Haironyourchest

So true. Weakest link at the puller end, always. Dyneema pull rope is nice and safe. If I was in a position to own big machines for tree work I'd have some, with Soft shackles etc.

In terms of winching, and speedy dropping, on rewatching...quite honestly they could have pulled the hung up crown down with just the tractor and a rope, *maybe* (install the rope remotely in the problem tree high crotch and brute force it sideways back along the road). Wasn't that massive of a tree. Guessing 14 inch at the ground, weak root system, not much holding it in the other tree. Cut a sideways hinge in the root end if necessary. Assuming they had pull rope..

They were imported by Biden in 2022. Bending the rules for third worlders, as per no borders policy. Their stay was "supposed" to be 2 years but we all know they would never ever have been repatriated under a Dem administration, or a Republican admin minus Trump. The 2 year period has now expired and Trump is sending them home. So, it wasn't really the "right way". Not in the sense they applied to immigrate through an embassy and were accepted on their merits etc.. It was legal, but not "right". And what Trump is doing is legal. And, arguably, right.

We don't need to justify anything. I don't bother anymore as it's never ever accepted. Nobody is changing their mind so what's the use? If people want to keep on heaping scorn and hate on a beloved president and his team, majority elected, if they want to parrot debunked leftist media talking points, ad tedium...well, fine. Expect to be trolled like for like.

Just watched the video again. He cut the tree about half way up the stem, essentially buckling the tree. Ok, he was top roped off another tree, apparently the idea being he would swing out of the way as the tree buckled. Forgot he was stropped to the problem tree. This is the working theory. But even if he had not been stropped to the problem tree...how could anyone think they would get away with this? The swing is one thing. A hell of a swing. But the buckling top was bound to come back at him. Even if he had swung "out of the way" there was a good chance it goes hits him as it comes down. The top is what crushed him after he landed. Any way I run the "model" that half top of the tree is going to come down in an unpredictable way. Combined with an uncontrolled massive swing as the escape route...? It doesn't compute at all. I can't fathom how an apparently experienced and capable guy could think this would ever, ever work out. I'd like to hear a retrospective analysis with the chap when he's recovered. It could give fascinating insights from a psychological standpoint. What makes people do these things? What was he thinking/feeling at the time. What led up to this?

That chap will almost certainly have lifelong disabilities on account of this. A bloody shame, and he was just after buying his own home at 25 as well, which he had to sell. Hope he finds his new vocation soon. A thought occurred: when a guy is actually killed by a tree, in situations like this, what happens to the tree? Someone else has to finish the job, right? What happens to the timber after? Would anyone want it for firewood after it had crushed someone to death? It's would be sort of cursed timber, in a way, no? Do they leave it in the woods or what? Thankfully it's a rare enough event there's probably no unwritten rules about it so each tree service or county council clean up crew will deal with it differently, one presumes. What would we do with it? I think I'd probably leave it for habitat.

I approve of his golfing. Anything that keeps him halfway healthy and prolongs his life and time in power is ok by me. Hope he goes for a third term as well.

Reciprocating saw with a pruning blade? https://youtu.be/558oa_ekoK8?feature=shared

Approval of the Democratic party is lowest in recorded history (since early 90's) at 28%. Was north of 60% under Clinton and trended downward ever since. According to CNN poll.

Sounds like a nanny state on steroids. Do they test 750kg domestic trailers as well or just the heavy ones?

He won the popular vote, so...

Too complicated. To make it valid there would need to be trailer registration as with cars. VIN numbers stamped on all trailers etc etc. Domestic and light commercial trailers are too "mobile" to be plugged into the system, bought and sold, borrowed etc, ergo the onus is on the towing party to ensure whatever trailer they are towing is roadworthy. Nothing to stop anyone getting a mechanic to check their trailer. But they're so simple anyone can reasonably assess their roadworthiness. Bearings. Hitch play. Structural rust. Mudguards falling off. Lights. The only thing a mechanic might* pick up what an average person wouldn't is the condition of the overrun breaks. If a person caused or contributed to an accident, on account of their trailer being unroadworthy, that would be grounds for denial of coverage. Hence it's in our interest of self protection and the common weal to ensure our trailers are that. And visibly dangerous trailers enforced by police or similar. But to enforce a mandatory test cert system would be too difficult. Too much scope for cheating.

With flashlights, high CRI (colour rendition index). The higher, the closer to full spectrum sunlight. For headlamps where you are actually working with the light for hours and hours, it makes the world of difference. 99% of internet lights and 100% of shop bought lights go for lumens over CRI.

I had mine balanced. Did get a funny look from the tyrestop guy but he did it.

So was the neighborhood "enriched" by the encampment then? What happened?

Agreed 👍. And also be more honest what kind of house they live in. Far too many older people own houses that are bigger than what they really need. Using more than their fair share of fuel/electric to heat etc.

A pretty shocking read... Have you checked the suspension units are properly aligned? If the alignment is a bit out, it puts a side pressure on the wheels, you know the thing in the pamphlets in the waiting area at the DOE garage, about "Every km your misaligned wheel is being dragged 10m sideways" type of thing. A side pull could rip the stub out. Could be one or both of your suspension units were bolted or welded on slightly out of square..

The root of the faux moral outrage on the left (and trad right) is loss of control. The old establishment lost its power. And the people who linked their own little lives and minds to the old establishment, to vicariously enjoy the power, lost their power position as well.

Mine has the rear green life support ring, which I do attach the saw lanyard to. Also has red webbing "handles" left & right of the rear green ring. On close inspection these webbing sections are not sewn into the harness and would actually rip away with sufficient force. The way they're attached though I believe it would still take a powerful force to break them free, probably more than I'd like to experience aloft. Also I wonder about the effects of the redirection of force through the lanyard, ie the real world differences of breaking at the saw vs breaking at the harness?

Yeah no problem 👍 Didn't know about the breakaway on the harness option. Don't think my TreeMotion has one. I should research it..

It's the new normal 🙂

At the risk of being a safety nanny... have you considered putting a weak link between you and the saw? Like the top handle saws have, the little folding clip will fail if the bar gets stuck in a branch as it separates from the tree. It's not happened to me yet, but I suppose it does happen occasionally to someone somewhere. There's a destructive test (TÜV) video on the tube where they pull a real Stihl and a clone apart with a machine and measure the force. Loop on the handle, bar bolted to a frame. The Stihl took a ferocious amount of force to break.

Here's what's going to happen in the next few years, chaps: Russia and USA will become friends. China/Russia/US trifecta. There's your multipolar world order for the remainder of the 21st century. European countries will vote populist right and join the new order as second fiddle or...fade away. And that includes the UK.

Auld Elon is tearing the arse out of the deep state. Long March meets Blitzkrieg. Trump to meet with President Putin in Moscow teed up, realistic peace negotiations finally on the horizon. And the cognitive dissonance of the libs is off the charts like we have never seen before, in our lifetime. Good times, good times... 🇺🇲

The reality of time delay ("forever") makes a case for a "cheap" drill powered ascender and a dedicated rescue line. Just to facilitate getting the other guy in the crown in a timely manner.