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  1. peteyt

    vvvvvvvvvvvvvv

    I just got my first treemotion (Evo) and my first shembiner. The shembiner instructions specifically advise against attaching to the TM webbing since the webbing is part of life support. You could wear out the webbing. Also, if a big branch wants to take your biner and saw for a ride, you are...
  2. peteyt

    Lithium powered saws?

    I can't say enough good things about the little Makita. I use it every day - it's all pruning (up to 6-7 inches diameter but usually smaller) or very small "removals" (like cutting the basal sprouts around a redwood tree, which was really nice to do without huffing exhaust). It is really easy to...
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    Lithium powered saws?

    Chiming in: I picked up the little Makita XCUO6Z a couple weeks ago and it is a lovely little saw. Very light, nice balance. As others have noted, you use it in place of your Zubat quite a bit so it changes the work positioning for all those cuts. It has been handling 4-5 inches every now and...
  4. peteyt

    New rope runner ???

    My light blue runner became a whole new tool when I swapped out for the bearing pulley. It was a kind of a jerk before then.
  5. peteyt

    Mature camphor tree planted 8 ft from home

    Nice camphor! I bet you like the shade from it in the summer. Camphors aren't invasive here in the bay. Never seen one seed. Many didn't do so well in the drought, though. I agree with southsound - see if you can get someone to grind that walkway edge flat. You'll probably have to do it again...
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    What kind of japanese maple am I growing?

    if they are grown from seed, then they are unnamed offspring of acer palmatum. They are the product of sexual reproduction. The named cultivars that you buy in nurseries are clones that are mostly (always?) grafted onto seedlings.
  7. peteyt

    Camp Turbo Right Foot Ascender

    Ahoy! selling my great condition footie. I've used it 10-15 times, light climbing. Great ascender, but not for me. It wasn't working very well with my HAAS system, rope pops out. It's a little dirty, but barely used. I bought a CT instead, like it way more for my style. $55, shipping included Pete
  8. peteyt

    Berger telescoping aluminum pole

    I'm pretty intrigued by these poles. also eager for reports. The Hayate blade on a 22' is pretty impresssive, especially with lower weight. I've had my Hayate for 7 years or so, had to replace all the plastic cam sections at the ends of the poles last year and they lock tight again. It didn't...
  9. peteyt

    Anthracnose on valley oak?

    I'll keep an eye out for Botrosphaeria, that must be some of what I am seeing. That's a big problem for the wine grapes around here. Always more to learn. I don't have much of a handle yet on tree diseases, but I will eventually if I just keep paying attention and doing the work. I figured the...
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    Anthracnose on valley oak?

    Yes, I tried sanitation pruning on some back when it got underway, but it was back in 2009, the year people didn't prune trees (recession). It really took off, whole streets of pyrus calleryana going down and nobody was spending any money. You can prune one tree but it just comes back from the...
  11. peteyt

    Please help me identify this Tree

    Eriobotrya japonica - Loquat. They are all over the place in the SF bay area. Some are planted orchard varieties that make really good fruit, lots are volunteers. Orange fruit, pretty tasty with a big seed or three. Ripe out here in May. Enjoy - they have a nice orange bark.
  12. peteyt

    Anthracnose on valley oak?

    Great - Cornell book page 6 was a great lead, Guy. Thanks. Same with the california Oak dieases guide - i had forgotten about that one, used to have it on my phone. It actually lumps anthracnose in with cryptocline and a few other fungal blights. I've got Oaks in the Urban Landscape, but they...
  13. peteyt

    Anthracnose on valley oak?

    Hiho, I'm back, thanks so much for the suggestions. I realize that my photo isn't the best now that i am not next to the tree. Wish I had a photo of whole tree for you. I'll get back over there. The sample I pulled is now fairly old and dry. Definitely some caterpillar activity, but it doesn't...
  14. peteyt

    Anthracnose on valley oak?

    Ahoy! i'm looking at a young valley oak, 40 feet tall, growing in Oakland, CA. It is only getting bigger. Tips of twigs blighted throughout, drops leaves constantly in season. PITA. HO would treat it if he could, but I don't think treatment has a great chance of success due to the size of the...
  15. Valleyoakanthracnose?

    Valleyoakanthracnose?

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  16. peteyt

    Tried DSRT yesterday. I'm a fan.

    Yes, two foot ascenders if you want to ascend both ropes at once. You have to hold the rope that you aren't weighting to keep the slack out of it so that when you weight it again you don't have to tension it up again. Make sense? Ascending DSRT with the two ropes together is actually a really...
  17. peteyt

    Is the Silky Hayate worth the extra money???

    I haven't tried the Hayauchi yet so I'm kinda worthless on answering your question, but I have been using the Hayate for years and love it. I finally had to replace all of the camming mechanisms on it. Well worth it. Very sturdy saw. Yes, it is wobbly but you get used to the wobble.
  18. peteyt

    First day on the rope runner

    I love the runner on imori, works great for me. My bollard is nicely broken in, helps quite a bit. I flipped it around there other day to the unworn side - jumpy. My imori isn't very old, though. So will see how it goes when it's shape shifts. So true - my old tachyon is still completely round.
  19. peteyt

    My dislike for bradford pear trees

    Nearly all of the pears in the SF bay area are getting munched by fire blight right now, even disease restaurant ones. I have pruned it out on a few, but it doesn't last long with all of the other trees unpruned. Yes, we have a drought on, but it always seems to rain every year when they are in...
  20. peteyt

    New Tribe Onyx Harness

    Only problem I have with the Onyx is that the leg straps will rotate out of position due to the weight of the buckles - that is, they rotate away from the rigging plates and I need to pull them back (or trouble down below ensues) I haven't fiddled much with it (even though I have been working...

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