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    Dead (and Undead) Wood

    Great thread...I would have commented sooner but I have been up in the N.Cascades hiking and looking at 1000-1500+ year old trees (larch and white bark pine)...that have never had any "help" from humans. As has Tom I have looked for some good research on this subject without success. IMO we...
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    Turf removal under established Oak

    There is a better method "sheet mulching" to remove turf that is easy and will lead to better soil conditions pretty fast. I've watched folks for years as they hack and pull up turf and shake out a bit of soil and then toss away decades of useful organic biomass. If fine tree roots are around...
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    Diesel Fuel Prices!

    I think that these prices are the future. Buggin me even more as I was finally buying biodiesel for the same or even lower price than petroleum diesel but now paid $4.90 for 100g of bio this week! Yikes! BTW I remember gas in the .25 a gallon range as a kid in NY. Scott
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    I'm stumped by an oak

    Re: I\'m stumped by an oak How many of you know of documented fatalities where the victime was in a house? I am curious as I have not heard of one in all my years out here in the PNW. Close calls yes...injuries...rare but there....but fatalities? The tree in question here has a lot of canopy...
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    Another close call fall...my flight to the ground.

    I have been dithering about sharing what happened to me. Thanks to Tom D. and others for encouraging me to post it. In early November 2007 I fell 20' out of a willow tree to the ground. I have...I think...survived with no permanent damage. I made an error in judgement and, as I was entering...
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    helicopter job

    I have looked into using a heli twice here in Seattle. Requirements to evacuate the entire neighborhood etc made it unrealistic. I spent some time watching salvage logging in fire areas near Leavenworth WA. It was wild...they were using some very funky old helicopters... just flying out logs.
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    good load bearing knot for joining two lines???

    Re: good load bearing knot for joining two lines?? I learned the knot you are calling a zeppelin form mountaineer Wilie Unsoeld back in 1973. He called it the Hunter's Bend. Regardless of the name it is a great knot. I showed this to Rip and Ken (Arbormaster) years ago and they had never seen...
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    Whats the strangest thing you have found in a tree

    Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in a Cool idea MB I have a pair ready to go.
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    Whats the strangest thing you have found in a tree

    Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in a For me - Musket balls in old elms coming down in the early 70's in Mamaroneck NY. By the ring counts some from civil war era. Lots of battles in the area. As a kid I used to play with my plastic army guys in trees that we climbed. We left them...
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    pic thread

    A very unusual tree move. 60,000lb nurse log. Moved with 500ton mobile crane. Tree now resides in a special greenhouse at the Olympic Sculpture Park.
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    pic thread

    RB Tree in a hollow!
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    pic thread

    Poking around ~400 year old Thuja (trying again)
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    pic thread

    Name the guy in the top of this giant south oregon Sugar pine?
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    pic thread

    Re: pic thread *DELETED* Post deleted by Tom Dunlap
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    Before and after

    Hi all, great thread! I looked at Kathy's Silver maple for her client and for her prior to the decision to prune. Yesterday I looked at the pruning so far and I think Kathy has called it well. I will look again at finish and post some pics. We will follow this tree and keep track. Plenty of...
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    WA: Consulting arb. needs winter intern

    Winter Internship: Technical Assistant for Consulting Arborist Group This is a winter internship for those pursuing a career in an environmental or arboricultural field. Hiring Company: Tree Solutions Inc. ( http://www.treesolutions.net ) Position lasts from December 1, 2007- April 1, 2008 20+...
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    throw weight accident

    I knocked mself on my butt with throw bag a few years back. Now days I am reluctant to pull out my bag especially in tight quarters. I drop my bag untie and pull out the string rather than risk getting stuck or worry about runaway throw weights! When I first got a big shot I put a big dent on...
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    Baby squirrels...

    I have also moved nests...but only birds. I never was sure that it worked. My friend Scott Altenhoff has had a ton of experience with wildlife in trees. He has pictures of moving a cavity nest in a chunk of wood to a tree adjacent to the removal (that has the nest)...the parent birds kept...
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    Bend radius for ropes

    A picture of Amsteel rope getting loaded!
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    Bend radius for ropes

    I have been using some Amsteel ropes lately as I have been learning to do the Statics Integrated Method "tree pulling tests". You can't use knots in this super strong rope...have to use a special thimbel with the right radius and a splice. On one job we decided to save soe time and a thimbel...

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