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I scaffold knot into a biner with keyhole gate, not ledge gate. Fusion D steel. wesspur Half hitches ( or marls on brittle pieces) take the strain of the biner. If a piece breaks apart, marls cinch onto the wood. If the marl breaks the piece, you can get a knot.

Yay tires!! Boooooo rats!! Peppermint and dryer sheets are supposed to repel rodents. I've been dealing with rodents a little bit over the last decade. In a couple of days, there was rodent food waste (bird seed shells, but no germinated birds!) inside the engine compartment.

Hip stretching and anti-inflammatory. Dr google. I stand in my right leg more than my left. Tree work is asymmetrical.

Tear-limiting undercut near the collar near the base first in case of premature limb failure. The offset is large enough to prevent interfering with the release cut, I think. Good cut. Coos Bay may be less risk of a bound saw compared to boring.

Especially with sore knee from a tight IT band, I liked having a TIP 15'different from the topping point. Lots of sitting in my saddle during and between cuts with an easy to swing around to get good positioning. PSP/ redirection point for the base-tie at 80% height. Had to join ropes as the...

Something like that can be drained first. There should be a drain plug around back. Or bore in and wait for it to drain.

Makes sense. Was it from catching a top or heavy 'positive' lowering?? It's got a lot a of life in it, but it's just not as strong as before.

The ergonomics are better. I'm definitely for efficiency, however I'm thinking career long marathon not daily sprints. I have taken an hour for a hard shot at 80'. That's where the work was, 2 large fir branches to prune from over the house. It wasn't a tree to advance from the bottom...

Cutting for scale is its own skill.

Welcome! Glad to have you! -Southsoundtree on TB

I don't see the chain on my phone. If the chain dangles without girdling, it's a warning.

I only stand around in spurs when I don't have an overhead TIP. If I'm going from the ground up a tree, I throw my steel termination biner 5-10 feet up the tree, choke, sit, use spurs for positioning, sometimes stand up to cut, such as pushing a limb, then sit back down.

True. I was running the speedline to the spot directly behind the chipper, turning the butts onto the tray and pushing through. Dragging, especially uphill, sucks, especially when technique easily does the job. So many of our trees are either in a forest or in a heavily landscaped area...

That's an easily-mitigated fear. Build a crash pad.

I had a contract climber who was "just going to climb up there and set a high TIP, then come back down and start at the bottom". I suggested I throw in a line, which took one try for a solid, high TIP. Base-tie. 5 minutes to things going through the chipper. Setting a high rigging point or...

Yes, looking closer. @davidwyby what was the circumstance? Leather cambium/ rope savers are so quick and easy, plus cheap. Blocks/ rings cost more but also save ropes.

Some Colorado climbers, as mentioned in the first post. Throw lines save climbing, too be remotely-set/ retrieved rigging points.

Are the people who look down on throw lines really solid in their throw lining skills or climbing big trees?

A fork loader that will lift vehicles would do a lot. Do you know what kinds of diameter and number of trees? Are 40' logs any more per board-foot? Insignificant?