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  1. RyanCafferky

    The Art and Science of Practical Rigging VHS Box Set!

    If you and your co workers are rigging like you are in the dark ages this video series will get you rigging like a bad ass in the early 2000s! This ain’t your modem Pfannerman shit. No rings, no beautifully made DMM blocks. Just men being men. Actually, I have no idea what is on these...
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    Baby chipper won’t chip!…Fixed!

    With this thread’s title I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump sends in the National Guard.
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    Grapple - anybody have an Avant's grapple?

    my only regret with cutting it off was that I didn’t do it before I bolted it on! I did more damage to things with that thing and maybe only pushed over 10 trees with it the whole time it was on there. The bollard is great and we use that constantly.
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    Grapple - anybody have an Avant's grapple?

    Love my Avant grapple with power rotate. Biggest recommendation is to cut off the tree pusher for more visibility and easier chipper feeding.
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    Hand throwing only!
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    At my place I’m thinking of making an arborists version of frisbee golf using throwballs and throwline. We’ve got 60 acres so I’m pretty sure we can make 18 holes.
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    This is what my first boss did to us back in the day. None of us had watches or phones so we didn’t have a clue.
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    Telling the crew it is never later than 10:30 until lunch time and never later than 2:30 after lunch time.
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    2012 bandit 1590

    Very tempting. That would be a nice chipper to go with my 1390
  10. RyanCafferky

    ZZ, SJ3, RR OG

    I might be interested in the Twinline depending on price.
  11. RyanCafferky

    2025 Michigan TCC

    I love it when the old timers win. And I now fit this category myself…
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    Saddle setup (picture thread)

    The instructions specifically say NOT to do this because if you load the stitching in between the pockets more than 2kn it will be let loose. But if you are TRYING to not go down with something it could be helpful.
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    Saddle setup (picture thread)

    The ART Snaketail stitching is designed to blow at 2kn? if I’m remembering correctly. You can clip to the stitching instead of the pocket for a breakaway that is a known number. Another really simple system would be to use an ART Positioner as your lanyard adjuster and put a well worn cam on...
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    Mini and micro chippers

    From talking to @Alec A. the Eliet sounds pretty awesome. Might be worth taking a day trip down to Corvallis to see his in action.
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    black walnut sales call

    They will but you have to have a lot of smaller stuff burning to get rid of the big stuff. On the North Complex Fire in 2020 we had an ACB that was brought in that ran 24/7 for a while. It was run in two shifts. Grapple trucks brought in debris all day and the loader would feed it all day and...
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    black walnut sales call

    For me I’d rather just bring it home and make it disappear in the woods or lately I’ve just been digging huge holes and burying it and making planting mounds. The local green waste place just piles it and burns it which to me just doesn’t seem very environmentally friendly. Especially since...
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    black walnut sales call

    I think I’m going to have to start charging more for wood hauling. Having a dump trailer and living on 60 acres certainly helps but our tree graveyard is getting a little ridiculous.
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    black walnut sales call

    A few weeks ago I was talking with a client about his trees and he started talking about removing some firs and how valuable they must be. I told him that breaking even was a long shot at best. The longer I’m in the tree business the less valuable any byproducts that come from removing a tree...
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    Bulldog OAR, Rope Runner & More

    I’ll take the positioner if it is still available.
  20. RyanCafferky

    Broken man, extreme burnout

    Come work with us in Hood River. I need a good crew lead. I’ll make it worth your while and we have an awesome team. Avant for chipping and moving material. We use cranes and contract climbers for the big nasty things. I often get a bit burned out on being an owner operator but making sure...

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