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[Dsnow9]

The rule I have used is 80% of the face of the tree and 90 deg notch. Like this:
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But there are so many variables...

That’s basically what I use. Things change a bit 80 feet in the air though.

 

[COEngineer]

That’s basically what I use. Things change a bit 80 feet in the air though.

Nice to have feedback from a pro, thanks.

 

[MarvB]

The rule I have used is 80% of the face of the tree and 90 deg notch. Like this:
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But there are so many variables...

Dad was a gypo logger, he’d get hives if I cut anything of size without a Humboldt undercut … got to keep those pennies

 

[COEngineer]

The problem with the Conventional or Humboldt is that the notch can close before the hinge has completely failed and you end up with something like what NR_Hunter posted a pic of. It's very little extra work to make it a 90 deg notch.

 

[MarvB]

The problem with the Conventional or Humboldt is that the notch can close before the hinge has completely failed and you end up with something like what NR_Hunter posted a pic of. It's very little extra work to make it a 90 deg notch.

Totally agree with that, problem being when it comes to getting paid scale they will measure to you short side and on big timber, and especially jug-butted ones like incense cedar, your putting extra weight, etc. between the bunks that you aren’t getting paid for. Completely different perspective than with tree/arborist work where concerns for safety and/or the surrounding grounds are key.

Pops was old school and tight with the dollar when he needed to be. Want to see a man go ape-shit you shoulda witnessed him (redwood logging) when he’d spend an hour building a lay and the faller miss it and chunk up a tree….could get ugly

Good looking tree monkey work there though @Dsnow9

 

[COEngineer]

Totally agree with that, problem being when it comes to getting paid scale they will measure to you short side and on big timber, and especially jug-butted ones like incense cedar, your putting extra weight, etc. between the bunks that you aren’t getting paid for. Completely different perspective than with tree/arborist work where concerns for safety and/or the surrounding grounds are key.

Pops was old school and tight with the dollar when he needed to be. Want to see a man go ape-shit you shoulda witnessed him (redwood logging) when he’d spend an hour building a lay and the faller miss it and chunk up a tree….could get ugly

Good looking tree monkey work there though @Dsnow9

Thanks for the insight. I understand your first post better now. Definitely different priorities and concerns logging in a forest vs an arborist working in town.

 

[Dsnow9]

 

[noharleyyet]

@Dsnow9

You sir, are a badazz....that is all

 

[LuketheDog]

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Don't talk to me about hot out! I measured my current workspace at 110 today and it wasn't even in the 90s outside

 

[Dsnow9]

Don't talk to me about hot out! I measured my current workspace at 110 today and it wasn't even in the 90s outside
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Attics sucks, and that doesn’t look like an office job to me.

 

[Dsnow9]

Ok all, I don't have any other social media and don't do any marketing with my business so having a bunch of cool photos is only cool if you get to share them. I like staying small business. I work my butt off three days a week in the field. I spend the majority of the other four days with my wife and two daughters, sometimes do bids before they wake up. That being said, I helped teach the local owner of an up and coming workwear company how to climb a few years back. They have now gotten much bigger now and I was asked to do a photoshoot with them. I had them over to my back yard and we had a fun day swinging around and teaching the photographer how to climb a tree to get some photos swinging with downtown Denver in the background. Thought I would share those photos with those of you not out hunting right now.

 

[Dsnow9]

Here are some pics from a couple weeks ago. One of my clients/friends is a photographer and he took some photos the other day.

 

[Dsnow9]

Here are some the same friend took photos of us on a below zero days over the winter.