Life in the temperate zone...

Ok.. it rained all night... no water got in the vent holes. But, the wind wasn't really blowing, so a little could probably get in if it was windy and raining. I don't think it's going to be much of a problem, though.

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So... I have this 22HP Kohler engine with a bad starter, and I drive to the city to see about getting one. Nobody has one, but they all quote me prices in the range of $160 to $188 for it, and "we can get in a 3 or 4 days" which is a familiar tune sung by liars and bullshitters across the globe. Screw it, I come home and check feeBay out and sure as shit, you can buy the damn things (original OEM, new in box) all day long for $75 and free shipping, no sales tax.

Is it just me, or is $100 markup for a freakin' riding mower starter a little ridiculous? If a tree falls on their shops, and they call me, I'll just tell them to get some estimates and I'll do it for twice whatever the highest estimate is. Sheesh.
 
I should probably apologize for a recent comment I made about giving your mom a SwivaBoner for Mother's Day. I'd like to think it was the heavy drinking, excessive drug use, years in an insane asylum, involvement with Scientology or some other whacko cult religion... but, I'm afraid it was just a case of poor judgement.

Clearly, this would make a much better Valentine's Day gift for your sister!

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You're just being nice... I know the adjectives you were thinking of were probably more like, "sick, twisted and socially unacceptable"...
 
So... I'm thinking I need to increase my morning coffee intake by another gallon. Went up a tree to set a DdRT canopy anchor, and forgot something... oh, yeah! The friggin' climbing line! At least I had my pants on.

 
Personally, I'd rather I forgot the pants and had the rope. The pants can wait until the tree is done, whereas the rope...
Did a long SRT ascent the other day, went to make the switch to DdRT to work the tree - oops, no flipline. And no groundies.
 
I usually only get about halfway up by the time I notice the missing flipline. Or at least I used to. I'm not a fast enough climber for it to be painless for me to have to climb something twice, so now I lay my lanyard on top of my harness when I stow it. Then when I take it out I lay it by the base of the tree so that I practically have to trip over it before I can ascend.
 
On my previous harness, I had the flipline "permanently" attached with a thread locked screw link. This harness, I just use a carabiner and aside from this first time forgetting it, I love being able to remove it. Come down from a long, hot, exhausting climb? Dump the chainsaw and the dragging flipline and leave the saddle on while you stagger to the water cooler. Set the crane choker for the final stem pick? Descend, quickly cast off the climbing line, flipline and any other snagging safety hazards and make the flush cut so the crane can fly it off.
The saddle by itself isn't awkward to wear while on the ground (moving the truck, talking to the client, going to retrieve some gear). It's just all the dangly stuff on it that is the problem, with the flipline being the worst offender.
 
I've gotten to where I just start dumping some of it before I start my descent. Depending on how well I like the people on the ground, I'll give them a heads up either before I drop it or after I hear it bounce off something that sounded like a coconut.
 
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Come down from a long, hot, exhausting climb? Dump the chainsaw and the dragging flipline and leave the saddle on while you stagger to the water cooler. Set the crane choker for the final stem pick? Descend, quickly cast off the climbing line, flipline and any other snagging safety hazards and make the flush cut so the crane can fly it off.
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Put the 32" Tsumura bar on the Dolmar hotrod saw, with a full skip RS chain.
Throws wood chips out its ass like a snowblower, and eats through the wood so fast it's downright scary. Love it!
30" DBH Siberian Elm was kind of a joke. Wish I had a big oak tree that needed cut down. I feel like I'm using a bulldozer to knock down ant hills.
For awhile I had a 36" bar on a MS-441C-MQ and tried a full skip on it... worked fine, but that saw just doesn't have the balls that this one does. This solid Tsumura/Total bar isn't as light as the super light bars with the cutouts, so the saw is nose heavy, but that's only mildly annoying when you're carrying it around. The saw cuts faster with this setup than it does with the 24" Sugihara bar and a full complement RS chain. Go figure.

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