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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.

Kayak to a jetpack ride to the top again.

Meh. There's always going to be a need for experienced fellers with boots on the ground. Mechanization is always the first step in the path to automation. That said, I don't think we have as much to worry about and the fearmongers would like us too.

Bucked a biggie off a driveway today. First time I've had the bar completely buried since coming to Cali.

Coulda shoulda woulda didn't

Little orange cones from Dollar Tree help with stumps and rocks. Ground level changes a bit as you run round the cut stumps. Use these a lot to mark the desired path and obstacles. https://www.dollartree.com/tool-bench-hardware-plastic-safety-cones-with-reflective-strips/271361

Short stumps are the Bain of track machines. Most of the time if I’m working an area and there are small 2” diameter or about stumps I’ll pull them out with the grapple. Another tip is to use a clearing saw and cut the small stuff at dirt level.

To a kayak !

Coulda been tighter, coupled with mud and a high pressure spot, like the track on a low holly stump that I should have marked with a flag or left much taller. .

Any idea as to exactly how the track came off? Too loose (lack of maintenance) or I've found that driving over a low spot such that the middle of the track is unsupported and sagging coupled with being at an angle that can slide the track out of alignment with the middle rollers will cause it to...