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    Fellow buzzer has passed

    RIP Cameron. Your tree family is mourning. I interviewed with him for a job a year and a half ago. Great guy and super kind with a beautiful family. Absolutely heartbreaking.
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    First gopro video

    [ QUOTE ] Special thanks to Rod from Bauman Crane for an exceptional job. [/ QUOTE ] Yea Rod is the man! High 5 for Rod! I think he was a climber at one point in his life...Maybe why he's so good at being a crane op for tree work... Is that a 562 or 550 you're cutting with? How do you like...
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    MS 150 worlds lightest top handle

    Got to give one of these a test run out of the bucket last week deadwooding a willow. Nice saw! Easy on the wrists! Surprising power for 26cc's! Hoping Santa might stuff one in my stocking this Christmas.
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    The places you'll go...

    The places you\'ll go... I'm still pretty green in this arboricultural industry, but in the handful of years I've been doing it, I've found myself in some of the most unique places and situations of my entire life. And I would not have been there except for doing tree work. Tony has a great...
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    Fare Thee Well Auld Man

    Great post, Pat. Thanks. I'm also a Davey guy, so I appreciate seeing that picture. Nick, Longwood is a must see! Some fellow buzzers on here take care of those fine trees. Give a shout if you come to the area to visit.
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    Arbos in Branson, MO?

    Hey buzzards, I'm wondering if any of you folks are in or near Branson, Missouri? My sister is in need of some quality arboricultural services. I'd appreciate a reply or a PM if Branson is in your service area so I can pass your info along to her. Thanks so much, Rob
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    ErgoLite Bridge Retrofit?

    Welcome to the buzz Damean! Thanks for posting the picture. That looks slick. So, is the only stitching you took out and re-sewed on the tab that keeps the one adjustable strap from backing out through the buckle? What size twist clevis did you use? Thanks!
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    slick pin on wrench

    Happened to me week before last. I was messing with a new ascent system. As best as I can tell, I had too much hardware clanking around on my upper ascender, and things weren't adjusted correctly, and I'm thinking that somehow the tab on the slic pin got bumped just right and it slipped right...
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    nice view today

    [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] high-5 for rope access workers! [/ QUOTE ] I heard they are a bunch of jerks! [/ QUOTE ] I heard they make excellent party mix!
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    nice view today

    That's great! Thanks for sharing. You came to mind recently, Jim, as I drive into work on I-76. There is a section on the side of the highway that is a 40-50 foot rock face, covered in vines and volunteer trees that have sprung out of the pockets of soil. Over the last few weeks there have been...
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    the HAAS Knee Ascender Close-up

    I certainly don't want to infringe on Mr. Frankenhauser's ingenuity, but I'm wondering if a similar tool could be made with tubular webbing in the place of the tenex foot loop? Where there are splices, substitute appropriate stitching in the webbing to attach it to the ascender? A tiny...
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    ErgoLite Bridge Retrofit?

    Mike - no, I am not on SpaceBook. But I'm glad you chimed in, because didn't you put together a custom attachment for your ErgoLite where you can one-hand a fistful of party mix from the Tupperware hanging off your right hip? I'd like to see a picture of that setup.
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    ErgoLite Bridge Retrofit?

    I'm full of questions today. I have the original ErgoLite saddle with steel shackles and the Buckingham spliced, warp speed, dyneema bridge. They now make the saddle with rigging plates, like its big brother the Ergovation, and a knotted rope bridge. In my mind the knotted rope bridge is a...
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    Knee Pain & Foot Ascenders

    Greetings buzzards. Up until recently, I primarily climbed using secured footlock, or SRT foot locking with a rope wrench. I'm finally gathering the gear for a better, more up-to-date ascent system, i.e. a simple frog. However, I'm having trouble with my right knee, on the same leg that I...
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    biner gate roll open

    Mac - Thanks for posting. I had the exact same thing happen to me a little over a year ago. The difference was that I had a DMM Ultra-O instead of the Rock-O, which has the opposite action to open the gate - push-up. I did have my biner connected and oriented in my climbing system identically...
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    some more oil rig climbing

    Thanks for the pictures Jim! Just curious, do you find your tree work, or your other rope access work to be more taxing physically/mentally? I doubt that I'd ever wander out of doing tree work full time, but I'm just always curious to know what it's like for our vertical cousins. Thanks.
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    Crane Video

    Very cool! Is that diameter measuring tape you carry with you on your saddle? For estimating the weight of your picks? Thanks.
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    SRT and DdRT Similarities

    One detail to add, and it has been noted before, I believe by DSMc in an old thread. In DdRT, I find myself defaulting to using more upper body strength for movement through the canopy during the "work" phase of my climb. In SRT, I find myself defaulting to using more lower body/leg strength...
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    SIP Innovation II Saw Pants

    They aren't available in the US...You'd have to order them from the UK or Australia. At Honey Bros., they are just over $200 US, (the class A without rear leg/calf protection), then you'd pay hefty shipping, and maybe some kind of export tax? That's still not a terrible price if they are really...
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    SIP Innovation II Saw Pants

    Hi - Does anyone have much info or experience with these new (?) SIP chainsaw pants? SIP Innovation II Looks like the saw stopping fabric is Dyneema to cut down on weight. Advertising makes it sound like they are the latest and greatest. Am wondering how they might compare to the Pfanner...

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