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    Expensive arborist pants?

    Oak vs Euc?
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    Tips on climbing srs with spikes

    A new culinary delight?
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    Munter hitch for lowering limbs

    If using groundys a portawrap works, but When doing solo the head will impact whatever you are using - when doing heads that weigh 180-250 lbs one doesn’t want long falls before it hits, and off centre belays systems have a very high chance of slipping around the trunk. A munter has the lowest...
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    Vermeer BC900XL vs Manzanita

    Great report - I was very curious to see how it would handle it - Still not sure on some other hardwoods how it would handle it as manzanita seems to mangled and maybe not as robust as similar hardness but very robust hardwoods - but a great start point for evaluation of this chipper...
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    Munter hitch for lowering limbs

    Can’t do that with palms if taking the head...
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    Munter hitch for lowering limbs

    Munter is fantastic for tight quarters negative rigging on the fly... have used it for 250lbs although 16 strand doesn’t particularly like it...
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    Poisoned Jacaranda tree

    Some guys around here did that and someone stole the camera...
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    Poisoned Jacaranda tree

    They are an invasive root system that cracks foundations so not out of the ordinary for neighbour disputes to escalate (or escalate before a dispute starts). Is there any evidence of copper from a copper nail?
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    Chain occasionally doesn’t move

    Also the bearing of the sprocket could be worn so the chain is actually gripping the bar stock and not riding the sprocket.
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    Rooster next door

    Does he have plans available? This is a tempting opportunity to learn neighbourly etiquette JeffGu style..
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    Rooster next door

    Potato canon my bad...
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    MS391 wont start

    Got an inspection camera? Look in bore and see if you see big scores from a broken ring...
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    Hydraulic

    Does it have boom solenoid or manual hydraulic selector? If it’s a solenoid check it isn’t sticking by connecting voltage lead to it and listening to see if it switches or not (Also make sure it has a working ground lead first) - if stuck give it a very light tap with a hammer with some tape on...
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    Vermeer BC900XL vs Manzanita

    Stall at local craft market?
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    Possible HAVS / Hand and Finger Pain

    Have you spent time sleeping in another room and it behaving better? Do you get other pains in body - not just hands? we found out the hard way that underground streams shallow enough under the bedroom bring on a lot of these symptoms. Apparently 80 years ago builders never built on top of an...
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    Vermeer BC900XL vs Manzanita

    I haven’t chipped manzanita, but I have chipping contractors that will no longer chip similar Janka Hardness wood because it beats up their Bandit 9” too much - especially if half dry. Maybe best use a rental, as can’t see a Vermeer 9” being as strong as the bandit 9” with a diesel 84hp behind...
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    Saw in my leg

    Work positioning is situational in that if kneeling using a top handle the work positioning is probably better and safer than limbing with a longer bar chainsaw standing upright - although I must say I care neither which method is used. The long bar on a larger saw is faster in the cut though -...
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    Saw in my leg

    A Didnt you take this path against using top handles on the ground? All part of good discussion...
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    Saw in my leg

    True with bigger wood, but most urban wood I find the top handle waaayyy quicker as a limbing saw, wrist rotation is way faster than the two handed grip saw as the positional requirements are way slower... Wood in tangled heaps I still prefer the top handle, but talking bigger wood, sure go for...
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    Saw in my leg

    Especially if a grinder is available, but if no grinder, the chain still needs tending at some point for many businesses - not if slowing up crew onsite - but at end of day is just more work than needs to be allocated...
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