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  1. Matias

    Stihl MSA190t battery top handle

    Is the button that you wanna deactivate a physical or electronic button? I had determined that if I got a milkaukee, I would likely tape that switch down to the handle.
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    flaking a chain into a jug

    You just got them a new subscriber! That's awesome!
  3. Matias

    Tell me about cottonwoods

    Sounds like a decent cottonwood. 8 intact leader is super rare around here, so I would likely wanna do the same, and it sounds doable, bearing in mind I haven't seen it myself
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    Fu*%face Von Clownstick

    Par for the course with your excellent and concise analysis.
  5. Matias

    Tell me about cottonwoods

    My favorite Poplar Mechanic clip was that time you mentioned. He had his lanyard on a branch which popped off and he became the rigging and lowered himself and the branch on his climbing system. Insanity.
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    4 months...

    May the wind be calm and your hitch work flawlessly!
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    Tell me about cottonwoods

    Some of the craziest rotten logs that I have ever seen still standing were Populus fremontii. I have never had to climb one of any significant size, but it sounds like the species mentioned so far, with the exception that they love to toss off every branch that gets big enough, and while it's...
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    Bid that tree!

    The 'not dead' one is still pretty fucked up. It's struggling pretty badly. I have never seen those wounds before either, but it looks like they have been getting worse for a long while. If both can be flopped without too much effort, it's really just a big cleanup job. Half day job, maybe...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    It seems the issue is that there aren't enough people being sufficiently affected by the 'bad actors'. If there were enough people being harmed in a way that's easy to see, there would probably be more demand for stronger enforcement.
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    Today....

    I have wanted to have a go at hardwood logging for a while, and your pictures don't disappoint. That's just such a different looking forest to me.
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    Bid that tree!

    Drop zone to the right of the truck? full removal/material hauling, or just get it on the ground safely?
  12. Matias

    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    Ehh. I never saw it, and now that it's edited, I never will. Maybe I would have been offended but now have been spared thanks to your speaking up... We'll never know.
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    That's right, OSHA should be enforcing the Z; don't know how I could forget. The thing is, I think the A300 should be codified into law too. Trees are more valuable than dogs, and the law prohibits you from abusing your dog. Obviously, nobody will see what happens to your dog behind closed...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    100%, but just like heavy rigging, I think it's just good prudence to err on the side of caution. One thing I have come to appreciate about my local legislators is that they like to write in this clause at the end of each codified law that states that there is no 'duty to enforce'. In other...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    While I fundamentally agree, what are your thoughts on my example regarding wiring up your lonely cabin in the woods? What happens when some asshole cheaps out on their wire, and ends up setting their house on fire, and then the forest fire burns down your house? What about the value of that...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    I hate rules regulations as much as the next guy, but you guys do understand that the rules weren't really designed with you guys in mind, right? They are written as a means of accounting for the lowest common denominators. You know... idiots. We can't let idiots build shitty houses that may...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    I think that the ISA is a bit of a racket, but I also believe that some people need to be protected from themselves, and some people need to be protected from scammers and conmen. I hate the idea of telling people what they can and can't do, but there are so many assholes that will fuck things...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    But if they don't spend the effort to protect the certs, then the certs value will fade out of existence.
  19. Matias

    Visiting The Redwoods (Crescent City?)

    Jed Smith is the bees knees. The Ewok village on Endor is in there.
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    Fu*%face Von Clownstick


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