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  1. MikoDel

    DWT with a Munter hitch

    Another thank you to OP JOE for the DWT schooling. On a recent job this proved to be "right tree - right technique". i was able to remove most all the overhanging limbs over the roof using this one limb i selected as the 'gantry'. (Not the fat one farthest away - that was too low and too...
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    TreeMotion Evo - saw attachment point idea

    I don't know about having it in back of me. Hmmm. i'm not sure i could always comfortably grab it. although i can see the advantage of having the saw centered when squeezing thru narrow crotches. but it also might hang too low? i got a few issues - neck fusion, which limits my ability to...
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    TreeMotion Evo - saw attachment point idea

  4. MikoDel

    CAMELBAK SS WATER CARRIER - I may have been mistaken

    Have never seen this one before. 1 gal... YOWZA, LOL!!!
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    TreeMotion Evo - saw attachment point idea

    I love this saddle, as I've said many times. I'm still experimenting w/convenient ways, and placement, of chainsaw attachment points. Here I'm using elongated screw links, held in place to the saddle's access point using small zipties, so they 'behave' when I attach/detach. My prev. tree saws...
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    CAMELBAK SS WATER CARRIER - I may have been mistaken

    Hmmm, lots of input here. Well, I kind of poo-poo'd the comment about residue from SouthSound... but I think he's right. The first thing I tried was, I took a metal scrubby and scrubbed inside the mouth and down the sides, hard, as far as I could reach. Then I checked w/a flashlight inside -...
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    THEFT - ALL 4 of my saws

    Just got my MS194T back from TW Reiss in Southampton, PA. They are a class act over there. They repaired the small tree saw under warranty. Turns out it was not the oil pumpkin, but an obstruction in the 'hose'. I don't have a svc manual so I don't kno what they're talking about, but...
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    CAMELBAK SS WATER CARRIER - I may have been mistaken

    I purchased a 64oz insulated SS water carrier from CamelBak (directly from their website) last summer. The other day I looked inside it and to my horror, it looks like old teflon!!! I don't know what I've been drinking (ingesting), but the interior lining of this product is most definitely...
  9. MikoDel

    Any effective treatments for EAB in a very large, 'somewhat' healthy PA green ash?

    You guys are great, I totally appreciate your input here, for Jane and for me as well. I'm still not certified and I know nothing of chemicals. The last time I gave chemical advice I was working in a hardware store in NNJ and chlordane was still legal :LOL:
  10. MikoDel

    Any effective treatments for EAB in a very large, 'somewhat' healthy PA green ash?

    Thank you. This 'Jane' called me only a few weeks ago. Based on the conversation we had, and the last time I saw the tree, I am hopeful this very large, dominant tree @ the end of her drive is still in a condition worth saving. I believe this lady is inclined towards some manner of...
  11. MikoDel

    Any effective treatments for EAB in a very large, 'somewhat' healthy PA green ash?

    I have a lady, Jane B., who consulted w/me about her ash tree. It's an expansive ash (truthfully... green ash... black ash... not sure sorry) about 90-100ft tall, massive crown. The last time I looked onsite was about 2 yrs ago. There was some dead wood, but I would say 'only a little'. All...
  12. MikoDel

    DWT with a Munter hitch

    Reading this thread, I went and reviewed Mark's "Let's Talk Rigging", and there's an explanation there about different points of tension along the stem. Recently I had a very dead white oak w/the house not too far away. I backed up my pulling rig w/a secondary line to the tow hitch of my...
  13. MikoDel

    DWT with a Munter hitch

    A!!! I was messing w/this over coffee using sthtoopit s__t in my living room, LOL. As I review your photos, I'm thinking I may B able to employ DMM Roller carabiners, sometimes, in place of those micro-pulleys. Between all the micros and Rollers I have, I could damn near lower a forest. Ha...
  14. MikoDel

    DWT with a Munter hitch

    I like your 'slipped' Munter. I never tied a slip-stop in a Munter before. Cool:cool:
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    DWT with a Munter hitch

    Honestly, I do not know the abbr. DWT, ha!! So I went a-searching. I came upon this article... https://tcimag.tcia.org/tree-care/lets-talk-rigging/ and I started reading. After a few paras in, I thought, "Hmmm, this guy really writes well. Seems like a definite force in tree care. Who...
  16. MikoDel

    THEFT - ALL 4 of my saws

    Dan, I want to talk a little more about my new MS462. So it's a fantastic saw, 100%, no taking that away. But I found a few nit-pick items, ha. The captive bar nuts... it's just more s__t U gotta keep clean. I noticed when replacing the cover, the rear nut wasn't twisting on easily finger...
  17. MikoDel

    Distel hitch... Ba da ba ba ba (I'm lovin' it)

    I'm not sure I picture what you're saying. I'll try tying it upside down... see what happens. (I'll wait till I'm 80' up :rolleyes: ) And I'm gonna try the MEECHO-A-KAHHHHN, LOL. Interesting you could DROP a wrap. I had to ADD a wrap, because during one of my rec climbs after I did this post...
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    Distel hitch... Ba da ba ba ba (I'm lovin' it)

    LOL!! I'm still endeared to the way my ex-GF talked. She says I gotta get tudda gym, rotisserary chicken, re-psych-ables, acrosst I didn't want it to get dead He disappear-ded it She called it a Pennsylvania Dutch thing. She was cute when she wasn't looking fer excuses to be pissed...
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    Does anyone cut the angle cut first, of a conventional notch?

    I've also been sketching out the hinge w/an 18" bar before I really cut in with a 25 or 28, when it's gotta be perfect. I'd rather work w/a lightweight saw, and start w/a tiny notch while I correct for level, degree etc., then just deepen those cuts once it's dialed in. Of course I could use a...
  20. MikoDel

    Climbing a Redwood! Cali vacation, next week

    Glad you were able to "look thru the turns", & thanks! One really welcome feature of the roads I had the pleasure of riding - most turns, you could 'look thru'. There weren't too many totally blind ones. Obv. if U can see there's no one coming the other way U can use more of the road onna...

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