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    HEAVY

    my friend for many years passed away monday. ( natural) Jerry Rich . 61 . My first lowering man in a tree. Crushed many trees with heavy . Cranes were scarse in early eightys. Always need a strong good ground man Heavy was WWF strong . Had my life in his hands many times . A very funny man...
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    Ascent event is "Ash*t"event

    I don't get it . You drop the footloclk event , replace it with a ridiculous event , and it's A " SPEED " EVENT ? Listen up . The foot lock event you went into ring and , tied your knot , hooked up to belay , tested your line . bang ... hit bell done . Fastest person WINS . OKAY ,,,, Now...
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    Penn Del 2017

    Over All 1- Derrick Martin 2-Nick Martley ( New York ) 3- Arron Feathers 4- Jake Riggs 5- Brick Reilly ( New Jersey) 6- Brennan Kissman Woman's 1- Maria Tranguch ( No other competitors but completed all events and Masters 20th overall ) Masters !- Jake Riggs 2-Derrick Martin 3-Aron...
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    REALLY?

    This is the picture that is going to defend one hand chain saw use ? Get the FK outta here , no reason in this situation to one hand saw . WTF ? Cutting a piece of firewood out with two ropes ? snap links . Who does sh*t like this ? UN fkn believable . This picture , and that article just pisses...
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    noteable members ....check it out

    Treebuzz noteable member stat is off base . Bring it ......
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    Si ? or You don't See?

    Tree work is reverting to the 60' and 70's . All your sponsors for the industry are front and center . Pay your dues , just know where the real money comes from .
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    ITCC best top 5 alltime

    1- Mark Chilsom 2-Bettis 3-Bob Weber 4-Ken Palmer 5-Scott Forrest
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    batter up !

    I'm looking for one guy who wants to go to the next level . Like a college education. Get a hold of Jake , over 26 need not apply . Full year work . Want to be the bug Marshall ? or Urban Legend . One Person , change your life . Contact Jake .
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    treecopy.com

    Just cruising down Knock off ave. the other day , passed by an old abandon x ring warehouse . Stopped my truck , was like man , what happened to that business ? I started thinking gospel , It wasn't Matthew , never , Mark ? no way , John ? wasn't adding up . Who was the other one ? oh , I know ...
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    SRT from an od head ...

    Was a climber since I was a child , summer 78-79 my Dad gave me a saddle . a saddle and rope is what got you down. I want to comment on SRT . Seen it many times since I have been involved with many good climbers . This is my observations from the past few years, production and climbing comps. I...
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    American Champ

    Why don't we have an American ISA champ ?
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    30 plus years one handing a saw !

    no stitches , no crap , a beautiful amazing forearm . The best thing I ever did in tree work . Ever . Stitches are for bitches . Two hand all the time , hmmmmmmm. doubt it . don't lie you did it . Tell the ahole who told you , that when you are cutting a heavy tip lean limb off in the summer...
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    fellow tree climber past ....

    No , not trees , life . 38 years old . passed away last Sunday , I'm going to services tomorrow . he was Fighting addiction demons , got the best of him . Father Joe is a great arborist and horticulturist , raise a glass to him and his son who passed away , Richard Chase Rosato . Solid...
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    If you run it , know it !

    How many people run a piece of equipment and don't know nothing about how it runs ? Too many . Helped a friend get a Rayco walk behind , done dead mid use . Two hundred feet deep over a wall . Wheel down , plow down , tires locked . Now what ? That was today . Bucket truck , dead, booms up ...
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    since the 70'S

    Are we getting better? The climbers have become better, don’t know the numbers but, like to see if that makes a difference. An old School tree climber might work harder getting up a tree, but he still gets up there. Getting up, getting down and also getting something done are three different...
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    best climber ... never ,,,,,

    Joan Rivers ! tough skin , not nothing like half of you .... RIP
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    Gonna call in sick

    Heard allot, but not them all . - 10:30 am (work day) I =took my mom to the emergency room last night at 12:30 , I just forgot - Dude, my tire blew on the expressway - My babysitter is late - My girl didn’t come home last night , I got the kid -Flat tie ( going to take all day to...
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    Sad

    I'm going to judge my 15 th masters challenge this year , not including the Climbs I've done as a competitor (rep 1993). Ten climbers from the east and west of Pa. are meeting in State College Pa. for the right to represent the Penn-Del Chapter of the ISA . How cool is that? Cool huh ? One...
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    picture of the year ,put it up !! 2013

    Mine is going up Saturday . Sad to say I took twice as many trees down in a year as there are days . I have some good photos though . Pruning pics are cool(yawn) , I love old trees (hmm) . Sometimes they see the tarped floor and know what is next . My pic will be Saturday . Bring it ! Don't...
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    what ? HOO ?

    Smashing back this Silver Maple today in Rydal ,Pa. . Killing this cut back , brush is falling off like rain . Heavy down pours . Hole in a limb , take a peak , thought it was a squirrel , fkn woody . Game stopper . picture time , home owners are huge bird lovers , game was over , not paying my...

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