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  1. Dan Cobb

    Thank God for Protos

    Now just hold on one red hot minute. Y'all are getting me all confused. I distinctly remember a thread titled "helmets are dumb." Glad your helmet saved you from serious injury. It's not the high risk, high attention tasks that tend to bite you, it's the low risk, low attention tasks.
  2. Dan Cobb

    I like big butt(ress) and I cannot lie

    That's gonna take a big stump grinder!
  3. Dan Cobb

    swivel loading

    I agree, to a point. Seems like most ratings are given as WLL or MBS. Swivel rating is probably MBS, but that's with no side loading. Side loading may significantly affect the MBS and routine side loading may accelerate wear, but I can't say with certainty.
  4. Dan Cobb

    Today....

    I took a bunch of old Craftsman socket wrenches that didn't function quite right to my nearby Lowe's this morning and got free warranty replacements, no questions asked. Don't know why it didn't previously occur to me to do this.
  5. Dan Cobb

    Arts and Crafts

    I'm pretty sure I have some little copper nails, but I used some dark colored tacks I had - they were short enough not to penetrate to the inside. Whole project was done with stuff I had in the garage. I used a French cleat type mount to attach it about 20 ft up a pine tree; makes it easy to...
  6. Dan Cobb

    Body care

    It's likely I'm preaching to the choir here, but, in my 20s, I had it ingrained to always wear hearing protection in noisy environments. Gradually losing your hearing over the years is painless, which results in too many people neglecting their hearing. Pains me to see young workers who just...
  7. Dan Cobb

    Today....

    I'm impressed that the rear door window glass is intact and the frame isn't on the ground.
  8. Dan Cobb

    Today....

    Well, while we're on the subject...
  9. Dan Cobb

    Today....

    Why do people park in bad places? This was at a business on a major highway in my area.
  10. Dan Cobb

    Hung Pine Tree

    A very generous offer that I'll keep in mind. I've done salami cuts on 10-12" trees, but this one may be out of my comfort zone. Plus, the ground appears to slope downwards significantly from the base to where the crown is hung, so reach is a factor. The big 12 ft long wedge that split off the...
  11. Dan Cobb

    Hung Pine Tree

    Thanks. I figure it's worth shortening an old piece of rope by a couple of feet. Probably will have lots of bark friction and the knot may not even load heavily, but I'd rather keep my fingers away. Seems like a real possibility that your fingers could be sucked into things. Leaning down from...
  12. Dan Cobb

    Hung Pine Tree

    From what I can tell, appears to be securely hung with a really sturdy crotch pushing on the standing tree and this on the ground. I'm sure what's on the ground lends some support helping to keep it upright. How much? I'm scared to guess. But I don't think it alone is nearly enough to support...
  13. Dan Cobb

    Hung Pine Tree

    I'm going to look at this tree for a friend of mine. He wants to mitigate the hazard. I may change plans depending on what this alleged 20-24" DBH looks like in person, but this is a current thought. (1) Set a line in one of the other trees, climb and start dropping limbs. (2) Before there's a...
  14. Dan Cobb

    Another home made lowering device

    I watched some of the YT videos of the "restoration." Looks much like they're using the old boat as a template to build a new boat. Some real craftsmen working on that project.
  15. Dan Cobb

    Samson double-braid dry ropes for tree climbers

    It's almost funny how "clean smelling" has been perverted into "perfumed." If something is clean, it should have no odor, not smell like a French who.... (Whew! Diversity-Sensitivity Training kicked in just in time.)
  16. Dan Cobb

    My New Year Resolution is..

    I resolve to not drink cheap liquor.
  17. Dan Cobb

    Another home made lowering device

    I like steel screw links for applications where the connector gets abused. Cheap and strong. The 1/2" size has a 9/16" gate opening. If they turn easily so you can roll the nut by swiping your gloved hand across it, they're pretty quick. Tip - If a screw link turns stiffly, put a dab of lapping...
  18. Dan Cobb

    Another home made lowering device

    That was a good idea to practice somewhere where property damage wasn't a consideration. It looks like you were in a wooded area. I'll throw out one technique I picked up on the 'Buzz for your consideration - a vertical speedline. It keeps pieces from bouncing/rolling where you don't want them...
  19. Dan Cobb

    Finally broke some stitched eye "dog bones".

    In my technical rescue experience, we called short (~15-18") eye-to-eye webbing slings dogbones.
  20. Dan Cobb

    Cool Video. (Psychedelics not required)

    Well, maybe not required, but, for the ultimate viewing experience,....

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