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  1. MikoDel

    MS201T-CM makes nasty, oily, black exhaust discharge

    Reluctantly I had to buy a 2nd new tree saw after I was robbed. The new 194T I just got was in for repairs (no bar oil flow) and I couldn't wait, so I purchased the latest 201 top handle saw, which unfortunately has a catalytic converter. Hey, Stihl is saving the planet. One little tree saw...
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    Distel hitch... Ba da ba ba ba (I'm lovin' it)

    I tried the Micho today. I learned it from a nifty 50 sec vid on Utube, made a little composite of screen caps and emailed myself so I had a reference outside. I climbed a locust tree and set some rigging for a big hanger that I have to cut down. That's all I was able to accomplish today - I...
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    TreeMotion Evo - saw attachment point idea

    Well, yeah. Xactly. Time for a saw lanyard I think. I dropped the 194T a few days ago when it got stuck in a sizeable lateral drop. I tried to clean up the wedge cut, but it was a difficult angle to see, and i just wanted to move on tudda next... pinched the bar and down it went. hit the...
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    Distel hitch... Ba da ba ba ba (I'm lovin' it)

    Yeah, there have been times when i went "WOOOOAHHHH!!!!!" ... sideways... very fast. :LOL: but as far as i can tell, that can happen w/the built in DMM rings too. is that why you say it's not recommended? cause very low friction L/R movement? well, i'm very aware that it can swing easily...
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    Distel hitch... Ba da ba ba ba (I'm lovin' it)

    Well, can we talk? (insert Joan Rivers...) I have come to NOT LIKE the Distel as much as I thought. One of ya'll mentioned "it binds". YES, IT DOES. It was beautiful for rec climbing, but for working, i found it got super tight. i used both Ultra-Tech 8mm and HRC 10mm i2i prusiks over...
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    TreeMotion Evo - saw attachment point idea

    Oh i get it. good way to manage that. I don't use a saw lanyard. I think I need to cause i dropped my little 194T the other day when it caught in a Dutched wedge cut and MIRACULOUSLY it was unhurt.
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    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

  10. MikoDel

    CAMELBAK SS WATER CARRIER - I may have been mistaken

    Have never seen this one before. 1 gal... YOWZA, LOL!!!
  11. MikoDel

    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...
  15. 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:
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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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