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  1. Mike Islander

    Cats of Treebuzz…prrrrr

    Coolest cat, Scruffy. Gone but not forgotten. On a large Lazy Boy. Puff the magic kitty; found dead in the road after I watched her get hit by two cars. Came back to life in my conference room at work. Nine years with us now.
  2. Mike Islander

    About the Alpine Butterfly . . .

    Keywords for me from the video = "Super good enough". For isolating a bad section of rope, I've always tied a double EDK as a back up to the butterfly. Course in that case you might as well just use the EDK. So no use change that I can think of based on the video. If not isolating a bad...
  3. Mike Islander

    Bought a Treestuff Bag O’ Rope. Any good stuff here?

    I also have been working on splicing. Since it's just for fun and some personal tree maintenance, I can afford the time to learn.
  4. Mike Islander

    Bought a Treestuff Bag O’ Rope. Any good stuff here?

    I agree, mostly. epiCORD might find favor with the Hitch Hiker aficionados. In fact, that is what I see as the "high end" hitch cord sold as a Hitch Hiker accessory on WesSpur. The winch lines are plenty long. Warn winch synthetic line comes 80 feet standard.
  5. Mike Islander

    Bought a Treestuff Bag O’ Rope. Any good stuff here?

    To sum it up as close as we can tell: 48' epiCORD 9.3 mm = $288 106' Yellow 5/16" Ultrex = $211 ~ 100' Notch Hercules 5/16" = $209 ~40' 5/8" Arbor Plex = $160 ~40' 5/8" Notch Kraken = $53 I know pricing for some of this is heavily discounted if you buy specific lengths. Also who needs 40 foot...
  6. Mike Islander

    Bought a Treestuff Bag O’ Rope. Any good stuff here?

    Confirmed on both counts. 106 feet of the yellow Ultrex. I'd say this covers my $70 for the whole bag. About 100 feet or more of the Notch Hercules as well. Both look like popular winch lines. Both measure about 9 mm if I round them out. Not sure if these are 5/16" or 3/8". Either way...
  7. Mike Islander

    Bought a Treestuff Bag O’ Rope. Any good stuff here?

    Looks like the yellow rigging line is Notch Kraken 5/8" My rope Notch Kraken
  8. Mike Islander

    Bought a Treestuff Bag O’ Rope. Any good stuff here?

    The white rigging line definitely is 3/4" Arbor Plex. My "Arbor Plex" Confirmed Arbor Plex Little blue is likely epiCORD as far as I can tell. EDIT: I measured this cord with my micrometer, and it is closer to 10 mm than 9.3 mm if you just touch the sides without any pressure. But 10 mm...
  9. Mike Islander

    Food Thread

    A little office-made Venison stew in the 6 quart Instant Pot. In this case, about 3 pounds of burger from this year's buck (ground with 5% beef tallow), a half pound hock from last year's yearling doe, and a chunk of bacon. Seasoned with salt, pepper, a little bit of garlic, paprika, couple bay...
  10. Mike Islander

    Bought a Treestuff Bag O’ Rope. Any good stuff here?

    The small diameter yellow and green look like waterski ropes (yes, I have no knowledge of ropes). The two large ropes (white and yellow) are about 3/4" diameter. I'm hoping the skinny bluish one is something awesome. Many thanks if you know off the top of your head. If you guess, I'll look up...
  11. Mike Islander

    Food Thread

    Ambiance is everything? Prime Angus fillet over oak. Coal-baked potato coated in olive oil and salt.
  12. Mike Islander

    Rope Runner Pro steel slick pin price

    And where might you get these pins? :-)
  13. Mike Islander

    People on Edge

    I wouldn't have left the cart. He overreacted. But again, I never leave a cart. It goes back into the store or in the parking lot bin.
  14. Mike Islander

    ...

    Kickstand could be an inline inverted V (i.e. ^) that swings down and locks via spring cam or hard lock. That gives you three points of contact. ^ would be inline with the wheel and touch the ground on each side laterally, resting a foot in front or behind the point of wheel ground contact. This...
  15. Mike Islander

    Climbing pine with spurs?

    UPDATE: Checked the lot survey/fenceline and determined we both own the tree. The light is definitely not to code, which limits height to 15 feet. This light is 32' feet up the tree. I rented a 24' extension ladder, tied to the tree, and stood on the top rung. No, I didn't do it like Aerial...
  16. Mike Islander

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    Very nice. As an avid camper, loved the campfire coffee.
  17. Mike Islander

    How are you cooking your turkey?

    Salt and pepper in the turkey fryer. Oh, and chickens x 2, since everyone loves it better than turkey. :)
  18. Mike Islander

    Climbing pine with spurs?

    Aim just above the top of the tree that's in the way?
  19. Mike Islander

    Climbing pine with spurs?

    I do thankfully have three throw lines and 4-5 bags.
  20. Mike Islander

    Climbing pine with spurs?

    I see that. Shoot up and over. Pull twice the height of line down. Add throw bag and pull up then lower straight down. Haul up climbing line.

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