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I never heard of anyone lubricating them before, it didn't even cross my mind. What would u use to lubricate it? I think that one was beyond a lubrication fix, i'm not really even sure where it ended up.

Sounds good. Maybe ill throw it up for 180 or something and see what happens. I can always lower the price. Thanks btw.

I think it could use a new needle bearing by the clutch. It squeals when you hit the chain brake. The blue stuff on the bar is just food dye that i used to find an oil leak. And yes that's a bolt for the pull cord handle. I may put an actual handle on it if i get around to it. 16" bar if i remember

I have a 444se that got from a friend and got it working pretty good. It has the metal tank and all metal chain brake with the adjustable chain brake. It does have some paint missing but other than that its in good shape. Do you guys have any idea what this would go for if i were to sell it?

So i got a old husky 444se from my cousin who got it from a guy who got it from a guy who picked it up off the curb. Anyway i worked out most of the problems and now i'm down to the chain brake. Plain and simple, it doesn't stop the chain. Now i didn't take a micrometer to the band and check the...

I was thinking a bearing by how it sounded but i'm not sure. I don't know how to get it apart to check.

SRT +If you take small fall during ascent, say a twig 8" above your tie in point breaks out, you will most likely be standing vertical so you wont hurt your back as much. Opposed to hip thrusting and being horizontal. (your legs will help absorb shock drop) +You can manage your tail length with...

Now i dont remember if it is a new ansi rule, or if our company just requires it but we always have to have a cinching system if we are spiking up a tree or working a spar. If your using a double rope systm u can use an adjustable friction saver, or like chip chokper said a cinching srt system.

Has anyone ever replaced a bearing in an isc pully before? We have a little green one and its making a bunch of noises that it shouldent make. The sheave is also flopping around more than it should.

Im not sure the boss would like us out burning brush. Plus by the time we get a fire going good we would have it cleaned up and b gone. Thanks for that link, that doesn't look like a bad reference to go by.

Lol, extra socks. I'm liking the floating wood idea. I may have to save that idea for the summer tho when the waters a little warmer.

The other day we were working on a job site with a frozen lake on the back side of the lot. Conveniently enough, there was a boat landing a few lots down. We had a bunch of brush piled up on the lake side of the house and I dumped a good amount of willow brush right on the ice. Me being lazy and...

Could i get a service manual and ipl for the 550xp please? Thanks.

Probably be best to remove them. With a proper cut it should help the tree seal over the wound/dead area faster. Pictures wouldn't hurt though.

My favorite thing to use for rigging lines are these flexible cloths baskets. They are stiff enough that they stand on their own but flexible enough that it can take a falling chunk of wood without breaking (usually). They have holes in them but that just helps let snow out instead of keeping it...

Right idea, wrong direction. The rope wrench bends the rope on descents and adds friction. This helps keep your hitch from binding up. Same concept as a figure-8 when doing secured foot-locking. Good luck learning the throw line, it can be your worst enemy or your best friend. An APTA may be a...

Yeah, the lack of gear options kinda suck. For SRT you basically just need a foot ascender, a ascending/decending device and a neck tether or chest strap for ascending your friction device. I have never ran a RAD before, actually had to look it up to see what it was. But i know a lot of people...

You could easily do SRT for that removal. I haven't done a double rope removal since i got out of school. Now i never have had to deal with poison ivy vines, but i would tie a running bowline canopy anchor with a yosemite tie-off and leave like a 6 foot tail. Then, like Jakers, limb it up and...

I don't know much about used spurs but i would probably try for 130 and maybe go for 150 depending on condition. Otherwise grab a pair of climb rights with the ultra pads or geckos. My favorites are the geckos, that's all we get at work now. They both have the shank screw right into the pad so...

I climb on a rope runner and sometimes use 3 different ascenders to get into the tree, but sometimes the old school way is the best way. Natural crotch rigging is so nice, most of the time we don't even need to set us a port-a wrap because of the friction. I love it when the older arborist gets...