Good TCI article, Tom!

[murphy4trees]

Guy,
Maybe you still need a pole saw because you're still using that stonedage climbing hitch..... I hardly use the polesaw much anymore , though I must admit, if Big Jon wasn't doing most of my big pruning work, I'd use it more often.
Tom,
Good article.. I just picked up my mail..... UNlike the majority of info in the trade mags and conferences.... that info has great practical application, written by a man with sawdust in his pockets for treeworkers with sawdust in their pockets...... something for everybody....
I may try the leg scabbord yet... Tom are you a leftie??? ( as in left handed as opposed to a supporter of Fidel Castro)
AS for an easy way to make $100.... I disagree... I doubt he made minimun wage on that article. For that kind of money it has to be a labor of love... Maybe thats why TCI has in general, such poor articles... Anyone with the knowledge and talent to write a good article can make a lot more putting that knowledge to use than doing the writing.. $100 beats a blank though... Tom hasn't made a dime for all his sharing here on AS....

 

[MasterBlaster]

And neither have anyone else of us!

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by murphy4trees
AS for an easy way to make $100.... I disagree... I doubt he made minimun wage on that article. For that kind of money it has to be a labor of love...

Murph you misread my post:blush: --$100. is for the From the Field articles, the short ones in the back. A feature article like Tom's pays $300-350.
Still, you're right, it is harder work for an arborist than tree work, and has to give more rewards than jsut the $$. I hope Mrs. Murph prods you to submit, like she urged you to propose to ISA.
:Eye: you in Pittsburgh!

 

[Lumberjack]

I liked the article also. It just goes to show you that we are always changing, and advancing.


And incase I have never mentioned it before thanks Tom for all you contributions to AS and arboriculture.


Carl

 

[Tom Dunlap]

The pic with the scabbard on the "left" leg is of Matt Lennon. The editors chose to flip the pic. oh, and my politics do tend toward the left side of the road

Payment comes in many forms. Of course, coin of the realm is what too many peope think of as the only form. Writing for publication has paid me better than most days of doing treework.

How many people use a stopper with a Blake's? I did at the beginning but quit after it didn't creep.


Tom

President GABI

 

[arbor01]

Great job Tom, as always.

ps I have taken your advice and decided to stop lurking. Hope to have some valuble input.

 

[murphy4trees]

Tom,
The pic of you wearing the yellow lid, which is captioned "false crothches" (pg. 33), shows you wearing a leg scabbord on your left side... Are you saying that that is a reverse image, and you were actually wearing it on your right leg???
I back up the blake because that's the way I was taught... It may not roll during normal useage, but what about a shock load???.... Seems like it wouldn't, but I think the arbor master tapes say that it can and they recommend backing it up.... Does anyone know what ANSI says???
It would have been nice to show a spliced eye line and advanced hitch in that top pic on pg 33, as that gives a much better look than the lower left pic.. I think a closeup of the friction saver would have worked as it did with the foot ascenders... Putting this stuff into words and pictures is challenging and overall you did a great job. Did the editors do all the layout??? Did they include all your photos???

 

[Tom Dunlap]

The crampon pics were taken a few years ago. We are north of the Ice Belt so I haven't had the opportunity to update the pics.

At that time I was using a Blake's, gives you a little clue about how long ago

There is no recommendation about backing up a climbing hitch. Not a bad practice. With experienced climbers I feel that a bu for the BH isn't necessary. I'd like to see where AS got the data that the BH could roll out from a shock load. All of the research that I've ever read shows that the hitches slip down the rope but don't unravel under load. Now, a tautline needs to be backed up ALL OF THE TIME.

As I looked at the pics on p.33 I see that all were reversed. Editors do that to have a good layout.

I just noticed a small detail in the upper right pic. You'll be able to see the doubled rope ascender I made from my Kong's. Since they're modular, I took the ascenders and bolted them together using only one handle. That made a nice, compact unit. Kind of like the butterfly handled Kong unit that is manufactured now. I made mine many years before they had that on the market. Too bad I couldn't have gotten a royalty

Tom

 

[murphy4trees]

I was wondering if those pics might have been old... It seems pretty clear that there is no 2nd tie in on the last pic (pg 36).. And I know Rocky hasn't got his copy yet, cause he hasn't said anything about the chinstrap thing....
Hey... even though the pics ain't perfect that article has some meat on its bones.... Much better than someone telling me "there isn't much I can do to motivate my employees", or that I can make money by "putting up flyers at the local supermarket to sell firewood"... Nothing to revolutionary there Huh

 

[Guy Meilleur]

It looks like the editors took some time with the layout--pictures interspersed very well. My article last April had pix all jammed at top of article--didn't illustrate points well at all. At first I thought they wanted to save ink by putting all the color on one page, but not so.

Reason for that was not editors' fault but mine--getting them in too close to deadline.

murph I'm as unimpressed with mags' content overall as you are. That's a big reason why we're both here, right?
But I'll say it again--editors of all 3 trade mags are ready towork with you on your submissions. They know they need more from the field, too.

 

[murphy4trees]

OK Guy,
I took you up on the offer and spent some of the last week (in the Bahamas) writing a 1600 word piece about hinge mechanics...
This is the most valuable, practical, and failrly easy to learn subject I could think of.... I just got home and checked my email to see that Dent has given permission to reprint from "Professional Timber Falling"... I still have a few tweaks with the copy and pictures and illustrations to add with captions...
Its all good... Thanks in particular to Tom D and you for the inspioration and Spidey for turning me on to a fresh perspective on Dent...
I'll keep you posted

 

[Guy Meilleur]

In the Bahamas? You poor guy. Remember, "Every picture tells a story", worth 1000 words, etc. Good Luck!