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They're SAS commandos.

It's not 97% of the world's scientists. It's 97% of those who bothered to respond to a vaguely worded survey.

I've been lighting it every time I hear someone mention global warming, Greta Thunberg, carbon emissions, or "Must take serious action now." Whether I need a fire or not.

Looking forward to Halloween? I am.

Pays them in pies?

Holy shit. Holy, holy shit. Maybe those spark arrest screens are mandated in certain places for a reason?

For every one that makes it there are a lot who don't. Combination of luck, right idea, right time, and a lot of work. And possibly risk.

Is there a clear fell into your client's land? Like, can you just install a winch cable and pull them over? Or is there a fence, wall or some such that means you will have to work the crown and remove bit by bit? Because, in the first instance, you don't need to climb out over the water, so you won't be tresspassing. And even if you did have to, who would know?

Or process the tree down to a clean log, jack up both ends enough to get planks underneath, to span the stream, and acrow-prop the planks in the stream. Then pull out, should slide over the planks.

Thats what I was thinking. process the crown back to as close to the edge of the bank as possible, then lift the crown end and drag the butt end .

(I used to follow a YouTube rope access guy) The industrial rope access sector is extremely regulated. No serious client will use anyone who isn't IRATA trained, and the training is comparable to getting a pilot's license. Months of training, three levels of competency, logbooks, a thousand hours of experience under a level 2 signed off by a level 3 etc, before progressing to the next level. Retesting every three years...deaths in the sector are virtually nil. They use a secondary paralell lifeline with an acelloration activated fall arrest gadget that passively follows the worker up and down the line. Anchor points are two, with both lines attached to both anchors with bunny ears, so if one of the anchors fails the worker still has climb line and backup line anchored. Most of the work they do is straight vertical and no lanyards, so the system makes sense. Actually tried it myself at home a few years ago, replacing a double glazed unit on the thrid floor. Chemical mountaineering anchor bolts in a 4" block wall...knee wobbling stuff.

Use the second lifeline as a very long positioning lantard?

Could have been the space cake was also rich in cbd oil, the non - hallucinogenic calming cannabinoid? I've never tried it, but people do rave about it. Supposed to sooth the mind without getting you high..

I'd braze it with aluminium alloy wire. All you need is the filler wire/rod and a map gas torch, there are plenty of vids on YouTube how to do this, and it's nearly as strong as a weld.

Build a little shed for it and clad the exterior with 4 inch sawn off logs. It will look like firewood stack.

When you say "Cut down an apple tree" do you have pics? How long did it take? What level of post-fell processing?

In all seriousness, just take it to your local waste disposal/ recycling centre, in the original container, and they will dispose of it for you in the hazardous waste area. Probably for free.

Yeah there would be, if the hinge was starting to go. Also as the tree passes vertical and falls, there could be a shock load on the system, depending how much of an angle of bite you started off with.

Maybe someone peed in your Gallup container?

True. I was slightly worried about this. I'd like to hear more opinions as well. The cable was pushing/sliding around about a quarter of the stem, producing one assumes, axial torque on the hinge and some side loading. I left a very generous hinge to account for this. Impossible to know how much unwanted directional force was produced, but given the cable is slippery steel, I wasn't too worried. I suppose you could sleeve the cable with a meter or so of waterpipe, and spray silicon lube to reduce friction.

Yup, definitly an item on my long term wish list. I maight get around to fabricating a proper ground anchor at some stage. So far I've been pretty luckly with nearby trees and extension cable.

That would definitely work if you needed to lay the tree down very gently. As soon as it reached the tipping point, it would be caught in the reversed bite, cradled, if you will, and you could then slack off slowly and lower it to the ground, assuming there was enough length of cable. I doubt it would damage the pulley, not mine anyway, but likely the pulley and the tree and the cable all jammed together would damage the cable.

My latest project. Chunked down to the crotch. Then felled against the lean (bout 17 degrees). Leaning over septic tank, had to go the other way. Used a trick I came up with, and it worked. This above was the state of the lean. This after making the cuts and cranking the tirfor, tree was at vertical. And down. Tirfor cable slung round the back of the stem, so the stem was in about 45 degree bite. There was no anchor point in the direction of pull, so I "pushed" it instead.

Try the soul patch. Proves you could if you wanted to.