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Stihl-O-Matic said:
Thanks for the heads up on the TYPO but that does not change the fact that you know gave that guy BAD advice. When some unsuspecting homeowner drops a tree on their house because they listened to you tell them to go to HOME DEPOT and buy yellow nylon rope you going to fix their house or them. Honestly think before you give advice for everyone's benefit. By the way if your pulling trees over with Yellow nylon Home Depot rope and getting paid for it YOUR A HACK.
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Yeah I pull trees over with yellow rope:msp_ohmy: If I need to pull somthing over that a couple of guys cant handle then it is time for a winch.I will admit without knowing EXACTLY what kind of job the guy was looking to accomplish I shouldnt have recommended anything! For all I know he was pulling over 20 footers. I am big on the right tool for the job and if he was just roping smaller branches why break the bank on expensive rope?
 
Lol just get a couple arm guards for archery. They protect and they're open on the back so they would be cooler in the heat...or just take it like everyone else. I might be a lil more cautious if I got a nasty infection, but this far I only get sick bout once a year. That's due to poor judgement on throwing food out since I was raised not to waste. I could definitely see how they would be nice if the tree spits your gaffs. That caused some good scars on the inside of my elbows and forearms.
 
CNBTreeTrimming said:
Lol just get a couple arm guards for archery. They protect and they're open on the back so they would be cooler in the heat...or just take it like everyone else. I might be a lil more cautious if I got a nasty infection, but this far I only get sick bout once a year. That's due to poor judgement on throwing food out since I was raised not to waste. I could definitely see how they would be nice if the tree spits your gaffs. That caused some good scars on the inside of my elbows and forearms.
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Or just learn how to shoot your bow... Haven't used an arm guard for archery in about 20 years either... But that is another topic for another thread... Form... Not very much unlike positioning... :)
 
Lmao yeah I agree. I have been a bow tech/archery instructor since I was fifteen and have only used an arm guard to compress heavy layers of clothes. Never due to poor form. I was making the suggestion as a joke.
 
tree md said:
Or just learn how to shoot your bow... Haven't used an arm guard for archery in about 20 years either... But that is another topic for another thread... Form... Not very much unlike positioning... :)
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right on MD if your gripping a modern compound correctly there is no way you could hit yourself.
 
I gotta say I have never tore up my forearms bad enough climbing to where I wanted to use arm chaps but dragging the brush is another story. Last week I took down this tiny maybe 12 foot spruce that was being shaded out by a white ash and that little bastard tore up my arms pretty good. I had to hand carry it out through a garden and a gate.
 
Stihl-O-Matic said:
Thanks for the heads up on the TYPO but that does not change the fact that you gave that guy BAD advice. When some unsuspecting homeowner drops a tree on their house because they listened to you tell them to go to HOME DEPOT and buy yellow nylon rope you going to fix their house or them. Honestly think before you give advice for everyone's benefit. By the way if your pulling trees over with Yellow nylon Home Depot rope and getting paid for it YOUR A HACK.
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Hey man you dont need to be attacking me, calling me a hack and such. You could have simply said that you wouldnt recommend what I suggested. I am not on here to get your feathers all ruffled. So I did give bad advice I should have explained that what I suggested shouldnt be used when there is any serious danger present. So yeah I am a hack so to speak , I charge my clients a fair price, they are always very pleased that I do an outstanding job for a reasonable price unlike some of the thieves around here, so I hack their buisness undercut their outrageous bids and win the loyalty of the customer ! And I do a better job !
 
shooterschafer said:
Hey man you dont need to be attacking me, calling me a hack and such. You could have simply said that you wouldnt recommend what I suggested. I am not on here to get your feathers all ruffled. So I did give bad advice I should have explained that what I suggested shouldnt be used when there is any serious danger present. So yeah I am a hack so to speak , I charge my clients a fair price, they are always very pleased that I do an outstanding job for a reasonable price unlike some of the thieves around here, so I hack their buisness undercut their outrageous bids and win the loyalty of the customer ! And I do a better job !
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Well I will admit you did correct yourself later on and I may have been a little gruff but it honestly was for the greater good. You did attempt to back up the use of that rope at first but I think you decided it was a bad idea. My statement was not thought calling you a hack just making a generalized statement that if you are using that POS home depot rope while getting paid to do tree work, then you are a hack (meaning anyone that does is a hack). Kinda like the illegal immigrant that was going to do this tree for $1000 who took off with the money and left his yellow home depot rope hanging from the tree... You ever work in Connecticut?

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I smell a carbdude?
 
Sounds more like AA to me, going on about how much his customers like his work. I negged him for the bad rope advice as well.
Rick
 
Nope I have been in Colorado all of my life, I appologize for going on about cutomer satisfaction but I am proud of my work ! We dont have that big of trees around here like the pics you were showing s-o-m If I had a job like that I would deffinitly use the best of the best equipment! I will be a little more careful about my suggestions, I forget that there could potentialy be some ding bat on the other end of the computer that woud ge themselves (or worse someone else) killed.
 
Just saying that 90% or more of the customers can't tell the diff between a hack and a true pro. Of course your customers like you, or you couldn't stay in business for long, but that really doesn't count as much when it comes to actually knowing what you are doing. The fact you think using that cheap ass Home Depot rope is a good idea, points STRONGLY towards the hack side. Some of your other posts have sounded a bit 'hackish' as well. SOM said you sound a bit like Carby and that isn't good either.
Rick
 
The company I first worked for used that cheap nylon rope all the time and he has about 2 mil worth of equipment and 5 crews running not like he couldnt afford the premo stuff, so I guess after seeing it work time and time again it has proved to be effective. I do own some high quality 3/4 bull rope but I only use it when I am rigging down heavier pieces there isnt anything like using quality dont get me wrong. Like I said the trees around here just aint that big compared to the trees out east, heck we are in a high plains desert, none of these urban trees would be around here without the help of humans.
 
I always check out Wesspur's discount rope section you can get some good deals on some odd size rope for pulling trees over.
 

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