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Yeah, you just thread the rope through the wood ones I've seen.

Been seeing the same thing made of a piece of wood for years. I thought they're common knowledge.

Da fuq is Dat? A noose pole?

Yes that is the correct adjective. Tackifier is correct, other additives in bar oil include sticktion modifiers and various other components. Bar oil has to deal with quite a lot. It's one of the few "total loss" oiling systems left, and many bar oils are formulated to break down in the...

Even in our worst winters, the heat from the saw warms up the bar oil well enough, so long as you let the saw warm up for a bit. Maybe -12°Freedom isn't cold enough for bar oil to cause problems. But what do I know, I'm just some hillbilly from Northern Arizona, with too many chainsaws.

Is the acetone degrading the case? I'm always leery of the stuff. Grandad was a union painter for years, always used mineral spirits, said that Acetone causes nerve damage. Turns out he was right, that's why most women's nail polish remover specifically says "Acetone Free" Also, I used a bit to...

I'm in AZ, so a lot of folk will foofoo me. I'm at 6200ft, how many folk are that high, all the time? I've seen temps at -15°(Freedom) and 103° (still Freedom). I've never noticed my bar oil letting me down. Unless it was our damned shagbark cedar, which only the old Macs with the aux oiler dont...

Man, I don't know any more. As my wife pointed out, I climb with a lot less on my harness than any climber we know. I saw guys at the local TCIA competition with a metric phukthat of junk on their harness that they never touched, except to move out of the way. My general rule is that if I...

Hmm. Block and park. I've overlooked that one for years apparently! Might get to try it out soon, on the big spar my cousin and I left Wednesday. Most of that has to be rigged down, till I know I won't murder the leech field. Anywho, thanks guys, I leart me something!

Big fan of my sussies, I've got the Monkey Beaver set, on the MB 2.0 harness. It's a Cadillac of a harness, but those suspenders are something of a must

They do come off of my glasses sometimes, when they get caught up in my hair while I'm taking my glasses off. Usually they're still right behind my ears.

Here's the promised link to the hooks. I love them because I don't have the patience to have my frames properly fitted, and I sweat a lot. But it's Arizona, most folks sweat a lot lolz. I can't even guess how many times they've saved my daughter's glasses too.

That's dumb, and you are correct that in that case the "PPE" is only making matter worse. I guess we should be happy he's not relying on a large umbrella to "parachute" down.

I'm not the one bashing the concept of PPE. I defended the principles. Yep, no helmet in my profile pic. No saw either. I don't typically wear a helmet on rec climbs. It can also be dadgumed hard to see a phone screen with polarized lenses. Excuses are like aresholes, some folk have one, some...

Git you some hooks brother! They're a few bucks for like a dozen or some crap on Amazon. I'll have my beloved find the link and post it for you

Same prescription. One pair is ANSI rated. Total out of pocket cost for both pair, $240. Impossible? Or just youthful inexperience showing? Also, y'all see them little green things on my clearies? They're a little silicone hook, slides onto the arm of the glasses and keeps them from falling...

I love my unicender! But again, not essential for someone who learned with a Blake's hitch. Also not essential, but I love rope bags. My quality of life has improved significantly since I started bagging all my ropes.

Do you cut without eyepro? PPE isn't just for the just in case. Stay in school kid, because if you keep that attitude, you'll die. Most of the people who will read that crap you wrote, have been doing this job since you were a gleam in daddy's eye. Listen to what they have to say, I'm sure you...

Marc, you and many others, may find interest in the YouTube channel HowKnot2. He break tests climbing gear, mostly rock climbing, but there's lots of cross over as well as some arborist specific content. I like my Massdam, it recently rescued my wife's Hyundai after the winch battery refused...

You will not regret it Cory! Especially if you do pine needles at all! I really didn't think that a rake could be improved upon, but that fancy expensive rake is really something else.