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    new echo chainsaw commercial

    Howdy: Anyone know the woman in the new echo commercial? I couldn't find any info online. ATTENTION: Please read this before going into the thread. Tom Dunlap-Moderator This thread was started with a request. In a very short time the thread was derailed. Soon it had little to do with the...
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    Bandit 65XL for sale Texas

    Posted this on Treebay, but thought it might be more appropriate here. Bandit 65XL. Austin TX. Gas 35HP Vanguard engine. Clutchless. Three knife wheel (some models only have two). Single feed wheel, 6X12 inch throat. Only 360 hours, operated only by owner. Brand new carburetor...
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    Bandit 65XL for sale

    Bandit 65XL. Austin TX. Gas 35HP Vanguard engine. Clutchless. Three knife wheel (some models only have two). Only 360 hours, operated only by owner. Brand new carburetor, fuel solenoid and battery. ALL fluids and filters just changed. Always stored indoors. $6900.00
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    news of de Gouret?

    Hi all: Just saw on ISA website that de Gouret Litchfield has passed on. Wondering if anyone has any details. Best wishes to everyone. Be safe.
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    history of climbing

    Howdy! I am wondering if anyone can give me some information about the history of climbing. I have done a couple searches and looked through the forums until my eyes are red, but not seeing anything real specific. Having grown up in the business, I got some stuff from my pops about bowline on a...
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    Anyone seen this felling cut?

    I was made aware of this by a guy who said it was the best felling cut he ever used, supposedly because of it's very limited potential to cause the tree to fall the wrong way. To be honest, I'm not sure if I'm sold on it. Anyone got any experience with it?
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    Texas 2015 this October

    The TX chapter is having their 2015 ITCC qualifier Saturday Oct 4th. Because ITCC has been decoupled from the annual ISA conference for 2015 and 2016, and will be held in March next year, Texas has to have two comps this year in order to have an ITCC rep before March 2015. In order to not tax...
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    2015 ITCC

    I have recently been informed that ISA has decided that the 2015 ITCC will be in Tampa Bay in early spring (around March). While I know many chapters determine their champion the year before, I am wondering how chapters like ours, that usually choose their champ in the spring of the same year...
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    Texas TCC

    Vicente Pena-Molina is the 2014 Texas champ. He beat out defending champ Miguel Pastenes, David Ruiz and Jimmy Pritchard, in that order. Former world champ Jared Abrojena, in town to do a workshop for our chapter, also ran the prelims. Highlites for this year included having prelims in a row...
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    Texas Tree Climbing Championship

    The Texas comp will be May 16th and 17th, with Sunday the 18th as a rainday. The event will be held in New Braunfels, about half way between Austin and San Antonio on I-35. This is a beautiful small city with one of the nicest city parks in all of Texas, a cool river to relax in, and lots of...
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    crossover bury help with poison ivy

    This is sort of a revival of a post by Marden back in January. I just tried my first "real" splice (not counting brummels in hollow braid). From what I saw on that thread, maybe poison ivy calamine wasn't the wisest choice, but I had one I bought from Tree Stuff that was nicely spliced on one...
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    north american TCC

    When is the NATCC for 2014? I can't find a post about it here. I have seen on the ISA website that it is in April, but someone recently told me it is in January. Anyone know for sure?
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    aramid fiber and bridge failure

    I recall a few years back someone posted some pics of a replacement bridge where the core had totally failed but the sheath showed no signs of wear. The person said it was some kind of high tech fiber, aramid I think, but I don't remember exactly what kind, and now I can't find the post. The...
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    falling log weight formula

    After all these years, I have to say I still do not understand the commonly quoted rule of thumb, often attributed to Don Blair, that says "For every foot an object falls, it gains a unit of weight plus one". Sounds very straightforward. But then the example often given with it is what confuses...
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    cougar rope diameter change

    I just bought a new piece of cougar. 150 foot, pre-spliced with a tight eye. So I get the rope and think, boy this sure seems skinnier than I remember it. And sure enough, I compare it to a lightly used piece of cougar from a different source, same length and splice, and it is absolutely...
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    texas competition

    On May 19 the Texas chapter held their 2012 comp in Austin, TX. The winner was multi-time former champ Miguel Pastenes. Miguel finished indisputably well above the other three finalists, which included reigning champ Abram Zies, who took second. Vicente Pena took third and Jackson McIntosh...
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    nitroform market cornered?

    Another arborist and I here in central Texas have been having a real hard time (as in can't get at all)powder blue nitroform, which we have used for years. We are being told bizarre stories by our supplier that include a: the factories that make it are not making enough and b: they are having a...
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    Houston Pruning and Worker Safety Workshop

    Friday, February 11, 2011. Houston, TX. Instructor - Guy LeBlanc, CA, CTSP. Pruning, Basic Biology, Basic Jobsite safety, Chainsaw safety, and possibly an EHAP demo. Sponsored by Houston Area Urban Forestry Council, Texas Forest Service, and Texas AgriLife Extension Service. Contact Mickey...
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    geezers comp info

    can someone tell me when the 2011 geezers is? is there a website? A yahoo search did not find one. Are the rules the same as ITCC? Events the same? Thanks.
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    F8 revolver set up

    Am I missing something with the F8 set up. I have tried this on Tachyon with 10mm Bee Line (with the red thread) in a VT hitch and found it to be not as smooth as so many of you seem to say for walking OUT on limbs (hitch was binding up too much). I used a revolver and a large rigging ring...

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