That works on a rope with out an eye. I just tie a bowline to the eye and puller through. The knot is a bit of a bitch to untie. I know some guys that use an anchor hitch or an anchor hitch on a small add a link that attaches to the eye of the rope. The basic concept is that you want to attach...
I worked on a silver maple a few weeks ago that had been repeatedly molested by the homeowners pole saw for well over two decades. He would proudly tell me how he used to work on this tree but it is getting to big and how he is getting to old, yada yada yada. I really thought about taking pics...
I have offered to help more than one bone head armed with a sawzall and ladder for free over the years only to have the bone head refuse my help on the grounds that they knew what they were doing.
I cant say that I have a favorite tree, but the big Fremonts are up on the top of my list. And yes I do like the smell of them. Growing up on the Rio Grande river we burned a lot of cotton wood in the stove. The smell of cotton wood smoke takes me back to when I was a kid. I spent a lot of time...
Just saw this on the news this morning. Scary stuff. Thank God no one was seriously hurt.
http://www.today.com/video/tree-falls-on-children-in-massachusetts-park-440583747975
Gotta color code the rope bags!! I have had my groundie tell me more than once, not to ask for a specific rope, but rather ask for the color of bag. Its not that he is incompetent but he has to operate with the dumbest common denominator when we bring in newbies, or hire day help. Gotta love a...
Habitat Tree!?!? Is that what I get to call the 50 ft spar that I left in a guys back yard because he didnt have the money to take it all the way to the ground? I get to drive by it at least twice a day. Now instead of griping about a cheap customer I can cheerfully say, "hey, check out Harv's...
If the company name and phone number is on the side of the truck all it takes is a phone call from a "concerned citizen" saying that the driver of the truck was seen snorting something in the bucket truck and swerving all over the road. End of discussion. There is no room for that in society in...
I was kinda blown away when I saw the price tag, Then I realized that it was Canadian funds which is like almost the same as the Peso exchange right???
I havent heard from Levi in a while. I was gonna send a crane climber job his way but the guys that were running the outfit were unknowns and kinda shady. I may have to just take the inititive and buy a go pro