Recent content by Eric H-L

Good question. My neighbor has two pine trees whose lower branches extend into the drop zone. They are small flexible branches and a log might be able to push them out if it’s way in its fall. I might even be able to put ropes on them and tie them back away. As my branch gets shorter it will no...

I need to bring this discussion back to life. I am slowly learning as I remove a large hackberry with several leaning leaders. Fortunately there are high tie in points. Still a challenge for me as I have little experience with leaners or gaffs. I tried on top and underneath… and then...

Spider Bite? am gradually removing a large hackberry tree over my parking area. I had cut off the dead branches that were most threatening to my van in a couple sessions over the last few years. I have a week off my day job so I am back at it. Saturday morning I got bit or stung by something on...

bump. A lot of useful tips in one place! One more from Beranek’s working climber series. If you can’t use the girth hitch 18” from the end and you need to use the pile hitch-half hitches-clove hitch method and the little rope tip beyond the clove hitch is bending over, use electrical tape to...

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. It’s amazing how new phone cameras can get the tricky exposures. The picture of two people with the baby and the night sky draws me in like it’s telling a story.

@Wmwallace52590 Welcome! I am trying to learn Indiana trees. The North Carolina Extension Service has a tree identification guide online. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/identification-of-common-trees-of-north-carolina

Here is one from Illinois Dept of Natural Resources. https://dnr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dnr/publications/documents/00000696.pdf

What Tree Is It? is a reference from Ohio https://tree.oplin.org/

@lxskller Have you used that 3 hole rigging deal some over the years? How did you like it?

One of my apprentices bought his first house recently. He is concerned about a tree partially overhanging a garage. I offered to look at it and prune or remove *if* I was confident that it was within my limited capabilities. I got the first picture today but have not yet viewed it in real life...

Anyone have any experiences to add from the last few years?

Good to meet you Wwallace52590 I have never tried the wrench. I have met a very good wrench climber from Illinois. He swears by the Fitch Hitch. See video.

Kristen made salmon picatta with penne pasta a few nights ago. Then last night I made ground beef stroganoff with mushrooms. The recipe was very fast and the noodles cook in the meat sauce. It came out a little gummy but still tasty. Then Kristen made sourdough baguettes. They were her best...

I got a call from a neighbor with a drone stuck in a large oak. I enjoyed climbing it and rescuing the little flyer. I want to get a picture of the tree later and try to identify it. The most Velcro like thing I have encountered. I was unable to get a good high tie in even with my big shot...