Recent content by NorthWoodsDiver

Never any salt water. We are too far from the coast for that.

My girlfriend's family has this nice oak tree on their property in the Florida Pan handle. The tree wyes off about waist high and both sides are 16-18inches and the base is probably 36inches. Where the two trees meet there is a lot of soil and insects. The tree seemed happy and healthy until...

I got a new Sherril catalog today and noticed a bunch of items from a brand called Notch. I haven't looked much into gear since last fall when I bought a pole saw. Several things look to be rebranded from former brands and stuff I used to see exclusive from Tree Stuff is now in the Sherril...

Perhaps I should have posted on a sailing forum, i don't know. I need a non-locking preferably less expensive version of this: http://www.iscwales.com/Products/Karabiners/KH250-Stainless-Twister-Karabiner/3376/ It's for a lighter duty marine application where I do not desire to have shackles...

We got our power back 166-167hrs after is went out. some of Wakulla is still out, a full week later, based on what I'm hearing from residents. There was a lot to repair, just wish both power companies would have worked together better. Duke was 100% up and Talquin was still 56% down at one...

The town I live in was directly impacted by Hermine. We still don't have power at my residence near the coast. We care for nearly 1000 injured and orphaned wild animals a year and had nearly a hundred pour in after the storm. We need power to properly clean and care for the animals. Thousands...

Different kind of ring, think stainless welded rings.

I'm trying to splice a hollow braided poly line to a float, then rings spliced on every 10ft and a stainless clip on the other end for a SCUBA dive next Wednesday. The Stainless rings are 2" diameter and the carabiner clip has a captive eye. I've never spliced something mid line like that. After...

Id be game for a class, especially in the Southeast US

I used the screw gate version probably 3 nights a week for over a year. Many falls on it without issue. So if the magnetic one and the screw gate come from the same factory I would have no issue trusting its strength

Has anyone tried this carabiner from Black Diamond? It's target audience is the sport climbing world (I suspect) as a belay biner. I'm not sure it meets the locking standards for tree work though. I have the screw gate version for sport climbing and saw there is now an auto lock version. If...

They are all alive but I can't speak to how healthy the trees are. The root system is protruding under the foundation of the house and this is a hurricane state where trees uproot all the time. Two things which could cause damage beyond repair to the home. I know, it's in tough shape.

Impacts are fine, no lawn to ruin. No damage control needed besides the home and power line coming in :) Once trees are on the ground you can drive away. Cutting firewood is no hassle and I don't mind burning the brush if a chipper isn't handy. If a chipper is handy there is no need to haul...

We don't have many local tree services, I don't think and several people have cautioned against the small operations in the area so we will have to look to Leon county (tallahassee) or Perry which adds at least 45 minutes of travel to the site. I worked for a service as ground crew back in...

I have to admit I have done some removals, climbing, and most were definitely not safe. I'm not trained in it and everything was for close friends/family and I took my time chunking things down. No rigging. I've got experience rigging heavy equipment lifts but not dynamic loads and what my...