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  1. SomethingWitty

    CCW while you climb?

    I like having any tool I may need today on my truck if it is possible.
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    CCW while you climb?

    It is amazing how education makes everything less scary. People who do all sorts of terrifying things have said how scary climbing trees is. Knowledge and experience are the best counters to fear.
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    The latest Matt Cornell harness

    It's not weaver?!
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    Decisions Decisions

    I prefer the single tether. It's less fiddly. Epicord 9.3 is my absolute favorite for basically everything. The 10mm epi gets an honorable mention, with armor prus, ocean poly, and beeline being my next go-to cords. HRC is great, too, but I have more trouble getting the 8mm stuff to act...
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    Decisions Decisions

    No! The eyes are worthless in SRT if you know a handful of knots! It's just a way to spend extra money on the front end.
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    ADVICE PLEASE. expanding a small tree operation. ADVICE PLEASE

    I still say that a lift is a silly direction to go in if you're capable of climbing and that chipper or a small loader of some sort is the way to go. Under 10k doesn't push you to CDL range if the truck is below 26k gvwr. As long as your combined weight restriction is below 26k, no CDL. Pretty...
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    Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

    Everything about that picture is beautiful.
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    Documenting my hand-sewn eye process

    The only thing that I have to say is that engineers are the only guys as cool as tree climbers.
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    ADVICE PLEASE. expanding a small tree operation. ADVICE PLEASE

    Everyone's particular situation involves them trying to avoid personally climbing, unless they're a climber. Landlubbers have a place, but it's not in a tree. Edit: Damn I come off as snarky. I don't mean to be more than mildly elitist, especially to someone who is really explaining what they...
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    ADVICE PLEASE. expanding a small tree operation. ADVICE PLEASE

    There are lowballers everywhere. Don't bid against them, sell something completely different than they do. PPE and color-coordinated trucks are a huge deal. The ability to not rut up/smash their sod is a huge deal. No junkies hanging out in their yard all day is a big deal.
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    ADVICE PLEASE. expanding a small tree operation. ADVICE PLEASE

    The biggest reason I think it is dumb is that you could have a truck that does that as well as hauling a trailer and tools. The next one is that the few non-bucket truck lifts I have used are slow, picky, wobbly machines. The third one is that climbing is more affordable, faster to set up...
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    ADVICE PLEASE. expanding a small tree operation. ADVICE PLEASE

    I was thinking the same thing. Buying a (fucking dinky) lift is a terrible plan if you have the capability to climb (two arms and two legs) and no real debris removal capability. Honestly, a side by side dump bed ATV is pretty handy if you're not doing production work, but you could get a wheel...
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    "Pendulum swinging" something by tip-tying a fixed-line of bull-rope? (instead-of a Vert.Speedline)

    I read it. I am saying that that's not true if they're truly comfortable without them as well. It's like saying that if you're comfortable while wearing a backpack it is easier to hike even when you don't have any reason to carry a backpack. Maybe my position is biased because almost every...
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    "Pendulum swinging" something by tip-tying a fixed-line of bull-rope? (instead-of a Vert.Speedline)

    Those people never really learned to move through a canopy, and I'm specifically talking about hardwood trees or huge decurrent conifers. There aren't people who can smoke me moving through a tree while wearing spurs. There's no way. They make your feet so much worse at being nimble, even with...
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    "Pendulum swinging" something by tip-tying a fixed-line of bull-rope? (instead-of a Vert.Speedline)

    I'm only really at home on wood from about 8" in diameter and faily straight up when I'm spurring. I've used them more in the past 6 months than the whole 8 years or so I've been climbing, and cutting and rigging and everything besides standing on spikes was already well ingrained. Everyone will...
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    "Pendulum swinging" something by tip-tying a fixed-line of bull-rope? (instead-of a Vert.Speedline)

    I don't get people thinking spurring is easier unless it's basically impossible to do without them. There's a comfortable place to be and cut basically anywhere in a tree (besides a smooth trunk) and you don't have to pay attention to knives on your feet in relation to your rope or other foot.
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    Can we talk about this face cut?

    Sales isn't part of the work. It has nothing to do with the trees. I'm quite capable of intelligent conversation. I really enjoy it. @JeffGu I bet that's a ruler with a bunch of tiny inches on it, but I can't read it because it is so compressed.
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    Can we talk about this face cut?

    It is a function of sales, and that is all.
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    Can we talk about this face cut?

    If money is your measuring stick for your personal ability in residential tree care, you will not ever be as good as you could be. I don't even mind you when you're not rabble rousing; that comment applies to anyone.
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    Can we talk about this face cut?

    I ain't nobody's boy, just looking at the top shot. It was aimed right at that swingset. I'd draw a line in MS paint if I was on a computer.

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