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[Rftreeman]

I used to clove hitch directly to my double D's, tying my blakes w/ the tail. Worked well. My bro still uses this system. Some guys think the clove will tend to roll but I never had that problem. Or you can forget all that #### and get with the new school, RF. Ya know, when ya get out of your bucket someday. lol

man I haven't been in a bucket (have sat on a few 5 gallon ones) for more than 2 years now, wish like hell I had one.....would be nice :hmm3grin2orange: as for new school, I've been watching and reading but some of the stuff seems a bit overboard for me since all "I" do is a removal once in a while....I'm so old fashion I still use the tautline hitch....LoL...

 

[pdqdl]

...I'm so old fashion I still use the tautline hitch....LoL...

It still works, doesn't it?



I would probably offer to pick on you if you were still swinging on some 3-strand, though!
If it was 3 strand manilla rope, we would probably have to take your chainsaw license away and make you go back to handsaws.

 

[Rftreeman]

It still works, doesn't it?



I would probably offer to pick on you if you were still swinging on some 3-strand, though!
If it was 3 strand manilla rope, we would probably have to take your chainsaw license away and make you go back to handsaws.

Works too good sometimes especially with the added weight..

I did use 3 strand probably longer than most but now I'm swinging on yellow jacket.......

What's manilla, I'm not that old.........:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Blakesmaster]

man I haven't been in a bucket (have sat on a few 5 gallon ones) for more than 2 years now, wish like hell I had one.....would be nice :hmm3grin2orange: as for new school, I've been watching and reading but some of the stuff seems a bit overboard for me since all "I" do is a removal once in a while....I'm so old fashion I still use the tautline hitch....LoL...

Don't go new school, RF, it's a money pit. You get one new fangled jobby, and then the next one you need to help out the first one and so on. But as me and my partners were discussing last week, we're not in this to make money, it's just a very expensive hobby.

 

[Plasmech]

Don't go new school, RF, it's a money pit. You get one new fangled jobby, and then the next one you need to help out the first one and so on. But as me and my partners were discussing last week, we're not in this to make money, it's just a very expensive hobby.

I was thinking about trying to become a certified arborist. Do you think this is a colossal waste of time/money?

 

[Rftreeman]

Don't go new school, RF, it's a money pit. You get one new fangled jobby, and then the next one you need to help out the first one and so on.

sounds like prescription drugs, you need one for this and another for that and another to help with side effects of the two and so on....lol...

 

[Plasmech]

sounds like prescription drugs, you need one for this and another for that and another to help with side effects of the two and so on....lol...

Hey man what's up with your siggy, it sucks. You're not stupid. If you were I wouldn't be reading your posts.

 

[pdqdl]

I was thinking about trying to become a certified arborist. Do you think this is a colossal waste of time/money?

There seem to be differing ideas on the topic. Read this whole thread, and you will have some good ideas on the topic: http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=112156


Quite frankly, I learn more here at AS than I ever did from ISA. My customers don't seem to know or care, but it looks good on my business card. My employees quit arguing with me as much about how things should be done, and I suspect that it generates a little more trust in my advice when I am talking to my customers.

 

[Blakesmaster]

I was thinking about trying to become a certified arborist. Do you think this is a colossal waste of time/money?

Have you not been reading the hubbub about CEU's and the ISA in the other thread? Figure out how to do the work first, then think about becoming a CA.

 

[Blakesmaster]

There seem to be differing ideas on the topic. Read this whole thread, and you will have some good ideas on the topic: http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=112156


Quite frankly, I learn more here at AS than I ever did from ISA. My customers don't seem to know or care, but it looks good on my business card. My employees quit arguing with me as much about how things should be done, and I suspect that it generates a little more trust in my advice when I am talking to my customers.

agreed

 

[Rftreeman]

Hey man what's up with your siggy, it sucks. You're not stupid. If you were I wouldn't be reading your posts.

I was gonna rep ya but I'm out, that's just how some people see it, you know, utility tree guys are just stupid hacks with no proper training...

 

[Blakesmaster]

There are very inexpensive way to go new school. For instance a self tending VT hitch for climbing can be done for the price of a carabiner...a couple of dollars for a tress cord.....and a $4 dog leash snap.


Of course if you want to spend big bucks to go new school vendors are lined up to take your bucks.

Sometimes I wonder if some o' the folks at this site are getting free gear in exchange for talking it up. It is nice though. My setup now is about 10 times what it was a year ago.

 

[Plasmech]

I was gonna rep ya but I'm out, that's just how some people see it, you know, utility tree guys are just stupid hacks with no proper training...

My post was a compliment man

And by the way, NO man who works right next to 2000+ volts isn't stupid, rather he's already dead.

What voltages were the primaries usually?

 

[Plasmech]

There are very inexpensive way to go new school. For instance a self tending VT hitch for climbing can be done for the price of a carabiner...a couple of dollars for a tress cord.....and a $4 dog leash snap.


Of course if you want to spend big bucks to go new school vendors are lined up to take your bucks.

Hey what's a "tress" cord?

 

[treemandan]

Hey what's a "tress" cord?

a validoation ttresse cord.

 

[zopi]

There are very inexpensive way to go new school. For instance a self tending VT hitch for climbing can be done for the price of a carabiner...a couple of dollars for a tress cord.....and a $4 dog leash snap.


Of course if you want to spend big bucks to go new school vendors are lined up to take your bucks.

true...my etrier is just a distel hitch, micropulley, and carabiner, with a web sling...cheap safe and effective...

the ascender though? little pricier...

Oh I WANT to spend some $$...buuuttt...

 

[Rftreeman]

My post was a compliment man

And by the way, NO man who works right next to 2000+ volts isn't stupid, rather he's already dead.

What voltages were the primaries usually?

That's pretty much how I took it...

I worked around voltage anywhere from 4k to 400k....

 

[zopi]

My post was a compliment man

And by the way, NO man who works right next to 2000+ volts isn't stupid, rather he's already dead.

What voltages were the primaries usually?

hey..waitaminute...I play with -18kvdc pretty regularly..I'm still breathing...most days..