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Went round and round with DMV in Michigan about this. Needs a title to get a plate, needs a VIN to get a title, manufacturer doesn't issue a VIN. Law in Michigan reads that if it is towed more than "occasionally" it needs a plate. Occasionally is defined vaguely more than once or twice a week...

Ants and EAB are two completely seperate issues. The ants do not tunnel in live or solid wood. They will tunnel in wood already softened up by decay. They are not a health concern on trees. EAB lives just under the bark and will tunnel in solid wood. This area on a tree is the main conductive...

Nothing to do or can do. Cherry is not a very decay resistant tree and one that age will likely have other pockets of decay in it. It has a good callus roll closing over the wound and there isn't anything you can do to prevent further decay. The seepage is likely slime flux from a bacteria that...

Maple, Elm, doesn't matter in the original post. The tree has a known defect in that it has a narrow crotch. A wood union is not formed in between the two stems as they grow in Maple, Elm, Locust, Oak, etc. Is this a weak structure, yes. Will it fail soon, who knows. Will it fail before other...

The tree is a Honey Locust. The damage on the leaves is minor, certainly not a health risk to the plant. Leafhopper, plant bug feeding is very common on Honey Locust and you will get some every year. Again, not a health risk and not something that gets worse every year. It will vary from year to...

Love seeing and hearing about all the dead Ash removals. Wish I could say I missed all the cleanup, but I don't. :surprised3:

Yes, plus some I would expect. In 2009 people still had money, they just held on to it until they felt safe about their and spouses job situations. I still had work all through that time, just not the big jobs. That's why when it turned around it turned around fast (people were comfortable...

But you can be a person who has never driven anything bigger than a sedan, buy a 30,000 gvw motor home, hook up a 20 foot (13,000gvw) trailer and drive away on a regular license in Michigan. A few states require additional licensing. I'm not bitter about this issue as you can tell. :omg:

I don't think that's an option in Michigan. Plate is based on the manufacturers gvw specs and that's what determines cdl class. But then Michigan (I'll say it nicely but that is not what I'm thinking) is not a state that is business friendly.

In Michigan it's combined gvw of more than 26,000 before you get into the cdl range. Had a F450, gvw 16,000 and a trailer that was 10,000 lbs gvw and I was legal without a cdl. Only when I went to a F550, gvw of 19,000 and towed the trailer did I need a cdl although it was only a B. When the...

That first three strand synthetic was horrible. I heard a lot of complaining about it from the old-timers at the time, they all wanted to go back to the manila and some of them did. When they came out with the 12 strand braided it was a lot nicer for sure.

Thanks for making me feel old. Started climbing on 1/2" manila (only for a year or so before OSHA required synthetic). Three points of contact, shinnying, ways of accessing the tree. Not old enough for the bowline on a bight saddle though. :oops:

Don't underprice it. Just call it ashes from highly valuable walnut.

I never thought about that with equipment engines only with trucks. Never had equipment new enough to have a regeneration cycle. How often does it need to do a regeneration cycle?

They certainly don't give the rental fees away. I can see a time in the future where I'm going to need to rent one and choke on the fees. Worked occasionally with a lawn care company who had a dump trailer that he built a box on to it. Used to have me blow chips into it.

I like the new thread. Retired now but still like to see and hear what everybody is doing. Stopped checking out the old thread because of the "I'm the best and everybody else is sh** attitude". Just gotta say that I don't miss the sawdust in the briefs or the poison ivy rash. :surprised3:

Hope your bc1000 has the bigger engine. Had a bc1000 with the bigger engine and was happy with it. Went in for repairs once and they let me use a demo they had with the smaller engine. What a gutless machine but maybe I was just spoiled. Still better than loading brush but was very happy to get...

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Just gotta say that I wore a fall arrest lanyard once I bought a bucket for my business in 2014 or so. Started tree work in 1981 as a climber, never saw any bucket operators in that era wear any fall arrest equipment. Even saw guys climb up and stand on the lip of the bucket, extended at full...

If they're dying at that age I'm guessing it's a soil issue. Too wet usually, especially with irrigation. Also with daily irrigation hitting the foliage it does give the advantage to the fungus. Needlecast shouldn't be a significant health issue in a tree that young without other issues.