#tree tools

[stumblngrumbl]

these are the tools i use most on tree trimming and land clearing

at far left: fiskars pruning stik - it easily cuts branches up to an inch thick almost 6' above you. also very useful for cutting seedling trees down at ground level without having to bend over

next over from it: fiskars lopper, forget the model - these will cut almost 2" thick oak branches (green) if you've got the power for it. i use them mostly to cut smaller branches off of bigger branches that i've cut from a tree to make a neat pile that's easier to manage; also cut lower medium branches off of trees that are too close to the ground (we trim up at least 6' to avoid "fire ladders")

yellow thing: tree saver strap - used to anchor a winch to a tree

bag with rope: that's a hand winch which uses a rope. usually used to put tension on a tree to encourage it to fall a certain way when cutting it; there's 100' of rope and the winch doesn't accumulate it on a spool so you can just keep winching. rope winches are NOT for pulling cars - the rope is good for 1500# which is almost nothing compared to a stuck car, and this rope is super springy so if it breaks it's going to whip really fast and dangerously

blue poles: modular pole saw. the poles are super light, hollow fiberglass with aluminum ends that snap together. you can use an end unit on a single segment or connect 2, 3 or 4 segments together to increase reach. easy to use with one or two segments; a bit floppy with three, and difficult to use with 4 (i rarely use 4, but often 3)

the saw for the pole system is super sharp and can cut through a 4" oak branch in a minute or two. still a good shoulder, tricep and bicep exercise!

there are also two sizes of loppers you can put on the pole. the smaller one has a single pulley and is lighter, pretty easy to use, but the fiskars one is still preferred if it can reach. the bigger lopper can cut 1½" branches, but it's a heavy thing at the end of a springy pole so it can be a struggle to use. still, without a bucket truck, the only way to get some branches... it's got a two-pulley system so you have to pull the cord a long ways to get the cut.

i only occasionally use the lopper parts because they're a pain, but i can get mistletoe bunches out of trees up to about 24' off the ground with it if i'm determined

the orange saw is the newest addition. it's a battery saw, super light and dangerously good. i splurged; it's a pro saw and so far i have zero regrets about buying it. it replaced a slightly larger gas saw that quite regularly ran terribly with an air intake system that would just clog instantly with dust and sawdust and let half of it into the carb. fuck that. this one i can use and put right down without it still running or threatening to start a fire if you put it down in the wrong spot

and it's so light that you can do lots of cuts without getting tired, and the battery lasts longer than i do, no stink and no noise like the gas saw

too small for cutting all but smaller trees down but that's a job for the big saw, though that's rarely used here

[dreamyblanket]

Sorry guys, wafer on the brain, it's terminal u.u

Anyway, I'll elaborate on this in the tags bc omg I'm going to yap your metaphorical ear off.

[dapurinthos]

forever annoyed at the lack of non-woven jedi garments. excuse you, fibrecraft is the basis of society. where are they getting their cloth from? are they weaving it themselves? are they spinning it themselves? where is the knitwear. you cannot tell me that there are no sweaters in the jedi order. there are probably hideous sweaters made from fourteen different colours of yarn because they're made from the wool leftover from other projects. all of the colours manage to clash. and embroidery is just too good for teaching patience. hand-sewing in general is good and meditative.

these people are going to be darning their own socks, patching holes in their robes. they are going to have needles and thread in their survival kits and know how to hold the cloth tension just right with the force so they can re-weave the bigger holes by using tiny, straight sticks to hold the warp in place.

[hallwayheart]

(wip) i've been tool modding again. this IS willow creek btw.

[hatgame]

[cerubean]

cozy winterfest morning ~

[kittiecreature]

look at the sky! (tux paint, 2025)

[sluckythewizard]

YOU JUST HƎARD IT FROM [HIS MOUTH] FOR SURƎ!!!

[hoarderheart]

sua being mizi’s god was as true as the existence of the other gods in the past; of course, none of it was real. there isn’t any miraculous force that would somehow save them from their manufactured demise, just as there wasn’t a miraculous force to save humanity from being conquered back then. not even their love can save them. and mizi knew that, yet she so desperately wanted to believe anyway. she wanted to convince everyone and herself that it’s all she could do, that that kind of belief is innate to her as a human being, much like the many other things that many people believe (or convince themselves) are innate to being human (like heterosexuality and the willingness to participate in procreation itself), regardless of how true they really are. she wanted to have something to keep holding onto, just like how people in the past held onto their beliefs in the face of incomprehensible violence and loss, just like how everyone held onto that pure image of her as their feet dangled above death. but they are no gods, they’re false idols. 

[clumsypuppy]

Why are ppl scared to call it what it is and say we’re still going thru covid on top of seasonal illness. Like. That’s pretty important right. I was watching the news and they were like oh yeah we have an unprecedented number of flu cases “as well as other sicknesses” without actually saying Covid. No announcement abt vaccinations or masking or anything. Also if I hear someone joking abt “war flashbacks” for mentioning covid I fucking hate u

[dailyhtfboards]

Day 81

Today’s board is:

Very awesome and cool trick there Russ, we’re all proud of you :] (From TV episode 9A Idol Curiosity)

[the-punforgiven]

I think if we're gonna make more survival games that are like, "Harvest resources cook food find clean water to drink" we gotta make them in some crazy fuckshit world

Like I wanna see a game with that kind of gameplay style but set in some crazy death metal album cover landscape

Like

I wanna try to craft tools and scavenge resources in some lands like this shit

Y'know what I mean?

[justaz]

Stumbled across anti-luke castellan posts on tiktok and scrolled through the comments and have been reminded of how vile a person he really is in canon. Like I already don’t like him but posts like that help me remember that I HATE HIMMMM

[roadtrippinlilly]

Redbuds in Bloom...

Source Me laf@ilyF 😊

[twiksayshi]

their colours are literally complementry to eachother.... they should kiss

[hacksawing]

cube sketch !! i think of them like the guardian of the treeangle