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  1. treesmith

    How would you work this?

    Climbed worse, just protect the ground, move slow, cut small and try not to jump up and down
  2. treesmith

    Climbing ropes and spikes

    Treemotion harness, zigzag, yale imori with spliced eye and an ART ropeguide has been my favourite ddrt combo. SRT for access with a homemade setup of chest ascender, pantin and knee ascender with hand ascender and homemade spliced tether holding it all together Can't recommend the ms150t...
  3. treesmith

    I felt bad for them. Need help with pricing.

    If you've got a metal detector handy...
  4. treesmith

    broken rear handle on my stihl 064 AV

    Any reason the ground contact should jam the lever from moving up to stop? The pivoting metal contact on mine, the one with a crimp to coil on far end that joins to control lever for grounding, it jams the lever from going up to "stop" Suggestions anyone? Cheers
  5. treesmith

    hypothetical, do Arborist make a difference?

    Example, took down a spotty Gum yesterday, in a grass area in a housing plot, some residents up in arms about the removal and wanted it to stay whatever. Problem is it's a twin stem joined at just above ground level, the "fork" is a tall vertical crack covered in bark and its just waiting to...
  6. treesmith

    hypothetical, do Arborist make a difference?

    My question would be how many of those public deaths are caused by lack of common sense, aussie gums are called widow makers yet people still camp under big sketchy gums. There's also the question of how many worker deaths were caused by time/money pressures, get it done type stuff, also "****...
  7. treesmith

    First time buying climbing gear...Where to start??

    Never tried the light one and don't know anyone with it, the standard is popular here
  8. treesmith

    First time buying climbing gear...Where to start??

    For customising and fit you'll do well to get more useable than a treemotion harness, put what you want where you want, dmm vault and petzl caritools are perfect fits, or just add a biner wherever you want, on waist or leg straps Also has two sets of D's, a rope bridge with a sliding alloy...
  9. treesmith

    Chain saw Pants or Chaps??

    Design a are good in summer, design c are good if your positioning sucks and you like cutting under the back of your leg... Climbed in C for years, design A is so much nicer
  10. treesmith

    Good single saw recommendation.

    I like having a 261 and a 346, use them for different jobs, they complement each other nicely
  11. treesmith

    The Danger of Climbing With Unsheathed Blades

    Silky sugoi is pretty vicious too, nice saw, stays put upside down too
  12. treesmith

    The Danger of Climbing With Unsheathed Blades

    I just use two silky tsurugi hand saws, one medium teeth and one big teeth, blade clicks into handle and stays put, narrow blade for fine pruning, fast through bigger stuff, rather use a top handle tho
  13. treesmith

    Massive hemoraging is a serious risk

    Blood stopper bandage and granules on the back of my harness in a big yellow first aid pouch, wasn't too expensive
  14. treesmith

    new TM, not happy with center of gravity.

    TM has lots of adjustment, try playing and fitting Love mine, does everything it should and hardly know it's there
  15. treesmith

    Recommend an Arborist Helmet

    Petzl vertex vent with msa chipper spec muffs and fancy ultravision(?) husky mesh screen, very nice when smacked in the face by a whippy branch when feeding the chipper! It has the husky helmet attachment so muffs seal well and are comfortable. Comfy, cool in stupid °c temp, also fitted with...
  16. treesmith

    Calamity Macho Sufferage

    Nascent iodine from global healing centre is reasonable cost and very good too, heals cuts very fast, you can get the same stuff, relabelled but cheaper from Alex jones/infowarslife. A spray on magnesium oil can be very effective too, depending on your pain threshold
  17. treesmith

    Noob question..

    But obviously stay with same gauge chain :)
  18. treesmith

    Close Call: Rigging Point Failure

    Shortcuts kill people Or as Reg Coates calls them, "****it" cuts
  19. treesmith

    Zigzag attachment

    Spliced eye for me everytime, keeps everything slim and nothing to interfere with the scissor system, I use a rope guide too so need a retrieval ball on there any way
  20. treesmith

    Raffle for AS member 08F150

    Hey wonfiddy, has anyone told you that you look like Stevo from Jackass? If we raise more money can you PLEASE not post any more snackie pics? The people I respect on this forum think a great deal of you, bless you, brother. Here's to you, my friend, even though you've single handedly given...
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