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    Gear inspection/maintenance yields... some unexpected-ness

    If already have that with climbing kit - why not!
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    Husqvarna pre-mixed fuel - why?

    Or fuel they forgot to put 2 stroke oil into...
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    Gear inspection/maintenance yields... some unexpected-ness

    Wd40 is a moisture attractant. Works well is displacing water but then attracts air moisture. I use Silicone spray. Will likely get some Lock lubricant one of these days. Friends still do the old school oil dissolved in petrol - dip and let dry for non plastic climbing equipment, and wipe off...
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    Husqvarna pre-mixed fuel - why?

    Preserving your carby's when the saw/machine is going to sit on the shelf for a while - - saves work cleaning and servicing fuel systems...
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    Anyone with rage issues that can relate to this guy?

    yes it is, fact is that whatever condition this guy was in he had extreme unsolved issues and likely substance abuse and what those elderly suffered was unconscionable. However it isn’t as isolated as we might hope, and the road there is usually bottled up experiences, dialogue is a good...
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    Glyphosate Bans

    Some articles on health aspects o glyphosate: https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/human-rights/german-doctor-links-nano-aluminum-glyphosate-and-parasites/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/health/us-glyphosate-cancer-study-scli-intl/index.html...
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    Munter hitch for lowering limbs

    Yes can physically do it, but have had enough slings rotate around trunk when I tried it is no longer a method I will use
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    GRCS Mistake & Failure (video found online)

    Very educational video though...
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    GRCS Mistake & Failure (video found online)

    Yes that’s it..
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    A TED talk on Arborists

    Society is up for a shakeup anyways if the Deagle website population forecast is to be believed....
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    GRCS Mistake & Failure (video found online)

    There’s another video doing the rounds where the GRCS was being used with a horizontal line sideways (not through the topside guide hook) and the entire winch bollard ripped off the plate...
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    Anyone with rage issues that can relate to this guy?

    My understanding of the articles was it was his company, although the reporting is a little vague so I could be wrong...
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    Anyone with rage issues that can relate to this guy?

    Well some clients do push ones boundaries....
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    Anyone with rage issues that can relate to this guy?

    Might be a bit hard for his workers to use his name as a reference....
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    Anyone with rage issues that can relate to this guy?

    https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/05/13/ryan-scott-blinston-oroville-tree-trimmer-throat-slashings/?fbclid=IwAR2V0Elop5gqU2sWBB6w5KSo7094lyErGBXSB74oti-2eTFyQNtH4ieee6c
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    diy biochar?

    It is activated carbon which provides porous harbours for fungi and bacteria, whilst providing an electrostatic bank for minerals, plus the absorption of toxins and harmful concentrations of salts/minerals as stated. Mayans and Aztecs used it to create gardens in the desert and sandy...
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    diy biochar?

    Biochar is cooked with oxygen starvation (ie set alight and buried etc or cooked in hoppers to exclude air) - so maybe better off making yourself if you have a sand pile etc to cover the fire pit (and loader of course)
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    angle grinder in kneecap

    Had my jumper ripped off me from catching a fibre on a 250mm bench grinder... those tool rests are very handy, didn’t get a scratch...
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    angle grinder in kneecap

    It’s not the torque so much as kicking off an edge - don’t get complacent as meant for surfaces not internal corners...
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    Expensive arborist pants?

    Will get the book, just looked it up at Blair equipment. Few others there I would like to look at too... See that the talk was listed at 2013 conference, anyone got any references to the talk? A PDF or video link or something?

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