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  1. beastmaster

    Experienced professional tree expert seeking options.

    I have 40 years experience in the tree care industry. I climb every day and am currently employed with a large contractor in Calif. doing high risk removals. I do fine pruning to ansi standards and then some. I am 60 years old but slowing down some. I've always been happy as a...
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    Satellite communications.

    Does anyone have experience with some of the new gps/satellite comm.? As much as not we work some rough isolated areas were there is no cell phone service. In an emergency we would have to go to the last known area we had signal. I like the idea of being able to reach 911 and having location...
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    Notch extending pole saw.

    I started doing production line clearance. I'm not certed but we maintan our MAD. Lots of times I could finish a tree if I had a 20 ft polesaw. I wouldn't use a aluminum pole saw like a silky for obvious reasons, and the foam filled poles issued are to flimsy at 20 ft, but Notch makes a...
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    Yo yoing with 10mm.

    I use the RADS for srt. Been using a mini gree gree. I want to start using a 10 mm static rope and was wondering what asunder works well with the smaller rope. Thinking about the small Id but don't like the panic brake feature. Any one else have any experience with 10mm rope and SRT?
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    Info on Eco-tree top Tourism.

    Are there places like in the north west, or Costa Rica, that offers non-climbers an Opportunity to, let say wraptor up a tree and spend the night. In a treepi or something a little more high end. If not could it be done safely? Just an idea kicking around in my head. Thanks for any feed back.
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    In memory of

    A short video made in memory of a young climber i had the privilege to know. I found it on you tube. The drone footege is awesome. RIP Christ.
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    In memory of

    A short video made in memory of a young climber i had the privilege to know. I found it on you tube. The drone footege is awesome. RIP Christ.
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    Hazardous tree expert. Looking for work.

    I'm in central Ca. The contractor I worked for has called it quits. Im going to give it a week before I leave too. I am an above average climber. I have many years doing this. I am also an arborist. I prune to ANSI standeds. I can handle a foreman position. If you needed one. If your in central...
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    Zipline forces

    I know there is a lot of info, charts and what not on ziplines. But most seem to be geared for horizontal or slightly sloped and wire rope for the most part. I would think the dynamics are changed dramatically when a steeper angle of decend is used and rope with its build in stretch, plus any...
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    Porta wrap in tree?

    Im getting ready to buy a safbloc hear soon. I like the idea of halving the forces up there. But why couldnt you use a small portawrap as your rigging point up in a tree for neg. rigging? I've often used a half hitch wrapped around the spar and a stub to rig out small pieces but its hard on rope.
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    Belaying a tree.

    Ok this might sound crazy, and I have no reason to do this, but if you had to climb a really sketchy top in a dead conifer. Has anyone ever set slings every 8ft or so running your climbing line throu biners, either self belaying or ground crew feeding line so if there was a failure under the...
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    Rigging off two trees.

    I have a couple questions I hope someone can help me with. If I set up a single rope through a pulley on a tree opposite the one I'm rigging. Run it to the tree being rigged and secured with a bowline under my face cut. Tieing a short line to the piece im dropping and clipping it to the rope so...
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    Douglas firs

    We all know different trees have different characteristics. This is true of live trees verses dead trees too. I recently started working with these big really dead douglas firs. It seems I have a new learning curve here. These trees are dangerous as hell. We dropped one. It was straight up and...
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    Leaving on the branches

    I know leaving some branches on a spar will have a damping effect on it. I also know on some conifers the branches can have as much weight as the piece their on. My question is where does the benefit of a damping effect out weights the potential of stress related failure especially in a dead...
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    Cryptoporus volvatus in pondorosa pines

    Though I'd share some information I found in case anyone is curious like me. Anyone working bark beetle tree's in Calif. will of more then likely come across these little white conks in dead or burnt pondorosa pines. The pouch conk appears soon after the bark beetles abandon the tree. The spores...
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    Pull test before climbing.

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    Simple but effective.

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    Iet her run.

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    Straight threw cut.

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    Double sling pick.

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