Recent content by ruel

I took it 10 years ago and basically you can't overprepare for the MA exam. You're going to miss a few questions but that's ok

I didn't know that about him, thanks for sharing that link

That is a tragedy- he was the most joyful treeman I've ever met, just a delight to be around. Jed was my first foreman many years ago. He was an incredibly sweet, thoughtful and intelligent man, such a gushingly loving husband and father, and an absolutely amazing climber and faller. Almost...

Comfortable Cutting?

Better than butchering gauls and germans, but apparently the Romans now are butchering their street trees

I'm a die hard for the bulldog bone from Gordon @surveyor on yale 11.7mm

Hijacking the thread a bit, but in the name of sherrill alternatives. Just found out About the rope guru Rope for Sale - Rope Splicing - The Rope Guru LLC - https://theropeguru.com/ Run By Jamie, former head of Yale rope's arborist division. Has some heavy rigging stuff and some Alt colors of...

Brutal work Fi and Andrei! Ive been having flashbacks to the Browntail moth nest clipping we were doing a few years ago. Trying to figure the math on force needed to hold a 16 foot pole with a clip head horizontal from the butt end. Just agony at the end of The day! Out of my capability on...

We run 91 with ethanol, no problems noted. Not 40 hrs a week of saw time, but occasionally 6 hrs a day for weeks in a row. Way more messing about than I'm willing to do for minor improvements. Sharp chain probably goes farther in prolonging saw life but who knows?

Please keep your trash in the politics thread. You could have made that point without any of the shitty asides

At $500 I'd Be hesitating like crazy!

Depends on who's milling! Plenty accurate fir those uses though

Lanyards should be considered life support 100%

Link to the product?

Lol, this ol chestnut of a debate. I can't stand the rock exotica mechanism myself, but there's nothing wrong with em