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Jack Abbott

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I'm an experienced climber from New Zealand and have recently moved to Illinois, while I'm enjoying the tree work here the winter is a bit too intense for me. I'm interested in moving to Southern California, can anyone recommend a good place to go? Any feedback would be appreciated :)
 
If your interesrted in making decent money check out the bay area. But san.deigo is a great place to live. Im a fishermen so im problably bias. Great ocean fishing in SD.
 
If your interesrted in making decent money check out the bay area. But san.deigo is a great place to live. Im a fishermen so im problably bias. Great ocean fishing in SD.
Thanks for the advice, I was originally looking at the Bay Area but it seems living costs are huge, thanks to the silicon valley workers I'm told.. Ocean fishing sounds more my deal anyway :)
 
I'm an experienced climber from New Zealand and have recently moved to Illinois, while I'm enjoying the tree work here the winter is a bit too intense for me. I'm interested in moving to Southern California, can anyone recommend a good place to go? Any feedback would be appreciated :)
Hi Jack, are you looking for a job in a bigger company or a smaller company? I live in San Diego and I'm looking for some new blood. My company is leaf it to us tree service and if you are looking than we could talk. It's 80 degrees here today so just wanted to let you know. Haha
 
Hi Jack, are you looking for a job in a bigger company or a smaller company? I live in San Diego and I'm looking for some new blood. My company is leaf it to us tree service and if you are looking than we could talk. It's 80 degrees here today so just wanted to let you know. Haha
Hi Jose, unfortunately my wife decided we're moving back to New Zealand, at least for a few years.. I don't know how to delete this thread.. If I do end up in San Diego in the future (my fingers are crossed) your company looks perfect, I love your motto "no hack jobs", and would certainly get in touch with you, thanks for your interest and your professionalism when it comes to tree work :)
 
I love San Diego,,BTW,, we are not allowed to use spikes on date palms.
Jeff
Ummm huh, why did you say that? And why not may I ask? and how do you climb them without spikes out of interest :S aesthetically it's hard to see if someone's used spikes on the upper section of the trunk (good idea to use a ladder to reach the rough stuff if they've been pruned properly) and physically palms dont have a cambium so... Just trying to understand, Please explain..
Horrible things to get stabbed by, had a stray one go through go my welding glove and a mate had one through his leather boot, nasty poisonous things.. But definitely nice looking when pruned correctly, bad choice for public areas IMO..
 
Finally, never use climbing spikes for pruning palm leaves, because wounds caused by the spikes will never heal (Fig. 23) and can become entry sites for diseases, such as Thielaviopsis trunk rot, or attractants for serious insect pests, such as palm weevils(http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in139). Ref: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep443
I take it the palms in San Diego get pretty stressed and are more susceptible to pests and disease than the ones down in Auckland NZ, I hate seeing palms over pruned to look like pineapples.. However, leaving dead fronds to self shed can be extremely dangerous if the palm is in the wrong spot.. most in NZ are pruned up to the fronds coming off at 90 degrees so you can see the bowl... You couldn't kill them if you tried, never seen one die without its head being cut off.. Still curious about how you remove the dead fronds without the use of spikes when inaccesible by a bucket..
 
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