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  1. RogerM

    Alex Shigo anniversary

    A kind man who made practicing arborists feel appreciated
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    What is your saw sharpening station like?

    dang, sorry so large. The ol stump vise is pretty handy
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    What is your saw sharpening station like?

    our "in the field" or back of atv
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    Climber killed in Columbus Georgia

    Sincerest condolences. The number one, most beneficial piece of safety equipment, I believe, is the addition of the com systems. I don't like to even work without them, I do, but prefer not to. Its great to both watch someone's back, and they yours from 600 feet away. These awakenings are sad.
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    Today....

    Dang it!, now I know my spirit tree is a Maple. So wanted it to be an Oak...
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    Lift operator bails from bees

    are there any documented instances of "Africanized bees" in your area? Honey bees can go into a frenzy stinging mode. They are very reactive, and panic makes things worse. I hope they weren't. Only adding to the conversation because I keep bees and have been swarmed before, i was in a bee suit...
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    Face protection from bees

    there are bee suit hoods out there, you would wear them over your helmet though...
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    RigGuy versus Wedge Grip cabling wire stops

    my solution to that was to leave some extra cable and make a bend, not cut flush. not pretty but has worked so far.
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    RigGuy versus Wedge Grip cabling wire stops

    Wedge Grips gets my vote. I used to really try to make my 7strand splices pretty on the thimbles. left and right threaded lag hooks, hand auger... never got into cobra system, guessing boss, at the time didn't want to fork out the loot. Wedge Grips take the cake imo.
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    productivity incentives

    I think, no offense, this could lead to cutting corners and taking unnecessary risks possibly. You'd have to know your team. It could work.
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    Has the Spotted Lantern made it to your area yet?

    I just got back from Toronto, Ailanthus everywhere, didn't look too hard, but I didn't see any SLF. There were public service announcement billboards about them everywhere...
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    looking for grapple, free floating or swiveling, for Avant 528. Anyone have one for sale?

    looking to buy back up grapple for when power rotation goes out on our Ryan's...
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    Need a bit of help from the tree pruners

    Years ago, I was planning to subordinate a co dominate leader in a young tree, they were about equal in size and I was still eyeballing to pick a side. Then storm damage came in and I didn't get around to it. So, I went to revisit and do it, but, another storm came in and it got put low on the...
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    Experience with smaller/low-end chippers?

    I too have the one with the Wisconsin engine, at the time it served me very well. Those were good chippers imo.
  15. RogerM

    Avant Thread!

    I learn something every day on here... lesson." Casted" more prone to failure than "forged" (?correct terminology?) Probably, subconsciously, knew that just never made the frontal lobe. Thanks Merle
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    Avant Thread!

    lots of steel has been failing lately... huge support beam on carowinds' fury 325.(roller coaster) But seriously, would not have expected a failure there... good to know there is a sound replacement available, hope I don't ever need one.
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    Vertical bark splitting-green giant

    trunk diameter? not torsion? is the bark on the right completely separated? dang, any possibility of mechanical damage, maybe intentional.. just looks so significant, could be from the picture angle.
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    Avant Thread!

    one other thing... the bollard on our grapple has come in pretty handy at times. depending on your chipper set up.. when feeding it could get in the way, but we found a work around. The addition of the Avant, has almost negated the need for a winch. We had the winch before the Avant. Someone on...
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    Avant Thread!

    we run a 528 Avant, on Hilly terrain a lot. It has 1200 hrs. Some issues with the rotation function with our grapple. Turf tires. Hasn't disappointed yet. can't speak to the giant. Overall, I would call the avant, very reliable. just .02
  20. RogerM

    A good day to stay alive

    Sigh, you have blown all of our minds, just not in the way you imagine you could.

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