Recent content by Underwor

Gerry, it was probably all the curse words coming out of the woods that kept the temperature up out there!!!

They did not mention the stopper knot at the Davey Climbing Classes in1967. Just suggested that you set the knot after each move in the tree. Also left a long tail. I did use the stopper in the end of my pigtail occasionally in later years. It was the friction knot that would untie itself if...

The tautline would creep if you worked very long without a load on it. It would loosen up and then when you loaded it, it would "unroll" a little bit. IF you did this enough without tightening it, it could slide off the end of your tail and "oops".

Jerry and I were on the same wavelength evidently. I stuck with the taut line for many years partly because it could be tied with one hand behind your back if you got in a particularly weird situation. I did generally use it with one loop on top as it did not tighten up so bad if I hung my...

Used my first manufactured one in 1983. Tail of the climbing rope before that; Climbing was safer then, no hard dirt to land on!!!

I believe it everyone knows everybody else and if you live there 24 years like I did you have hit most every town. Can't say that about bars however. I am not banned from any towns that I know of!!!!

When the energy used to grow each season and seal off the ravages of diseases and pests is more than the amount of energy produced by photosynthesis for enough years to deplete the amount of carbohydrates stored in the plant. Thus 7-10 years after the new house is built in the wooded...

We haven't really had winter here this year. only one snow over an inch I think. Lot of 50 and 60 degree weathe.

Plowed snow for township in 78-9 until we got the plow truck stuck in road with chains on the tandems, diff lock and 12 tons of gravel. We had just been through that spot about half an hour before. That was just before we put it upside down in a creek. too much speed, about 10 mph. Had no...

Good to hear from new blood. I am still hoping to learn something new even after around 30 (?) years in the house.

Definitely want long pants, versus shorts!!!

When I started with Davey Tree in Youngstown, Ohio, we had an old 700 Ford tandem with a 50' national crane on it, with a 5-speed shifter over a 3-speed shifter. I hated to get caught at the light just 1 block from the top of Oak Hill by the cemetery with a load of logs on it. You had to use...

Type of evergreen Magnolia? Maybe Magnolia virginiana . Sweetbay, Swamp or Laurel are common names. OR, M. grandiflora, stunted a little by competition.

The picture about showing your kids what work you have done, could have been me. I planted about 2500 trees over the years in the area and trimmed many more in 51 years. My Granddaughter's first remark if I even point at a tree is "I do not care!" I still do it every chance I get. It is a...

The rush of the tree climber convertible: "Drop the top and go for a ride!"