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On the contrary.... Mr. McMahon is welcome to post anything he wants in any thread I start :) and thanks to all for your contributions! ... if there was a "Close" button, I would close this thread as having played out..... however, as has been previously noted, no thread is ever wrung clean...

i'll need to practice that when the situation is right....

Thanks Stig!

Marc, thanks for all the detailed comments/corrections/advice. I think I will be changing my Maasdam's anchor! ...... and I need to see what is the application for those "D" shaped steel carabiners..... since evidently not for this! ha, yeah, trigonometry, vectors, etc. are cool! ha, I know...

Thanks a lot Mr. Burnham! Thanks for those details! Thanks Sean! "...written down before hand..." !! "...will be more better than retrospective advice." But it is a cycle, right? .... retrospective... learning from mistakes and fine tuning skills, etc. ? YES.... I plan on opening a new...

Thanks Sean. Yes, thanks!.... Need. To. Practice. Running. Bowline. I have a 1/2" stable braid and 9/16" stable braid. There is a very critical tree coming up that (because of that Pecan Tree fiasco) I am going to go overkill by maybe at least 5 times.... I'm going to put at least 2 of these...

Thanks Johnny! Question(s) please.... Peter -- are those the sort of "U" shaped "clevis" shackles that have the screw in bar across the ends? -- if so......... does it matter how they are loaded? ... i.e. if you connect...

Thanks a lot Johnny. Yes, the pull rope IS the exact 1/2" 3-strand rope used by the Maasdam..... ....but I purposely am using this setup because of what I saw on Patrick (TreeMuggs) website. >>> I like the idea of having the maasdam sort of portable or modular where I can separate the...

Thanks a lot Squisher. That makes great sense! cool Stig. Pictures of the trees would be nice. What size saw/bar is your apprentice using? .... how big around are the trees? Thanks Nutball. I suppose if it split fairly easily it would be Hickory? ... and if not Elm?

ha, thanks a lot Stig. I'm hearing everyone's voices in my head at the stump and -- (my ego) battered and bruised -- and am afraid to face your scorn again :) I was hoping I was at least on the right track....

Thanks MB. These trees didn't require much forward force so I figured the angled pull would be sufficient.... also there wasn't an anchor to attach the rope directly inline with the lay. I thought I got these realtively high in tree for size of trees(?)

LUMBERJACK CORRESPONDENCE COURSE Here are photos from 2 more trees on the job I've been working. I'm trying to begin putting into practice what I've digested from everyone's * criticism * observations * comments * criticism * advice * accounts of your own personal experiences * etc. Hope...