Dang it RedlineIt! Now ya got me thinking! Unless anyone else can point out something unique about the SL balancer apart from having a longer eye splice in the end of it I would be better off buying some Tenex and making my own version of the balancer.While I am at it I should make a couple of whoopies, some loopies, and some dead eyes.TreeSpyder, I usually deal with the maples that grew up inbetween the old shed and the dilapidated deck with about a foot of clearance on either side and three or four big heavy main stems going over the garage ( with the rusted out antique car in it), over the back of the house ( right above the skylite) and over the garden/flowerbed (with trellises) all at about a 45 degree angle. The gutters are about ready to fall off from all the builtup leaves and twigs, shingles are a mess and they are looking at me to screw up so I can pay for the new roof and gutters. First words out of their mouths are usually "Dont tell us you need a crane to do this we aint rich!" followed by the usual " $___? other fella said he could do it for half that! You stupid or deaf? We said we aint rich and dont charge us any for disposal just stack the stuff on the brush pile behind the garage and put the logs next to it." So after writing everything up nice and neat spelling out what I am going to do and what it will cost them, and they sign and agree to the contract, I piece down the tree with no damage, stack a brush pile taller than the garage with a stack of "logs" at the various lengths it takes to chunk'em down safe but not the length they thought "logs" should be they :censored: , refuse to pay after the bad check they wrote saying I did not do a good job cuz I knocked down the gutter on the side of the garage ( the one that was down for years as can be seen by my "before" and " after" pics) so I indulge them for a while till I finally have to say the "c" word and next Friday I get paid ( that is unless they magically come up with the cash right then) . Couple weeks go by and I get a phone call that typically goes like this, " Hello, is this ____? Yeah,I got a tree I need you to look at. ___ said you do good work but you are about as expensive as the big guys. You do free estimates right? I aint rich..." :deadhorse: The circle goes round and round. Every now and then I get to enjoy the perfect takedown in the spacious backyard with the most wonderful and down to earth customer who even "tips" me. This after they have treated me like family sharing food and drink, raking, and throwing easy work my way years later. Oops! This is what happens when I start thinkin, I ramble and get nostalgic.