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No that would take a very long time…. Need to be doing about 3 an hour. The royal palms pictured here are way easier to SRT and harder to grip or band up because the trunk gets thicker as you go up hard to adjust. Whatever it takes to trim the trees and you don’t die.

Great job Max, chunking on those exposed root flares can be a surprise w a bad bounce. Couple half sheets of plywood. Those are deer stands…. I’ve only just started using them…. Someone said they are illegal in Arb but I’m sure cheaper than the $2500 Swiss grippers or bands…. Spikeless pruning...

I work for a guy in Oahu that runs husky.. first time w 562, 572, @nd 592…. Tricky to start takes a recipe but ripper saws.

West Maui

The block creates a tunnel for the line to run freely. That is an ultra sling w pockets, not sure where I could add the steel rigging carabiner.

We tried

Seems the bigger the piece the bigger the pinch the more abrupt the change up Ill give it a whirl Nice cedar, nice little loader too :)

Some pine removals In Waimanalo Observed the rings aren’t the best for false crotch wood…. the ring pinches the interior leg of line and halts the piece much more than the lowering device.

Live Die Repeat.

Its certainly not the big muscle guys that make it out here. It’s the hi rev mazda tree rat motor…

If he ever slows down it’ll be the death of him.

I love when I hear about these physical labor blue collar monsters that hate excercise... and then their back hurts.

SF ordinance is 15 feet.

The first Hobbs had a wide flat bollard, you could fit a ton of wraps on it. They would overwrap the rope sometimes but you had to hold the rope “so that it doesn’t overwr@p” keep the wraps spread out not bunched. Where is the bearing?

It was a trim I was looking for the giant pile of work that got through all those wires. Great work, I bet it’s phuqed if u knock a wire down.