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I wish they were more visible.

Rinsing and drying your helmet (and cock) at the end of each day will keep it fresher than just stuffing it somewhere, especially without ventilation. The backpack blower will dry it pretty well, I'd bet. The helmet can be done without the help of a coworker.

Hazard reducing on a terrible veteran maple .

"Full strength". Not used with a backup rope for ice screws and small gear. I expect to never activate one, much like never using a lowerable-base tie. $20ish. Cheap as a decelerator. I like 'cable-y" htp. A 70 year old guy on TB got broken up recently from a small branch failing...

Base-tie protection...Yates Screamers

It's great to have dreams and drive. A solid sense of reality is a good foundation to get to those dreams, plus lots of hard, hard work. It doesn't happen overnight. A solid chunk of us have been self- employed and/ or had career jobs in the industry. At least 3, off the top of my head...

When you say, "I have an LLC", is that to say you are the one owner, as a minor? Are you the exclusive loan holder on all this equipment? Are you managing payroll, doing all the taxes, arranging payments to be paid from the accounts of which you are the sole owner? Are you doing cost...

Do you own a business? Is this all done illegally? You haven't counted insurance, insurance, insurance, accounting, licensing... Equipment acquisition, repair (how much did you pay yourself for the bucket truck repair and the shop), fuel, consumables, ppe...

Making revenue and making profit are different worlds. 13 hours is more like 1.5 -2 days. The next day everyone is only good for half a days' production, I would guess. Injuries, loss, and breakage go up with 13 hour days, along with overtime.

The $1000----> $5000 leap

You might need to do some better cost accounting. A light weight top- handle saves your body and is so worth it.

2500t is not a powerful as the 2511t. I rarely get out my Stihl 193t or 200t, anymore. The latter comes when I need speed and power for leaning pieces, sometimes (if I don't use a rear-handle). More commonly, I'll use cuts for leaners rather than rely on power alone.

Double-whip tackle

I could use some of those for light duty speedlining.

My paddle biner ghetto hook has been doing the deal for over a decade, since before hooks became designer. I don't think I'm missing out that much. Marketing departments would have me believe otherwise.

This has come to mind since a heavily loaded rigging line caught my aluminum biner saw-hook. The rope ran through it, with minimum pull on me.

I think breakaway hooks are a reasonable way to go. Goes along with breakaway rope- hanging points.

Is it also a spring-loaded idler? Maybe all mini loaders are spring- loaded. Sagging track weight is an impediment to installation. I used to try to avoid taking the sprocket off of mine. The tightening mechanism sucks to adjust...a provided 1 5/8" open-end wrench that needs to be flipped...

I don't use pry bars. My Boxer suggests recommends removing about 6 bolts on the drive gear after slacking the tracks. 20 minutes each, in the shop sounds about right.