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    scuff marks on the driveway

    Does anyone have any methods of removing limb scuff marks (from draging limbs and brush, and the loader picking them up) from a new driveway? I tried pressure washing with little success. Anyone have experience with this, know of any chemicals that might work? Greg
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    SUPERthrive -snake oil, or good stuff??

    Has anyone used Superthrive, and is it as good as their marketing guys think? They have the full back page of Dec TCI. Huge claims, is it real?? Greg
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    Riding the crane ball

    Can someone please explain to me the problem with catching a free ride on the crane ball? That seems to be the central issue when talking about cranes in tree work. Crane operators here do it as a matter of business and have never expressed a problem at all. To me that is one of the great...
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    female climbers

    In most athletic competitions guys kick girls butts, I expected tree climbing to be the same. Reading 1-2 months old TCI I read about the ITCC where in the (i think) belayed speed climb the girl - Wendi or Amy?? did the 90ft climb in 39.09 seconds and Bernd did it in 39...... Now was that...
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    crane accident

    Luckily no climber involved, and the crane operator sounds like he is ok. He pulled over a 4ton tree onto his cab. here is the new article link: http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/062502/met_9751692.html I heard a climber broke his neck about 2 weeks ago by cutting himself out of...
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    water on hot aluminum?

    Is it a good practice to pour water on hot aluminum parts, could the extreem temp diferences have an effect on the metal? I have done this on pulleys and an 8 that I sometimes use in light rigging situations. When 50ft or so of rope moves throught the 8 pretty fast that baby heats up quite a...

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