Arm chaps: lame or awesome?

tcsafety · Mar 20, 2010

Don't forget Choresia. Uniform shreders.

Rookieclimber · Mar 20, 2010

I had an unfortunate incident with a 6 inch honeylocust thorn... sat right on it... 3 inch deep punture wound to the buttocks makes for a lot of pain, suffering, and torment from the co-workers.

I just gave myself the chills, eek, I'm gonna go drink a beer to get that memory out of my head.

treedoclang · Mar 20, 2010

And why is the chain turning if the saw is idling?

Jesse · Mar 20, 2010

Anyone else ever prune a Monkey Puzzle? That was the worst I ever had to deal with.

marlinspiker · Mar 20, 2010

ive never seen a big one around my parts. i have one in my living room. if it gets too big i think ill just kill it rather then worry about having to climb one some day.

southsoundtree · Mar 20, 2010

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Anyone else ever prune a Monkey Puzzle? That was the worst I ever had to deal with.

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I've only removed a big declining one. The whole tree was browning out, not just the bottom, turning into an umbrella shape.

I think a full on leather jacket would have been called for on that prune.

Tim_Murray · Mar 20, 2010

Theres no crying in baseball!
and there are no arm chaps in tree climbing.
suck it up or get out of the tree.

Tim_Murray · Mar 20, 2010

I've taken out two Monkey puzzles over the years, only about 45 or 50 ft. got a few minor scrapes but we cheated with a bucket and bobcat. Did not realize how heavy this tree is.