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    In house view Top drop

    http://youtu.be/80QC2vDc1bs <iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/80QC2vDc1bs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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    Pots n Pans Protectors.

    Keep a couple around instead of recycling them to cover irrigation, electrical outlets, plants etc. I have quite a few old hard hats that work well
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    WET aerial work injury?

    What is or has been your experience with wet tree climbing injuries? Elbow, knee, shoulder? Spur less climbing considering?
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    Shop vacuuming saw chips?

    Good idea bad idea I'm thinking for the areas around pools or turf where raking and blowing won't cut the mustard and tarps are bit holey Anyone try it?
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    Stumping near inground Electrical box?

    How would have go about this? Call and consult with Hydro?
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    Best self tending device?

    Rope on rope, mechanical, hybrids etc. What self tends from the top down and then what tends the best from bottom up. Thanks in advance :) Self tending meaning the rope just falls through the hitch.please correct me if I'm wrong
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    TO BE A LOGGER

    Just came out of the RA/store/book room and found my old book To Be A Logger by lois Lenski Song of the Forest Children We walk in the forest when the wind is still; Not a branch moves, not a sound until A squirrel jumps up- a flash of brown, And a flood of pine cones goes tumbling...
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    Left-handed triggering?

    Looks weird. Do it on occasion What if one does it regularly?
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    A CAUTION! Pull testing trees.AssofUnme!

    Location is large open space on the flats of the grand river. 1st we had to clean up many large Man maples some hung up, few on the ground and others near horizontal with roots up, root flares plunged into the ground and others failing completey or partially fractured and a mess of fractured and...
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    "You butchered it!"

    Client came home and mouthed this to me with her hand slicing her throat over the noise and of chipping. I didn't reply and kept calm and left her alone for good hour before talking to her. Its not my fault 1. wrong tree in the wrong place-right next to the neighbours house, hydro lines and on...
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    Arbclimber #5

    http://https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=196&item=9060#detailIf you haven't seen this magazine here are a few pics of what you get. https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=196&item=9060#detail
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    Minerals In Wood?

    Curious about what you are finding dulling your saws. Build up of salts higher in a given species or soil type? Thanks for any observations Cheers MINERAL :)
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    Hang over?

    Curious if anyone else experiences headaches, nausea or whatever after a long day in the trees on the following day? I guess it's adrenaline overload and the associated. H20 deficit , low salts, sugar, maybe mental fatigue from hours of focus. Anybody with anything to add , share or recommend?
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    Biner rolled open

    Pencil size twig is all it took. simply did not anticipate it could happen but it did. 1st time in over 15 yrs. The action of pressing the gate against the twig and stepping up into a crotch and then floating the biner from my centre D. Stay alive friends. I've rolled biners open before but...
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    Batten down them hatches!

    Pot Hole season! Watched one of the planks from a truck and utility trailer jump right of the deck on Hwy 401. Could of killed a few people. looks like pot hole season is gonna get rough Go on and batten down them hatches!:blackknight:
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    Chipper knife steel?

    Any one know what the composition of the knife and anvil steel for chippers? Got them redone and would like to retreat the edge. Thanks
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    STAYING ALIVE

    Self-Talk? Anyone do this? What all do you do to avoid accidents? Like a said once before peformance-fatique-distractions lead to accidents. Got any special tricks to help you thru the tricky bits?:)
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    Hang em high! Christmas tree that is.

    Anyone else hang their tree from the ceiling. I drill into a rafter and place an eye screw and wire the tree leader to the eyescrew. Makes it real easy to decorate, holds the tree straight and its guaranteed not to fall over. Cheers and Merry Christmas Thomas btw whats your favorite ornament...
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    New Use for Old saw Chain?

    At it again, what do you think? Put em on backwards and turn your saw into a digger to clear the debris away for the stump cut! I have done it plenty of times and the only issue I see the grit wearing things a bit more quickly.
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    Notchless Felling?

    Anyone give this a go? I ahve done this many times, Fluchcut with the ground and utilizing the root flare to get it to the lay. Oaks, maples and Spruce and pines all seem to cooperate when the root flare is in tact and the centre of mass is to the lay. A few times ropes and wedges needed to...
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