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oh yeah, and the winner gets $5,000 USD, cash.

We are holding our second JAMBO event in Southern Illinois June 4th-7th 2015. If you dont know about JAMBO, check out our facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/272812272903920/ The 4 day event is at the Meurer Compound - 75 acre summer camp -Bathrooms - Bunks - Kitchens - Lake - Trails - Showers We have 4 big masters style trees with 6-13 bells. Groundsperson assistance and common sense rules. Atleast 3 events open to spectators, with cash prizes...An awesome totally out of the box tree climbers obstacle course. 100 open ascent events, unorthodox throwball target practice etc. Elaborate kids climb, free camping. Big swing and possibly zip lines into lake.. All food is covered for all volunteers. 3 meals/5days and climbers 3 meals/4days. There will be another JAMBO in the fall, somewhere on the east coast of the US and a UK event is tentative for 2016!

I have watched it the whole way through, uninterrupted, three times!

A personal interview with my hero! Some rude words so keep little ones out of ear shot.

We used a portawrap to take the load off the come-a-long. The pull line wasnt isolated to save time. Its much less than twice the load with the deflection and friction.

Only recently, I took it home for a few days because my bosses were being pricks.

Here is a video I initially produced on retention lines. It didnt all go as we intended but our plan, rigging, and equipment choices ensured a desirable outcome. I found a different lesson and focused the video on that. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_LeNhlxteY]Tree Rigging: The Plan - TreeStuff.com Tech Tips - YouTube[/ame] The tree barber chairs, it wasnt expected and could have been prevented had it been identified as a potential hazard. The point is that a good plan, rigging system and appropriate equipment choices created redundancy which ensured the result. No person or method is perfect.

I got an arbor trolley a few months ago, and in addition to the content produced for TreeStuff, I put out a ton of stuff on my channel. It occurred to me I didnt post any of it here so I thought I would drop a bunch of links in case anyone wanted to check it out. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8XUZHzebmc]Arbor Trolley - A Day in the Life - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izg_nzj0jXw]Arbor Trolley Dream - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsUV8fHTtY]Stein Arbor Trolley In The Yard - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMilGSLC7RE]Stein Arbor Trolley - More than Logs - YouTube[/ame] Thats just a few of the better ones, everything (including the TreeStuff content) that I put together can be found here for anyone interested: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8XUZHzebmc&list=PLMU5ZWrXtOeU1Av9KsTboySLDMj6I3sl7]Arbor Trolley - A Day in the Life - YouTube[/ame] ************************************************* ************************************************* Here is an extended review I wrote as well: I have written and posted a lot about the Arbor Trolley, and I would like to share some specific thoughts after having it a while longer. First let me offer some disclosure. Some of the products I review and produce video content for are provided to me at no cost. The Arbor Trolley is NOT one of these items. I purchased it at full price from TreeStuff (less 5% ARBORIST discount of course). I am in no way, nor have I been compensated by Stein or Reg. When I first saw the AT I immediately liked the idea of it and decided I would 'make' my own. Well, the truth is I am not a fabricator nor did I ever have the time. A year + passed and I still hadnt 'made' one, so I bit the bullet and bought it. As anyone that has read this and the other threads knows, I immediately fell head over heels for it. I am and always have been a gear junky, evidenced by the thousands of dollars I spend on random 'stuff' each year. I have bought tons of ropes, pulleys, rigging doodads, cords, tools etc. While many of them make my day to day a little easier, more convenient, or just a bit more stylish, nothing I ever bough compares to the AT. A new rope can be GREAT, a pulley can make my rigging so much BETTER or a little faster. Different things save bits of effort here and there, and there are lots of products that i just LOVE, but none has had measurable an impact like the AT. When I started doing treework I was on a crew with a 6" chipper, an 80's chip truck and a either a $50 dolly from Harbor Freight or the cheapest wheelbarrow money could buy. Dont get me wrong, cut a 20" oak down in a back yard and wheelbarrow is revolutionary compared to carrying rounds out by hand. Where I work now we have 2 standard ballcarts which are obviously superior to a wheelbarrow or a Harbor Freight dolly. The AT eclipses all of those tools by a power of ten easily. Nothing, in a similar realm of cost except maybe a chainsaw, offers the same return or has such an impact on production as the AT. After working with one, I literally CANNOT imagine working without it. At the end of the work day my body feels BETTER, because of the AT. Generating and removing tree debris is fundamental to what we do and just like I wouldn't cut a 18" log without a chainsaw, I wouldn't consider moving it without the Arbor Trolley. There are plenty of jobs where we wouldnt take a traditional ballcart because it is a pain, its heavy, and its huge. The AT fits almost anywhere and goes EVERYWHERE. I truly regret every day I have done tree work without the AT since first seeing it. It might not be for everyone, if you use a crane everyday maybe the AT isnt for you. BUT, if you regularly move logs or brush of any size without a machine, you are remiss by not having an AT. The ArborTrolley does not disappoint!

Its a drum chipper. No angled disc! I learned everything on the internet. And from Ben

Check out the next installment of TreeStuff.com's TechTip Series. Using a "Targeted Vertical Speedline"... Moving some BIG sugar maple logs to the ground at about 140mph *remember to watch in high quality* Please comment and discuss

Good to see you OMTC! I have never been to England proper, only Dublin - Ireland... Thats still UK though right? Interesting tree trimming there, thats for sure! If there are any suggestions, submissions, or requests for Tech Tips, I am all ears!

That was cool, I love timelapse!

That was my first post huh... I lurk over here a bit, I joined back when I joined the House. Good to see you Ben!

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