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    Free fall with Rope Runner Pro

    Was finishing up a really really pitchy spruce wreck out yesterday and was comin' down to fell the spar to finish up. Was a great day. Rope and everything else was pitchy/ sappy but only here and there - the tree was loaded with cones dripping sap after prolonged spell of rains last month or...
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    Has EAB arrived on the west coast now?

    Just saw this story about possible arrival of EAB on the the west coast (Vancouver BC). Early days maybe but oh oh. FYI
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    Arbsession Caralink v2 Tether SRT Setup

    Rather than derail the RR Vertec thread some more with a discussion of the Caralink tether I decided to start a new thread on this (link to older content). After tinkering the last couple of months, below is my newest Arbsession Hitch Rig with their 8 1/2" Caralink Tether v2 and another new Apex...
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    Greece has goats in trees, AJ has cats in trees and we have . . .

    New one on me . . . now it's dogs in trees?
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    Petzl Plastic Buckle Closure Failure (Again) - Inspection Points

    I debated about posting this until I saw ads with the same kind (at least on the surface of it) of yellow plastic buckle closures on Petzl harnesses still being sold (newer ones seem to have a lever dookey or something). So a heads up - last week I had the right leg loop buckle come undone on...
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    Let's Go All In On Battery Tools . . . Or?

    As a member of the "Consultant Debunking Unit" in some large process industry projects, from time to time we came up with really interesting angles on things that hadn't been considered - process vessel jet fires and flame impingement, etc. in weird ways. Fire protection was a constant concern...
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    Safety Notice from Courant - Kalimba, Kanopa, Komora Ropes - Stitched Splice

    Saw this on Arborist Supply's Facebook page this morning about the stitched splices on some Courant ropes - Kalimba, Kanopa, Komora. Hadn't seen it on TreeBuzz yet so thought I'd post it. All the more argues for a recall/ safety notice TreeBuzz thread maybe? Cheers
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    A spur question

    So had ordered a set of Distel Carbon tree gaffs from a US west coast supplier on Black Friday sale and what arrived (after paying import duty to Trudeau of course) was a pair of carbon pole gaffs. The vendor wanted to just send me a new set of the gaff bits (tree). I replied that with most...
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    Checking the Root Plate for Lift . . . . ?

    Have seen leaners with lifting root plates/ cracks in the soil around the root flare, but never have seen the action in real time. Wow.
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    Just Maybe Have to Have A Really Long Extension Cord Handy?

    New tech all the time . . . . zap!
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    Please Oh Lordy - Not Yet Another Recall??? DMM Ceros Biner Wire Retainer Thingy Jammed

    So I'm up in a spruce the other day, minding my own business havin' a great time working away, and when I tried to get the shiny new DMM Ceros Biner with wire retainer open on my MBH Ver 1.00000 bridge I got a surprise. No go! What the. I had one on my leg loop too, to try out as a Munter rappel...
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    So Who Speaks For The Trees?

    Tough call to turn down work if there's any doubt or controversy about whether some heritage age oaks should go or not, esp. for ISA Cert Arbs/ big huge company with equipment payments and payroll to meet? But for me, if there's any debate still ongoing, I'd be a no go till everybody is sure...
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    About the Alpine Butterfly . . .

    Some interesting tying and also break testing information in this video about one of our most used knots . . . For me, reinforces clipping a biner into the butterfly loop and securing into the climb line all the time - I did not know they could slip this much. Cheers
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    Checking Your Carabiner Function After A Climb - A Reminder

    So something new on me - during a gear check today I had an interesting thing with one of the two DMM Director Biners I have on my harness bridge. Yesterday's work in a large old crabapple (and I mean large) had me up the tree and some of the cuts had a surprising amounts of sap considering the...
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    Husqvarna 536 LiXP battery problem

    Hey all, I've been fiddling with my battery top handle since going for a bit of a ride when my groundman choked off on the porty and sent me for a wobble. The saw didn't appear to hit anything when the tree top went (it was on my belt and I had left stubs to hang onto just in case). But after...
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    It Had To Happen . . . .

    Now every homeowner can cut their trees in just 15 minutes with this amazing new technology! /s
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    Weekend Tree Reading

    Four books on forests and their ecology are cited in a Globe and Mail article by Emily Donaldson this weekend: Fred Pearce’s A Trillion Trees Cal Flyn Islands of Abandonment Lyndsie Bourgon Tree Thieves Keith Seifert The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi Available on Apple iBooks (the Globe had this...
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    Tree Failure and Fatal MVA in Vancouver, B.C.

    Not sure how many news sources picked this one up: Tree Failure and Fatality in Vancouver There've been a couple of tree failures like this, adjacent to roadways, that have caused MVA's, lately that I can remember. In another story I saw, adjacent residents had been complaining to their City to...
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    On U.K. Oak Planting

    Interesting story on Oak planting efforts in the U.K. Reminds me of the book "The Man Who Planted Trees" that's worth a read. Cheers
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    Storms Taking a Toll on UK Trees

    Link to a BBC story about the huge damage from recent large storms in the UK. Cheers all.

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