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  1. Roger_Barnett

    'Free Tree Guy' Crushes a House

    Works for me. I posted it here just today without doing a search. I see it happened a week ago. We've had some winds and wild-ish weather of late. The cutter was clearly in over his head, but, besides never tacking the huge tree, he should have backed off due to the winds... He could face...
  2. Roger_Barnett

    No Price Harry

    worse than Half Price Harry, he did the tree for the wood.... https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/botched-tree-removal-job-destroys-bellevue-home/2JUS7FCYWVFVZNXJC5V5UJM7YI/?fbclid=IwAR1g7Yo1kFLlvp9z0YX7cHYDTK95hQ0EPBHg5RUE5HSbMoefP9za70UcMwU
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    Accident report on Facebook

    Yes. That was that Doug-fir top that they swung into the rigging. (Crane TIP at least 15 ft to the side, instead of directly over the pick. Granted, it was a light top, but not SOP, that's for sure..... My arb bud told me that is what they did on this crane failure, but I doubt it. No way...
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    Accident report on Facebook

    Hi, all. Seeing as I'm pretty much retired and spending tons of time with my photography, I just happened upon this accident a few days ago. Then, a good bud and competent arborist came over yesterday. He had the details, some of which were provided by Bob of ACDeucy Crane. The crane, a 55...
  5. Roger_Barnett

    Tree work in movies/television

    Saw that movie way back when, maybe about the time I worked for a gyppo outfit out of Ketchikan for 3 weeks, summer of 1972. I was a total greenhorn. Seen the movie a few times since then. Newman cutting the union boss's desk in half with a Mac outfitted with at least a 42" bar was a hoot!
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    Spiderjack 3

    It's all yours...anytime.
  7. Roger_Barnett

    Spiderjack 3

    Selling for a roomie. Unused..bought at Treestuff less than two years ago. Make me an offer. $225? plus 15.50 shipped CONUS.
  8. Roger_Barnett

    CMC lift failure

    Paul Didier posted about another boom failure, same machine. And Ben updated his post as a result...
  9. Roger_Barnett

    212 ft. Sequoiadendron outside indigenous range

    That's an amazing Sierra Redwood, Mario! The largest tree I've ever removed was a 98 yr old, 158 footer, 8' + dbh, but 10.5' at ground level. 90 ton crane, 2 full size log truck loads, 70 yards of chips. Day one, brushed it to ~30 shy of the tip, got shut down by a 6 pm noise curfew (The...
  10. Roger_Barnett

    Heritage apple tree prop

    Clever and functional design, J !!
  11. Roger_Barnett

    Dueling chainsaws

    Never bothered, on my 192's.
  12. Roger_Barnett

    Dueling chainsaws

    Funny. But I've run muffler modded 192's for years. Plenty of power. In fact, in wood under abt 7", very close to the speed of a stock 200/201.... They last long enough.
  13. Roger_Barnett

    Dueling chainsaws

    I've had three 192T's. Gutless until I open up the muffler, which is an easy task. I like the light weight and low price. I've bought all three used. One was stolen, the second is now no longer a consistent runner, which is to be expected, as they're not pro saws, so only rated at 100 hours vs...
  14. Roger_Barnett

    Outlaw saws

    FYI: https://m.stihlusa.com/webcontent/cmsfilelibrary/instructionmanuals/stihl-ms-650-660-owners-instruction-manual.pdf
  15. Roger_Barnett

    Modding Chainsaws

    Thanks! I see he's not far away. I'll look him up.
  16. Roger_Barnett

    Modding Chainsaws

    Bumping this old thread. It's now over 13 years later..and I'm into my 46th year in the trees, Semi-retired but not really.. I have had a lot of saws stolen like the EHP 5100S, a 372XP, which was ported to be near a race saw...and a stock Makita 6300 which had the 79 cc jug. One stolen saw...
  17. Roger_Barnett

    High and low ranges for tree work across the country

    I'm semi-retired, but I am happy with as low as $1900/day for a three man crew chip truck/chipper. Prefer to get $21-2400/day. $1400-1700 for two of us, the other being a good, young fast enough climber. If I'm running the ground, it will go smoothly and as fast as this far-from-normal 71 yr old...
  18. Roger_Barnett

    Time To Step Up

    Which is illegal unless you are licensed contractors.
  19. Roger_Barnett

    Chainsaw Bar Oil vs Motor Oil

    looked into this, seems shipping is ~40 bucks....
  20. Roger_Barnett

    Any downside to retiring my Certified Arborist/Certified Tree worker

    Agreed, Tom.... Thanks for the link. I think I might qualify!! Or close...

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