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Spectacular shot Mario, congrats! Like God's flashlight shinin through... Jomoco

Read the help wanted section of TCI magazine, online mate. http://tcia.org/digital_magazine/tci-magazine/2016/02/viewer/ipad/index.html Jomoco

Rather telling n depressing day to be honest. Sudden Oak Death(Phytopthora ramorum) is knocking off most of the elderly coast live oaks in San Diego county, trees 8 times older than I, toast. Today's job reminded me of the stark difference between arboriculturally astute clients compared to run of the mill homeowners. Sequoia semps or coast redwoods are the tallest trees in the world currently, but the CA drought has put the screws to them here in S D county, not actually killing them, but browning them out enough to give the false appearance of death by simply looking at them from 20 feet away. Upon close inspection however, new green foliage is discernible on almost every main lateral. Almost as if they're mimicking Dawn Redwoods(Metasequoia glyptostroboides) when they brown out n play dead annually. My arboriculturally astute clients informed of the play dead appearance of their coast redwoods take my recs to simply give them a deep watering every other week rather than remove them because they look dead. But today's client didn't care, insisting it be removed whether dead or alive, simply because the fire dept declared it dead and a hazard. 70 feet's small for the species, but here locally is not bad for a fairly rare tree in this county. At least my brother'll have some decent lumber to turn or burn! Even buzzard's can have a conscience I guess. Jomoco

It was British lads wailing bout "it won't be long yeah" as I recall. So the spherical control room with the full body harness inside, capable of spinning on three axis points, is in fact an at home module. Your robot's set up in the field by a goundie! A human in harness correctly oriented to the robot's exact position from inside the module, is fully capable of compensating for any minor eccentricities of the control system's limitations. There's a company called Boston Dynamics that has umbilically controlled and powered four legged robots that can haul butt on a treadmill. Jomoco

Fascinating updates and history of powered exo-skeletons. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powered_exoskeleton Particularly the section on pneumatically powered airbag muscle simulators and their incredible power. The thing that's perhaps most appealing about a humanoid tree climbing robot? Hanging from a powered umbilical hose assembly provides a virtually limitless power supply that could be cleanly supplied from either hydrogen or CNG compressors n generators on the crane truck's bed. Imagine a six foot robotic climber weighing in at only 100 lbs due to titanium and air's lightness? Jomoco

It'll be one pricey controll harness! Full body from head to toe! Virtual reality goggles from the robot's perspective. Capable of extending and retracting both arms n legs! Multiple cutting tool head choices! It'd be a bloody great new online game... Jomoco

I believe it won't be long until a human controlled robot tree climber's achieved. The controller in body harness hydraulically conforming to the robot's body positions in real time, seeing through the robot's eyes, safely ensconced in an on site or remote control module. Probably faster and more efficient than ever once the danger of eminent death or dismemberment's removed from the equation! Give it another 5 or ten years.... Jomoco

I suppose it's theoretically possible to cut downward fast enough to make bottom cuts unnecessary? Whether a steel blade's capable of the feat? I kinda doubt. Jomoco

Nice controlled work Ben. Jomoco

3 weeks and they decay naturally eh? The things I learn from the mycology pros never ceases to amaze me! I gather this species of ganoderma must be some new mutation capable of growing bigger and bigger over the course of a year then? That's why rank amateurs like me read these threads with such relish I suppose! To discover new ganoderma mutations capable of growing for years! What shall I name it Tony, G. Holdonicus?

This product's worked for me every time for repairing plastic fuel tanks on both motorcycles and chainsaws mate. Marine Tex, epoxy resin, adhesives, silicone grease, engine treatment, cleaner, repair, bond, fill, seal, fiberglass, aluminum, plastics, Starboard, wood Jomoco

I had a huge 56" DBH coastal live oak that had a G. Lucidum infection both inside and outside its hollow base. It was a double trunked tree, splitting apart, but in a remote location with no targets about. The tree was on the grounds of a local Indian casino with enough money to spend on a little R&D, so I talked them into letting me try an unusual fungal mitigation project on it. I tied the splitting tree together with bull ropes temporarily, then using tarps, created a radial tent around the tree's lower base, reaching about six feet up and 360 degrees around it. Then ran outdoor drop cords from a nearby maintenance shed to the tent. Placing grow lights both inside the hollow trunk and outside in a radial configuration. My intent was to starve the fungal infection of darkness, blasting it with artificial light throughout each evening using timers until daylight. Sure enough, after about three weeks of this rather bizarre light treatment, all the fruiting bodies dried up and dropped off the tree, both inside and out. Unfortunately the splitting tree broke my temporary bull lines and hit the ground, bringing my bizarre R&D fungal mitigation project to an early end. A year or so later, I spoke with a mycologist at a seminar about the project. His opinion was that while it may have been effective above ground and inside the hollow tree where the light reached the fruiting bodies? It would have had no effect below ground where the vast shoestring network of the fungi was located. He did however think using the same light treatment to burn out fusarium infections in the heads of Phoenix canariensis date palms might work. Jomoco

My biggest beef with the 88's the lack of a manual oiler, particularly when running a six foot Cannon bar. Makes me long for an old 084. Jomoco

5' 8" @ 160 lbs. Jomoco

Nice work John! Jomoco

Nicely controlled removal Sam! Jomoco

Great pics n work Reg! I can't quite believe you do monster removals like that for less than 5 bills a day though! Say it ain't so Reg! Jomoco

Like Dirty Harry says Reg! A man's gotta know his limits! I'll leave the punky old rotten conifers to a demolitions team thank you. Gotta winch on your Cruiser Ben. I've gotta 12K Warner winch tucked under the back of my toy that's been mighty handy over three decades now. Pulled many a stuck chiptruck outta the mud too. Couldn't imagine goin to work without my truck! Half a million miles n four engines so far. Jomoco

Where's the Hobbs Ben?

Bummer! I love my old inanimate toy tooltruck somethin fierce!

All you old school deserters are gonna knock your teeth out n split your lips with those new dangled steel thingamabobs! Though I did catch my stash in my monkeyfist once! Ouch! Jomoco

I'm surprised you find conifers that challenging Ben. They are much lighter wood than eucs, far more predictable both in hinging and holding on to the stump when felling. Can't tell you how many climbers have come out to CA to climb, bumped into a few big eucs, then gone back home grumbling about their unpredictable and brittle hinging characteristics. I like dead conifer removals less than two years dead myself. Whereas healthy live firs are so sappy they rival rubber trees at ruining my ropes n britches! Got any pics of your Land Cruiser Ben? Jomoco

Best leave those punky old Giants to the demolitions lads Reg! Work safe mate. Jomoco

Which do you find the more challenging to remove over strategic targets Reg? Excurrent conifers or big decurrent eucs? No doubt Ben agrees with me that big eucs are the most challenging! Particularly fat boys that require quartering! My best earnings year was 06 at just over 115K. In truth the most dangerous work to perform is storm work for utility companies when you're on call 24/7, which is when 5 bills a day rules should kick into play. Ever do emergency night work for a utility under flood lights with dozens of supervisors milling about? Yu gonna do like Aug n get rich eh? Jomoco

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