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Pulling trees! Nemus Talea! Thanks for the reminder comments, I will re-assess, considering the cost of a back, arms, legs, etc. While pulling a big ash, one loop of rope slipped onto the plow bracket- the 5K rope popped, 3-ton tractor jumped back, tree fell where I didn't want it, rope...

Yeah, but seriously... at my age, everything hurts! but thank you for noticing, And thanks to all the above for input. I mostly likely will drop them from the ground, just hate to do the drastic (probably the RIGHT) thing... Had to re-build one of the outbuildings after a local downburst...

The pines are between 80 & 100 feet tall and 10 - 15 feet from the house. I can reach maybe 50-60 feet with a climbing deer stand, but I would only use that to place the rope for block & tackle. I have 200 feet of "5000 pound" rope. Maybe notch away from the house, tighten the rope...

These 5 white pines are 24" at the base, fairly straight, live branches begin about 50 feet from the ground. On a heavily wooded island, these particular trees overhang the log cabin that was built when the pine trees were just starting out. In the past few years, a few other big pines have...

My, but it sure is ### funny when one cosniders how ### important it is to ###, Eh? We mostly do it out of habit, not necessity. Imagine if mainstream news programs were full of foul epithets and if newspapers gave space to streams of pointed invective... Readers and viewers would quickly...

Stihl not pulling gas After carb cleaning, carb rebuild, then carb replacement, new fuel line and intake filter, good compression, My 14 year-old 026 would only run on choke, would rev for 2 seconds then die off choke. DOH! It's so obvious NOW after it got replaced: the crankcase vacuum nipple...