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  1. Stayalert

    Weird things in trees

    35' up a red pine I found a small piece of lumber with nails and some sheet metal....It was from the house that was previously on the site. That house blew up as a result of a propane leak a few years before I ended up doing tree work at the property with a new house...
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    Help with first bid

    You are WAY over thinking this....If you are "not responsible for the brush or the wood"....Send the whole shebang! Maybe lick you finger and gauge the wind to be absolutely certain first. JK! Are these trees still standing I'm getting old waiting!
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    Personal?

    Most places where I work there is no/spotty cell service.... (great story whats the point?) I don't really know except that its a non-issue for the most part.... using your phone and working for me = no bueno = sand bagging
  4. Stayalert

    Personal?

    Noun: Sand bagger Verb: Sand Bagging need more info? Stop asking me look it up yourself:D
  5. Stayalert

    whadja do today?

    finished the lightening struck cherry tree....Had so many throw lines and ropes it looked like a power line near a bridge that people fish off....stuff hanging everywhere
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    whadja do today?

    Looks to me like the cable had a lot to do with attracting lightening. The damage starts at each end of the cable and goes to ground. There is little damage above the cable and the stem with no cable has no damage.
  7. Stayalert

    whadja do today?

    started dealing with this lightening struck tree A cable up high (~50') between two leaders is complicating things. I can't climb the most damaged stem so my plan is to get a rope up high on it and put some tension on it in a favorable direction. then I will climb the first stem from the left...
  8. Stayalert

    picking up the mess

    My rakes are custom too. they have hockey stick handles and the rake heads are a variety of plastic, bamboo, and steel.....Whatever rake I fish out of the dump that ha a broken handle. What sets my rakes apart is that a guitar pick is fastened to each rake. They are not only custom they are...
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    Pucker factor.

    As much as I try to see/feel from the ground - I've def. reassessed stuff from off the ground....I often approach a tree in one manner and shift my approach a few times when I start to get up close and personal. In practice I generally bid high and come in low. I rely on a "feeling" which is a...
  10. Stayalert

    whadja do today?

    tree was ~55' tall 30"DBH
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    whadja do today?

    flopped a tilted (storm blow over) White Pine that was all hung up in neighboring trees back upright and then over into a meadow for processing....saved a ton of time processing it in the meadow instead of trying to get it processed while all hung up...After I brushed it out I stood the stick...
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    whadja do today?

    View prune in Falmouth Maine
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    whadja do today?

    Those hollow logs are GREAT as an outdoor fire….'course if yer new to fire and standin' up pieces of dead wood on end to balance and burn you better study first
  14. Stayalert

    My last removal

    Love the time lapse by the way! Good stuff and I'm betting you're only as done as you want to be.
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    My last removal

    Time lapses for noone
  16. Stayalert

    Unprofessional ?

    When my customers haggle I offer to modify the scope to meet their budget.
  17. Stayalert

    Why would you want to be a climber

    less bugs + better views.
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    What are the best or worst halloween tricks or treats you or your kids have gotten...

    several years ago…. walking up the driveway to a house…. hear a soft moaning "help me"…..the home owner had a few tools and a jack next to a wheel of his jeep, and a stuffed pant leg with a boot sticking out from under the vehicle….They had put the baby monitor under the vehicle and as people...
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    Tree-mek in action

    With that basket you can give the kiddos rides too! Seriously that thing looks awesome. I would need all of the time saved to get over that music though……There's obviously no one tool for every job but the tree-mek looks pretty verstile...
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    oh boy

    X1000 Absoloopely! I'm loopy! Always carrying a **** ton of fresh loops (and an extra bar) for every saw I have with me.
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