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A powerbroom will pick up almost everything, even small wood chips in one pass.

arborjockey, 1. I don't bs people and go back and trim it up to make me look good. 2. I am the guy who descends on the pull line. Why? Because there is virtually no stress on the line with me using a descender to come straight down. If I did not trust the rope to support 150 lbs on a...

arborjockey, you don't know what happened between me and Treesurfer at the time of my post, and I am not going to air it out here, especially since he has since sent me a sincere apology. I think most of the guys here, and everyone who knows me personally, know that : 1. I don't exaggerate...

Yes, I spiked the date palms. I did not own an aerial lift in 1989 and half of the palms were in animal enclosures that even a spiderlift would not be able to access.

We have date palms with long spikes on the fronds. I don't know if that is what you call Canary Island date palms. I trimmed 44 of them, 60-80 ft. tall at the Honolulu Zoo in 1989. Then they had them all cut down 6 months later. Three had fallen before I trimmed them and two more fell after...

You are really fast if you can do 40-50 in a normal 8 hour work day spikeless. Do any have lights or other stuff on the trunk? I would be hard pressed to do 40 in a day with spikes, but I am an old fart (almost 62) who has slowed down quite a bit from my young days. Most I ever did was 56...

Spikerooony! Done before bands can get mounted on tree. Coconut trimming - YouTube But as I state in the video, we only spike the old spiked up ones, which are going to be removed next year and replaced by new plantings which will not be spiked.

Will need some tall ladders in Hawaii. Where is Coconut Girl?

Unique idea, but really slow and it would work only on clean trunks. How would it go pass lights and other junk that people screw into or bolt on palm trunks? Other than an aerial lift, all other means of climbing palms spikeless run into problems when something is on the trunk.

Yes, I really like the 23GT. It has been an awesome workhorse for me. We trimmed some royal palms and coconuts at a condo in Waikiki today. One photo shows the 23GT working on the sidewalk with plenty of room for passersby. Someone using a bucket truck would have had to go through the extra...

I found coconut girl. Here she is. Coconut Girl - YouTube

When a palm is not lift accessible, we use one of our three platforms in combination with strap on tree ladders to go over obstacles such as lights and other junk that people love to attach to palms.

OK, you wanted photos so here is how I do palms spikeless. One photo shows shows me having to climb out of the bucket and go up another 10 ft. to trim this coco. This is with my 23GT directly under the palm and extended to its full height. That palm is one of, but not the tallest coco at...

Ok Jeff, if the bid says no spikes, then everybody is on a level playing field and I win, LOL. But, since she asked about spiking, then the bid is not saying no spikes. All the companies here that work golf courses use buckets where possible and spike the rest. ROPECLIMBER, How were you...

Jeff, If you were to bid a golf course job to trim the cocos spikeless you would not win the bid. They are looking for the cheapest bidder, not one that is going to keep the palm trunks pretty. Besides, cocos grow wild here. Even the hotels that do not want their cocos spiked, are still...

Here is some photos of a huge monkeypod tree that I and a young climber with 1 year experience, deadwooded 3 years ago for $3500. It took four days. The tree was about 85 ft. tall with a canopy spread of at least 250 ft. No one had worked on that tree for four years. We did not have to haul...

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The Stihl dealer here still has a few 200Ts left. I just bought one and had him fix the four I had on the shelf. Now I got 5 that run real good, 1 brand new and 1 parts saw.

I am a Koa Man and here is a photo of a T Shirt that Shindaiwa made in my honor.:msp_thumbup:

The tree on the top is ironwood and the one on the bottom is kiawe. Both are excellent for the BBQ or for firewood. I trimmed a large monkeypod tree on Friday and these are some pictures I took while on the tree. I must say tree climbers have the best views.