Company I contract off of went with the lower end solidur as well as one of the top end ones. So far, I’d give them a 3 star rating. I don’t wear them, but they really don’t last as long as my pfanners or cloggers. In 3 months they’re much more torn up then my pfanners and mine are a year old...
I had bad vines on 3 ash trees, 2 persimmon and a maple after I moved into my first home. For the ash, I cut the ash trees down because they had EAB. For the persimmons and maple, I cut them off as high as I could reach with my polesaw. They started to fall off within 6 months and within a year...
Here it’s $30 for a trailer and pick up, (or single axle dump truck), of brush or chips. $60 for a tandem axle dump truck, brush or chips. And $300 for a grapple truck of mixed stuff.
Big wood 24” or bigger is $100 a trailer load or single axle dump. $200 for a tandem. Dump prices nearly...
I’d have bid $2500-2900, depending on trips to the dump. I’m a 2 man crew with just a dump trailer and pick up, I still contract off others more than I work my own jobs.
I’d have rented a mini, free fell everything into the yard, flopped the spar and seed and straw when I was finished. This is...
If you use a powerscender you’ll want to use that haas connection. It spaces your feet evenly so your spurs are the same distance on both feet. It’s like 1/4” difference but it feels like so much more
I learned how to climb on a singing tree rope runner and SRT. I learned a few of knots, bought a big shot and throwline and practiced with a base tie at about 10-15 feet til I got comfortable. Then I went higher. I very much learned on the job, which probably wasn’t the smartest way, I was...
I would say the only way to truly know would be contact Rock exotica. It doesn’t take long to find videos of the Omni blocks being used in treework and people that swear by them. All the videos or demonstrations on RE website, it is only used in static rescue operations. I am a little confused...
Yes it was a typo, I meant the red is for use “without” shock load. I agree, I call a shockload or impact the same thing.
I don’t know if it’s correct, but I call a shock load anything that moves. Whether that is a 6 foot drop, or a 6 inch drop into the rigging system. If it doesn’t come off...
From what I gather, the material handling one, The red, is meant for static loads, lifting, lowering with shock load.
The orange is meant to hold up better to impact and shock loading. That’s what I’ve heard anyway
No way I would climb on that. Even if I was tied in with another line all the time and the lanyard was a secondary, it’d be unnerving. But what about when you advance your line or position a redirect and the lanyard is your primary? Not for me.
For those sketchy, might break out moments or need...
I have a 2.6 and a 1.5 Omni. I use them all the time for anything under 1000#. They’re the bees knees. If I rig big wood I use a safebloc, I wouldn’t buy the big Omni. I’m a rock exotica fan, but it doesn’t seem to match the bulky, hot forged mass of the dmm counterpart. Dmm or isc is the way to...
A saddle really is personal preference, and I’m just here to learn some stuff from the greats, but for me, the monkey beaver is the best saddle I’ve ever worn. I absolutely love it
Friend of mine had 2 husqvarna 395s stolen out of his truck in a parking lot last month. I always pack all my gear into my garage at night. Sucks and takes some extra time but Thieves are lowlifes and i don’t want to shoot somebody over stealing my chainsaw.
Hope you get some sort of...
The onyx is a very different saddle. I have a Petzl Sequoia and a new tribe onyx that I just bought. The sequoia shared a lot with the TM, in design, but imo, the tree motion looks better quality and comfort than the sequoia.
As for the onyx. I think it has some really great features. I love...
Home Depot has some green gloves I like. I have about 3 weeks on a pair and they just now got a hole in the fingertips. As soon as my boots hit the ground I ditch them, I hate gloves and I thought my hands were pretty calloused, but those of you that don’t use gloves are another species