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Optical illusion on my part. Nice zip cuts! Getting those leaders cut fast enough to land butt first takes a sharp saw with plenty of oomph. Good stuff Jero, thanks for posting mate. Jomoco
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Nice work and editing! Pretty big beech to get safely down that fast too! You did speedline some of that brush? Jomoco
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Great news Mark! Congrats. Jomoco
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Yeah, but being able to comfortably stuff your shins n knees into tight v crotches gives me that superman indestructability needed for removal work. Ain't too proud tu get down on my knees.....baby! Jomoco
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You know Mark, after a serious knee op, like an ACL replacement? Ergonomic moto X knee braces can become your best friend! I know I'd be hard pressed to climb without them.
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Take a closer look at my round Innoculator Gaffs Sky Huck. The inner needle's 3/8ths of an inch thick, and penetrates faster n deeper than other gaffs do with less weight applied. Making it easier to tiptoe about the tree like a cat burglar, with extendable and self retracting claws. A real dream come true for removing long dead petrified eucs and other very hardwood trees.
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Bingo! And at 57 years old, my poor old knees couldn't take it! The ability to pivot and spin while sunk into the stem's crucial IME.
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Sounds like a rookie learning that any reputable arborist has a backup saw ready to rock at any given moment to me! Always be ready with plan B when excrement inevitably hits the proverbial fan? Learned that many decades ago as the price of doing business professionally in the 70's. Jomoco
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Magnificent high quality pruning skills on display there JDavis, superb work. Jomoco
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You're starting to look like Beranek up there Reg! Did yu kill it? No doubt SRT'ing up something that fat's a helluva lot easier than wrestling up it with just a lanyard n gaffs! You're really earning your money of late mate. Jomoco
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And worth every penny brother! I've always thought my commutes back n forth to work were the most dangerous part of this profession. Hard to feel in control of things with hundreds of cars trucks and semis milling about you during rush hour traffic. Give me a treetop office any day! Jomoco
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I keep telling Reg that the work he does is worth five bills a day easy. Yet he insists he gets nowhere near that! Hell, just his editing skills alone's worth that kinda coin IMO. Are you sick of conifer poles yet mate? We know you rock in decurrent big wood too. Jomoco
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Control is indeed the name of the game Ben! Great example of it mate. Ailanthus are an invasive species here too. Jomoco
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Nice compilation of techniques TreToppen. Your editing's great too. Beats the heck outta my first second and third goes at vids n editing no doubt. Thanks for posting. Jomoco
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Very well thought out plan, with very professional results Chris, congrats. Just did a job requiring two Hobbs devices not so long ago myself.
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The 254xp was my first Husqvarna purchase, and what a saw! Holy smokes, that air injection filtering really works! However the same couldn't be said about the NordFeller attachment that came with my 254! Ran off cylinder compression through an attachable line to fill an expanding wedge bag that would supposedly push the tree over when placed behind the saw in the felling cut. Piece of junk, attached to a fantastic lightweight midsize saw. Jomoco
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Carbon fiber ergonomic motoX knee braces are what allowed me to climb again after ACL replacement surgery in the early 90's. Asterisk makes a nice set for about 600 bucks. Fair to moderate chainsaw protection as well IME. Did you wake up from the op with your leg strapped to that medieval knee bending contraption too? Jomoco
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Nice work Theo! Love the bird's eye view. Jomoco
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If you're a removal climber? The 200T still reigns supreme in my mercenary's heart.... Jomoco
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Yeah, but sometimes your life can depend on how quickly you can get the hell outta Dodge! Like say a rookie crane operator moving a big trunk pick towards you, rather than away from yu? There are exceptions to dang near every rule, with good reason IME. Jomoco
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You too eh CWB? Check the oil tank pressurization thingamabob!
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I guess I'll age myself and say... Dual triggered Homelite Super 2 Stihl MS200 Stihl 032 Husqvarna 365 Special Stihl 084 with manual oiler Has anyone ever heard of another saw with dual throttle triggers other than the old Super 2's? Jomoco
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How have you older climbers changed your style in the last few years.
jomoco replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Climbers talk
Yeah, IMO it's simply a matter of time until a big tree outfit goes full on CNG powered vehicles for their entire fleet of vehicles. Waste management firms and metro buses have been the forunners to date No real reason our industry can't do the same, including air compressors generators etc. Pneumatic loppers n chainsaws are the lightest and best cutting tools around for fine pruning IME. For takedowns? Not so great, yet. One day I'll get around to converting an old vas tape of me pruning a euc on my property hanging from an SRT airline/rope combo way back twenty years ago. Pull trigger heaven. Three cuts in three seconds, pow, pow pow, Maibo pneumatic hand shears. The future can be better n faster n cleaner to the point we're spoiled rotten, like crane assisted removal climbers. Jomoco -
Super vid of some tall cedars Reg! Love the little hatchet n wedges for pushin tops where yu want them too! Smashing good stuff mate. Jomoco
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Well it's been over 20 years since my 394XP's received any serious TLC. Despite being exposed to the weather most of it's life, chained down in the back of my tool truck, it has fewer hours on it by far than my other midrange saws, 365's, 372's n such. But the muffler bracket gave up the ghost! Good thing the beast has a decomp valve! I'm fairly certain it's circa 95. Time for a new muffler assembly, and starting handle!
