how they ever gonna trust anyone with seeing them do it, they dont trust everyone the hire off the bat. And just cause there bigger than what i got in PA its still the same concept just bigger wood, limbs, trees, and oh yea bigger rope. Its the same thing if the tree 60' or 160' just different scale.
Im sure i could do biguns!!
Sorry to break your bubble, but it ain't the same. I've climbed east coast, west coast, northeast, southeast, etc, etc. On a daily basis, doing big trees in San Francisco is a whole 'nother level to anything I've done or seen before. Thems the facts. But don't take my word for it, go out there yerself. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that an individual tree or an individual job located in PA, OK, or Chicago could not be as challenging as trees in SF. What I am saying is that, in my 30 years of experience, day in and day out, the trees and tree situations in SF are a whole other animal.
I believe what Shaun was trying to say as far as the trust issue is that any competent tree service owner is not going to turn you loose on a 8-foot DBH blue gum that spreads out over 10 million dollars of residential property until he sees what you can do with something a little less, shall we say, challenging.
Also, although the basic principles of tree work apply whether a tree is 60 feet or a 160 feet, not so with the inherent anxiety factor of working in massive trees in extremely tight spaces nor taking out leaders the size of east coast trees.