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    Yale Blaze, Hyperclimb, Poison Ivy ; characteristics

    Cherry Bomb, eh.. gotta look into that. I will be doing a thorough inspection down the Ivy I have, I am hoping there is still 90' of good section in there. I found at least one place where one strand is fully severed. If I can keep it a 90 footer, that will be a great length, often just what...
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    Yale Blaze, Hyperclimb, Poison Ivy ; characteristics

    I do use Velocity SRT now and then, but it's not preferred. it tends to slip out of the foot ascender, just annoyance. beyond that it does the job. Mainly those are my MRS lines, I have a few lengths of it I've gathered from Wesspur clearance ropes. 11.7 does seem to be a sweet spot for...
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    Yale Blaze, Hyperclimb, Poison Ivy ; characteristics

    the Poison Ivy rope I have is beginning to have some troubling spots + strands and approaching retirement/shortening. I really dig the rope. It's burly enough and takes knots well. I only use friction hitches and find it acts well with most of the cords. Other ropes I am using are drenaline...
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    More views of SRS lanyard implementations with C. Hook and short lanyard

    great video, thanks. good to see your lanyard again. I have the sticht hitch on one of my lanyards for choked scenarios but lately it has a bit of creep. I need to re-tie it. you have a sorta shackle wrench thing set up there?
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    Chainsaw Bar?

    I had not seen that yet. thanks for sharing. do you use the torque mode often? I am pretty intrigued about that 1/4" pitch now.
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    Chainsaw pants

    I have the SIP Canopy Wair. They had a Tall size and the fit is super. Seem to have a bit of stretch and not crazy hot. they are holding up fine and I find them comfortable. not sure if I would qualify them as super tough. I wear them climbing and havent done a ton of bushwhacking type work...
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    Chainsaw Bar?

    that's awesome. I was looking around for a while, only came up with this one: https://americanforestry.com/oregon-100sdea041-single-rivet-10-guide-bar-3-8-low-profile-pitch-043-gauge I asked the local saw shop to see if they can order it.
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    Chainsaw Bar?

    yep, sure thing. if you can get the hang of just how much you can push the cut before binding it, it's just slow and steady. once the battery starts to heat up, it's ridiculous and no fun. it has it's place. it's like comparing a bicycle to a car.
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    Why tie instead of rigging carabiner?

    I will do both, i nearly always start with the half hitch either way. I have one end spliced on my rigging ropes and will often use this with a D carabiner. I have noticed I feel better with knots alone if the piece is big or liable to shift and settle. thanks for your descriptions...
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    Chainsaw Bar?

    that looks totally rad. would love to put that on the 36v when the time comes. for now I am looking at my small saw. it had a 10" bar but I am looking at an 8" bar made by Oregon. I use the little one when I am doing a lot of movement, or its a dense tree, and just minor pruning cuts, say 6"...
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    8> I love this site. <3

    glad to be here. it's refreshing to be in a space where reading and writing is still practiced. it's rewarding to take time writing a well-thought post because the quality of replies is high, and such detailed information is available and passed on. As a groundie I asked many questions and...
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    mapping movement within a tree

    it came to be that I was in a dense Linden, and then next climb a never-pruned large Beech. was certainly drawing from some of the ideas gathered on here. In the Linden, I could see the sections naturally. My ascent path, secure TIP, and move along. I set up a base tied access line and ran...
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    Chainsaw Bar?

    this forum is wild. came looking for this exact conversation. been using the makita battery saws, both 18v and 36v. the nose fattened out on the original small makita bar, I have righted it a time or two with some hammering, but it got tweaked pretty good last week. got me thinking about...
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    Rope Wrench - Hitch/Rope compendium.

    I have been working with a 3/1 Michoacan now and then when I am feeling comfortable in the climb (broader, lower trees). it has less room to go slack. a number of hitches lately are making contact with the wrench now and then on its short tether. I got a batch of hitch cords to tie knots and...
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    Fundamentals of Treework in print again!

    Fundamentals so good I haven't been on the Buzz since the book arrived :D 400 pages in and ready for more
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    DMM Keanu video first use on a pruning job

    worked great! way cool, thanks for sharing. looks like the pieces sat into the system fine, with all the rope involved to take the load. great to see the action.
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    Separating business from personal assets

    Trusts are a longstanding and reliable legal entity in American Jurisprudence. They don't rely on more modern "Limited Liability Acts" etc, they have much deeper roots. The average Law student graduates with one semester course in "Trusts, Wills, and Estates". For reasons we can only...
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    Separating business from personal assets

    For the most protection of your home you may consider placing it into a private family trust. At that point you no longer own the home; you have rights to use it but no control or liability, and when properly applied it is outside the reach of any lawsuit regarding your business. LLCs don't...
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    Rigging tripod or A frame

    I can't quite read everything going on in this photo, I think this is a form of Gin Pole from the old family photo archives.. sounds like a different scale from what you are designing but maybe some ideas from the photo. also, just a funny story I heard recently; my Uncle Clayton was...
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    ultra slings

    summarizing the video about how to splice the ultra-sling: get a rope a bit over double your final length. find the middle of rope triple brummel around ring there triple brummels at your desired spacing (continue the alternating weave in successive brummels) finish last brummel with a fid...

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