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    That goofy dork looking guy Nick from Tree Stuff can shove it.

    No and I think you're a credit to your craft and to the company. You'd be the kind of employee I'd try and pilfer away if I was still running my own outfit these days. Cheers guy. Keep fighting aridity and disenchantment.
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    Simple Solo Rig

    Hey - we had looked at this thing for work but it seemed to us that the "relieved edges" might have more wear on a dirty rope than the Scarab with radius'd or round edges (a concern with glacial till on ropes). If you're using this thing Bart is there any rope fuzz on the device after you let a...
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    Velcroed Tops, Spiderman and Treeson

    Usually in most jurisditions I'd say, requirement for WCB coverage depends on the type of company you operate. If it is a sole proprietorship the owner may not need comp coverage but in a lot of jurisdictions owner can opt in so the owner is covered if there's a boo boo. If you have any...
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    Did some work for a guy like this a couple of years ago - guy is CEO or COO of a "green" hi tech company, educated in Ivey League school in the US, drives electric Audi's, has the most expensive house in his neighbourhood and a house in the mountains both worth millions and . . . when my wife...
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    RC Grapple

    Guess it's a way to go for volume sales but I think this really degrades their Notch brand down maybe to a kind of homeowner or "pro-sumer" level. A lot of tools seem to have done this, with consumer versions of their brands loaded with plastic bits, that for example, the old Porter Cable's of...
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    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    I'd like CE Cert markings - also indicates mfgr is capable of recall and will keep Lester the Safety Inspector happy . . .
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    Had a call a while ago that was a new one on me - an East Indian or Pakistani sounding fellow asked if we would be interested in bidding for ongoing arborist/ landscaping work - they would forward a form to fill in and it had to be sent to a PO Box with $250.00 application processing fee in...
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    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    Another look at the ART Blackbird popped up. Interesting it seems to have to be "right side up" or have some sidedness to it, with some rope weight in the tail, to "auto-tend" coming back on a limb walk. I like the looks of this thing more and more.
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    Early t540xp no start

    I'd be interested in knowing if you are using Husky/ Stihl ready mix or Aspen or EtOH gasoline/ mix for fuel. In winter, up north anyway, winter gasoline has a higher Reed Vapor Pressure (RVP - i.e. more light ends like ethane, propane) for starting when engine is cold. Speculation, but if it's...
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    working through poor air quality

    Maybe this'll help track smoke - seems lots of fires in both Canada and the US right now. N95 or better particulate masks help - the kind with two rubber band thingys and remember to pinch those nose pieces for a snug fit. If you have to eat smoke, lots of guys eat canned tomatoes to after shift...
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    Invasive Species Removal?

    A couple of years ago had a bunch of willows to get rid of with stumps in the 8 to 10" size. We just cut them low and took a battery drill with a 1 1/2" spade bit and drilled a bunch of holes a couple of inches deep and filled them with Roundup full strength. Because the stumps were smaller, to...
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    Willow on a hot tub

    I kinda liked the site built dimensional lumber jack shown in this video if it could come in handy.
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    just another tool the icx

    Price I saw (w/o batteries or charger) was in the order of 5K UK pounds and I think it was about 6K Euros at Freeworker. Ouch! I'll walk up at those prices . . . . great idea with the Husky BLi300 battery though.
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    New device from buckingham

    Thanks Steve, you're very kind - kinda made my day - well no kinda - it did! Me too. I would love to make it down to something or other in the US (have lots of friends down there from work over the years) or maybe get over to Augsburg some year (maybe runnin' outta years tho???). Hitchhikers...
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    I remember way ago I was blown away by Kevin Bingham in the Idea Lab or some such in a video, able to search file patents, prototype etc. Very nice.
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    Never suggested printing climbing gear outta concrete. But considering Rolls Royce is "growing' turbine compressor blades outta titanium "crystals' to align the metal's structure, who knows if we couldn't come up with some composite material in the future? The stuff in advanced aerospace...
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    Dunno Kevin - they are printing houses/ neighbourhoods now in Texas I think it was. What do they say in astronomy - Given enough time, the impossible becomes possible, the possible becomes probable and the probable definate. Can't break down plastics and yet . . plastics breakthrough? I am a...
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    Cowtown to the east of you is now home. Background was scientific/ regulatory but started doing treework with my Dad, being a scared little guy holding onto a handle on a 60" bar on elm and oak removals (before there was hair). Ended my career in process safety for European engineering outfits...
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    Couple of other points to the ones Reg has made maybe, but I think they need to be said (pls don't shoot the messenger). In most juridictions there are some sort of H&S regulations requiring that life support gear meet some standard of certification, be that CSA/ European or ANSI or something...
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    New device from buckingham

    Dry vermouth . . . . olives for those more formal climbs? I am picturing a Monty Python (the Everest Hair Salon Skit) like string of cocktail stations scattered about in the trees. Might catch on . . . . :) So sorry for the derail?

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