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    TIP Failure results in broken pelvis and broken L5

    The tree was large enough that I tied on a 50' shorty onto my 150' main climb line just to have enough to tie my basal anchor. Thought my TIP was positioned well, bounced on it for a bit before attempting to climb it, limb snapped while I was making my initial ascent, hadn't done anything yet...
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    Antique gear collector?

    Yet another reminder of how spoiled I am.
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    The Joke/Funny Pic/Video Thread

    LMAO, that's great =)
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    China made stihls in Australia

    It was about 10 months ago that I was a stihl salesman, and I'm almost certain this hasn't changed since then. The first digit in the serial number of your machine is the country of origin code. Can't remember which digit is which country, but if you look at all your pro saws, they'll all be...
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    How'd it go today?

    Ouch, that makes for a shitty day off.....
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    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    boo........ Too cold for this.... Just now noticed that the ground guys stuck the pole saw chain right up on the house.......for fucks sake....... now hiring!
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    The Official Work Pictures Thread

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    How'd it go today?

    Deadwooded a couple medium pin oaks, went pretty roughly. Was tough climbing, thinking my gear got heavier over the holiday, anyone else notice that? lol
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    Jerry Beranek's Fundamentals

    Not sure if it's something you've already looked into, if not maybe this is something to consider. https://www.cnet.com/news/self-publishing-a-book-25-things-you-need-to-know/
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    Maleware Alert?

    I had some crazy crap popping up when I accessed it from my phone the other day, no problems on my PC though.
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    Your opinion on this tree?

    Removal it is, thanks for checking it out for me everyone, very much appreciated.
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    Your opinion on this tree?

    Admit that I don't have enough knowledge or experience to make a call on this tree at my buddies place. You guys think it's safe to leave, or go ahead and take it down? https://youtu.be/xBUf_2Y_SzA <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xBUf_2Y_SzA"...
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    Hollow tree topping - barber chair

    Learned alot from this thread. Thanks much for the video and for all of the input from the others.
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    Rope Wrench/Zigzag

    I've found a couple threads about this combination, but all were a couple years old, right about the time of the zigzag recall. Was wondering if there has been anyone that has used this combination for 1+ years, and what your thoughts on it are? Seems to be pretty legit, just not sure if I...
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    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    Ray, Like bots, I also left the mess for the pool guy =). He was there in the morning though so he knew he had a bit of a mess to deal with.
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