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  1. CjM

    New Tendon Timber Ropes

    Cool to see these products are coming to market here. You messaged me last year through Mountain Project inquiring about general rope prefernences. I’m still interested in dry coating, as is common on rock climbing ropes, in tree care. Does Tendon have arbor lines in the works that meet UIAA...
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    Getting a CDL

    During the pretrip you are only penalized for missing things that need to be inspected, so I tried to point out everything possible. Also, the instructor did not get down with me when I was inspecting undcarrige components, and I had to tell him later that I had in fact pointed to and spoke...
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    Maasdam Failure

    Sounds scary. Anymore, we use the grcs or 5:1, but when using the Masdam, we always used to tie overhands every few feet as the rope came through the device.
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    Retraced figure 8 in base anchor.

    The figure 8 retrace doesn't require a “back up” knot. If half the knot comes undone, it is still an inline figure 8, and still quite strong. I can’t fathom a situation one would come undone though. When tying in with a figure 8 rock climbing, I leave a tail about the length of the knot, which...
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    New helmets with Sena

    Ha same! I also get the phantom mic
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    New helmets with Sena

    We are, the smh-10s. That's what I thought, but we did 5 one day. Took like 10 minutes to get it paired correctly, and another 10 minutes at one point when someone bumped out. We regularly do 4 with no problems though.
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    New helmets with Sena

    We’ve had ours about two months now, game changer on par with using a chipper with a winch for the first time. We’ve had 5 folks paired together successfully, across a lage propery with three of us up in the air. I love using my golf voice while running a saw or the chipper. And the fu-beep! as...
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    Best books for new climbers

    Totally agree. I have a decade more rock experience than tree experience, and it felt like a natural transition. A new climber may find The Rock Warrior’s Way by Aarno Ilnger helpful in learning to be comfortable at height, even though it has nothing related to technical rigging or other hard...
  9. CjM

    Work Photos

    Wow, makes that hemlock top above look like a twig! I did some digging in my hard drive this morning, and I think @macswan will appreciate these.
  10. CjM

    Work Photos

    Thanks rico! That last photo I wasn’t the climber, but here’s another photo from that job. Took everything our log truck and a 90 ton crane had to get it in there! And in that coffee break photo of yours, how big a top you blow out of that? The scale of those trees blows my mind
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    Work Photos

    It’s not the redwoods, but western NC has some cool climbing
  12. CjM

    Vermeer Mini skid steer

    We recently got a Vermeer ctx100, seems pretty good so far, the little bit I’ve got to run it. Little tricky feeding brush into the chipper with it, but I’ve been surprised at the wood it can pick up. The tracks aren’t tensioned by grease, but with a tensioner you can turn with a wrench which...
  13. CjM

    Inverted barber chair

    Sorry about your thread Jimbo. +1 I see where you're coming from. I've seen that happen to coworkers felling spar poles when they get the we don't need a rope in it syndrome. Hard to wedge over in that scenario, especially hickory.
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    Inverted barber chair

    Shallow notch because it was leaning heavily over a bank, and had a lot of white rot and decay all the way up. There was no tension on the pull line while I was cutting, and one person pulled on it with no mechanical advantage. I essentially made a snap cut below the trigger so I could be well...
  15. CjM

    Inverted barber chair

    What about it seems improper?
  16. CjM

    Inverted barber chair

    I’m kidding about the pie cut. It’s an open face notch, and I plunged behind it, leaving a small trigger. When my coworker broke the trigger with the pull line the whole thing split from the stump and never even hinged. Scary stuff.
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    Inverted barber chair

    *pie cut*
  18. CjM

    Eagle Work 2018

    Interesting. I’ve stumbled upon immature turkey vultures twice while rock climbing, and they were unpsyched. Vomiting, flapping wings, making the worst banshee noises you’ve ever heard.
  19. CjM

    Coconut oil safe for ropes?

    Tecnu works for cleaning ropes, but coconut oil leaves your skin feeling way softer.
  20. CjM

    Eagle Work 2018

    Way cool. I’m surprised the birds were ok letting you get so close! Also, are you wearing the ascent pros? Thinking about getting a pair.

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