Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
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No sir, he hauled me up with one of the halyard lines and the winch. He isn't particularly strong so it was an effort for him, even with me supplying some pull. I tied an AB in the line and clipped it to my harness. I did the same with a second line for redundancy and had him tend the slack out of the 2nd line every couple feet of ascent.
Hey man, those don’t look like proper boat shoes!
Seriously though, those photos remind me of 60 year old pic of my father up in the rigging. All I can say is I’m certain he was using MUCH different gear than you were!
A little more than what I did today, but a collection of recent photos.
Lots of chipper winching (love that thing), new vs one year old boots (Lowa Alpine Expert II GTX, third pair, best boots I've ever used), a big project to bring an old overgrown road on the north side of the island up to code, so wet it looks like a proper rain forest here, T540i love, and looking north directly at Canada.
Lots of chipper winching (love that thing), new vs one year old boots (Lowa Alpine Expert II GTX, third pair, best boots I've ever used), a big project to bring an old overgrown road on the north side of the island up to code, so wet it looks like a proper rain forest here, T540i love, and looking north directly at Canada.
Fivepoints
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- East of Huntsville, AL
Oil change day. It was raining here today. I really need a taller shop building.
So I'm dealing with this right now myself, trying to design and get built a long term shop. I'm looking at pole-barns, and going from 12x12 doors and 14' walls to 12x14 high doors and 16' walls. Making the 40x60 building 2' higher is only another $5k plus like $2k for the taller doors. Height is cheap and worthwhile, when doing new construction.
Fivepoints
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- East of Huntsville, AL
Yeah that would be tall enough. 12x14 is thst door size. I didnt build the building. It was here when i bought the place.
How high is the top edge of your bucket? Havent googled it, but I thought 12.5' was the upper end of road legal...?
VenasNursery
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Michigan
Our 90” tree spade is 13’6”
Fivepoints
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- Location
- East of Huntsville, AL
12.5 ft is how tall our bucket is. Wont fit through a 12 ft tall door. 13.5 ft is legal here.
Couple questions about the Lowa Alpines. Plenty of arch support for long hours in spurs? Enough heal to keep spurs in place? Are they true to size length wise, and do they run narrow or wide? I use Lowa leather lined Camino's for general purpose boots and I love them. Extremely comfy and well built boots.
I use them because I find them a great all-around boot. Put them on in the morning to drive, walk around with customers, scramble up and down loose slopes and do SRT pruning as well as spur removals. That list of tasks is why I've basically always tended towards mountaineering boots over a logger/lineman type boot that would probably be better on spurs but worse in those other more agility type tasks. The heel is not huge, but plenty to keep my Bashlins in place comfortably. The sole is quite stiff and works well for me on long spur days. Sizing seems pretty normal, no issues with my pretty normal-width feet and I get them in the same size as all my other boots.
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southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Grinder repair and maintenance. Nothing exciting. New belt to the wheel. Carb clean.
Found some loose bolts. Tightening things is needed sometimes.
Minor wells and tapping some holes, as well.
Found some loose bolts. Tightening things is needed sometimes.
Minor wells and tapping some holes, as well.
VenasNursery
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Michigan
Ummmmm, yeah. Pretty disturbing!
Shadowscape
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- far north
Sat there too long
