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Not sure if anyone has seen these videos already, but they're pretty neat. I was looking at some curry recipes on Youtube and saw one of these in the video list below. The guy tries out and reviews MREs from different countries. Makes for an an interesting cultural tour. I'll post one or two...

Been toying with the idea of buying some good pulleys from Sherrill, some rigging tails, and making my own mechanical advantage setup. My climbers says there's no point since we have a come along that seems to do the job and is less expensive and has more pull. We've used the come-along to...

Howdy, The feed roller on our BC600 stopped working the other day, the rest of the machine worked fine. The hydraulic oil reservoir was low so we filled up and after a few minutes the feed wheel worked fine. Then on Friday the feed wheel stopped again even though the reservoir read full. We...

I have a 150' white pull rope - now grey - and I want to cut it into smaller ropes but make them "different colours" for easy ID when working. And my climber also has a similar dirty white rope we use sometimes for tying things off. Spray paint every few feet? I don't know. Any ideas would...

Howdy, I have a medium Porta-Wrap calling for a 9/16 max rope. My present 9/16 rope is fried and I'm going to buy a new one, but I would prefer a 5/8 just for the sake of a little extra strength, which sometimes it seems like we need. The question: Will the 1/10 difference in size really...

So we're doing a job last Thursday and Friday (back Monday). About thirty or forty trees, ranging from squiggly 6"-ers to 60'+ climbers. Straight forward drop 'em, cut 'em up, pile 'em, and good bye. The customer is loaded and has nice machinery. Says he'll clean it all up himself. Great! A...

How do you guys view keeping to a deal you made with a customer vs. matters of convenience (and profit) for yourselves? Long story as short as possible: Last Thursday aft we show up to do an $875 job, one take down and a trim six big pines to make room for a new house. We tell the guy two of...

We had a lovely little job this morning. Hot as hell here so we were going to hit this sweet three-hour job and knock off at noon. But while I'm gettting the gear out, my climber prices a tree for the guy that wasn't in the original estimate. Long story short, he priced a $300 tree at $100. I...

A guy I know here in town, an odd job worker - and a bit of a maniac - was working with a guy who was using a saw and, apparently, walked up behind the guy with the saw, startled him or spoke to him or did something, and the guy with the saw turned around... Ack! Far as I know, 60 stiches...

I want to know if frequent use of the chain brake puts stress on the motor in any way if the brake is applied before the chain stops turning. Any time I've finished a cut and and my right hand come off the gas, I hold on to the saw (460) with my left hand on the top grip, bring it down to my...

Colour me stupid, but do rope bags "work"? Meaning, can you just coil a rope into it and it feeds without tangling? I have a 160" of 5/8 pull line and I don't always treasure rolling it up. I'm going to replace it with 160' of 3/4 and I know I'm not going to want to role that up. Tangle...

I just got a $200 Stihl rebate coupon in the mail yesterday. Wasn't expecting that. I bought my 460 three-years ago but I guess I'm in their files somewhere. The coupon is only good for the 441 and up, as well as for the larger brush cutters. And the coupon is good for multiple purchases, so...

You should be very impressed by the artwork below. It took me hours to do that. The question: Several times a summer we face the problem shown in the pic below. A tree falls on a house. My climber either gets up on the roof or climbs up the tree itself and removes Section A. He leaves a foot...

We had a nice job today. A spruce, about 2' x 60'. By the house and wires, take down, take away, pass the rake, lovely. At the end of the job we realized we didn't have our bill book. The guy said it would be fine and we could pass by in the morning. My climber asks if he can pay us now and...

Curious what the rest of you wear on your belt when you go to work every day. I have a cell phone, obviously, and a big Swiss Army multi-tool on me at all times. I can live without the cell phone, but I feel naked with the multi-tool. I also carry a Fiskars folding hand saw in the leg pocket...

Got one last week and used it for the first time today. Medium size, the large wasn`t availble. Bought a whoopie sling, too. (We work with minimal gadgets but this porta-thing just looked too cool.) Tried it first with a piece about 150lbs and it lowered effortlessly. Next piece was about 300lbs...

Howdy, I've been using the standard orange plastic helmet with muffs for years but am considering getting the Pacific kevlar helmet. Does anyone here have any experience with them? Are they heavy/hot/uncomfortable? (I have to mail order it, so I can't try it out first.) Also, I was...