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To emphasize Stephen's caution, a fellow here was cutting below a union on a Zelkova, only had one of the leads tied off to a crane. When lifting away the union broke apart. Very sadly the climber died in the tree.

I've used a lever chain hoist to pull together codoms or bind a trunk. Jeff, I don't know if you are hauling loads, but a chain hoist is also great for cinching down. Great power from such a little thing. If you don't want to invest in one, probably a rental yard can provide one for cheap per...

Stephen, do you sometimes reset the tail of the pull line on the party tight, or just keep it as it is from the beginning as a holding line if something should go south?

Jeff, I never had anything particularly undesirable happen when using my Maasdam, only that I did note the potential for something to occur after first using it because it won't hold the line if for some reason tension is released. What if a cut up back leaning tree held by the puller was to...

Great purchase! Be wary of the Maasdam free spooling if you don't keep tension on it. I don't see it as a good puller for "tight lining", a term I learned from Jerry's book that means working alone when cutting and pulling a tree.

Perhaps that tree is one that basically nobody knows with complete certainty whether it is safe to climb, no matter how you look at it without cutting it open. Cracks very often have an element of mystery to them, whether they stop shallow or go on and on. Jerry has a word or two about...

My brother was a potter before he died, a real great one. When his place got smashed in an earthquake and Jeff Bridges, who I understand does some ceramic work himself, read about my brother's plight on the web, he sent my bro a thousand bucks. No relation between them before that. Jeff's a...

I've looked at a lot of cracks in wood. I get the not so deep vibe from what was shown. Of course it's nothing for anybody to go on but myself.