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Have you thought of planting 3 or 4 trees close together so that they will grow up instead of out. This way as time goes and the trees grow you can cull out the ones you dont like and your tree will begin early life in more of a forest environment. I have done this in areas were I was attempting...

I would think that with that much it would be best to see if you could sell it to a logger. I would pick a few of the really nice trees and cut the lumber I wanted and let the pros handle the rest. Sawing up the tree is the easy part. Taking care of the lumber and drying it properly so that...

Its 20 gallon. Should hold 300 ft easy.

And some more cherry. And some of the camphor in another window. I have a post here were I first sawed this up. All of the cherry is finished with 2 lite coats of danish oil. Everything else is done with teak oil. I use waterbased poly on the cherry and scrap wall were the...

A table I built . It is made of cypress,fir,ceder, mahogany, teak , Spanish cedar, and some other wood I do not know. I know it was hell on the planer though. Hard as iron. Another of the stairs. I did this so we could keep my daughter from climbing up. And some of the live...

Some more pics.

This is loser to the start. I built the shop on a container. Some of my shelves. These are built into the wall out of rough cut 1x8 and 1x 12.

finished product I have used the cherry I milled and built my wifes shop. I will get some more photos together later. I have another post with some camphor I milled. I have used this wood in the shop as well. The other wood you see is some mahogany and other stuff I dont even know that I...

I know you say you are not a pro but I would still suggest getting the 200 over the 192. Its worth the extra money. Welcome to the tree biz .

Dull chains and brains cost money. I agree 100 percent.

I am not a logger. I fell a lot of dead trees and snags though. A snag that is 2 years old does not have enough good wood left in it for me to comfortably try to steer it with the hinge . A snag does not act like a full tree . I usually have very little hinge left by the time the tree begins to...

I sell everything or give it to someone else who sells it . I live in an area where they buy wood though. Pine is either pulp wood, billets which is used for plywood or saw logs. Oaks are either fire wood or sold as saw logs. I mill some of it for personal use . I don't get rich selling the...

Ground guys and rope men are not born that way they are trained, Its not the pay but finding the guys that have enough sense to do the job that are not on dope and dont all ready have another job. If you find another ground guy thats got enough experiance he does not have to be trained or told...

I have had the same problem. I try to explain that first priority is me and what I am doing in the tree, its fine and good to cut stuff up and clear it but to always look up every now and again and see if I am ready for the next cut. I don't seem to be good at training from up in the tree. Its...

First in defense of myself I prune crepe myrtles for shape from the bottom and inside. Now quite often I have a customer that insists on lopping of the top because they feel it is to tall or whatever. I try my best to discourage this practice but still end up doing it. I explain to my customer...

I think one of my best business decisions was determining an hourly rate for my work. It is not applicable to a lot of jobs but helps out on whole yard prunes and such, keeps the customer from adding crazy stuff . I get calls to drop dead trees on empty lots often, I charge 100.00 a drop if it...

Whoever says smoking pot does not affect job performance is lying to themselves .

I was the drunk at one point. I have been sober a few years now and can tell you the difference in my work is a thousand percent. I never would drink during work hours but was usually so hung over I was probably dangerous. I can not find a limb dragger that does not smoke pot , I discourage...

I think that if your goal is the removal of your own trees by putting a bull rope in them and putting the whole tree on the ground then you have a sufficient setup. I would not like to see you hire out trimming with this setup, but it will work for removals. I guess working low and learning to...

I stay tied in and throw a running boland around the trunk so that I can bind against the tree then hook into my figure 8 and pull myself into position.