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

    Perhaps some food for thought on economic theory (maybe some things never change?) https://mises.org/library/book/essay-economic-theory
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    That goofy dork looking guy Nick from Tree Stuff can shove it.

    Every time I have spoken to Nick/ emailed him he made it right and was a gentleman. I think, regardless of whatever hiccups we have with the company or the venture capitalists, etc. he's a credit to the industry. Everyone has to cope with their own "system" in business which can at times be a...
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    Chipper winch line protection

    Seen a guy use a skidding cone - beats an old VW beetle hood! The cone gets the line off the ground a little bit. Maybe you could use short sections of rubber hose over the winch line for the first couple of feet?
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    Should I turn down tree trimming jobs during summer time?

    Many jurisdictions have bylaws or ordinances that outright prohibit elm pruning between April 01 and Sept 30th (dates may vary) to prevent the spread of Dutch Elm Disease (and prohibit moving or storing elm wood with bark on). Cuts will release a pheromone that elm bark beetles hone in on, hence...
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    Lakeside Work

    Really interesting - years ago I was on the way to a gas plant on lease roads (gravel) in wooded hilly areas up north. The field operators had warned us to be out by about ~11:00 AM in the spring for couple of weeks. What happened they related, was the sun would hit the shrub covered hills...
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    Throw line/ throw weight thread

    Cross post to another bigshot thread kinda related?
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    Portawrap to rope

    More and more, an eye sling of either 3/4' Tenex or Teuf TRex (3/4" is 20450 lbs MBS and 7/8" is 28770 lbs MBS) for me for the top with a block or ring. I'm kinda re-doing my eye slings, for up top, bit by bit over the winters into all larger diam tat and not worrying too much about carry weight...
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    Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

    I always think of this skit when deadwooding spruces - "Bring me your dead, bring me your dead. He's not dead (a swift stroke with the Silky) There, yes he is . . . " It's a lot like this (nice piano). Cheers all
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    Fid Size vs Rope Size

    For tuff to bury stuff I like the D-Splicer soft fids too - available in various sizes.
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    Effective and Inexpensive Homemade Penetrating Oil-Better than PB Blaster and Kroil

    This sounds like a good idea - gotta try it out. But just remember acetone spotted on to the corner of a rag is one thing, but acetone in any volume is really flammable (including clothes or rags) and it evaporates at room temp like skunk and can fill low spots or enclosed areas and light off...
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    Simple knots, interesting evaluation of their strengths

    Yeah, yeah and they'll look at the "old" guy up in the tree and smirk when he comes to them with questions about how to stop the stupid screen auto dimming, auto locking and taking pocket pictures (Apple's plethora of new "features" don't 'cha know) on his brand new iPhone 16! Have a great...
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    Munter hitch for lowering limbs

    Another variation on a steel rappel rack idea maybe
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    Gear bags?

    Courant bag (great bag) or for days when you really can't decide what to bring, wheeled Stanley black tub tool chests (big sturdy wheels) - one for climbing gear, one for rigging gear and a buncha cheap Wessspur rope bags for rope, rope and more rope. Chainsaws separate always.
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    Rope advancing tool

    I pictured (remembering this was in the haze of single malt) a straight section on some sort of hinge thing with a ball or throw bag on the end. You'd extend it up then just whack a branch to get it to go 90 degrees and flick the ball/ bag around the stem which would miraculously fall back to...
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    Rope advancing tool

    There was a discussion about trunk cinching (among other things) I think it was some years ago and the scotch made me draw this thingy up - the bag flipper thingy. Notch where are you?
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    Rope advancing tool

    Rope Advancer Thingy dot Alt :-)
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    Frozen mini skids

    An old friend used to work in Thompson Manitoba way up north in the mid 70's - in winter he didn't turn off his Trans Am 427 (screamin' chicken on the hood) - just covered/ tarped the front of the car and it idled all winter. Same thing is done in northern BC with field operator's F150's - never...
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    Very Honest Arborist Podcast

    As Muggs said - tree work is a hard dollar. The wages they pay around here with the taxes owing so our Prime Minister can party on with the private jet/ Davos dudes, generally means if you're startin' out, unless you live in your parents basement and they drive you to work you're going to be...
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    New HitchHikerXF

    Way way back, back when lava on earth was still cooling, I played around with the HH original. One of the things I found was, with both my left hands, it was hard to get the last/ top hitch leg snugged/ shortened enough to keep a compact hitch once weighted. My neat little hitch became...
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    New HitchHikerXF

    There are many ways to twist a cord, Some can lead to great discord, But whatever the way the fiber may lay, It's hoped we remain friends at the end of the day.

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