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Therrin

Didn't spear the tree, thankfully, I was just using some 20lb test fishing line when I did that. Needed access to a branch about 25 feet off the ground on a pine, didn't have a ladder that long. Ended up shooting the spear up and over the branch, fed the rope up and over, tied a bowline, passed the bitter end through, cinched it up, shinnied right up it. Almost forgot all about that, it was years ago.

Someone asked in a different thread tonight, if I have or use throwbags. Nope! Guess I should get some. Noticed they come in about 2 oz differences. What's a good set to start with? (as far as weight goes)

bigshea13

therrin, i like the 14 oz ones and larger.

tree-d sorry i didnt get back to your question. weve got well over 3 feet on ground and its still snowing.

TreeDimensional

Shea, thats a lot of snow. Mother nature must be goin' through PMS, last at 11:00PM it was +3.3C and today it got up to about +7C (strong SW wind @ 40mph) virtually no snow left. Heard on the news last night the oranges are feezin' in Florida and word has it that Bermuda had a WINDCHILL.

The temperature flucuations has everything out our way all confused. On a side note, this would be a neat time for you arborists over your way to develop a new winter sport. You could climb a bunch of squirrel nesting tree. root around until you found a nest, toss ?m into the snow and BET on which tree they climb up. If it works, let me know and I'll see if the Vancouver Winter Olympic committee will let it stand as a new sport. They seem to acknowledge everything else. I would like to assist you in the experiment but all we have to work with around here are skunks, and they deserve to be buried in the snow.

bigshea13

that funny. when i was in misiouri one of the oaks had a nest in it. the owner asked me to remove it so I grabbed hold. 80' or so up and 2 reds came racing out. startled me and I slipped off limb. glad i was tied in. Im not sure how big they get up there but these buggers were the size of small cats. man i wish i could move around those trees like them.

newguy18

We get seventies next week which makes up for the chill we got this week.Haha you guys get snow.

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TreeDimensional

Newguy, we get more than snow, we get higher orange prices, and with crude oil up over $10/barrel, I'm pretty sure the transport cost will also be going up.

Well i'm sure you are aware that there is only one profession older than farming, right? At the risk of sounding like a cry-baby Canadian grain farmer, I would like for someone to explain to me how come as a grain farmer I have to pay for the rising cost of transportation of my grain. But when the transport cost of my consumables goes up I get to pay for that too???

I get the feeling like I am the victim like the worlds oldest profession.

bigshea13

here ya go brentt. alaskan black spruce. the tallest i saw north of anchorage.even though they re small i think your pooch would still get lost.

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TreeDimensional

Now thats what I would call a vertically challenged trees. They look to be growing really close to togeather, is it possible that this is a burn-out area, which had EVERY seed on the forest floor germinated?

Your pictures made me think of something really funny, how would you work on the tops of those things? My suggestion would be to use dry-wall stilts, but would ANSI require you to be tied in twice?

On a more seriuos note, do you think that reducing the number of trees/ square acre would increase the size of individual trees or are there other factors that keep them small (soil/water/growing season length....)?

You know those trees are in the dark 5 months a year, I'm in the dark ALL the time!!!

bigshea13

from what i could see they were all like that.....every one i saw. i think your right. the minimal daylight hours attribute to their dwarf like size kinda lika arctic willow.



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Done it

Hi, there's a lot over here that would agree with you. I can explain it to you but it would take pages. It is just Catch 22 updated. You might like to look at this site, tobacco is good example. Landline " Up in smoke" is the one I meant but there are endless others.

TreeDimensional

Done It, I must apologize for my lack of knowledge in world geography, and most of the time spelling. I have to know where is Paramatta??? (sp)

bigshea13

if it makes you feel better i dont know where it is either

arborjockey

nice ash photos. how was the work in st. lois? Im over in ohio and alot of arborist went over for storm damage. I used to erict cell phone tower for a.m f. electric based in st.lois if you get slow ther always looking for climbers 22.00 an hour.

Sean Freeman

Parramatta, New South Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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bigshea13

thanks for the info. food for thought. hawaii?

arborjockey

Grew up in hawaii, worked on farm in oregon during highschool, moved to arizona for college. Then to northern cal. and did ground work. Back to hawaii to start my own tree comany. Very nieve after my divorce and thought tree work only took big balls and hard work ( 1/2 right). Back to oregon to get some big trees under my belt. Then off to the mid west to stack towers and learn rigging. Now im an ex-bartlett foreman who works on a 3 man crew in dayton ohio. Great trees out here. My girlfriends an actress who just got accepted to get her masters degree (fully payed for plus 50,000 a year for living expences ) so im moving again This time to san diego. guess im going to study monocots, cant wait to climb the cocos. Watching ekk videos gets me pumped.

Steve Tipton

The novelty of the palms will soon wear off!

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it sure will.I hated my first palm.

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wow i just looked up tree services theire and its slim pickings. Sounds like im going back to school