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  1. Brady Chapman

    Crane Work

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    Quick Pick at the end of the day

    A quick crane pick at the end of the day to take care of a hazardous sugar maple limb. Luckily, we already had the crane there for a much nastier tree next to the house. So nasty, that I needed all my focus and couldn't be distracted with the added task of making a video. It's not second nature...
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    SRT from an od head ...

    I was curious about this as well. I'm just getting into SRT and would love to expedite the learning curve.
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    New Toys in Action

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    Hitch Climber Expertise Needed...

    This looks similar to the setup the guy dubbed a "slace termination" in the hitch climber's guide to canopy
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    Hitch Climber Expertise Needed...

    Thank You Mark, just out of curiosity do you have a preference on your friction hitch? I feel like the general consensus for the hitch climber and/or rope wrench (which I ordered as well) seems to be the VT. I will definitely play around with a few but I always appreciate expert opinions. I'm...
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    Hitch Climber Expertise Needed...

    That's what I was thinking, but I wanted to hear some opinions from people with more experience. Thank You.
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    Hitch Climber Expertise Needed...

    I recently ordered a hitch climber setup (have been climbing on a taughtline hitch forever) and I am curious about termination knot possibilities. My climbing line does not have a spliced eye, nor do I really feel like spending the money to get one at this juncture, but I am aware of the...
  9. Brady Chapman

    Calculation of pic weight accuracy

    Love this idea! Will definitely be implementing this.
  10. Brady Chapman

    The 550xp is a Weapon

    Don't piss on an electric fence just to see what it will feel like :)
  11. Brady Chapman

    The 550xp is a Weapon

    I have been in this situation several times since reading your post and I must say I love the choking of the lanyard technique. Super Helpful. Great tip, Thanks a ton!!
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    The 550xp is a Weapon

    The danger of being mad in the tree is all about negative versus positive thoughts. The law of attraction states that what we think about we bring about. This couldn't be a more infallible law of nature, much like gravity. When we are mad we are thinking bad/negative thoughts, and in turn, we...
  13. Brady Chapman

    The 550xp is a Weapon

    Awesome idea! Thank You!
  14. Brady Chapman

    The 550xp is a Weapon

    Good point Tim. As much as I would love to say that this was the case here, I really can't. I definitely feel that it's true in crane work or when cutting large diameter pieces aloft, but here it was mainly for production. Although having the more powerful saw aloft can seem alot less labor...
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    The 550xp is a Weapon

    The other day I had to make a cut while suspended from a big Red Oak I had just pruned. It was my final cut, and it was to trim off the stub on the lowest limb back to the branch collar. Obviously, I was spikeless and there was no where to position my feet securely. I just lanyarded in, and...
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    The 550xp is a Weapon

    I had to top out and chunk down a cluster of pines due to their close proximity to a fence and septic and leach field. All the pines were accessible by tying into a central pine (meaning I didn't have to climb every one). Given the amount of wood I had to cut to get all the pines topped and...
  17. Brady Chapman

    Employee doing pills

    It's good to be able to take it to the source, but this is clearly a dicey situation. On the one hand it shows compassion that you worry about the employee who is doing pills, but on the other hand he is a liability and if your boss finds out that you knew about his on-the-job drug use and...
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    The 550xp is a Weapon

    Thank You, I was leaning toward the APTA, just needed it confirmed. Next invest after that will probably be the SENAs wireless headsets. Sick of yelling at my ground guys while they're feeding the chipper to send up a rope, and everyone in the neighborhood hears me screaming bloody murder but...
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    The 550xp is a Weapon

    It already has to some degree, lol, if money was no issue I'd be buying shit every day :). My fiance and I are careful with our new investments and so far we have not made any bad ones. There's definitely some stuff we are lacking however. And I need to ask the accomplished climbers out there...
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    The 550xp is a Weapon

    Thank You Royce, I appreciate your 2 cents. I am slowly finding my rhythm. I would eventually like to get a bucket truck, but right now a small log loader truck is higher on the list. The amount of jobs that we need a bucket truck for is minimal (I do realize that your comment was probably...

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