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I've copied this from another forum. This tree failed in the Dec 2006 storm. It was a double codominate...We had installed a Cobra cable system in the canopy about 6 years ago.I hadn't pruned it, or if I did, not nearly enough. It failed below the cabled area, leaving about one branch. We left it at 40 feet, as a wildlife snag and suggested having it carved into something. Ann decided to remove it, which we did today. We lowered a 12 foot section with the GRCS, which probably weighed 1500 pounds. It had broken 16 feet above the fork, so we used the smaller trunk to lift the larger one off. Thern we felled the bottom 26 feet, and cut 4 slabs from the butt. Two will make nice tables. I might be able to dig down and cut one more. Anyone want to buy a table? Given time, We should be able to come up with some suitable legs from large curved cedar branches....I'm going to buy some special Anchor Seal wood sealant and paint the slabs tomorrow after work., to keep them from checking and cracking. Then, in a few months Eric of GoGreen Design can help me get them planed and sanded. The holes will create some character for the table...something could be placed in them, like a glass candleholder...etc... On either side of the tree, bigger and better cedars thrive. Ian Scott pruned one 6 years ago, and Dave Sturm and I just pruned the other, which is nearly 24 feet in circumference at ground level. 8 pics are here After the lift off and lowering the stump, the butt log, slabs, and the trunk of the standing big cedar: the largest slab-that's a 43" bar on the 3120 Here's a video ...no title, subtitles etc...and raw sound..customer wondering about the camera, and me blathering on about nothing..... Click here to watch Hargis-Cedar Dubble click for full screen. It's 75 mb....I put it on putfile, first time I've used them since the "Squeeze Play" first try....I see its taking a long time to buffer..But the quality is quite good! I'll try it on Google or U-Tube.......later. I had to tie it down a ways to get lift...so it didn't hang as straight as I like.. but we managed to lift it off, after I got the saw unstuck and nipped the last of the holding wood.

I'll respond to several above comments. Yes the anti-vib on Huskys is better. Of course the 2100 is better "balanced" than a 660 w/36 inch bar. It's several pounds heavier. I sold one years ago to get my 3120...now have two more, that I got cheap. I like them, but they're old tech.....I'll sell at least one of them, as they have been bringing big $ of late on eBay... The 660 must be fitted with the dual port muffler to unleash its power. When that is done, and maybe even a tad more port opening yet, it becomes the best power to weight saw on the market. Well, the Solo 681 and 7900 Dolmar are in that same league---they are the best of the 70-80 cube class...even out cut the 85 cc 385 Husky---in stock form. The first edition 575 is a dog, compared to the 7900, or 372, or 460. It has good power, but is way heavier. That said, the 575NE is due out soon, suposed to be lighter, with 0.4 more hopsepower. sounds good. I've not run either, just going by all the board talk. Most users of it and the 441 comment on the torque and fuel economy of these new tech power heads.

Order the dual port front cover for the muffler, then hog the ports out a tad more even, retune the carb, and you'll be cutting 15-20% faster. I have no problem selling residential logs to mills in the PNW....though I've heard that around the US, some mills are picky...worried about metal, etc....

Nice, Mr Bish. looks to be a few defects in the log?? What's its diameter at the small end, inside the bark? Do you know how to figure board feet? That oughta be 1125 bf, assuming 34 inch and 20 feet(plus 4-10 inches trim), and worth 40 cents to 80 cents a bf, unless it's veneer quality, minus trucking fees. I'll let you do the currency conversion. I've heard that eastern US mills will buy logs as short as 8 feet. Around the west, it is typically 16 feet minimum. Dunno about Brit specs.... here's a great site with a bunch of calculators--board feet, wood weights, etc... http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSCalculators.html

Hmm, yeah, sounds like that'd be a problem, Steve. I'll have to look into the issue some more. Might not be a good idea to use a Ropeman in this manner for everyday work. But could it really shred the rope in a short fall of a foot or so? I suppose the possibility of a longer fall exists..say, if the overhead tie in was unknowingly around a twig, and slipped a few feet down to the intended crotch.

Well, if that's a problem (I haven't used or examined a Ropeman) a prussic adjuster could easily be used, correct?

Hi, Chris..... I've been using your system a bit, but also with a prussic. (from any tiny material, as it doesn't need to be rated) Works a bit easier than the ropeman, for sure. However, the best system of all was shown to me by a local TCC climber, Luke. He simply uses a Ropeman attached directly to one of his Petzl Sequoia bridge rings. (They are held together with a screw, so can be taken apart.) He uses a long enough bridge to allow for extending his hitch. This system as passed inspection at TCC's, as long as he has something, like a stopper knot tied in his long bridge, to limit a slip to 12-18 inches in the event of the Ropeman failing. (Is it rated high enough for this use, i wonder?) Super slick! I'm in need of a new saddle, and the Sequoia SRT looks to be very adequate...and a bargain compared to the latest pricey saddles.

Was yesterday...and today...great weather meant great fun! Link to a 90 photo slide show: Here's a slideshow from last year If you don't want to view the whole show, just click on the link to go to the photo set, where you can choose individual photos. A few teasers... The Eager Beavers.........hungry for action!! The other Harley team trying to knock over the protection wall with one heck of a roostertail of chips! World number 1 Brain Barto leading number 2 ranked Wade Stewart up the 90 foot pole....time up and down 22.7....Wade's first climb in a couple years after an injury. Dad Steve Barto performing his extremely entertaining high wire act.

