I am looking at things I can do in the event of a layoff. I am not an arborist but I do have decent knowledge of proper pruning techniques. I have trimmed my own trees with a cherry picker, and have cut a fair amount of trees for firewood. When I first looked into this, I was thinking small, a bucket truck and chipper/dump unit. 1, maybe two helpers. And insurance,of course. After many hours spent on this forum, it seems all tree trimmers either climb, or have climbers. After some thought, I realize there are many trees in backyards,etc that are simply inaccessable to a bucket truck. I am too big and clumsy to be 50' up a tree. My question is: Can a guy get by without climbing, with just a bucket truck? Do any of you have a full time business w/out climbers? Thanks.