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I just found this article this AM: https://www.science.org/content/article/beech-leaf-disease-ravaging-north-american-trees

I have access to a CAT D7 bulldozer at our farm. It belongs to my (deceased) uncle...actually now belongs to my aunt...he retrieved it from the deep woods about 30 years ago and used it around his farm (across the road from our farm). Uncle Kenneth got too ill to mess with it and parked it...

Alex and I are thinking ahead to "what if" our new Takeuchi mini-excavator (15K unit) gets stuck and needs a nudge. He has about 200 feet 1/2 inch wire rope that could be used with a snatch block to let the ex ideally pull itself out of a predicament. We found a stout 16,000 lb WLL block for...

I stumbled on this from a link John (noBivy) posted: https://wlos.com/news/local/sc-to-ban-sale-of-bradford-pear-trees-by-2024-invasive-species-deemed-a-noxious-pest

Not tree felling but rigging. I don't think I posted this video here yet...basically unedited...LONG...but how they did it is there. My son and his firefighter friend, both pretty handy and game to try most anything, have been getting hired to remove old docks at a posh community...when folks...

Almost a year ago, Alex hung a rope in the front yard maple tree at his house. The boys have swung and climbed it almost daily. It's been good to see the progress they have made with it. Folks worry about fitness of kids these days. These boys do their fair share of computer stuff...quite a...

NASA freakin' rocks!!!

We are looking into getting a smallish excavator to use at our farm in S. GA. The dams need some work to save them...beavers have been damaging them for years. I am looking into getting a Takeuchi TB240 after discussions with the local United Rental fellow recommended to me by a contractor...

Kyle mentioned hydrovac in another thread (Generator thread). We have a spill well in a pond at our farm in S. GA. Beaers have domed it over with mud. I was able to poke a hole thru the dome, wallered the pole around (7 ft pole) and managed to get a little water running. Came back an hour...

A recent exchange on Facebook got me to thinking this could be an interesting (bizarre?) thread. Dreams. Here is one I had many years ago...where I died in the dream. I was being chased by a dinosaur (small T-Rex, human size). It chased me thru dark woods and I climbed way up a tree...

I am in the process of inheriting the family farm... I guess that means I am landed gentry. My grandfather was born in 1899 and was a farmer for most of his life. he did a few odd things over the years such as run the first bus line in South Georgia but he eventually went back to farming. Our...

As a result of a fortunate mistake, there are two shirts that are available: 1 each short sleeve, 50/50 (cotton/poly), Large, Gray 1 each short sleeve, Wicking , Large, Green They can be yours for the right price. It is Auction time. These are a rare commodity...you cannot...

One of Butch's imgurs led me to this: these all happened within the last few days! chipper/rope incident severs a leg: http://dripline.net/woman-loses-leg-after-rope-gets-caught-in-a-wood-chipper/ http://dripline.net/tree-worker-injured-after-bucket-truck-overturns-in-devon-pa/...

I am on our local Dive Team....search, rescue, recovery for water situations (bodies, evidence, etc.). We also do land work but this question is water related. We recently did our second vehicle recovery at this bridge site on the Chattahoochee River. There is a boat ramp upstream and local...

I captured this from Facebook...a friend in Ohio is in the "big-boy" construction business...he helps build Cabella's type stores...he is one of their chief riggers for some pretty serious crane work. He's kind of like Kyle here...knows a lot of good stuff in-depth. He knows I do treework and...

Tree guys are all about control...we use ropes and gear to create situations where we can minimize danger as we control dangerous limbs and loads. We usually have the luxury of time to study, rig and control danger. Our use of rope becomes 2nd nature. Law enforcement folks deal with danger...

This happened 4 days ago...there is a video in the article: I suspect a top or big limb went awry...no details of the "how" yet. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/tree-trimmer-dies-after-accident-leaves-him-dangling-50-feet-high-in-tree/926852650

I just saw this come thru FaceBook...link below...the website contains a graph that is interesting: https://returntonow.net/2018/04/29/trees-have-a-heartbeat-scientists-discover/ Until now, scientists thought water moved through trees by osmosis, in a somewhat continuous manner. Now they?ve...

I use these for shoulder/arm/wrist mobility, body agility, etc. I know shoulder problems are pretty common for tree guys...and lots of other activities that use repetitive and extreme motion. The clubs can help maintain existing capabilities, enhance them further, prevent future injury by...

Recent heavy snow load here bent over theae 2 juniper (?) . The homeowner has asked us to try to get them upright again. I have some very large bamboo...6 inch diameter and up to 40 feet long that we can use as a splint to support the trees. The bamboo will let us run guy lines to nearby...