I've never used hollow braid poly (tenex, Yalex, etc for a hitch cord as it's too soft....unless it's spliced up in such a way as to create a core...which is how the cord that Sherril sells is made. Still don't like it for a Vt, works fine for distel/schwabisch. And it will burn like normal poly double braid. Not a problem if you're careful. The new hi temp cords are the way to go. I don't like Bee Line--too soft. i like HRC, and haven't used Bailout, but hear it handles very well, and is nigh onto impossible to wear out.

Bumping this thread....as the stumper was being discussed on a chainsaw brand thread. Of late, I haven't been chipping the carbide off as many teeth. When the teeth are sharp, the AM works great. Key is to dig as much as possible, especially in rocky soil. to answer an earlier post, the teeth are the same except for left and right cutters, just like a chainsaw chain. there is a rock teeth, witha less agressive rake angle..sloer cutting, doesn't dull as quickly. here's a 3 photo slide show of grinding an appx 6-8 foot circular area up to 2 feet deep...thankfully, ~70% of the stump was rotten or decayed to bits. Some cement in it wasn't any fun...

There's a much simpler system that Chris Cowell showed my in Hawaii last summer. Also met Rich Hattier who's baby is the anchor bridge.... Chris used a Ropeman as the adjuster.....lifeline dead ended through bridge to the bottom of Hitchclimber. Ropeman on above this on rope then mini-binered to HC....need a long splice so you can get up close, as you'll see in the pic.. a short splice would not be good, nor would the loading on it be good. I replace the Ropeman with a small prussic. Sweet system. In the pic it shows it up close. Adjust the prussic out to whereever you want you friction hitch to be, then limb walk back in a flash, or body thrust effortlessly---uh relativley, eh?!

Yes I should. I've seen that site, but forgot about it. TThanks. Back when I shot skiing more seriously, I considered a stock agency, but never got around to it. But you have to be really good, and have a lot of images, to be accepted by a normal stock agency. istock is a new, and probably a good thing....but maybe not for photographers that expect to get top $ for image use.

and a couple for ya crusty ole lumberjax..... This time, here's tons of artsy stuff, fall colors, etc. Some tree work, some of work we've done, some generic....not all labeled that well. I'm finally getting a company website going, and needed to get lots of shots together, and in a usuable size, so I can choose among them for the site. And if you go to my main site, there's a slew more photo sets.

So I see.....here's one: http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2008-09.html

This one isn't fun to watch, it's so bad....not entertaining like James the Narcoleptic Tree Cutter. (ya'll have seen that one, I presume? [ame] [/ame] Here's James, if ya haven't seen it [ame] [/ame]

Awww, you guys are tooo nice.... but thanks..... I'm trying to get together most of my best stuff, and sized properly, as I'm finally getting a business website up... also have tons of half decent/if jumpy videos to put together. Next is a new to market Canon flash memory based HD camcorder...and or course a helmet cam...that'll be great for work and skiing. no way are our trees too tall for ya, brendon....big spreading trees are one heck of a challenge to prune or remove......most of our tall conifers are a breeze.. of course we do have a few wide trees......

I just put together a compilation of some of the best photos from tree work we've done in the last 6 years here in Seattle, Wa, US of Eh?! This is a link to an auto-loading slide show. If you're bored (there's only about 99.3214 pics) you can speed up the show via a box on the lower left... Enjoy!

Ditto that, Dave!! Love being aloft in a stiff breeze! I reckon I'll be climbing till I'm way past 70.....though prolly a little slower.... The pic ain't me, but hey, ya'll get the idea?!

The Seattle quake of about year 2001 was about a 6.5, I think. Appx 25 miles from the epicenter, I removed a douglas fir that was at the top of a slope, and had taken on a 5-8 degree lean....found out it had core decay....

Zubat....Had a Natanoko till someone lost it. It and the larger Mazuru are good for finishing off hinge wood cutting, as they're straight. Had a Prosenthei till it oo was lost..nice blade with the fine teeth on half the blade, but rather fragile and easily broken. Only good for small stuff, and getting in tight places. I equally like my Kanzawa Samurai Ichiban--as good, long lasting as the Zubat...and cheaper.

'nother try embedding the vid of Ian dropping a substantial fir top, all 57 feet of it...a bit tooooo close to the cedar stick, that I'd brushed out, waitin' for the crane, 'specially since the house was just on the other side. <embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" flashvars="" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=2671708962784596849&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2671708962784596849&q=source:008418982900706625495&hl=en

I know , Stevie Wonda :wave: but that's what I did on those last two google vids.....dang it......and they didn't work....maybe a rogue wave off shore of Dover intercepted tha signal:alberteinstein: umm, now that clustaflocked post dissypeered..... mebbe I wuz tryin' to edit it.....hmmmm well, booyahbull, here's the danged link. Hah, go figger, that embedded: [ame]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8100479459256143745&hl=en[/ame] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3385819065028399343&q=source:008418982900706625495&hl=en Speaking of embedding.....that would be cool if Marisa Miller was game.....

Ummmm, I fingered it out, big fella...... pbase, if I recall correctly, does create problems.... I've scads of photos that I have to go through...to edit, resize, etc....and work on text, as I'm finally getting a website going.....shoulda dun dat years ago...

This was a 110 foot doug fir that failed onto a roof, and damaged a 55 foot tall 6 trunked dogwood, which I'm working out of in the photo. We had guyed the trunks together to allow safer climbing in it and lowering from it. This is the first time in all likelihood that anyone took a piped chain saw aloft!! Had to play with it a few times after I had Ed Heard build the saw and pipe. And a video of the same fast little saw... [ame] [/ame] Check out my other videos while you're at it. I may be old, grey, and dottery, but still have fun!

Welll, I started doing landscaping, which included pruning, and a little climbing now and then, in 1972. Been in the tree service industry since 1975, on my own since 1985.