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  1. colb

    Construction plans detail thread

    Put 'em here if you've got them, especially in digital format, and with the source named. I'll start with a specific ask: Anyone have a construction plans detail for a trunk and buttress root protection structure?
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    Need a bit of help from the tree pruners

    If you prune, pruning here will lead to a single leader with both a subordinated branch and a wide angle at the union when the tree is large, if they get large - I have never seen one of these. Is clearance to mow a consideration? Mowing and children climbing into trees via low branches are...
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    Vision Changes and Issues Connected to Them

    Steve, my near vision has been declining for three years and it kinda sucks, lol. Just to offer for your consideration, do you think that the guys out there felling all the time are also good TreeMek operators? Is it realistic to expect felling skills to remain high if we are off doing other...
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    early season oak damage

    Do they have any Okapi?
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    Do you even tie a bowline?

    I'd like to see a running bowline tied like this.
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    Do you even tie a bowline?

    Yes, but not on this post - it's all about milliseconds here. ;)
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    Do you even tie a bowline?

    Asking for a friend...
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    Spar removal best practices ? (Pull line?)

    I feel like that video had several nopes. I feel like I would have done something differently to prevent that. But, maybe that's because I saw the video. Having the lanyard attached while cutting there seems overly confident. Climbing out further, using a bigger saw, running the lanyard...
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    Row of dying plants. I’m stumped!

    It sounds like you are looking for an abiotic, anthropogenic cause. Do a bit of research on the human side of things and focus a bit less on the plants. Wish you success.
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    Spar removal best practices ? (Pull line?)

    A Humboldt notch is better if the top might contact something and thus send the butt back at you. I default to a humbolt.
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    Logs bounce.

    I usually target a length of twice the diameter. 1x approximates a ball, which rolls. More than 2x leads to those flippy-mcflippers. 2x tends to wander less for me.
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    Milwaukee top handle is coming

    I have not bought it yet because I've been able to use my corded superhawg from outlets. I used to use a generator with it, but now that does not make sense. I took a county job in November and we don't brace, so I'm not sure if I'll get a side job with a friend or not ever end up with a...
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    Milwaukee top handle is coming

    I feel like Milwaukee could really nail the power to weight with a direct competitor to the 2511t. The 18V system is a tad small and thus more suited for smaller tools like a reduction pruning saw. Milwaukee is always making better technology to squeeze more from 18V. Reduction pruning saws...
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    Milwaukee top handle is coming

    Milwaukee - on an 18V system - has slow chain speeds, acceptable torque, narrow kerf chains, and long battery usage. No surprise there.
  15. colb

    Hi

    @Tom Dunlap I need to regrade to "been here sorta a while"... :D
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    Practical pollarding techniques

    I think coppicing is done at shoulder level. I think pollarding is done at whatever highest level can be maintained (by ladder, etc.), or whatever height is arbitrarily pleasing.
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    500i Battery Saw?

    I've had lithium-only job sites where I could cycle 2 or 3 batteries between my equipment (pole chainsaw, blower, ground saw) and the charger. Do you get too far from your truck? I keep waiting to see who is first to put a battery holster on a climbing harness. I suspect they are available...
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    500i Battery Saw?

    I dunno about 3 grand... I used a battery saw on the ground for the first time on a crane removal and didn't change out the battery all day. The kit was about $500 with a free blower and charger.
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    500i Battery Saw?

    I feel like there are lots of battery technologies that could come to production alongside or as replacements to lithium.
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    500i Battery Saw?

    Well, the sweet spot for the lithium saw market is the ms200t -> ms260 powerhead size. If smaller, the batteries seem to weigh too much for the saw. That does not have to be the circumstance, but it kind of is in practice, for now... ...there are lots of potential and realized exceptions to...

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