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    Are living trees warmer than dead trees?

    Sounds like a stupid question but hear me out... Today in upstate New York we had a light bit of snow and temperatures hovering around the freezing point most of the morning. As I was driving around looking at jobs I noticed that there were a noticable number of standing dead ash (ash borer...
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    2024 Z133 REVIEW and PUBLIC COMMMENT

    Yep it's that time again for our industry standards to be up for review and public comment. I missed the first round but there is a second round of public comments starting on 1-26-2024. Here's a link with relevant info on the ISA's website...
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    Avant hydraulics issue. Random grapple opening and closing.

    I've got an avant 528 with knock around grapple that as the title says, will randomly open and close the grapple; which as I'm sure you can imagine is really annoying when carrying brush and logs. It seems to be more frequent once the machine has warmed up a bit, and when you're running multiple...
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    Avant Grapple Opinions

    I'm looking at options on grapples for a 500 series avant. We currently run 2 with BMG grapples and like them, however we've noticed that the grapple fingers tend to bend every year or so of use and need replacing. But with a new machine comes the option to try something different What's...
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    Bucket Bail Out Line

    I swear I've seen them before, but my goole fu is failing me today. I sweat it was a little mini throwline mug storage bag, but wieghted on the bottom so it can fall through a trees canopy. I'm looking for something that will store ~100 feet of throwling/2-4mm corgage with the intent that if the...
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    break away lanyard idea/transfer from bucket to tree

    I stumbled across this petzl lezard today, and thought that it might be adaptable for a breakaway lanyard, you could also potentially use it to transfer from a bucket to a tree and satisfy the requirement that you can't be attached to both at the same time...
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    Easier Cordage to splice

    I have looked high and low all over the internet trying to find a list of easily spliced cordage (by type) and thought I would see what the experts have to say. I know in general some constructions are easier than others (3 strand vs 16 strand etc) What's your "easiest" and "hardest" 16 strand...

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