frans

Have you tried putting a shorter bridge on it? I also could not stand that bridge so put a shorter one on. Helped alot.

patience is the operative word here. And lots and lots of it! Don't blame you

Can you get another dog who is totally fearless around water and get them to swim together? That worked for one of our dogs. Now you cannot keep 'Kimba' out of the water. Here she is doing a body slam dive into a cattle pond chasing the stick!

$4.50/gallon here. Odd because diesel does not require much refining to produce...

Hey don't make too much fun of the guy. It was a mistake which he caught and then posted his experience on the Buzz. **** happens and this is a good reminder of that. We are after all, human. To err is human, to forgive is divine.

MadMatt: I notice you have a ball hitch on one side of the bumber you created.... I have three different hitch positions on the front of my work truck. After pushing equipment around my thought is that your set up works best. If you are pushing a chipper, it is best to have the tongue of the chipper set to one side of the pusher truck, not in the center.

What does: "Dogs testicles Cordwood" mean? Pecontools said this earlier. ????????????????????

Tip of the day? Here is one: Do not catch the throw ball!! I just did today and now my hand is bruised....

Jeeez this saddle has been out for awhile here, whats the hold up?

I really like the photos you post

Timber is a breed that is very very smart. I have known so many people with those that are super friendly, loyal, and able to be brought into all kinds of situations with no hassles.

I too take wraps around the tree in certain situations. One point about wraps is that it is very easy to control the 'run' of the wood. All of these lowering devices require the operator to learn to work them properly. You have a much larger margin of error in taking wraps. On a capstan (grcs, hobbs, portawrap, etc) the 'edge' of when you have purchase is very small.

I want to chime in here....of course I disagree with what you said and here is why: Yes I am a GRCS person but the bottom line is that ANY lowering device makes your job much easier and because you DO NOT have to take wraps around the trunk, you IMMEDIATELY see that the jobs go faster. Hobbs, Grcs, Porta-wrap, it does not matter. Once you realize that you can whip a wrap around the (device of your choice), lower the limb, then undo the wrap and haul the lowering line back up to the climber, really really quickly, then you understand that ANY LOWERING device is MUCH FASTER, easier on your ropes, and much safer. I worked as a contract climber the other day on a removal. They did not like the looks of my grcs, and thought it was something from outerspace. As a contract climber doing a removal I said no problem we will do it old school. I mean what did I care? Their ropes, their job. I just wanted to get the job done for this guy without causing any trouble. So we did it old school. What a mess! I just sat up in the tree and when they were ready I tied off a limb and cut another limb off the tree for them. I could cut and tie way faster then they could get the ropes together for me so my time was spent just sitting up there and making a cut when they got their act together. I wished I had a little radio I could listen to. 8 guys down there all scrambling around fighting the ropes and hauling branches to the chipper... No, a capstan, lowering device, whatever is MUCH MUCH faster....

check the review section of ArbTalk for my review

I use mine as the manufacturer intended which is a one way hauling cam to get stuff into the tree. I have tried it other ways but was not happy with it. Using it as the final lock off on a 5:1 pulley system just might be a very good use of it. Harken makes fiddle block systems which use cleats to lock off the rope. The cleats are real easy to unload under load.