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Originally Posted by TreeCo  I've had one for a few years and bought my first Hobbs Lowering Device from Don Blair back in 1990. |
I called into to see Don one day at his house in Big Pool, Maryland, a few years back. Unfortunately he was not there, seemingly out on the west coast doin some important sh*t. But there was a woman who was shuttin up the office/shop for the day. And i pretty much begged her to let me in to see all the gear in the basement and maybe buy some stuff.
It was like descending into Aladdin's cave!
Ropes a plenty, harnesses a go go, hardware, software, rigging, biners, spikes, you name it I saw it with my big eyes. Due to my meagre cash flow, I ended up just buying a pair of Bashlin spikes and Shigo's A New Tree Biology with the stupid little dictionary that came with it. It turned out to be a hellishly unreadable book! I always regretted not buying Don's Arborist Equipment, which is a great book even now with all it's little anecdotes about the Euc man and The Oak man. In case any of you are wondering, I am a Oak man with Euc tendencies. Pretty much like you guys I would suspect.
Still, shame Don wasn't around to talk to. Any of you guys met him?
