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It varies, but with a long enough rope and re-directs, pulling with a vehicle could certainly be an option at a lot of locations. We both have small 4x4 trucks. Worth experimenting, thanks!

Willie, after once pursuing it, when working at heights these days, it is by far crane aided work. I find that interesting and challenging enough to keep me connected to the general activity. I still have an interest, but scampering around in a tree on my own is in the rear view. The guy I...

That is correct, Peter. It's a weird situation. Thirty or forty years ago there was this big boom to build vacation homes, and my area is one place where it happened. Most of the people that built these places are from the major metropolis that is a minimum three hours away by car. To make a...

Sean, what do you mean by retainers, holding lines? Moisture at ground level is an interesting thought. My moisture meter should tell the difference at varying heights.

Sean, leans of every magnitude. :D I'd say that with the dried out ones, it's about 20 to 30 degrees back lean where the doubts start to creep through your mind. The majority of trees, limb weight is not much a factor, there being no water in them, and often they have already dropped or might...

Willie, the height I'd say would average 40 to 60 feet. Some larger tree stands seem to be maxing out at around 80 feet. Fifty to eighty years old is pretty common, but they cut down a lot of the older trees to get the sap to make fuel for the war effort. Processed Pine sap can fly airplanes.

Never used one Willie, but have been hankering after seeing how you guys put them to use.

Yeah, a block face to try and get more foldability (new word?). Climbing is certainly often one option that we chose, but there are also those ones that seem sketchy to climb, and many trees have competed for light and have grown tall and skinny. I'm not sure if the beetle infestation here is...

We have an overwhelming Pine beetle blight going on, whole large areas are being devastated as time moves the situation along. Our own area is being hit hard now, and it is easy to see from which direction the beetles have come. The forests are thick with Pines. Often in the vicinity of...