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Ha, thanks JeffGu. :lol:

Thanks Bermy! .... that there gives me a nudge in the right direction!

Thanks, Mr. Burnham. Yeah, three hole punch in a binder might be my best bet.... not my favorite, but better than online... which is very much better than nothing!

Butch (or anybody?) ... is there a way to mark individual *posts* within a thread? (e.g. as a "favorite", etc.). Thanks.

Yeah, "duh"! .... I've actually got a black and white laser printer which could do that (88 pages looks like). If I printed both sides it would *almost* be like a book.... just have to figure out a suitable binding of some kind. I wonder if any real books of this are available anywhere? Oh...

Thanks a lot TreeSpyder for all your knowledge sharing. I still don't get CoG in this scenario though and your emphasis on the criticality of CoG I understand butt tied limb and how limb will fall. I understand tip tied limb and how limb will fall (or flail) In this particular situation, I...

.... I FORGOT! ...... I have Mr. Bernham's USFS Tree Climbing Guide on my computer... but I am so OLD SCHOOL that if I don't have a real BOOK, I forget about it... (e.g. by my desk, on the kitchen table, on my bedside table, etc.)... my loss! I have investigated trying to get it printed out so...

TreeSpyder, thanks for your detailed reply.... I've got to head out now and I want to give your latest post the attention it deserves. Also, I am planning to save off somehow your other previous post where you listed all those resources! Thanks!

Stig, that is probably the best, simplest advice I know and have heard here before... and I have been thinking about it off and on for a while. And I have a couple of names of folks I can check with. My hesitation is that I don't know what commitment I would be willing to give somebody. If I...

Thanks Bermy! .... yeah, I've got to be a "doer" and not just a "reader"! .... those books/dvds (and advice/knowledge here) won't do me any good if I don't apply it!

Great ideas, Gary. That is what I sort of try to do but need to do more. Thanks!

Thanks Butch!

Thanks a lot, Ray! Yeah, I need to get out and "DO" for a while again to balance out and refine all the "theory" swirling around my head

Sean, and Kyle, I have the following books and DVD's The Fundamentals of General Tree Work (book and DVD's) -- read book and watched DVD's All Jeff Jepson's books (including Tree Climber's Guide) -- read and studied them all Art and Science of Practical Rigging -- (book and DVD's) -- read book...

... ha, for my own benefit knowing my propensity for conceit, being wise-in-my-own-eyes, and wanting to act a fool and argue with those who know more than me... I try to deliberately keep myself in the mental posture of a *student* Thanks for the second on this, Ray. .... ... I guess this...

I read TreeSpyder's first post and other folk's posts...... I want to do justice to all the detail... and THANKS! EVERYONE for your time and patience and contribution of even "chiming in". But on that aforementioned limb rigging (A,B,C,D,E,F) and COG....... I TOTALLY get it about the knots...

.... also, I think I need to go ahead and bite the bullet and get a copy of ABoK (hopefully not more than $50 used now) .... also, I never got Don Blair's "Arborist's Equipment" ... maybe I'll finally get that too.... ....and then put in the hard work of going back and studying and comparing...

TreeSpyder, Kyle, I think I'm getting it now about the direction the knots are pulled ... with the running bowline and the half-hitch (and/or marline hitch(?)) (in all fairness to my instructor, Peter Jenkins, he was very clear about these things but I just forgot). For me it is going to take...

haha, Bermy, I like the way you think! .... yeah, that really resonates with a more comfortable approach I think I'm looking at as I try to cope with reduced strength and capacity that is the direction we are all going on this earth as time goes by but trying to make the best of it work-wise...

TreeSpyder, What exactly is Center of Gravity here? .... it obviously isn't the mere piece of wood taken by itself, because in that case, point "E" would be way to the right of the CoG, right? If you were to put the branch/log on a fulcrum, the CoG appears to be just below where points A, B...