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    Tom Dunlap B-Day !

    Echoing the many good wishes for many returns - your contributions here are certainly appreciated!
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    Greasing a nose sprocket

    I religiously grease my bar sprocket every time I add chain oil but I’m not convinced I’m any closer to chainsaw heaven for doing so. I’ll definitely second @Tony about chain sharpening as being the number one contributor to bar longevity, and would add proper chain tensioning (that’s to say...
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    Treeline movie

    To paraphrase an arborist quoted in this video: “When I wish to treat a tree I ask it, How can I help you?” Thanks Tom - I’ll second Moss’ superb, without reservation, the sentiments expressed here very much echo my own.
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    Ring on bridge?

    Thanks - I’ve contacted Rock E. and am awaiting a RMA#. I’m also going to try a Petzl open swivel on my bridge in the meantime, when I get back up there. (Currently on holiday and weather break).
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    Make Us Laugh :)

    A real crowd pleaser:
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    Rock Exotica OmniBlock 1.1” recall

    Mason at Roch Exotica kindly got my recall submission straightened out, and says they will be forwarding me a Canadian RMA# shortly.
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    Rock Exotica OmniBlock 1.1” recall

    Thanks Jonny, This notice is significant to me as I currently am using the 1.1 Omni Block as my connection from my ascender to my rope bridge, and have even gone so far as to promote its use for that purpose on this forum! As a Canadian I see that the recall submission form link for...
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    Today....

    It’s grand to see such fine trade skills demonstrated. Cheers Fivepoints. I’m continually impressed by the spectrum of knowledge and abilities of this forum’s members.
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    Make Us Laugh :)

    Well well @Dan Cobb the fact that this product enhances “mental strength” explains why the members of this forum are all so sharp.
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    Pole saw blade replacement

    I would suggest using the coarsest toothed blade that you can to make for fewer teeth to sharpen and bigger teeth to see. Then just try sharpening. You don’t have to bother with any edges but the top of the tooth and keep in mind that even a pretty poorly sharpened saw cuts infinitely better...
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    Rope lube? For used winch line.

    Though I’m not familiar with your exact situation, and may be stating the obvious, I’ve found water liberally applied does help out for tight buries.
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    Work Photos

    Well well 27RMTON, thank you. You are educating me, making me consider safer approaches to felling leaners, and taking me back to a previous experience that though instructive was not ideal. While trying to fell a large for here (30” dbh - 100’) back-leaning, back weighted pine I misjudged the...
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    Work Photos

    I like and admire your technique in this situation as usual @27RMT0N but have to admit I don’t understand the wedging or barking, in that if I had taken the trouble to climb and set a solid line or two high in a tree with a difficult balance or lean (which I have - though never as high a 80’) I...
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    “Unusual Birds” & Trees in your area ?

    Yes, it is a juvenile Green Heron that really likes turtles in that the day before yesterday it was sharing its log with two.
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    “Unusual Birds” & Trees in your area ?

    Yesterday afternoon it was hot and lazy here so I quit early, took a stroll down to the creek, and found many creatures doing something I really admire, getting along very well together, despite their differences.
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    Poems

    Ode to an Expiring Frog - with a smile - by Charles Dickens Can I view thee panting, lying On thy stomach, without sighing! Can I unmoved see thee dying On a log, Expiring frog! Say, have fiends in shape of boys, With wild halloo and brutal noise, Hunted thee from marshy joys, With a dog...
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    Firewood Shortage in Europe

    Wow Fredrich, I typically sell about 50 cubic meters of dry split hardwood a year. That price in “my”money that would bring in about $33,000 which is about $30,500 more than I currently realize. I had better reach out to @Reach and reserve a corner on his boat!
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    Why do Trees Rot Starting at the Bottom Center Core

    (y)(y) Beautiful - eloquent - clear and informative. Thank you.
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    Firewood Shortage in Europe

    Here in Quebec (and speaking local currency) with the “highest” residential electricity rate at $0.09749/kWh and having installed a contemporary high efficiency air to air heat pump (that really does work well down to -12°F) I cannot afford to burn my own firewood as the cost of the equivalent...

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