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  1. BBBTree

    Can a tree die from old age?

    Or is it always a blight/s that finishes off the tree such as when the tree is in a weakened state?
  2. BBBTree

    Why so many dead/dying trees in San Diego?

    Well now I feel like an idiot. Great job. ;)
  3. BBBTree

    Why so many dead/dying trees in San Diego?

    Poor is right. FREE? Nice to know. I can obviously handle that arb duty. Thanks for lead on the common Olive disease. I saw some great ones keeled over. Not good. I'll look that one up now, and I might go snapping some shots of these jacs I'm talking about for you. Shouldn't all of their...
  4. BBBTree

    Why so many dead/dying trees in San Diego?

    Enough years to know how to get out of the truck, and do some research. I hope that's enough :) Well anyway, the trees look like total azz around here, but I guess I'm alone on that. I looked at a job for an HOA recently, and I noticed they had sick Olive Trees. I inspected all of their...
  5. BBBTree

    Why so many dead/dying trees in San Diego?

    No, and it's only some areas. I took a drive east to the Cleveland Forest, and I only saw a small patch of Eucs dying off. All other trees were flourishing. I can drive around the main city area, and I can count so many trees dying or dead that I'm constantly think wth. Even the young trees...
  6. BBBTree

    Why so many dead/dying trees in San Diego?

    The trees are dying off too easily, and they were doing okay to get to their current stage of growth. Maybe it's water limits on irrigation leading to stressers and so forth. It's very interesting, and I'd like to know. I'm surprised no organization or any chat forums have any information...
  7. BBBTree

    Best eye-to-eye sling brand for a VT?

    [ QUOTE ] Hitchclimber on tachyon with 8mm ocean polyester is a great combo, I make alot of 800mm ones(31.4inches) [/ QUOTE ] I like that system with a small loop sling girth hitched to the hitch hiker and over the left hand. Every time the left hand reaches up, the hitch hiker is pulled...
  8. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    [ QUOTE ] OR... what about if the climber is not skilled enough to get around in the tree to climb it safely? climbing way out on thin little limbs to set the chokers can be hazardous to the climber; especially ones that don't have excellent skills or maybe not a nice high tie in point...
  9. BBBTree

    Best eye-to-eye sling brand for a VT?

    I'd like to see that Here's the system I'm going to start using. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jUA12hLIz1c
  10. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    Overall the thread is about OSHA limiting crane riding, but it is common practice in the professional arborist industry. In some states OSHA says that it's fine to ride if and when the tree work is going to be more risky to not ride the ball than to ride the ball. That's the limit of what they...
  11. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    That's a terrible thing, X. That just goes to show you.... There's a lot to what we do.
  12. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    Jomoco, you like that positive locking gate for some reason. Why is that?
  13. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    I can't imagine changing up the whole crane industry with positive locking hook gates for us, but I can imagine a rules revision and a mandatory certification for the crane companies to check before allowing riders to tie into the load lines. Knowing how to think like an elite safety society...
  14. BBBTree

    Best eye-to-eye sling brand for a VT?

    Okay, I get the idea about how 8mm and 10mm is going to work on my rope Tachyon rope. Does anyone climb with his VT system rigged immediately by the saddle? I like the looks of a VT system I've seen lately where the VT and pulley are at arms length with a about a 30" sling connecting them to...
  15. BBBTree

    Best eye-to-eye sling brand for a VT?

    Thanks
  16. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Per the new ANSI Z 133.1 2012, Climbers can ride the ball providing that they have 2 points of attachments. The ball must have a locking pin on it as well. What I do it use my fraction saver attached to a large shackle above the becket with my climbing line running through...
  17. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    That's what I'm gathering. I've spent about 12-16 hours researching the subject. At this point I get the idea that OSHA is going to make a move, and revise soon enough. With so many professional organizations like ISA, TCIA, ANSI, tree services, seminar affiliated organizations, and strews of...
  18. BBBTree

    Best eye-to-eye sling brand for a VT?

    8mm on what dia rope? thanks
  19. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    Does anybody know if OSHA is intertaining the idea of climbers riding the crane ball yet? The lack of OSHA regs in the area of safe crane use in arboriculture field is definitely an impedance for some. That's my understanding after researching the subject online, and after my own recent...
  20. BBBTree

    Best eye-to-eye sling brand for a VT?

    Good looking out. Thanks, all

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