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Did a bunch of pruning yesterday. First job was taking the lower suckers off of 3 oak trees.. climbed one, the other 2 I got from a ladder with 2 pole saw extensions. Best part of that was I left a guy there first thing in the morning for about an hour to clear out all the vines and prickers so I could get up to the trees. Did that about 3 years ago, and the vines were not as much of a problem then. Gonna go back there again in the winter for a bunch of dormant pruning. Went to another house, left the same guy there from about 10:30 - 5:30 to cut vines out of the trees and bushes. Did some work there myself, minor pruning and what not... stuff that was loooong overdue. Beside that, met up with about a half a dozen clients... all had work or money for me.
 
2treeornot2tree said:
If you got any extra i would take some of those pesky passes off your hands. lol. As i am sure everyone else would also. I hope to be there, but i will probably just come home every night cause i am only 1.5 hrs away from baltimore.

I am heading out to saxton, pa this morning to pick up some attachments for my mini. This guy i found on ebay, has tons of attachments at great prices. Its Mark Supply Co. He is super cheap. I am saving around $1000 on two attachments
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Ill see how many i wind up with this year. I usually get them for me and my family and crew. sometimes alot of the crew doesnt go so i get some spares.

Also try and be careful on off brand attachments ive been screwed with them more times than i can count on one hand. I took a beating on versatech stuff. wish i would have just bought name brand out of the gates.
 
mattfr12 said:
Ill see how many i wind up with this year. I usually get them for me and my family and crew. sometimes alot of the crew doesnt go so i get some spares.

Also try and be careful on off brand attachments ive been screwed with them more times than i can count on one hand. I took a beating on versatech stuff. wish i would have just bought name brand out of the gates.
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Don't be cheap with free tickets , and man you roll like a real baller you should buying us all tickets !
 
mattfr12 said:
If you where closer why not. The free injection and cheap stump grinding is advertisement. Just gives us a chance to get on people's property and show them how we operate. Usually leads to bigger and better things. We are in a lot of local shows equipment expos people usually get the free stuff there. Local churches are on the house for removals and trimming, same as cemeteries for veterans. Its just good public relations.
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Yeah I get it just need every nickle to survive, many times I do things free but I usually keep it silent.
 
mattfr12 said:
Also try and be careful on off brand attachments ive been screwed with them more times than i can count on one hand. I took a beating on versatech stuff. wish i would have just bought name brand out of the gates.
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I got CID xtreme brand attachments. They seem to be very well built. The MSRP on them are about the same as bradco brand attachments. Mark Supply Company in saxton, pa sells them for a really good price. I got a grapple and forks for $1537 out the door. I looked at full size loader grapples, and they are built way better then my fabtech ( same as versatek). I am gonna get rid of my current grapple and get one of the ones i looked at today. He said they are $1700 all day everyday picked up.
 
Did a cabling job this morning on a large black oak... fun fun. Put another climber up in the tree with me to make life easier. I got the limbs while he got the main trunk. Met with a couple of clients in the afternoon, nothing great but did get the face time. One guy who I worked for not too long ago called me up asking if I could get an oak tree plus a couple of other trees down behind his house ASAP... took a ride over, told him 5K+ all told... he freaked. I asked him what kind of budget did he have in mind... he said he didn't have one, but that he couldn't afford my services so I told him to call the local hacker who underbids everybody.
 
mattfr12 said:
Also try and be careful on off brand attachments ive been screwed with them more times than i can count on one hand. I took a beating on versatech stuff. wish i would have just bought name brand out of the gates.
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pic of the CID grapple and forks i got.

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