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    difference in bar/chain oil??!!

    This thread needs an update as it is now more than 15 years later. Here is the best independent review I have seen on the subject. It is an eye opener as to just how much of a difference your choice in bar oil makes. There is a clear winner between 6 common brands.
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    Web Guy

    I do both myself. I am certified arborist and do web design. I am wondering if you would like to do some link exchanges with me. I am currently looking for a link exchange with a tree service in Fenton Michigan.
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    Oakland County Sheriff's Mi. Death

    I was wondering if they ever figured out exactly how that happened?
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    Michigan Truckload Logs

    Hartland Tree service in Howell Michigan will deliver truck loads of tree trunks which range from 18 to 40 inch in diameter and can be as much as 24 feet in length. They charge by how close you are to them. If you are close like in Brighton then you might get a load for $100.00 You will have to...
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    Rigging line advice - cable vs. rope?

    Rope vs Cable Hi we are Tree service in Michigan and we use a Rope now that holds up rather well and is stronger than Steel Cable. It is very expensive and still would not work as well in the application that you would be using it in. We are using the new rope for our Winch on our Chipper and...
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    for your protection on yellow page advertisement

    Yellow pages web service Be careful about using Yellow Pages for their webservice. We have a website for a tree service in Oakland County Michigan First they only cover about 1/4 of our service area and charge $200 a month. If you want to cover your whole service area, then you can do the...
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    rayco spr jnr belt conversion

    How did you make out on the belt conversion? The polychain drive belt is up to over $700 now from Rayco. Ouch!!
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    Throwballing removals

    I think as I have gotten older, I do more dropping of trees than I used too. Two reasons for this. 1 Over the years your ability to put a tree on the ground in one shot safely, improves. You learn lot's of little tricks. You learn what will slow hinge and what woods won't slow hinge. You...
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    Hardest Part Of Tree Work

    Seems like we have been running into alot more bees, hornets and poison ivy lately. Also I am getting tired of seeing so many dead ash trees. It seems like all we ever do lately is dead ash removal. Why does everybody wait till there tree is about ready to fall before calling to have it taken down.
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    new climbing styles vs. old

    Old school by definition means that which is tried and true. New school by definition means exercise extreme caution until proved true through time. A wait and see attitude is usually best. Older people are usually much more cautious than young people. Just ask your insurance company. An...
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    red oak leaking water?

    There is not enough information given to make even a good guess. Where I live in Michigan April is still capable of causing those conditions, but in Texas I wouldn't know. When the weather drops below freezing at night and then warms above freezing during the day, it is not uncommon to see the...
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    Remote control winch for chippers.

    Well I don't quite want to go that far with it, as I am afraid of being completely replaced by a machine. :monkey:
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    new climbing styles vs. old

    None of you will ever be as good as Fred Bear no matter how many new toys you haul up into the tree with you. All Fred needs is just his old warn out leather saddle and a 120 feet of hemp! :rock: No seriously there are some old time guys that would make most of us look like an amateur. I...
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    Arborist Certification

    Certification You want to pay close attention to the glossary of terms in the back of the ISA book. A good basic tree knowledge will not alone allow you to pass this exam. Here is an example question. 1: Which is an example of an excurrent tree? A Apple B Pear C Maple D none of the above
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    Remote control winch for chippers.

    Yes I already looked at his website, but no mention of the crane device that you are talking about. That would be one nifty gadget. I would like to see a picture of that thing. It makes me think of maybe designing my own.
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    new climbing styles vs. old

    I remember when I was a boy I had a recurve bow and tried for years to hit a deer. I practiced daily with that old recurve all summer in anticipation of the up coming hunt each season only to come home each year empty handed. Finally one day someone suggested that I buy a compound bow, next...
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    Remote control winch for chippers.

    I am shocked to find out how much Bandit is charging me for a hand held remote control for our winch. Has anyone else ever lost there remote control? $700 is highway robbery. I would just replace the winch on our unit with one that is less money, but this remote also raises the feed wheels. We...
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    hourly rate?

    Do you even do tree work? What do you mean 20 plus trees a day? Somedays we do more than a 100 trees, and somedays only one tree. Depends really on how big these trees are and how hard they are to reach.
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    hourly rate?

    We do what ever we can. If the wood is fit for lumber, then we sell a load to those who mill, but the vast majority of our wood is simply not suitable for that purpose. We do not recycle our woodchips. We offer free Prentice loads of wood to people and have a number of them that take a load on a...
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    hourly rate?

    I guess work in Hawaii doesn't pay well. If our economy here in Michigan wasn't so down because of the car industry right now, you can be sure that we would be pulling in $6000.00 a day on average. We are right at the epicenter of the emerald ash borer problem and I don't think with the...
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