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My best buddy Floyd a few days after loosing his front leg to a rattlesnake. That was about 6 years ago and he's still going strong. An amazing creature!

What do woman in Arkansas say when their making love? "get off of me Pa, your squishing my cigarettes"

Thanks Reg. I did the urban arborist thing in my younger days, but it wasn't my cup of tea. Lasted as long as I could, then ran back to the woods where I belong. I'm a big fan of your work, climbing style, and techniques, and have really been enjoying your latest round of vids. Keep em' coming!

Under skilled with a little laziness sprinkled on top. Works every time! The limb above his head likely save this fella from serious injury or worse?

Spent the summer transitioning to SRT. Love it!

The largest tree on my parcel.

I have flown a lot of saddles in my life, and the TreeMo is amongst the 2-3 best! Love the double bridge setup, but the optional spreader looks a bit awkward. It could be really nice when suspended for very long periods though?

I am no fan of the Clintons, but Bill was impeached by Congress for his crime, and the Republicans had 4 years and millions of US taxpayer dollars to "investigate Hillary, and they came up with nothing. Not really sure what the media had to do with any of this? The Clintons are no longer relevant. It might be time to find a new boogey-man, and let Billary go quietly into the night.

Funny, but I vaguely remember Bill Clinton being semi-impeached for some of his sexual indiscretions? We also didn't have a tape of Slick Willy admitting to sexually assaulting woman. When all else fails, bring in a Clinton or 2. It never gets old.

I figured you were cisgender the moment I meet you.

We will feed the hogs with em'. Ironic?

Send em' over here. We will put a boot in their arse, waterboard em', then surgically dismember them with a 3120! We are the greatest nation on earth, after all?

Thats what they call "fake news", but you already know that.

Beautiful work, and one of the coolest vids I have seen in a while. I spent a couple seasons Heli logging back in the day, but never had the chance to work with one as a climber. Thanks for sharing Conorjm10!

2 words. Butt Hitch!

A little Americana for you fellas..

yep!

Thanks Timon. I am blessed to have lived most of my life in the Redwoods of NorCal. A special place, no doubt. I very rarely venture more than 15 minutes from my home these days, and have more work than I can handle.

Thats an issue is try and steer clear of. Legit arguments on both sides. I just know that I am not gonna be the one to tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her own body. I think its illegal to text and drive at the same time? Little more road work in the hood today.

My jobs numbers come from Trumps own labor dept. I wasn't aware that we were at war with NK before Trump showed up. Thank the gods those "fire and fury" tweets saved us all from certain death. Trump is in fact removing children from their parents without any intentions of returning some of them. The WH has said as much. And yes we have recent photos of very young children in cages/cells. I could give a rats arse about the media narrative, my view of Trump is based on my own research. The man is an incompetent buffoon who is not good for America, or anyone else for that matter ( the guy looks like a burnt french fry, for f******k sake). Donny is concerned about one thing, and one thing only. What is best for Donny. I voted for Obama in 2008, but did not vote for him in 2012. I am no Obama fanboy, but he does deserve some of the credit for the thriving US economy (as does Trump). I acknowledge some of the positive aspects of things Trump is doing, but the baggage he brings with him simply outweighs the good. Hillary or Trump? We can do better. We must demand better. Enjoying our conversation, but I gotta go make a little $. I will get back to you later Haironyourchest (great handle by the way).

'brokered NK peace deal" - Do you know something we don't, because the last time I checked there is no NK nuke deal. Kim got his photo op (what he wanted), and went back to building bombs. "resurrected the US economy" - Obama had the longest jobs growth streak in American history (75 straight months). 6 of the 8 years under Obama the yearly jobs creation numbers were greater than Trumps first year. Our current streak of positive economic growth is 103 months long. Thats 85 months under Obama, and 18 months under Trump? "sorted out the immigration problems" - No wall (so much for promises). Zero legislation. Kidnapping children with no plan to return them to their parents? It fixes nothing. Nada! "clawing back some of his citizen's wealth" - Tell that to the literally thousands of farmers and manufacturers that are already feeling the very real, negative effects of his insane "trade war". If he keeps it up, Trump will be responsible for bringing one of the best economic runs in our history to a screeching halt. I do apologize for buggering up this conversation with a few facts! I am new around here and swore I was just gonna post pics and vids, and was not gonna get involved in anything political. Why am I so freakin' weak?

Michoacán Hitch. A high performance hitch with very little setback. Depending on your climbing line and hitch cord a 26-28 inch E2E should work well. My go to hitch.

When you purchase a shiny new Stihl, they unfortunately don't include the skills to fall a big tree in the box with the other accessories. Glad to hear there was a relatively happy ending to this story!

Man I love my Saturday afternoon shingle/shakes sessions. An hour or two with an old chunk of wood, some simple hand tools, a little peace and quiet, and nobody to piss me off but myself!