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    little black bugs

    Help please.I live in mid western Ontario and have many mature Maples on my lawn there are large amounts of small black bugs on all our trees, about an eighth of an inch long and as big around a pin, any thoughts I am thinking of finding an arborist to see if we need to spray them. regards...
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    National 13110a, new to me

    I don't need to ask but " PICTURES" !! Tradesman:popcorn:
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    twisted cable

    I don't want to sound all paranoid , truth is if I shouldn't be using them,no one else should be either. If they are cut up I won't be temped to use them either "Maybe I'll use those old slings on these concrete forms cause there hard on good slings"
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    twisted cable

    found this as well Wave or corkscrew deformations normally associated with rotation-resistant ropes. • Check sheave and drum groove radii using sheave gauge to ensure that they are no smaller than nominal rope radius +2.5%. Bridon recommends that the sheave/drum groove radii are checked prior...
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    twisted cable

    “pigtail” or severe spiralling in rope. • Check that the sheave and drum diameter is large enough. Bridon recommends a minimum ratio of the drum/sheave to nominal rope diameter of 18:1. • Indicates that the rope has run over a small radius or sharp edge. • Check to see if the rope has “jumped...
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    twisted cable

    I feel the same way about getting some use out of the rigging taken out of service and did the same as you until I heard about some one doing the same and was sued and lost by some one that found one of his slings and used it in an unsafe manner, with serious consequences. Now I cut the ends off...
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    twisted cable

    But I said so much more eloquently.
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    twisted cable

    I wonder if the end of a rotation resistant rope wasn't annealed properly and the outer and inner rope separated, letting the outer rope to deform. I don't know what happened for sure but all you would see of me would be the back of my crane heading down the road to my crane shop for a new rope...
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    Some jobs from this past few months

    Hay brother Canuk, before I posted that reply I had to use a converter to see if -10 was cold or not, yep it's cold, around -23 c
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    Some jobs from this past few months

    Changing the oil didn't really bother me that much , I bought the machine used in 2013 and because I didn't know the level of service it received I felt a swap out was a good idea, so why not put in a really good oil for my climate. Going ahead I send an oil sample away every 500 hrs. to keep...
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    Some jobs from this past few months

    Hello all I have been a lurker for a couple years now but I don't do tree work so have very little to add but I thought this was a good place to jump in. I have a boom truck with a swing cab so I'm never cold but I do take great care of my crane, just my opinion but 20 f. Is pretty cautious and...
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