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    New Rope (poison ivy) break in

    Talking about the cover taking set getting longer than the core. Milking the cover to the end moves this slack to the end where it can be dealt with. Tree climbers are a picky bunch that dont like milking too much as it can effect the friction hitch.
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    self tending climbing system

    The basic idea is moving the anchors of the VT in close for working (usual) then higher similar to the lockjack twin. Its combining the benifits of the lockjack sport and twin using friction hitches and tethers/legs.
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    equipment ?

    Get Art and Science of Practical Rigging and On Rope. The first is selfexplanatory, the second is a book on the rope discipline. Stick around here and other sites and you can learn alot!
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    Falling with Dutchman

    I used onetoday to help swing a uprooted tree's spar. I had removed the top of the tree that was against the lines. The tree was over concrete, likely the foundation from a shed or other building. I used a large open face with a dutchmen to swing the spar without using a rope, worked like a...
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    Flyers and Brochures!

    I will give you a call tonight, hopefully. Right now I gotta work to pay the bills but I want a "modern" as opposed to a conventional website. Quite similar to your productions! www.rtssllc.com We had a local designer setup the site, we havent edited it in forever! Needs a deff...
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    Flyers and Brochures!

    DAYM Nick! Lookin good! The only thing I saw was the clip art where you talk about tree trimming in the winter... the tree looks like it has been topped, point being it could be a negative connotation the clients educated in proper tree care, and could present the wrong ideas to potential...
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    spider lifts vs tow behind gene

    I think an articulating boom is nearly a must for most tree work I have seen.
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    spider lifts vs tow behind gene

    Koa hit the nail on the head, the others are babble. A new genie costs 27k or so, I think the comparable spidy was in the 70k's? For me, if I was picking one of the two I would get the Genie, I havent had to walk away from any jobs because I either couldnt climb or couldnt fly. Access isnt...
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    Rope question

    Yawn, SSDD. +1 to Nick
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    Near Miss

    I am still climbing on the beeline I got in Nash from David. Bought 75' thinking I was going to burn it up maybe 5 times slower than sta set, however, I am still on my first 4' hitch I tied up in the motel in Nash! Beeline is good stuff, I will probably end up replacing it when I retire the...
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    Near Miss

    I am still climbing on the beeline I got in Nash from David. Bought 75' thinking I was going to burn it up maybe 5 times slower than sta set, however, I am still on my first 4' hitch I tied up in the motel in Nash! Beeline is good stuff, I will probably end up replacing it when I retire the...
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    Wind, what speed do you get out before you blow out

    http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=12139 A thread I authored 2 years ago, I shoulda held off on that tree till the wind was less. I am proud to say I have came a ways since then :).
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    step by step photos of my VT hitch

    Its the camera angle, the hitch is only 5-6" long.
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    step by step photos of my VT hitch

    Here is the hitch I use: Mark C showed it to me back in Nashville and I have really taken a liking to it.
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    xtremegear

    I like the 2/1 bungy landyards myself.
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    Tow behind lift

    No no koa, I am in love with Teupen, however the 75' only offers 35' of horizonal reach, albiet the curve of its wall is alot flatter than non telescoping lifts: This is what I was thinking, 75' vertical, 50' horizonal: or I know you get asked this alot, but how much is the...
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    Rates for stump grinding???

    So am I, without proper coverage though your not covering your bases IMO. When we only ground stumps we had half mil in liability, now we have 1 mil and Workmans comp. There is plenty of money in grinding, there is plenty of ways to mess it up and not be covered, dare anyone argue that with I?
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    I know..old topic but want input...

    Hey John, on that one you dont have to step in, the waist comes apart. Perhaps thats what is causing people issues, I unscrewed and rescrewd my delta link every time I got in or out, way faster IMO.
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    Tow behind lift

    My lift has a jockey wheel up front on the foot of the jack so you can move it by hand. If the tree is big enough to require moving it I will likely have the tractor there and can pull it into position with it if its easier, or a MA setup. In the pictures behind the house (small office...
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    I know..old topic but want input...

    If your talking about the 3 loops on the picture of the back of the saddle thats part of the Bfly, they are called gear loops.
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