O.C.G.D. Thread, part two

[pantheraba]

I always have one in my truck...one handy in my trailer, too. I agree, Jonny....I have used them sharpening chains, too. When possible I try to orient the saw so I can use reflected sunlight to help me see the chain edge...but the headlight does a good job, too.

 

[Burnham]

We must not forget that our dear friend Gary is the god of "after dark" tree work...known otherwise, perhaps, as a poor time manager .

Love a headlamp for cooking and cleanup after, when camping.

Use one often when doing electrical or plumbing work in dim corners.

Exploring caves, caverns, and otherwise dark places...they are a really good thing.

 

[Merle Nelson]

Costo has a three pac with very bright LED's at a great price. I ended up replacing all my previous headlamps because they were so much better.

 

[Tree09]

My next step is to try one of the dedicated ones that go with an 18v setup, i got a work light that uses my ridgid batteries that has more in common with it with a light plant than a flashlight. When i was living off the tailgate every night with diiner and drinks while out pipelining, one battery for the light and one for the radio and we were set for all night lol. Here's the one i have... I've also used it to light up tie in holes at night, you actually use the dimmer switch because it's so bright lol. One of my favorite tools.

GEN5X 18V Hybrid Folding Panel Light | RIDGID Tools

This light can be folded backwards for 360° light output and also used as a bright panel light for specific areas. It puts out a powerful 2500-Lumens in every direction.

www.ridgid.com

 

[flushcut]

It's not $800.00 it's just $799.95. I hope they include a reach around.

 

[SeanKroll]

April Fool's?

 

[Jonny]

Got some sailing blocks for additional MA. A single with becket and a fiddle block with a cam cleat. Came from eBay with about 50’ of 3/8” spliced onto the becket.

 

[Tree09]

I like those cam cleats they use

 

[cory]

Got some sailing blocks for additional MA. A single with becket and a fiddle block with a cam cleat. Came from eBay with about 50’ of 3/8” spliced onto the becket.

Dang I shoulda sold ya mine. I have the same thing, bought it 15 years ago just to be ready for the right scenario where needed, have never used it

Gary, whadya mean targeting beavers??

 

[pantheraba]

12 gauge, #2 shot...or .223 if the light is good. They raise hob at the farm...burrow into earthen dams, make their own dams which screw up water management (they'll eventually flood and wash away the dirt road), etc.

 

[cory]

You are very just and level headed person. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Just sayin !

 

[Burnham]

Beavers are fun to watch, and really have a seriously valuable part of the ecosystem to play in regard to riparian habitats.

But they can and will kill every tree within tree height and a half of a watercourse they inhabit, before then moving on to the next piece of watercourse. If you happen to "own" that piece of creek, like I do, and would prefer it to be wooded rather than not, they are not a particularly welcome bit of wildlife.

I totally get where Gary is coming from.

 

[Jonny]

Bought a lot off a guy over on the Buzz, I’m excited to try the HitchClimber Eccentric and the DMM Vault. Can’t go wrong with another wrench and my favorite tether either.

 

[Burnham]

Jonny, old son...you've definitely got it BAD.

.

 

[lxskllr]

These came yesterday and today...



I was happy with the first hatchet I got, but it was a little heavy for my intended use, so I figured I'd get this one and a sappie. I'm 95% sure I found the real maker; adler tool...

Adler Werkzeug GmbH & Co. KG, Waghäusel - Werkzeughersteller

Adler Werkzeug ist 1919 Ihr führender Spezialist bei der Herstellung von geschmiedeten Werkzeugen sowie hochwertigen Holzstielen.

www.adler-werkzeug.de

Looks like they make stuff under contract for other companies. The hatchet above they call a French design. Dunno. The handle's pretty skinny, and feels like it's made for delicate French hands :^P Still a hair heavier than I'd like, but it has a nice balance. Have to finish sharpening it. I've got it 80% there.

Objectively, I'd rate these tools *** That's a legit 3*, meaning it's perfectly acceptable, and fit for purpose, though fit and finish are a little lacking. For a value weighted rating, I'd give it *****. The price is cheap for the quality provided. German quality, at a Chinese price. Very happy with my purchases.

 

[Mick!]

POWERWINCH 1800 – EDER Powerwinch

EDER Powerwinches

eder-powerwinch.com

Ordered one of these for a job I’ve got coming up.

 

[SeanKroll]

Nice!

Never have i seen an integrated brake!

 

[PCTREE]

what did it cost you??

 

[Mick!]

2k

 

[stig]

That is one good looking tool, Mick.
Made in Deutchland, not China.

ISXKIIR, that hatchet and pickaroon are made at the North end of Schwarzwald (The Black Forest), the biggest forest in Germany.
They, if any, should know how to make that kind of tools.

 

[pantheraba]

Wow...cool to see that. I just sent them an email to see if they are available in USA...and the cost in US dollars.

 

[pantheraba]

I have some trees on our farm that I need logged but I don't think a skidder can get to them. We have already started losing some to gravity and beavers undermining the dams.

Something like this might let me skid them to the part of the dam where a skidder CAN get to.

Let us know how it does, Mick.

 

[cory]

Good looking tool! Looks strong.

It reminds one of a wraptor. Ive often wonder if the wraptor could be used for pulling since it hauls my fat lazy carcass up a tree like I'm not even there

 

[pantheraba]

When Paul first introduced the Wraptor to the world at the West Coast Get Together (2009) he let some of us play with it...Paul caught Carl (lumberjack) in the parking lot using it to pull something...can't remember what...several of us were there...but we were ONLY watching Carl do the deed.



but Paul got REAL emphatic that it was not meant for pulling "stuff"...just for getting people up into trees. It was kind of like getting caught stealing a piece of pie off the window ledge.

 

[pete mctree]

That was an awesome weekend Gary !

I have the smaller version of what Mick has ordered - impressive build and it punches well abover it's weight.