece of flagstone and a big glob of PC-11 adhesive. Nice use of clevis and spliced eye. the bends U use to connect Ur lime green to that NE safety blue - i don't think i kno those... ?? (er, sorry, maybe I meant Samson - there's so many...
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    SOLD New Teufel Platinum Pro 10.5mm - 147’ SOLD

    yea i thought the same thing. after dealing with the MILKY-minutes of 11mm Blaze, i loved "core and cover are intertwined"
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    SOLD New Teufel Platinum Pro 10.5mm - 147’ SOLD

    I REALLY really wanna learn to splice
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    Thinking about a mechanical acsender upgrade - but not without testing it

    Yeah U 100% right. Funny this one customer, i just finished the 3rd job on his property, and every one was started going up SRT on my Petzl Texas. The one limb was so horizontal that I was able to stay clipped intudda Texas for 75% of its removal, just adjusting the cam for more or less while...
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    More re-engineering stuff that shoulda been better made from the get-go

    Way to rant brother! Way to rant :LOL:
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    More re-engineering stuff that shoulda been better made from the get-go

    Report: I've been out and about using my cheap-azz throwline stuff after the mods i made and i'm happy 2 say itz all working out great. No snags, no BS - just a coupla bags and a cube that now stay open, and upright. I don't like to throw stuff out, if it can be re-porpoised. :rolleyes...
  7. MikoDel

    Today....

    Sirius arbor-barbering for this red! I told her (friend of mine) 'we should really wait for the late fall'. "No, just do it. And be aggressive with your trimming." She helped lower a few as well. Coughing all the while. It's been a few weeks and she still feels like s__t from COVID. And...
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    Thinking about a mechanical acsender upgrade - but not without testing it

    can U elaborate on that ring within a hitch thing U got going on there?
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    Thinking about a mechanical acsender upgrade - but not without testing it

    that very helpful, thank U. i read the other replies as well, and i'm lucky that almost all the trees i prune and/or fell are NOT conifers. i don't have deal w/sap too much. and i don't weigh but 160. Remember the movie Rudy? "Yer five feet NOTHIN'!! U weigh a hundred and NOTHIN'!!" Ha
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    Wear and tear on my Treemotion Evo, 2019 - new saw attachment points

    just a follow-up here, i've been working a few times since i posted the idea about the screw links in their new spot, and they work great. itz very easy for me to clip and unclip my saws where they are, and cause of their size. they don't interfere hardly at all when i want to clip intudda...
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    More re-engineering stuff that shoulda been better made from the get-go

    well first of all, thx for turning me on to Gap Arborist! i mean, why limit my gear wh__ring sl_t tendencies to just 1 or 2 stores? Ha! yeah there's actually a few on their page where the design looks simple and good. i remember looking @ the petzl one, and the edelrid awhile ago, but i...
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    SOLD New Teufel Platinum Pro 10.5mm - 147’ SOLD

    no itz fine, no sour grapes... if Aerial wants 2 resell a few to me, that would be nice is all. good score
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    Treemotion evo setup

    sometimes i have to stop, hang, and pull the leg loops away from my crotch, back toward my knees. they do get tight... but i haven't yet changed the length of the bungees cause a lot of the time they feel fine
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    Insurance ??s

    I was also told, the ins. co's stipulate, "pruning"?, or "felling"?, and the price for coverage varies pretty astronomically
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    SOLD New Teufel Platinum Pro 10.5mm - 147’ SOLD

    Oh C'MON!! U got all those 'biners 4 $60??? U wanna resell a few? Jay-sus christmas!!! i woulda jumped on that. I'll take the Petzl OK, middle row one up from the bottom for $10 plus shpg, pls. And 1 a the three big D steels on the lower left for $10 as well
  16. MikoDel

    Food Thread

    that looks good. except i don't eat animals... or dairy. unless i'm @ your house and Ur doing the cooking. then i eat whatever U put in fronna me LOL
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    More re-engineering stuff that shoulda been better made from the get-go

    The red weaver throwline bag has some kinda attempt @ "struts" inna sides - well, they are garbage. don't BOTHER, ya know? they sag, they're moosh-a-moosh... good god if they used something like the .040" poly i got from my old boss @ the sign shop, it coulda been a really effective strut...
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    Angie's list vs. Craigslist and other ads

    Yes and as U said B4, some if it is the size of the splits. for 15 yrs i hadda Vermont Castings Intrepid, "pre 1988" was their classification. and i couldn't stack anything wider than 16.5" intudda 'magazine' . beautiful stove - soooo well crafted and perfectly functional. And if some of...
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    Is this the beginnings of oak wilt on this beautiful pin oak tree?

    The branch just cracked off and fell. I still have to cut and seal the fractured limb above. Gonna do that very soon. Big dark spot in the center of the cuts. From what I know about oak wilt, the dead one in the background that i cut last season has the ugly telltale patches It was about...
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    Angie's list vs. Craigslist and other ads

    Signage. Indeed. I call this: I represent ALL OUTCOMES

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