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  1. timmysaint

    Saddle recommendations

    HEY!!! (I resemble that remark... ;0)
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    Saddle recommendations

    Oh - yeah, I've got it pulled up WAY too high. I'll hang in it, give it a try tonight. Thanks!
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    Saddle recommendations

    Hi Rico - just got the SLight. Love it (mostly) but I find that it makes my thighs feel a bit 'tired' (probably blood restriction) when I'm hanging at all. I retired the New Tribe Onyx, and decided to try TM. Never had the problem with the Onyx. Is this a 'design' thing or 'just play around...
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    Revisiting Dead Ash...thoughts??

    So, I bailed on the last Ash Tree in our queue. I climbed, set up the TIP, and then documented a couple of things. Here's the state of the canopy- the peeling bark was appx 20' below the TIP on the only stem that I could use, and about 60% of the canopy had to be rigged, as well as everything...
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    Buckthorn - Is it a problem in your area...

    No, we haven't test that. It looks like it's more prevalent in BC- there are isolated occurences in Ontario, but I haven't seen it in our neck of the woods. Damn- another imported plant... now dominating the PNW. It will likely end up in the greenhouse - once we open up our research.
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    Do you use a chain cover or protector on your climbing saw when you are in the canopy?

    Keep the Saw on my Left, Lanyard on my right- that keeps seems to reduce the nicks. Have my climbing line through a biner on my right leg, often times, which keeps it our of harms way ( I also run a spur through it less). I also tie the saw up if I'm not using it for a bit and I have some more...
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    Buckthorn - Is it a problem in your area...

    One of our test plots is on a wetland/riparian section at a farm around here. The foliar spray works fine - same as in drier soils, and there was no leaching at all. We actually applied it WHILE raining. We developed all the synthesis in house, so there isn't anything available industrially...
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    Buckthorn - Is it a problem in your area...

    Hi Tom - the product is pretty much safe. We emulsified it with Crop Oils and it's stable so we didn't need to do any fancy (re:toxic) chem to get it into spray form. The motility is zero- we spray, and you can see the line where it was applied. Little drift. No leaching. We've done some crop...
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    Buckthorn - Is it a problem in your area...

    Hi Guys, I know, it does seem a bit too-good-to-be-true. I just hated buckthorn so much, and I remember saying to my wife (man, if only we could crack this problem). I actually got lucky- I was volunteering climbing for genetic sampling (hybrids) trees when I 'noticed' it - then did some...
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    Buckthorn - Is it a problem in your area...

    Hi Moss, Thanks for that. Yeah, we've got control with Knotweed (that was in our field plots) and Wild Fern. It is selective- my theory, which aligns with one of the Profs in Weed Science, is that it forms a transitional chemical in non-native plants that does significant cell damage, both...
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    Buckthorn - Is it a problem in your area...

    Hi Fellas, Just sussing this out, for the US. I'm in Canada- anyway, so a couple years ago I was doing some work and noticed this Buckthorn plant interaction. So, I went and isolated a chemical (plant-based) and then tested it both in the Lab and (finally) in the field, once we stabilized it...
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    Revisiting Dead Ash...thoughts??

    Deferred two of the trees to another company - good friend of mine, has the lift. The other BIG Ash look pretty good - East End of Town (so about two years behind) and has about 50% green that I can tie into redundantly (ie Stitch it up with quickdraws, backup line to a thimble on cambium...
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    Revisiting Dead Ash...thoughts??

    Thanks again ATH. The last 3 dead Ash on my schedule are all fully dead- the blunted tips broken, staghorn sort of thing. Peeling bark. Yuck. I think I'm done, though. No more of them unless they're green (which I haven't seen any). Have a good pal with a spider-lift that I'd rather recommend...
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    Revisiting Dead Ash...thoughts??

    Okay- yeah that is where I'm at as far as technique. Hugging the main stem, trying reduce lateral forces (re:limb walk). 5" - ouch. Id feel crazy secure on a 5" tie-in. Id have crapped myself if that failed! I agree the base anchor dbls the force at the TIP- I've been using a thimble on my...
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    Revisiting Dead Ash...thoughts??

    Hi Guys, New to the Forum (more or less). Appreciate the activity/knowledge ..etc. Haven't posted much, but just wanted to get an idea of where you all are with your climbing EAB-kill? We're in Southern Ontario, and have had EAB in our City about 5 years or so. New business here ( moved to...
  16. timmysaint

    Knots for joining two ropes for life support

    EDK. Watched a re-traced figure 8 roll on a couple of brother's rapelling of Kerkesslin Falls a few years ago. My climbing partner stepped on the tail while it way rolling, with his crampon, which might have saved a life.. Here's more food for thought: “They had been using a flat figure 8...
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    MS 261 doesn't run properly after cutting stump...

    Hi Guys, So I wonder if anyone can help here. Two years ago, I purchased a new MS 261. One day, my groundman at the time was using the saw for bucking some Red Pine, and I could hear him running the saw while it was being pinched - not using proper wedges - and it was making that kind of...
  18. timmysaint

    How were you affected in 2008? Canadian asking...

    Tenacious! I love when it works out for a fella like that!!!!
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    How were you affected in 2008? Canadian asking...

    GTA. Yeah I think the cheapest place in our hood (which is pretty ghetto) is close to half-mil. FYI you can't leave a door unlocked without getting your car raided at night. Not like it's uppity posh here.
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    How were you affected in 2008? Canadian asking...

    Yeah it's a bit crazy. I'm definitely not an expert- no one else seems to concerned but I don't want to get blind sided with a sudden heavy duty truck payment! My wife on the other hand has become of a prep-nutter since the little ones were born.

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