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    Tips for Climbing a Tulip Poplar

    Like others have said already about the brittleness, they also decay quickly and easily. I try to keep trimming light on poplar to mitigate future decay. In the Midwest in the summer bark falls off poplar very easily, a rig line of mine drug down a limb and peeled the whole limbs bark. Swinging...
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    Redirecting Rope to Limb Walk

    Good advice in the past two comments. Schultz effect is definitely worth the 40 bucks! Only you can judge how strong your TIP is. Some redirects can double the load on your TIP, there is an easy trick for using your lanyard to make a 2 to 1 and test your TIP while on the ground. Always be...
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    Problems with attachment plates

    I pounded the original pin holes straight, welded them where they had stress cracked, then welded a second plate on top of an employer’s skid loader attachment plate. Without pictures it’s hard to say what exactly, but I would say one way or another you’ll end up needing some welding done
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    Professional liability insurance

    Pekin Insurance
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    Im new to the business, but never climbed before. Any advice?

    I don’t mean to be an ass, but If you’re truly a business man you would already know the next step. You would realize, 40 hours a week means shitty part time help, or an outside hire, (subcontractor). Good Subcontracted climbers will not climb for $30 an hour. I wouldn’t and none of the guys I...
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    time to upgrade my spurs, Keep my Buckinghamn get new pads, or buy Gecko?

    I like my geckos. I haven’t climbed much in other spurs, just old Buckinghams with leather t shin pads. I think carbon geckos would be everything I like about my aluminum geckos but lighter
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    Side loaded Roperunner

    Kevin Bingham is the designer of the rope runner. His handle on treebuzz is @treebing . He would probably be the best person to ask
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    Lanyard adjuster

    I love my Art positioner. Zillon is smoother but is lengthier and more seemed more fragile. I haven’t climbed on one much. If you do wear out the rope the zillon comes with you can attach any rope you want as long as it has one end open. Which isn’t a big deal for me since I tie a knot on my...
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    Strangest Thing You've Ever Retrieved From a Tree?

    A little over 2 weeks ago I retrieved a 4 year old kid from around 50 foot up in a pine. He got up there and refused to come down, said he wanted to stay in the tree. I built him a rope harness that probably was uncomfortable as hell, tethered him to my zigzag and hung a doubled rope setup, then...
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    Shembiner

    I use a transporter and 2 caritools on my everyday saddle. I have the shembiner on my secondary saddle, I like it but with the added security of the gate I can hook my saw 1 handed with the transporter nearly just as fast, which is why I choose the transporter. Personally, I think if your...
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    Professional liability insurance

    I carry it. Its $38 a month for $1 million
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    DOES ANYONE ELSE HATE STUMP GRINDING?

    I actually enjoy stump grinding. Several jobs in one day, driving from job to job. I wish I could find a good deal on a stump grinder and I’d pull the trigger on my own
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    vvvvvvvvvv

    Does it have the option to put a transporter or vault on the sides, behind the D rings? I wouldn’t buy a harness I couldn’t get my transporters on right by my sides
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    Climbing a sketchy red oak

    Wouldn’t scare me a bit. Let er fly
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    Speed line rigging rope.

    Sterling HTP. It’s my go to for speedlining or natural crotch rigging. I self rig with natural crotches or wraps a lot because my ground crew gets busy. It lasts pretty well
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    Full time tree service & working another full time job

    I did. Worked 40-60 hours a week, plus my tree service. It’s stressful, it’s frustrating, and it’s time consuming. I worked 90-120 hours a week 7 days a week in the summer. I rolled with a chainsaw in hand from sun up to sundown, and did a lot of flashlight estimates. Then did saw maintenance...
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    ISO Chainsaw scabbards

    My stihl dealership sells them to me for $4
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    Would you climb this?

    I’d be comfortable with it. Especially since you have a tree behind it or next to it you can set your climb line in. May be wrong, but it Almost looks like there’s room to put a rigging line in the top of it and pull it into the woods behind it without doing much damage
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    Bolt on Gaff Ascender

    Kiwi klimbers makes one but they’re pretty pricey
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    Got quote today for a 20-80 hour Vermeer CTX100 Demon unit for 33k. Pretty high to me.

    Sounds about right price point around here. Vermeer is proud of their minis

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